Device for mechanically locking an electronic component with respect to a support
AssigneeValeo Electronique
InventorAlfred Permuy
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device for mechanically locking with respect to a support an electronic component soldered on a printed circuit card directly mounted on said support. The invention comprises a main wall designed to rest against a support wall and at least an elastic tab forming a U-shaped back loop relative to said main wall, said main wall and said elastic tab bearing matching means for maintaining said tab in a position wherein it is compressed towards said main wall, said matching means being capable of being disengaged relative to one another by the effect of a tool actuated by an operator, said elastic tab being then released to be urged against the component.
Claims20
A device for retaining mechanically, with respect to a support, an electronic component that is connected to a circuit board which is mounted on the support, the device comprising:
- a main wall for engagement against a wall of the support,
- at least one elastic arm defining a U-shaped return with respect to the main wall,
- complementary connection means carried on the main wall and the at least one elastic arm which enable the at least one elastic arm to be maintained in a position compressed towards the main wall, each complementary connection means being adapted to be disengaged with respect to the other complementary connection means by a thrust force, to release the at least one elastic arm and allow the at least one elastic arm to come into abutment against the electronic component.
A device for retaining a component to a support, the device comprising:
- a main wall for engagement against a wall of the support;
- an elastic arm extending from a first end of the main wall and defining a U-shaped return with respect to the main wall;
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- connection means for maintaining the elastic arm in a position compressed toward the main wall, the connection means adapted to be disengaged by a thrust force and release the elastic arm from being maintained in the position, to allow the elastic arm to come into abutment against the component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.