Patent ID: 6112911
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A support system for mounting an electrical appliance on a printed circuit board having at least one mounting aperture therethrough, comprising:a supporting structure having a top surface and underside for mounting on top of the printed circuit board,at least one resiliently expandable peg projecting from the underside of the supporting structure and adapted for insertion into the mounting aperature,a bore extending from the top surface into the expandable peg;a removably insertable pin, said pin insertable into the bore and adapted to expand the peg into securing engagement in the mounting aperture in the printed circuit board when said pin is inserted into the bore; anda retention base on the support structure proximate the peg adapted to retain the pin to the structure when the peg is in securing engagement in the mounting aperture.