Standoff ground connector

A standoff ground connector for mounting a circuit board to a chassis in a piece of electronic equipment in a standoff grounded position relative thereto, said standoff ground connector comprising:

• a support platform for said circuit board;
• means on said support platform for snappingly mounting a circuit board thereon;
• a first leg and a second leg extending from said support platform;
• means on said first and second legs for attaching said standoff ground connector fixedly to said chassis;
• at least one pre-load form member extending between said first and second legs, said pre-load form member having an apex extending beyond said support platform relative to said first leg and said second leg, said apex being resiliently depressible toward and at least up to a point even with said support platform when a circuit board is mounted thereon;
• whereby, when a circuit board is snappingly mounted to said support platform, said at least one pre-form load member biases said first leg and said second leg apart from one another to strengthen an electrical ground connection between said standoff ground connector and said chassis, and said apex of said at least one pre-load form member presses back against said circuit board in a direction away from said first leg and said second leg to strengthen an electrical ground connection between said standoff ground connector and said circuit board, so that said circuit board is effectively grounded to said chassis.