Patent ID: 6923678
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A fastening device for temporarily fastening an electronic component to a circuit board, wherein the circuit board has a connecting hole, the fastening device comprising: a base; and at least two elastic plates formed integrally with the base and received in the connecting hole, the elastic plates each including a first portion, which is arranged outside a wall defining the connecting hole when the at least two elastic plates are received in the connecting hole, and a second portion, which extends diagonally relative to a plane of the circuit board when the at least two elastic plates are received in the connecting hole, the second portion having a section pressed against the wall of the connecting hole by the elastic force of the at least two elastic plates; wherein the base and the at least two elastic plates lie at least substantially on a flat plane wherein the second portion of the at least two elastic plates intersect in the form of an ‘X’ at the center of the fastening device.