Patent ID: 6366465
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An arrangement for securely holding a board in a housing, comprising:a housing including a housing wall and a mounting stud, wherein said mounting stud protrudes from said housing wall, has a board support surface formed by an end face at a free end of said mounting stud protruding away from said housing wall, and has a hollow space therein with an opening at said free end; a board that has a through-hole passing therethrough; and a securing pin with opposite front and back ends, wherein at least said front end has an outer dimension that is smaller than an inner dimension of said through-hole and smaller than an inner dimension of said opening at said free end of said mounting stud; wherein said housing, said board and said securing pin are assembled into an assembled configuration in which a first surface of said board contacts and lies flushly on said board support surface of said mounting stud, with said through-hole of said board coaxially aligned with said opening at said free end of said mounting stud, and in which said securing pin has been inserted coaxially through said through-hole and said opening and with said front end into said hollow space, so that said securing pin is engaged in said hollow space of said mounting stud and said securing pin bears directly against and exerts a radially outwardly directed spreading force directly onto an inner surface of said through-hole so that said securing pin is in direct frictional holding contact with said inner surface of said through-hole to frictionally hold said board relative to said mounting stud of said housing.