Magnetic switch apparatus
AssigneeXolox Corporation
InventorWilliam F. Bleeke
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Abstract
Magnetic switch apparatus which includes a casing having a magnetically sensitive component securely positioned therein in a predetermined location. The component may be in the form of either a conventional reed switch or Hall effect sensor and is provided with electrical terminal leads extending therefrom. The casing includes means for locating and securing the leads against movement upon application of a tensile force thereto, such means being in the form of suitable embossments in the casing about which the leads are partially wrapped. The casing further is provided with means for mounting the same on a supporting member, such as a circuit board, in a predetermined position such that the magnetic component will also be correspondingly positioned relative to the supporting member.
Claims12
Magnetic switch apparatus comprising:
- a magnetically sensitive component, having electrical leads extending therefrom;
- a casing which includes a supporting plate of non-magnetic material, having the magnetically sensitive component securely positioned therein;
- first means for positioning the magnetically sensitive component in a predetermined location, including component-locating embossments on said supporting plate which receives and holds said component against movement in at least one direction;
- second means for locating and holding said leads against movement thereof upon application of a tensile force thereto, including lead-locating embossments on said supporting plate about which said leads, respectively, are partially wrapped;
- a lead-receiving aperture, formed in said plate, through which said leads extend after being wrapped as aforesaid about said lead-locating embossments;
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- third means for mounting said magnetic switch apparatus on a supporting member in a predetermined position such that said magnetically sensitive component will be correspondingly positioned relative to said supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.