Casing for accommodating electric and/or electronic components
AssigneeSchleicher for Accommodating Electric GmbH & Co. KG
InventorErnst Lichtensperger
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Abstract
In a casing for accommodating electronic components mounted on a printed circuit board, a lower box has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and includes a floor and at least two side walls. Each of the side walls has a horizontal slot proximate an upper edge thereof. At least one of the side walls has a resilient snap nose formed therein which is biased inwardly in the casing. A lid is also provided for closing the lower box, and the lid may have a closing edge thereon formed as a cross-sectionally double obtuse-angled stop tongue. A bead may be provided on a lower portion of the snap nose to orient a pc board in the casing.
Claims6
A casing for accommodating a printed circuit board (pc board), comprising:
- a lower box having a substantially U-shaped cross section, comprising a floor and at least two upstanding side walls, each side wall having a horizontal slot formed proximate an upper edge thereof, at least one of the side walls having a resilient snap nose formed therein which is normally biased inwardly in the casing, and
- a lid for closing said lower box;
- characterized in that the snap nose has a bead attached thereto which is engagable with a recess in a pc board to orient and lock said pc board within said casing, and that said lid has a closing edge on one side thereof which fits into at least one of the horizontal slots of said casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.