Patent ID: 6795317
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A fastening device adopted for connecting an attached component to a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the attached component has a positioning hole relative to the fastening device, the PCB has a through hole relative to the positioning hole, the fastening device comprising:an elongated body penetrating sequentially through the positioning hole and the through hole, and having a pivoted connecting portion arranged on a top thereof, a reducing section disposed at a lower half thereof and a protruding portion positioned on a free end thereof, wherein the pivoted connecting portion is located above the positioning hole and the protruding portion is located below the through hole; an operating member eccentrically pivoted on the top of the elongated body and having an eccentric body, an eccentric shaft arranged in the eccentric body and connecting the pivoted connecting portion of the elongated body, and a pressing arm outwardly extending from the eccentric body; a spring sleeved on an upper half of the, elongated body and locating below the attached component; and a resilient member having an inversed U-shaped profile and sleeved on the upper half of the elongated body below the spring, the resilient member having two clipping portions deflecting inwardly, each disposed on an end of the resilient member, and penetrating the through hole for tight retention against the reducing section of the elongated body, wherein the two clipping portions are arranged symmetrically.