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US 4,679,883 AGranted
Shoulder eyelet board lock
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorsJohn E. Assini, Paula A. Kissinger
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly having an eyelet disposed in an opening in the mounting flange of the connector housing has a rivet frictionally secured within the eyelet. The rivet has a flange engaging an upper section of the eyelet, a first section engaging the eyelet in an interference fit and a second section extending below a bottom surface of the connector housing for disposition in a hole in a printed circuit board.
Claims7
An electrical connector assembly for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a first integral flange having mounting face, an opposed holding face and a hole extending therebetween;
- an eyelet disposed in said hole, said eyelet having end flange means engaging the mounting face and holding face with a generally cylindrical shank extending therebetween;
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- a rivet disposed in the eyelet comprising flange means and a generally tubular shank, the generally tubular shank having a first section within the eyelet including means for providing an interference fit between the rivet and the eyelet and a second section extending beyond the eyelet for securing the assembly to the printed circuit board, whereby the housing, eyelet and rivet form an assembly for mounting in preformed holes in the printed circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.