ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,221, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Tewksbury, Mass.).
"Clamping device with pivoting retainer" was invented by Patrick J. Lott (Lowell, Mass.) and Christopher O'Brien (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for assembling an apparatus. During this method, a circuit element is arranged with a circuit board. The circuit element includes an element aperture. The circuit board includes a board aperture. A plunger is moved in a first direction to pass a distal end of the plunger through the element aperture and the board aperture and into a volume adjacent the circuit board. A retainer is ...