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US 4,667,270 AGranted
Light emitting diode holder
AssigneeKitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaru Yagi
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Abstract
Described herein is a light emitting diode holder, including a seat block with lead wire holes widened toward the top surface of the block, and confronting pairs of gripper arms on opposite sides of the seat block and provided with locking projections at the upper ends thereof. The LED holder permits insertion of external lead wires of a light emitting diode in sockets on a circuit board, and is capable of securely holding a light emitting portion of the diode in position. Fixation of a light emitting diode on the holder can be confirmed by a click sound from the gripper arms.
Claims8
A light emitting diode holder comprising:
- (a) a seat block for mounting a light emitting diode unit on an upper surface thereof;
- (b) a pair of lead wire holes formed through said seat block for passing lead wires of said light emitting diode unit and each having a widening sectional area in a direction toward said upper surface;
- (c) a pair of gripper arms erected on the opposite sides of said seat block;
- (d) a locking projection provided on a side of an upper end portion of each gripper arm facing another gripper arm of said pair of gripper arms for engagement with a flange portion of said light emitting diode unit;
- (e) an outer frame of an elongated box-like shape, said seat block and gripper arms being fixed within said outer frame;
- (f) leg portions downwardly extending from said outer frame;
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- (g) a second locking projection provided at a distal end of each leg portion for locking engagement in a circuit board,
- wherein said seat block is substantially in the form of a body with flat surfaces on upper and lower sides thereof, the lower flat surface being abutted on a circuit board when said holder is mounted thereon, and the upper flat surface being located at a slightly lower level than the top surface of said outer frame,
- and wherein said outer frame has an LED orienting projection on one side wall thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.