Patent ID: 7394666

Claim:
An expanding standoff connector for mounting a circuit board, the connector comprising: a body adapted to be mounted to a chassis; an engagement portion coupled to the body for placement within an interior of a mounting opening of the circuit board, the engagement portion including a cam opening between a plurality of mounting members, each mounting member having an interior longitudinally-extending camming portion; and a cam including an interior longitudinally-extending engager for each camming portion; wherein the cam is configured to be positioned in the cam opening within the interior of the mounting opening of the circuit board is moveable from first position in which the mounting members are not expanded against the interior of the mounting opening and in a second position in which each engager engages a corresponding camming portion to expand the plurality of mounting members against the interior of the mounting opening; wherein the expanding of the plurality of mounting members in the second position consists of forcing the plurality of mounting members radially against the interior of the mounting opening to mount the circuit board.