Patent ID: 7234960

Claim:
A method of attaching a guide pin to a printed circuit board comprising the steps of: a) providing a printed circuit board having two circular recesses and a screw hole defined therein; b) providing a guide pin having an elongate shaft defining a screw hole extending through the shaft member in a direction transverse to the shaft, said guide pin further including two tapered protrusions, square in transverse cross section, and sized in relation to the mating circular recess as follows: i) smaller in distance from corner to corner at its terminating end than the diameter of the circular recesses; and ii) greater in distance from corner to corner at its widest end than the diameter of the circular recesses; c) providing a mounting screw; d) positioning the guide pin adjacent the printed circuit board with said protrusions extending into said recesses; e) installing the mounting screw through the screw hole on the printed circuit board; f) tightening said mounting screw within said guide pin screw hole until corners of said protrusions bite into the printed circuit board.