Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Joanna N. Pappas
  • Patent number: 6215667
    Abstract: A mounting system (10) and method for adjusting the position of a PCB (14) in a housing (22) therefor is provided. An annular, stepped mounting member (16) having axially and radially spaced surface portions (19) provides predetermined positions for the PCB (14) in the housing (22) based on the size of a mounting opening (20) of the PCB (14). The PCB (14) is placed onto the mounting member (16) with those surface portions (19) that are of smaller diameter than the opening (20) fitting therethrough until the first portion (19) having a larger diameter is encountered which will be engaged against the PCB (14). In this manner, the present system (10) allows for a relatively quick and easy change to the size of the PCB mounting hole opening (20) to be made to effect a change in the PCB vertical position in the housing (22) thereby avoiding expensive and time-consuming changes that are usually required when the position of the PCB (14) needs to be changed to accommodate component reconfigurations and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Roger W. Ady, Daniel Gioia, William R. Groves