Patent ID: 8107257

Claim:
An electronic assembly retaining system for releasably retaining an electronic assembly, said retaining system comprising: a housing for housing at least a portion of an electronic assembly, said housing having a front portion and a rear portion; a front retainer assembly comprising a mounting member, a retainer stem movably mounted to said mounting member, and a receiving element at said front portion of said housing, said receiving element and said retainer stem comprising cooperative surfaces, said retainer stem being movable along said mounting member between an engaging position in which said cooperative surfaces contact one another and a disengaging position in which said cooperative surfaces are spaced from one another, wherein said retainer stem remains attached to said mounting member in said engaging and disengaging positions; a rear retainer adapted to engage said rear portion of said housing; and wherein said housing is retained by said front retainer assembly when said retainer stem is moved to said engaging position, and wherein said housing is removable from said mounting member of said front retainer assembly when said retainer stem is moved to said disengaging position, said retainer stem remaining with said mounting member upon removal of said housing.