Abstract A housing assembly for contacts, the assembly comprising a contact-housing board and a lid for covering one of the surfaces of the contact-housing board and retaining the contacts within the assembly. The contact-housing board has contact chambers extending through the contact-housing board from one surface to an opposite surface, the chambers being adapted to accept contacts. A pair of opposite ends of the contact-housing board extend outwardly to form attachment extensions, and each of these extensions has a mounting hole extending through the extension. The lid also has extensions which overlap the mounting holes in the contact-housing board. The lid extensions have openings that are aligned with the mounting holes. The contact-housing board and the lid can be securely held together and mounted to a mating part through the mounting holes and the openings. In a preferred embodiment, the lid is provided with flanges extending over the sides of the contact-housing board, and the flanges have recesses which interlock with mating cams on the sides of the contacthousing board so that the two parts can be snap fastened together.
Inventors
👤 H Knitter
👤 J Weinsberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-02 03:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A housing assembly for contacts comprising: a contact housing board having contact chambers extending therethrough from one surface to an opposite surface, said chambers being adapted to accept said contacts, said board having a pair of oppositely disposed ends extending outwardly to form attachment extensions, each of said extensions having a mounting hole extending through said extension perpendicular to the plane of said board, and a lid covering one of said surfaces, said lid having flanges extending perpendicular to the plane of said lid and around a portion of at least two opposite sides of said board, said flanges having recesses, and said sides of said board having cams which interlock with said recesses, said lid further having extensions which overlap said mounting holes, each of said lid extensions having an opening aligned with one of said mounting holes, whereby said board and said lid can be snap-fastened together by means of said interlocking cams and recesses, and securely held together and attached to a mounting surface by fastening means passing through said mounting holes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A housing assembly for contacts comprising: a contact housing board having contact chambers extending therethrough from one surface to an opposite surface, said chambers being adapted to accept said contacts, said board having a pair of oppositely disposed ends extending outwardly to form attachment extensions, each of said extensions having a mounting hole extending through said extension perpendicular to the plane of said board, and a lid covering one of said surfaces, said lid having flanges extending perpendicular to the plane of said lid and around a portion of at least two opposite sides of said board, said flanges having recesses, and said sides of said board having cams which interlock with said recesses, said lid further having extensions which overlap said mounting holes, each of said lid extensions having an opening aligned with one of said mounting holes, whereby said board and said lid can be snap-fastened together by means of said interlocking cams and recesses, and securely held together and attached to a mounting surface by fastening means passing through said mounting holes.