Abstract: A quick disconnect male terminal is disclosed having a stem which is inserted into a circular hole in the printed circuit board prior to wave soldering the terminal to the printed circuit board. The terminal is designed to use minimal material, to use little surface area on the printed circuit board, and be easily assembled into printed circuit boards. The terminal stem is embossed with a V-shape to increase its strength and to increase the solder wicking action through the hole in the printed circuit board. The tip of the V-shaped terminal stem protruding through the hole in a printed circuit board may also be flattened as a means of affixing the terminal prior to wave soldering.

Abstract: A printed circuit card enclosure is disclosed having end plates and shelf members which are secured together to form the enclosure. The shelf members are provided with holes for receiving flexible snap-in card guides which are used to retain and support printed cards within the enclosure. The shelf members and card guides are further designed such that in a card enclosure designed to retain multi-levels of printed circuit cards, a single shelf member may be shared between two adjacent levels of printed circuit cards and the card guides installed within a single set of holes with the upper card guide being used to retain the lower edges of printed circuit cards in the upper level and the lower card guides being used to retain the upper edges of printed circuit cards in the adjacent lower level.