Electronic gas igniter device and integrated box-like terminal board featuring a cable clamp, in particular for electric household appliances

An electronic gas igniter for an electric household appliance, comprising:

• a first casing made of electrically non-conducting material;
• an igniter, an electronic control device, and a terminal board all integrally connected to said first casing;
• said first casing further comprising a cable clamp apparatus;
• wherein the terminal board comprises a second box-like casing made of electrically non-conducting material independent of the first casing;
• said second casing further comprising a cup-shaped body having first and second opposite side openings and an inlet oriented substantially perpendicular to said first and said second opposite side openings, and a lid dimensioned and configured to close the inlet;
• said first casing having a first end including a pair of electric power contacts for the igniter and being coupled through said first side opening of said cup-shaped body so as to be removably snap-secured in use,
• said pair of electric power contacts being arranged within the cup-shaped body in a position facing said inlet to define said terminal board with the second casing, and
• wherein the lid is hingedly restrained to a first side of the cup-shaped body adjacent to said side openings and is adapted to be snap-coupled to a second side of the cup-shaped body opposite the first side, and
• wherein a first and a second clamping apparatus each defined by corresponding first cantilevered projections having a saddle-shaped free end, and by second cantilevered projections, having a flat free end, and wherein the first clamping apparatus is integrally made in one piece with said cup-shaped body and said second clamping apparatus is integrally made in one piece with said lid;
• and,
• wherein said electrically non-conducting material is a synthetic plastic material;
• said first and second casings are injection moulded with said synthetic plastic material as two separate reciprocally independent elements.

An electronic gas igniter for an electric household appliance, comprising:

• a first casing made of electrically non-conducting material;
• an igniter, an electronic control device, and a terminal board all integrally connected to said first casing;
• said first casing further comprising a cable clamp apparatus;
• wherein the terminal board comprises a second box-like casing made of electrically non-conducting material independent of the first casing;
• said second casing further comprising a cup-shaped body having first and second opposite side openings and an inlet oriented substantially perpendicular to said first and said second opposite side openings, and a lid dimensioned and configured to close the inlet;
• said first casing having a first end including a pair of electric power contacts for the igniter and being coupled through said first side opening of said cup-shaped body so as to be removably snap-secured in use,
• said pair of electric power contacts being arranged within the cup-shaped body in a position facing said inlet to define said terminal board with the second casing, and
• wherein the lid is hingedly restrained to a first side of the cup-shaped body adjacent to said side openings and is adapted to be snap-coupled to a second side of the cup-shaped body opposite the first side;
• wherein said lid comprises a first clamping apparatus disposed on an inner face thereof and configured to receive an electric power cable insertable in the cup-shaped body through said second side opening;
• a second clamping apparatus integrally disposed on a bottom wall of said cup-shaped body opposite the inlet, wherein said first clamping apparatus and said second clamping apparatus complementarily sit on top of one another when said lid is in a closed position;
• and,
• a third clamping apparatus integrally disposed on said bottom wall and positioned immediately adjacent to said second side opening on one side and said second clamping member on the opposite side.