Electrical-component assembly and method of assembling the same
AssigneeA. O. Smith Corporation
InventorNorman Long
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Abstract
An electrical-component assembly that includes a first housing portion that includes a wall. The wall includes a slot. At least a portion of the slot includes threads. An electrical component includes a body and a threaded protrusion. The threaded protrusion defines a longitudinal axis and is translational along a path that includes a portion that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to engage with the threaded portion of the slot such that the body inhibits rotation of the electrical component relative to the first housing portion.
Claims20
An electrical-component assembly comprising:
- a first housing portion including a wall, the wall including a slot having an open end, an engagement portion, and a non-engagement portion, the engagement portion including threads;
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- an electrical component including a body and a threaded protrusion, the threaded protrusion defining a longitudinal axis and engaged with the engagement portion of the slot such that the body inhibits rotation of the electrical component about the longitudinal axis relative to the first housing portion.
An electrical-component assembly comprising:
- a first housing portion including a wall, the wall including a threaded slot having an open end;
- a second housing portion engaged with the first housing portion to define a housing interior, the second housing portion covering the open end;
- a switch disposed substantially within the housing interior and including a body and a threaded protrusion, the threaded protrusion translationally engaged with the threaded slot such that the body inhibits rotation of the switch relative to the first housing portion.
A method of assembling an electrical-component assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a first portion of a housing including a slot having a threaded portion;
- providing a switch having a threaded portion, the threaded portion of the switch defining a longitudinal thread axis;
- orienting the switch relative to the first portion of the housing;
- moving the switch relative to the first portion of the housing along a path that is not parallel to the thread axis;
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- engaging the threaded portion of the switch with the threaded portion of the slot without substantial rotation of the switch about the thread axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.