Clip for replaceable surface mounted devices
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1. A clip for a surface mounted device, which comprises:
- a bottom wall, and first and second spaced side walls and a rear wall upstanding from the bottom wall, the spacing between the side walls being slightly less then the width of the device so that when the device is placed within the side walls, the side walls exert a force on the device, wherein surfaces of the bottom wall, side walls and rear wall which face away from the device have a solderable material thereon and surfaces which face the device are nonsolderable.
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Abstract
A clip for a surface mounted device, such as a fuse, which is attachable to a fuse by spring pressure and is attachable to a printed wiring board by soldering. The inner portions of the clip surfaces are non-solderable whereas the outer surfaces are covered with a solderable material. As a result, the inner surfaces of the clips and end caps of the fuse are not soldered during the soldering operation. This enables a fuse to be easily removed from the clips and replaced with a new fuse.
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1. A clip for a surface mounted device, which comprises:
a bottom wall, and first and second spaced side walls and a rear wall upstanding from the bottom wall, the spacing between the side walls being slightly less then the width of the device so that when the device is placed within the side walls, the side walls exert a force on the device, wherein surfaces of the bottom wall, side walls and rear wall which face away from the device have a solderable material thereon and surfaces which face the device are nonsolderable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A clip for a surface mounted fuse, having a body and an end cap, which clip comprises:
a bottom wall, and first and second spaced side walls upstanding from the bottom wall, the spacing between the side walls being slightly less then the width of an end cap so that when the end cap is placed within the side walls, the side walls exert a force on the device, wherein the surfaces of the bottom wall, side walls and rear wall which face away from the end cap have a solderable material thereon and the surfaces which face the end cap are non-solderable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A clip for mounting a surface mounted fuse having a body and opposing end caps, which clip comprises:
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a bottom wall, and first and second spaced side walls and a rear wall upstanding from the bottom wall, the spacing between the side walls being slightly less then the width of an end cap so that when an end cap is placed within the side walls the side walls exert a force on the end cap; and
a plurality of detents provided on front edges of each sidewall and the rear wall being made of a resilient material and being curved inwardly, the spacing between the curved surface of the rear wall and the detents being slightly less then the length of a fuse end cap so that when the fuse end cap is inserted in the clip the curved rear wall exerts a spring force forcing the end cap against the detents. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An arrangement for mounting a surface mounted fuse having a body and opposing end caps, which clip comprises:
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first and second clips, each clip comprising a bottom wall, and first and second spaced side walls and a rear wall upstanding from the bottom wall, the spacing between the side walls being slightly less then the width of an end cap so that when an end cap is placed within the side walls the side walls exert a force on the end cap;
wherein the bottom wall, the side walls and the rear wall of each clip are made of a non-solderable conductive metal; and
the surfaces of the bottom wall, side walls and rear wall of each clip which face away from the end cap have a solderable material thereon and the surfaces which face the end cap are unsolderable. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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