摘要 |
The present invention relates to a contact spring for securing a component having a flange-like edge to a substrate, for instance for securing a cooling screen or shield to a cirsuit board, wherein the contact spring includes an elongated profiled part which is generally U-shaped in cross section and which is intended to be surface mounted on the substrate. According to the invention, one leg (3) of the U-shaped profiled part (2) is essentially straight and extends continuously along the contact spring (1), whereas the other leg (5) of the U-shaped profiled part (2) has the form of tongues (6, 7) whose upper extremities are bent inwards towards the first leg (3) and downwards towards the bottom of the profiled part (2). Each alternate tongue (6) of the tonghues on the other leg (5) is angled so as to form a fork-like contact with the first leg (3) and each other alternate tongue (7) is semi-circular in shape and extends to a point approximately halfway above the bottom of the profiled part.
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