Snap-in switch mounting structure
AssigneeWico Corporation
InventorSyng N. Kim
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Abstract
The mounting structure includes a pair of side abutments, upper and lower abutments, and front and rear abutments into which a rectangular parallelepiped body of a leaf spring switch is snap fit.
Claims13
Structure for mounting a leaf spring switch having a body which carries at least two leaf springs, said body having a height and a width and a length, said mounting structure comprising two side abutment walls spaced apart a distance about equal to the width of the body, upper and lower abutments spaced apart a distance about equal to the height of the body, and front and rear abutments spaced apart a distance about equal to the length of the body, said upper abutment being discontinuous and having two separate spaced-apart sections respectively carried by said side abutment walls, said lower abutment being discontinuous and having two separate spaced-apart front and rear sections lying in a common plane, said front and rear abutments being respectively carried by said front and rear sections of said lower abutment.
Structure for mounting a leaf spring switch having a body which carries at least two leaf springs, said body having a height and a width and a length, said mounting structure comprising two side abutments spaced apart a distance about equal to the width of the body, upper and lower abutments spaced apart a distance about equal to the height of the body, front and rear abutments spaced apart a distance about equal to the length of the body, and an upwardly and rearwardly directed ramp in front of said rear abutment, the leaf spring switch being mounted by placing the body on top of said front abutment and beneath said upper abutment and between said side abutments, then pushing the body rearwardly until engagement with said ramp and continuing to push said body rearwardly to cause said body to ride up said ramp and onto said lower abutment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.