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Press-fit fuse or component holder

  • US 5,941,735 A
  • Filed: 06/12/1996
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A holder for holding an electrical component having terminals on ends thereof, said holder being engageable with a printed circuit board having plated through-holes formed therein, said holder comprising:

  • an insulated body to receive the electrical component,at least two laterally spaced electrically conductive contacts accommodated by said body, each of said contacts including;

    at least one aperture engaging section extending beyond a surface of said body to frictionally engage with a respective plated through-hole in the printed circuit board to form a solderless electrical and mechanical connection therewith anda resilient terminal section to contact a respective terminal of the component and retain the component received by said body,said terminal sections are in the form of open loops and a restoring force is presented on said loops when compressed to bias said loops against said component.

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