# US 4,398,240 A · Lens cap holder for attachment to circuit boards > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 4,398,240 A - Document ID: US4398240A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 06/057,890 - Filed: 1979-07-16 - Granted: 1983-08-09 - Earliest claimed: 1975-12-08 - Inventors: John M. Savage, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398240A ## CPC - F21V 21/088: Clips; Clamps - G09F 13/22: electroluminescent (electroluminescent light sources per se H05B33/00) - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - G09F 2013/222: {with LEDs} - H10H 20/8506: {Containers} - Y10S 362/80: Light emitting diode - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A mount for an LED and lens cap enables attachment of these components to a circuit board, the LED wires retaining the LED, cap and mount to the board. The mount typically includes: (a) a holder having first and second sections, (b) said sections having shoulders to engage and support the lens cap when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap, (c) the holder having recesses to pass said wire leads from the interior to the exterior of the holder when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap. ## Claims ### Claim 1 For combination with an LED and a lens cap therefor, the lens cap having a skirt portion supporting the LED, there being wire leads extending from the LED, the combination comprising (a) a holder having first and second sections, (b) said sections having shoulders to engage and support the lens cap when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap, (c) the holder having recesses to pass said wire leads from the interior to the exterior of the holder when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The combination of claim 1 wherein said holder includes a hinge interconnecting said sections to be swung relatively toward one another for assembly to the skirt portion of the cap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The combination of claim 2 wherein said sections and hinge are of one-piece, molded plastic construction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The combination of claim 3 wherein said recesses are located at said hinge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The combination of claim 3 wherein said recesses form openings extending through said hinge. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The combination of claim 3 wherein said recesses are at the hinge and are covered, to form openings extending through said hinge when the hinge is locally fractured. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The combination of claim 3 wherein said recesses are located at a side wall defined by one of the sections. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The combination of claim 7 wherein said recesses form openings extending through said side wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The combination of claim 7 wherein said recesses are covered to form openings through said side wall when the side wall is locally fractured. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The combination of claim 1 including interfittable tongue and groove connections on the respective sections to be interconnected when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap for locking the sections together. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The combination of claim 10 wherein the tongue and groove connections include plug and receptacle elements, the sections having generally semi-cylindrical walls with axially extending edges, and said plug and receptacle elements located proximate said edges. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The combination of claim 11 wherein the holder includes a hinge interconnecting said sections at an end of the holder intersected by a central axis defined by said semi-cylindrical walls. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) The combination of any one of claims 1 through 12 including said lens cap to which the sections are assembled. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The combination of claim 5 and including said LED with said leads extending through said openings, the LED having a flange and the cap having fingers retained to the flange by said sections. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The combination of claim 8 and including said LED with said leads extending through said openings. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15) The combination of any one of claims 1-12, 14 and 15 including said lens cap to which the sections are assembled, said lens cap having a circular cross section in a plane normal to a central axis defined by the lens cap. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15) The combination of any one of claims 1-12, 14 and 15 including said lens cap to which the sections are assembled, said lens cap having a generally rectangular cross section in a plane normal to a central axis defined by the lens cap. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15) The combination of any one of claims 1-12, 14 and 15 including means on the holder to space the holder from a circuit board. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14, 15) The combination of either one of claims 14 and 15 including a circuit board having openings therethrough passing said leads, and solder connecting the leads to the board to retain the holder positioned at one side of the board. ### Claim 20 In combination: (a) an LED having protruding wires, (b) a lens cap on the LED, (c) a holder extending about and supporting portions of the LED and cap in assembled condition, (d) the holder having openings passing the LED wires for attachment to a circuit board to retain the LED, cap and holder to the board.