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US 7,888,595 B2Granted
Housing for an electric appliance
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorMarc Güttinger
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Abstract
A housing for an electric appliance includes a wall with an electrically insulating solid structure, an electrically conductive skin that is fastened to the solid structure, an electrically conductive support, and at least one screw that engages into a bore of the structure and keeps the support pressed against the wall. The screw extends through a recess of the electrically conductive skin. Material of the electrically conductive skin that surrounds the recess is displaced by the screw.
Claims8
A housing for an electric appliance, the housing comprising:
- a.) a wall having an electrically insulating solid structure and an electrically conductive skin that is fastened to the electrically insulating solid structure, the electrically insulating solid structure of the wall having at least one hole and the electrically conductive skin of the wall having a recess;
- b.) an electrically conductive support having a hole;
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- c.) at least one screw, the screw extending through the hole of the electrically conductive support and engaging the hole of the electrically insulating solid structure of the wall to resist movement of the electrically conductive support away from the wall, the screw extending through the recess of the electrically conductive skin of the wall and displacing material of the electrically conductive skin of the wall that surrounds the recess.
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