National Stock Number
5961-00-879-7517
National Stock Number (NSN) 5961-00-879-7517, or NIIN 008797517, (retainer,semiconductor device) was assigned November 17, 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 4 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. One of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 5 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 5 years.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 15 different platforms.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Aug 02, 2006, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 37244. [AN ITEM PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO POSITION AND/OR RESTRAIN THE MOVEMENT OF ONE OR MORE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES IN THEIR NORMAL OPERATING POSITION. EXCLUDES:CLIP (1), ELECTRICAL; CLAMP (1), LOOP; HOLDER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE; HOLDER (1), CRYSTAL UNIT; RETAINER, CRYSTAL HOLDER; AND STRAP, RETAINING. SEE ALSO HEAT SINK, ELECTRICAL-ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND SOCKET, PLUG-IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5961008797517 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8541900000: diode, transistor & similar semiconductor device parts. The Schedule B End Use is listed as semiconductors. NAICS classification category 334413: semiconductor and related device manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.