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Connector assembly for electrical components

  • US 5,108,314 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1991
  • Issued: 04/28/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A connector assembly for mounting electrical components to a support structure, the support structure having a continuous edge which defines a mounting space which is sized and configured to accept the connector assembly therewithin, said connector assembly comprising:

  • a base frame formed of an electrically insulating material;

    a pair of electrically conductive holders connected to the base frame for holding an electrical component therebetween and for establishing electrical connection between the electrical component and an external electrical circuit;

    whereinsaid base frame includes;

    (a) a pair of side walls; and

    (b) opposed pairs of interior walls disposed parallel to respective ones of said side walls;

    (c) each said side wall including vertically separated locking tabs and mounting flanges between which the edge of the support structure is disposed when said connector assembly is mounted thereto;

    (d) said interior walls also being separated from said respective ones of said side walls adjacent to said locking tabs so as to establish therebetween open-ended relief slots, said relief slots allowing said side walls adjacent to said locking tabs to be inwardly resiliently displaced to permit said locking tabs to clear the edge of the supporting structure when said connector assembly is inserted into the defined mounting space, at which time the locking tabs move resiliently outwardly so that the edge of the supporting structure is disposed between said locking tabs and said mounting flanges, whereby said connector assembly is mounted to the supporting structure.

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