Electronic device with switch mechanism mounted to substrate
AssigneeTe Connectivity Corporation
InventorsCharles Raymond Gingrich, III, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Ronald Martin Weber
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one opening therethrough. The substrate has a circuit. A switch mechanism is mounted to the substrate and is electrically connected to the circuit. The switch mechanism has an actuator configured to activate the switch mechanism. The switch mechanism has a housing holding the actuator and leads extending from the housing. The leads are electrically connected to the circuit. The switch mechanism is mounted to the substrate in the opening such that at least a portion of the housing is positioned below the top surface.
Claims18
A switch mechanism configured to be mounted to a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one opening therethrough and having a circuit with mounting pads on the bottom surface, the switch mechanism comprising
- an actuator configured to activate the switch mechanism, the actuator being aligned with the opening and being accessible through the opening from above the top surface of the circuit board;
- a housing holding the actuator, the housing having a top and a bottom and sides extending between the top and the bottom, the actuator being actuated from above the top of the housing, wherein a portion of the housing is located in the opening such that the top of the housing is positioned above the bottom surface of the substrate;
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- leads extending from the housing and remaining at or below the top of the housing, the leads having mounting pads extending from the housing, the mounting pads having generally planar mounting surfaces that are upward facing and being configured to be electrically connected to the circuit at the mounting pads on the bottom surface of the substrate;
- wherein the leads extend from the housing such that the mounting pads are elevated above the bottom of the housing to allow at least a portion of the housing to be positioned below the top surface of the substrate.
An electronic device comprising:
- a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface and an opening therethrough, the substrate having a circuit on the top surface;
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- a switch mechanism mounted to the substrate below the opening and electrically connected to the circuit, the switch mechanism having an actuator aligned with the opening configured to activate the switch mechanism, the switch mechanism having a housing holding the actuator and leads extending from the housing, the leads being bent and formed to extend unobstructed through the opening above the actuator with each of the leads being in the same opening, the leads having mounting pads flared outward and defining mounting surfaces that are downward facing and being electrically connected to the circuit on the top surface of the substrate, the switch mechanism being mounted to the substrate in the opening such that at least a portion of the housing is positioned below the top surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.