National Stock Number (NSN) 5340-00-023-6012, or NIIN 000236012, (clip,spring tension) was assigned May 6, 1967 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 2 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 2 suppliers. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 3 different weapons systems.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 12, 2013, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 20815. [A PREFORMED ITEM OF SEMIRIGID MATERIAL DESIGNED TO RETAIN, POSITION, FASTEN, OR SUPPORT OTHER ITEMS, SUCH AS CABLE(S), ACCESS COVER(S), BY ITS OWN INHERENT SPRING ACTION. IT MAY BE FASTENED TO A STRUCTURE BY BOLT(S), CLIP(S), SCREW(S), AND THE LIKE. FOR ITEMS CONDUCTING ELECTRIC CURRENT, SEE CLIP, ELECTRICAL OR CLAMP, ELECTRICAL. FOR ITEMS WHICH PARTIALLY SURROUND AN ITEM, SEE STRAP, RETAINING. FOR ITEMS WHICH ENTIRELY SURROUND AN ITEM AND DO NOT HAVE INHERENT SPRING TENSION, SEE CLAMP, LOOP. SEE ALSO CLIP, RETAINING. DO NOT USE IF A MORE SPECIFIC ITEM NAME IS AVAILABLE.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no information in the HMIRS; however, the NSN is in an FSC in Table II of Federal Standard 313 and an MSDS may be required by the user. The requirement for an MSDS is dependent on a hazard determination of the supplier or the intended end use of the product. NSN 5340000236012 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.