Interconnection retention device
AssigneeAugat Inc.
InventorsMark E. Lewis, David W. Mendenhall
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Abstract
A compressible retention element of a diameter slightly greater than that of a cooperating cavity, having a low ratio of insertion to withdrawal forces. The retention element further provides insertion and withdrawal forces reduced from that found in the prior art. One embodiment of the retention element includes a cylindrical body, manufactured of a pliant material such as plastic or the like, having a wedge-shaped groove disposed axially along its length on one side and a planar region disposed axially along its length on an opposite side.
Claims19
A retention element disposed on a mounting portion of a member to be retained, comprising:
- a shaft portion having an attachment end disposed on said mounting portion, an insertion end disposed at an end distal to said attachment end, and a longitudinal axis extending between said attachment end and said insertion end;
- the shaft portion having outer dimensions greater than or equal to that of a cooperative cavity in a mounting surface;
- a wedge-shaped groove formed in a first side of an outer surface of said cylindrical shaft portion parallel to said longitudinal axis;
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- an expansion region having a surface formed in a second side of said outer surface of said cylindrical shaft portion parallel to said longitudinal axis and opposite to said first side.
A retention element disposed on an electronic component socket, comprising:
- a shaft portion having an attachment end disposed on said mounting portion, an insertion end disposed at an end distal to said attachment end, and a longitudinal axis extending between said attachment end and said insertion end;
- the shaft portion having a cross sectional area greater than or equal to that of a cooperative cavity in a mounting surface;
- a wedge-shaped groove formed in a first side of an outer surface of said cylindrical shaft portion parallel to said longitudinal axis;
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- an expansion region having a surface formed in a second side of said outer surface of said cylindrical shaft portion parallel to said longitudinal axis and opposite to said first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.