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On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 17:40 -0400, Rob Butts wrote:
> What are the nuts called that are cased in a square bracket and snap
> into an oversized pcb through hole allowing you to screw through the
> opposite side of the board and mount the pcb (I hope I described that
> correctly also).
It sounds like you are describing "cage nuts", but I'm not sure I've
ever seen them used with a PCB.
www.google.com/search?q=3Dcage+nut&tbm=3Disch
I'd probably not recommend using them on a PCB - they could well cause
damage, as they are typically designed to be inserted in a square
(metal) hole on a rack-cabinet or something like that.
Best wishes,
--=20
Peter Clifton
Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA
Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)
Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me)
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