Patent · US Expired

Arrangement for securing a circuit board in a housing

US6366465B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3References

27Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Richard Baur · Brackenheim, DE
Guenter Fendt · Schrobenhausen, DE
Alfons Woehrl · Schrobenhausen, DE
Engelbert Woerle · Freiberg am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2000
Grant date	Apr 2, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K7/142
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to secure a circuit board or the like in a housing, the board is provided with a through-hole, and the housing is provided with a mounting stud that protrudes into the housing from an outer wall thereof. A securing pin simultaneously passes through the through-hole of the board and into a hollow space or bore of the mounting stud. The securing pin is preferably conically tapered so that it exerts a wedging and spreading force radially outwardly against the inner surface of the hollow bore of the securing stud, and directly or indirectly against the inner surface of the through-hole of the board. Thereby, the board is securely fastened to the stud, and the pin is secured in the stud, by the wedging effect. An end portion of the stud may also be received in the through-hole of the board, and the pin may be integrally formed as a protrusion of a lid for the housing.

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