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Locking clip

  • US 3,970,353 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1974
  • Issued: 07/20/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with an edge board connector for printed circuit boards and the like, a locking clip substituted for a pair of contacts in said connector to secure a printed circuit board therein, said clip comprising:

  • a body portion,a pair of spaced cantilever arms extending integrally from one side of said body portion, said arms having a normally diverging configuration outside said connector and being biased to a substantially parallel configuration inside said connector,a tine on the free end of each said arm directed inwardly towards the other of said arms, each said tine having an inclined surface directed toward the free end of said arms and a sharp shoulder directed toward said body;

    a locking shoulder projecting outwardly from each said arm intermediate the ends thereof, said shoulders engaging said connector to bias said arms to their parallel configuration and providing a fulcrum about which said arms pivot when a board is inserted therebetween, whereby said tines are biased for insertion into apertures in said printed circuit board to lock the board therein.

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