Patent ID: 7524196
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connecting/disconnecting element for retaining a component on a PCB, said connecting/disconnecting element comprising: at least one longitudinal arm with a first end adapted to engage through a plated through hole in said PCB, wherein shape of said first end is adapted to be engaged through said plated through hole and disengaged from said plated through hole only when said longitudinal arm is extending substantially perpendicular to the plane of the PCB, and a second opposite end, said element being adapted for removable clip onto said PCB whilst bridging the component with said longitudinal arm extending in a retaining position parallel to the plane of the PCB and to a top surface of said component, wherein said element is made of electrical conductive material, in that said longitudinal arm is adapted to be in contact, in said retaining position, with an electrical conductive part of said top surface, and in that said hole has an electrically conductive surface with which said first end is adapted to be in contact with in said retaining position, thus achieving both mechanical holding of component and electrical connection to ground.