Circuit board indicator

• US 20030058642A1
• Filed: 09/26/2001
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Wen Ching, Chen, Chun Jen, Lee, Long Kuan, Yu, Yu Chin, Chu, Chien Chung
• Granted Patent: US 6,578,984 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/240
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

A circuit board indicator comprises a plurality of lamps with cut and bent terminals, an outer plastic holder and an inner plastic holder. The outer plastic holder contains an accommodating chamber, which has a plurality of rounded holes on a lateral side thereof. The inner plastic holder has a plurality of positioning recesses and each of the positioning recesses has a guiding slot on topside thereof. The terminals of the lamps are guided by the guiding slot and inserted into corresponding positioning recesses. The inner plastic holder further has a plurality of clamping dents to clamp corresponding lamps. The inner plastic holder has barbs on two lateral sides thereof and corresponding to rectangular grooves on the outer plastic holder. The barbs are engaged into corresponding rectangular grooves when the inner plastic holder is assembled to the outer plastic holder.

Claims

1. A circuit board indicator, comprising

a plurality of lamps with already cut and bent terminals,

an outer plastic holder containing an accommodating chamber therein, the accommodating chamber having a plurality of rounded holes on a lateral side thereof;

and

an inner plastic holder assembled into the accommodating chamber and having a plurality of positioning recesses and guiding slots thereon, the terminals of the lamps being guided by the guiding slot and inserted into corresponding positioning recesses, the inner plastic holder further having a plurality of clamping dents to clamp corresponding lamps.

2. The circuit board indicator as in claim 1, wherein the outer plastic holder has two rectangular grooves on two lateral sides thereof.

3. The circuit board indicator as in claim 2, wherein the inner plastic holder has two barbs on two lateral sides thereof and corresponding to the two rectangular grooves, the barbs being engaged into corresponding rectangular grooves when the inner plastic holder is assembled to the outer plastic holder.

4. The circuit board indicator as in claim 1, wherein the inner plastic holder is assembled to the outer plastic holder by ultrasonic join or pressing.