Housing equipped with circuit board for electrical switch mechanism

Claim 2

A housing for an electrical switch comprising at least one stationary circuit board, current conductor tracks having contact ends disposed substantially in the plane of said circuit board, said contact ends arranged along a housing wall disposed transverse to the plane of said circuit board, said housing wall provided with through-passage openings, two parallel rows of connector pin members inserted through said through-passage openings of said housing wall and arranged in such manner that when similar housings are placed in a row adjacent to one another all of the connector pin member rows have the same spacing from one another, said connector pin members internally of the housing providing connector legs flexed towards said circuit board, said connector legs having ends which pass through said circuit board and are connected therewith at the region of a respective contact end of an associated current conductor track, said connector pin members including means for fixedly positioning and arresting the inserted connector pin members at said housing wall.

Claim 3

A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for fixedly positioning and arresting the inserted connector pin members at said housing wall comprises a cam member provided for each connector pin member bearing against the outside surface of said housing wall.

Claim 4

A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said contact ends are arranged along said housing wall in an inner and an outer row, one of said parallel rows of connector pin members having connector legs leading to said outer row of contact ends, the other of said parallel rows of connector pin members having longer connector legs leading to said inner row of contact ends.

Claim 5

A housing construction for an electrical switching mechanism comprising an elongate hollow housing body, at least one stationary circuit board disposed within said hollow housing body, current conductor tracks having contact ends disposed substantially in the plane of said circuit board, said hollow housing body including a housing wall extending transverse to the plane of said circuit board, said contact ends disposed at the region of said housing wall, said housing wall provided with through-passage openings for connector pin members, two parallel rows of connector pin members inserted through said through-passage openings of said housing wall to provide a substantially gridlike configuration, said two parallel rows of connector pin members arranged such that when similar housing constructions are placed in a row adjacent to one another all of the connector pin member rows possess substantially the same spacing from one another, said connector pin members internally of said housing wall providing connector legs flexed towards said circuit board, said contact ends of said circuit board arranged along said housing wall in an inner and an outer row, one of said parallel rows of connector pin members having connector legs leading to and connected with said outer row of contact ends, the other of said parallel rows of connector pin members having longer connector legs leading to and connected with said inner row of contact ends, each of said connector pin members provided with cam means for fixedly positioning and arresting the inserted connector pin members at said housing wall and for transmitting forces applied to said connector pin members to said housing wall.

Claim 6

A housing construction for an electrical switching mechanism comprising an elongate hollow housing body, at least one stationary circuit board disposed within said hollow housing body, current conductor tracks having contact ends disposed substantially in the plane of said circuit board, said hollow housing body including a housing wall extending transverse to the plane of said circuit board, said contact ends disposed at the region of said housing wall, said housing wall provided with through-passage openings for connector pin members, two parallel rows of connector pin members inserted through said through-passage openings of said housing wall to provide a substantially gridlike configuration, said two parallel rows of connector pin members arranged such that when similar housing constructions are placed in a row adjacent to one another all of the connector pin member rows possess substantially the same spacing from one another, said connector pin members internally of said housing wall providing connector legs flexed towards said circuit board, said contact ends of said circuit board arranged along said housing wall in an inner and an outer row, one of said parallel rows of connector pin members having connector legs leading to and connected with said outer row of contact ends, the other of said parallel rows of connector pin members having longer connector legs leading to and connected with said inner row of contact ends, each of said connector pin members provided with cam means for fixedly positioning and arresting the inserted connector pin members at said housing wall and for transmitting forces applied to said connector pin members to said housing wall.