Patent ID: 6535394
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
Electronic apparatus comprising a printed circuit board mounted on a support structure, the printed circuit board having at least one keyhole shaped fixing hole, the support structure being provided with at least one electrically conducting, integrally formed, metallic fixing post having an at least partially circumferential slot for engaging the fixing hole, wherein the at least one fixing post includes screw-threaded means for mounting the post on the support structure, and wherein the printed circuit board has a conducting surface adjacent said fixing hole that is disposed to provide an electrical contact with said post so as to establish an electrical circuit between at least one component mounted on the printed circuit board and the support structure, the apparatus comprising a resilient electrically conducting split washer that functions as a leaf spring and that is positionable in the slot so as to engage the conducting surface on the printed circuit board.