Patent ID: 7848114

Claim:
An electronic ballast housing comprising: a plurality of walls defining a region for housing a circuit board comprising a circuit disposed upon a substrate, the circuit including a circuit grounding means; an electrically conductive integral grounding means disposed upon at least one of the plurality of walls including at least one electrically conductive wall; wherein the integral grounding means is adapted to engage the circuit grounding means in electrical contact upon insertion of the circuit board into the ballast housing so as to provide electrical continuity between the circuit grounding means and the ballast housing; an alignment means disposed upon at least one of the plurality of walls and adapted to provide alignment of the circuit card during installation; a capture means disposed upon at least one of the plurality of walls, wherein upon insertion of the circuit board in the ballast housing the capture means is adapted to receive and fixedly hold in flexion at least a portion of the substrate so as to control the circuit grounding means of the circuit board in electrical contact with the integral grounding means; wherein the circuit grounding means comprises a jumper wire extending across a cavity disposed through the substrate; wherein the integral grounding means further comprises a yoke riser having the second engagement means disposed thereon and extending from one of the plurality of walls; and wherein with the circuit board installed in the ballast housing, the yoke riser is further adapted to extend through the cavity, and wherein, the second engagement means engages the jumper wire in electrical contact so as to provide electrical continuity between the jumper wire and the ballast housing.