Plug-in proximity switch
AssigneeKarl Lumberg GmbH & Co.
InventorHelmut Fuchs
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Abstract
A plug-in proximity switch has a tubular housing having a hollow interior and an open end, a circuit board in the housing interior having an edge adjacent the end and a face provided adjacent the edge with a plurality of circuit paths, a socket fittable with the open housing end, a socket body in the socket adjacent the board edge, and a plurality of connector elements fixed in and projecting inward from the body and directly engaging the circuit paths of the board. The board is rigidly held in the housing by a mass of hard potting compound filling the housing interior around the board at least at the edge thereof.
Claims5
A plug-in proximity-switch assembly comprising:
- a tubular housing having a hollow interior and an open end;
- a circuit board in the housing interior having an edge adjacent the end and a face provided adjacent the edge with a plurality of circuit paths;
- a mass of hard potting compound filling the housing interior around the board at least at the edge thereof and rigidly holding the board in the housing;
- a socket fittable with the open housing end;
- a socket body in the socket adjacent the board edge;
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- a plurality of connector elements fixed in and projecting inward from the body, and directly engaging the circuit paths of the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.