Clip and method therefor
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsFrank Annerino, Scott Semenik, John B. Freese
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Abstract
An electrically conductive clip (100) includes a first contact surface (116) facing a first direction, a second contact surface (118) facing a second direction different from the first direction, and a third contact surface (122) facing a third direction different from the first and second directions. The clip is biased to exert a force in the first, second, and third directions.
Claims17
A radio telephone comprising:
- a front housing section, an electrical conductor carried on the front housing section;
- a back housing section, an electrical conductor carried on the back housing section;
- a circuit board, an electrical circuit carried on the circuit board;
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- a clip supported on one of the front housing section, the back housing section, and the circuit board, the clip including a continuous member having a first contact surface facing a first direction, a second contact surface facing a second direction and a third contact surface facing a third direction, wherein the first contact surface connects with the electrical conductor carried on the first housing and the second contact surface connects with the electrical conductor carried on the back housing section, and the third contact surface connects with electrical circuit on the circuit board.
A method of providing a circuit ground in an electronic device including a front housing section having an electrical conductor associated therewith, a back housing section having an electrical conductor associated therewith and a circuit board having an electrical contact thereon, the method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a clip on one of the front housing section, the back housing section, and the circuit board, the clip comprising a continuous member having a first contact surface facing a first direction, a second contact surface facing a second direction and a third contact surface facing a third direction, wherein the continuous member is biased to exert a force in the first, second, and third directions;
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- assembling the housing sections such that the clip makes contact with the circuit board contact and at least one of the electrical conductors on the front and back housing sections.
An electrically conductive clip formed by a continuous conductive member, the clip comprising:
- an arm having an attachment mechanism;
- a generally C-shaped bow having a first contact surface and a second contact surface;
- a center plate joined to the arm to form a holder having a U-shaped profile, the bow extending from an end of the center plate, wherein the bow extends away from the center plate to make a resilient contact with a housing surface spaced from the center plate;
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- an arcuate finger on an extreme distal end of the arm, the arcuate finger including a third contact surface, the arcuate finger being resilient;
- wherein the first contact surface facing a first direction, the second contact surface facing a second direction different from the first direction, and the third contact surface facing a third direction, wherein the bow is biased to exert a force in the first and second directions and the finger is biased by the attachment mechanism to exert a force in the third direction.
An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing member having an electrically conductive layer;
- a second housing member having an electrically conductive layer;
- a third housing member having an electrically conductive layer;
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- a clip mounted to the first housing member, the clip including a continuous electrically conductive member having a holder for attachment to the first housing member, and having a first contact surface facing a first direction, a second contact surface facing a second direction and a third contact surface facing a third direction, wherein the continuous member is biased to exert a force in the first, second, and third directions;
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- wherein first second and third housing members are assembled to form a top, a bottom and a side, such that the third contact surface connects with the electrically conductive layer of the first housing member, the second contact surface connects with the electrically conductive layer of the second housing member, and the first contact surface connects with the electrically conductive layer of the third housing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.