National Stock Number
5340-01-162-2278
National Stock Number (NSN) 5340-01-162-2278, or NIIN 011622278, (clip,spring tension) was assigned September 16, 1983 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. One of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 4 suppliers. Today, 3 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 2 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over a year. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7L122V2258. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 23.88.
There has been very little demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Sep 30, 2011, 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 needed to produce this item from additional sources is not physically available. Valid AMCs: 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 5340011622278 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.