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US 5,469,982 AGranted
Four-sided housing latch
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsRyszard J. Gordecki, Kian T. Tan
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Abstract
A resilient latch (70) and a method of attaching the latch to a pair of interlocked housings (50) having a recessed border and mating cavities (377) in the recessed border. Placed around the border of the paired housings, the latch having protrusions (727) engages with the cavities of the paired housings, as the latch is slid around the border.
Claims8
A double-housing retainer assembly comprising:
- a pair of interlocked housings having a recessed border and mating cavities in the recessed border:
- and
- a peripheral resilient latching band for fastening to the mating cavities around the recessed border, wherein the band comprises an open-ended trapezium housing latch comprising:
- a first, shortest, side having a first free end;
- a second, longest, side;
- a first-to-second rounded corner connecting the first and second sides;
- a third, next to shortest, side;
- a second-to-third rounded corner connecting the second and third sides;
- a fourth, next to longest, side having a second free end;
- a third-to-fourth rounded corner connecting the third and fourth sides;
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- an opposed pair of locking members disposed at the first and second free ends for securing the latch around the recessed border of the housings.
9 more elements
A selective radio housing assembly, comprising:
- a pair of interlocked housings having a recessed border and mating cavities in the recessed border;
- and
- a peripheral resilient latching band for fastening to the mating cavities around the recessed border, wherein the band comprises an open-ended trapezium housing latch comprising:
- a first, shortest, side having a first free end:
- a second, longest, side;
- a first-to-second rounded corner connecting the first and second sides:
- a third, next to shortest, side;
- a second-to-third rounded corner connecting the second and third sides;
- a fourth, next to longest, side having a second free end;
- a third-to-fourth rounded corner connecting the third and fourth sides;
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- a plurality of protrusions disposed on the resilient latching band for securing the latch around the recessed border of the housings.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.