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Press fit pinless latching shroud

  • US 5,180,312 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1991
  • Issued: 01/19/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A shroud for retaining at least one connector, the connector containing at least one column of sockets for mating with a group of pins protruding from a surface, said shroud further comprising:

  • a base member containing a plurality of holes operable for receiving a portion of the group of pins, said holes having a tapering entry way with an opening larger than the pins leading to an exit way with cross-section substantially similar to the cross-section of the pins;

    four leg members attached to said base, operable for causing said base to be positioned away from the surface;

    two brackets attached to said base aligned parallel and facing each other across the width of said holes and operable by flexing away from each other for receiving the connector in a temporarily interlocked manner;

    two bracket stops attached to said base aligned parallel to and facing each other across the length of said holes for preventing the hyperflexing of said brackets, said bracket stops each containing a plurality of cavities operable for receiving a plurality of the pins; and

    one member mounted on each of said bracket stops operable for guiding the connector to a particular matrix of said holes.

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