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US 7,804,034 B2Granted
Electrical appliance housing
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsKarl Herzog, Thomas Fritsch
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Abstract
An electrical appliance housing including a hard plastic housing body defining a switch-actuating aperture. The aperture is sealed with a soft plastic membrane. An actuating button is fastened to a hard plastic base that is bonded to the membrane.
Claims47
An electrical appliance housing, comprising:
- a hard plastic housing body defining a mechanism-activation aperture;
- a soft plastic membrane configured to seal the aperture;
- a hard plastic base;
- an actuating button fastened to the hard plastic base;
- and
- at least one elastic bar securing the base to the housing body,
- wherein the membrane is directly bonded to the base and the elastic bar;
- and
- wherein the base is free of through-holes.
6 more elements
An electrical appliance housing, comprising:
- a housing body defining a switch-activation aperture;
- a rigid base positioned within the switch-activation aperture;
- a flexible membrane extending across the aperture and directly bonded to the housing body and the base to seal the aperture in a substantially liquid-tight manner, with the base exposed on an inner side of the membrane;
- a manually manipulable actuating button secured to the base and exposed on an outer side of the membrane, such that manual manipulation of the button resiliently flexes the membrane and moves the base, and
- at least one elastic bar securing the base to the housing body,
- wherein the membrane is directly bonded to the at least one elastic bar;
- and
- wherein the at least one elastic bar integrally extends from the housing body.
5 more elements
An electrical appliance housing, comprising:
- a hard plastic housing body defining a mechanism-activation aperture;
- a soft plastic membrane configured to seal the aperture;
- a hard plastic base bonded to the membrane;
- an actuating button fastened to the hard plastic base, the actuating button protruding beyond the membrane towards an outer side of the electrical appliance housing;
- and
- at least one elastic bar securing the base to the housing body,
- wherein the membrane is directly bonded to the at least one elastic bar;
- and
- wherein the at least one elastic bar integrally extends from the housing body.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.