Patent ID: 6923406
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: H02G,H05K

Abstract:
1. A clamp for affixing an electrical component to a plate, the clamp comprising a main body and an integral fixing member; the main body defining a central axis; the fixing member comprising of a support protruding from a base of the main body with a disc portion being supported at a remote end of the support; the support comprising a first curved surface and a second curved surface, with the first and second curved surfaces abutting one another along opposed ridges which define boundaries between the two curved surfaces; first and second elastically deformable portions extending from the base of the main body, where at least one of the first and second elastically deformable portions has at least one projection at a remote free end thereof, and the first elastically deformable portion extends in a first direction and the second elastically deformable portion extends in a second opposite direction; wherein at least a portion of the support is coincident with the central axis of the main body and the disc portion defines a disc axis which is offset from the central axis of the main body such that the disc portion is located closer to the first elastically deformable portion than to the second elastically deformable portion.