Method of mounting a switch body on a printing wiring board or panel
AssigneeNihon Kaiheiki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeo Ohashi, Hiroyuki Suga
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Abstract
A rectangular switch body has a plurality of terminals of round flexible wire rods and is provided at its four outer side surfaces with engagement members. Various kinds of cross-sectionally C-shaped brackets of a resilient metal plate provided with engagement members are prepared. An insert mount having a mount frame with at least three side walls engageable with at least three side surfaces of the switch body and engagement members is prepared. By using one of the brackets or the insert mount, the switch body is mounted on a printing wiring board in a desired direction or on a panel.
Claims12
A method of mounting an miniature switch on a printed wiring board or panel using one of a plurality of a different brackets, comprising the steps of:
- (A) preparing a rectangular switch body having a plurality of terminals of round flexible wire rods and provided at its four outer side surfaces with first engagement members;
- (B) preparing more than two different cross-sectionally C-shaped brackets of a resilient metal plate, each having a plurality of legs and provided at opposite side surfaces of said bracket with second engagement members;
- (C) preparing a plurality of different inserting mounts having a mount frame with at least three side walls engageable with at least three side surfaces of said switch body, flanges outwardly extending in opposite directions from upper portions of two opposite side walls of said mount frame, elastic plates upwardly extending from those portions of the outer surfaces of said opposite side walls of said mount frame which are below said flanges, and second engagement members provided on opposite portions of said side walls;
- (D) selecting one of the brackets or the inserting mounts of steps (B) and (C) above in accordance with an intended position of the printed wiring board or panel;
- (E) mounting said switch body to said selected bracket or inserting mount by engaging the second engagement members of the selected bracket or inserting mount with selected portions of the first engagement members of the switch body;
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- (F) mounting said switch body together with said selected bracket or inserting mount onto the printed wiring board or panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.