Patent ID: 8218326

Claim:
An electronic assembly comprising: a first member defining a first member hole; a circuit board defining a circuit board hole and in a spaced configuration from the first member; a standoff coupling the first member and the circuit board in the spaced configuration, the standoff including: a lip extending from a first end of the standoff, the lip engaging the circuit board to align the circuit board hole with a standoff hole defined by the standoff; and a securing feature extending from a second end of the standoff opposite the first end, the securing feature located in the first member hole to secure the standoff to the first member; a rivet including a body section extending through the circuit board hole and the rivet hole to the circuit board to the standoff, the rivet including a rivet head to engage the lip when the rivet is coupling the circuit board to the standoff but prior to a mandrel breaking force of a mandrel on the rivet exceeding a predetermined limit; and the rivet head is located in the circuit board hole when the rivet has coupled the circuit board to the standoff such that the rivet head is flush with a board surface of the circuit board.