Electric control apparatus comprising integral electrical conductors plated on a two-shot molded plastic insulating housing

A trigger operated electric control assembly comprising:

• an insulating housing comprising a plurality of contiguously arranged walls defining a cavity;
• a trigger operator mounted for reciprocal movement on said housing and extending into said cavity;
• a plurality of electrical conductors on a plurality of surfaces of said walls, said conductors being electrically continuous between adjacent said surfaces;
• stationary circuit elements disposed within said cavity electrically connected to respective said conductors;
• movable contact elements disposed in said cavity in cooperative relationship to said stationary circuit elements;
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• means connecting said trigger operator to said movable contact elements for movement of said movable contact elements with said trigger operator relative to said stationary contact elements.

Electric control apparatus comprising:

• an insulating housing having walls defining in part a cavity;
• stationary contact means disposed in said cavity;
• movable contact means disposed in cooperative arrangement with said stationary contact means within said cavity;
• operator means movably mounted on said housing and extending into said cavity;
• means in said cavity coupling said movable contact means to said operator means;
• terminal means located on said housing connectable to a source of electrical power;
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• a plurality of electrical conductors affixed to surfaces of said walls defining said cavity and to exterior surfaces of said housing and to surfaces extending between said cavity and said exterior surfaces of said housing, said conductors being electrically continuous between adjacent intersecting ones of said surfaces electrically connecting said stationary contact means to said terminal means.

An electrical control assembly comprising:

• an insulating housing comprising a plurality of walls arranged in intersecting planes for defining a chamber in said housing;
• an operating assembly located at least in part in said chamber;
• power terminal means supported on said insulating housing and connectable to a source of power;
• said insulating housing comprising a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material which is molded in situ to said first portion leaving surfaces of said first material exposed on said walls;
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• conductor means plated on said exposed surfaces of said first portion of said insulating housing, said conductor means being electrically continuous between adjacent intersecting ones of said surfaces, connecting said power terminal means and said operating assembly to provide for energization of said operating assembly from said power terminal means and further providing a control path for directing a control signal from said operating assembly.