Switch module system
AssigneeLeopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHarry Engelhardt, Markus Adam
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Abstract
A switch module system includes switch modules. Each switch module has a housing, a keypad with switch domes, and an actuator for the switch domes. The housing of each switch module includes a housing chassis and a housing cover. The switch modules are attached to a substrate with contact areas of the substrate being electrically connectable through the switch domes of the keypads of the switch modules. For each switch module a respective section of the substrate is inserted into the housing chassis of the switch module and the respective section of the substrate is attached by the housing cover of the switch module to the housing chassis of the switch module.
Claims16
A switch module system comprising:
- a plurality of switch modules, each switch module having a housing including a housing chassis and a housing cover, a keypad with a switch dome, and an actuator for the switch dome with the keypad being at a first end of the housing chassis and the actuator being at an opposite end of the housing chassis;
- wherein for each switch module the first end of the housing chassis is positioned adjacent to a respective section of a substrate with the keypad of the switch module being between the section of the substrate and the actuator of the switch module and facing the section of the substrate such that contact areas of the substrate are electrically connectable through the switch domes of the keypads of the switch modules;
- wherein further for each switch module the housing cover of the switch module is attached to the first end of the housing chassis of the switch module with the housing cover of the switch module closing the first end of the housing chassis of the switch module to clip the housing to the respective section of the substrate with the section of the substrate being inserted between the housing cover of the switch module and the housing chassis of the switch module.
A switch module system comprising:
- a plurality of switch modules, each switch module having a housing including a housing chassis and a housing cover, a keypad with a switch dome, and an actuator for the switch dome with the keypad being at a first end of the housing chassis and the actuator being at an opposite end of the housing chassis;
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- a substrate having contact areas;
- wherein for each switch module the first end of the housing chassis is positioned adjacent to a respective section of the substrate with the keypad of the switch module being between the section of the substrate and the actuator of the switch module and facing the section of the substrate such that the contact areas of the substrate are electrically connectable through the switch domes of the keypads of the switch modules;
- wherein further for each switch module the housing cover of the switch module is attached to the first end of the housing chassis of the switch module with the housing cover of the switch module closing the first end of the housing chassis of the switch module to clip the housing of the switch module to the respective section of the substrate with the section of the substrate being inserted between the housing cover of the switch module and the housing chassis of the switch module.
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