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Housing section for an electric circuit to be protected from harmful substances, e.g. a motor vehicle locking system, and process for producing a housing with the housing section
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1994-02-18
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Granted: 1996-02-06
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Expires: 2014-02-18
Abstract
Abstract A housing includes a housing section made of hard thermoplastic material for a circuit, e.g. a motor vehicle locking system, to be protected from harmful substances, and at least one pressure member being made of soft thermoplastic material and being accessible from outside the housing. Each pressure member serves to operate at least one electric switch being disposed or to be disposed inside the housing. Edges of the pressure member provide an all-round watertight and adhesive-free cover for a hole in the housing section, with the edges being injection molded directly onto the synthetic material of the housing section in such a way that the synthetic material of the pressure member and the synthetic material of the housing section are fused together.
Inventors
- 👤 Josef Dirmeyer
- 👤 Klaus Mayer
- 👤 Josef Gleixner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 14:32
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H13/00; H01H13/02; H01H13/04; H01H13/06; G; G05; G05G; G05G1/00; G05G1/02; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/00174; G07C9/00944; H01H9/00; H01H9/02; H01H9/04; H01H2009/048; H01H2223/00; H01H2223/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A housing for an electrical circuit to be protected from harmful substances, comprising: a housing section being formed of hard thermoplastic synthetic material and having a hole formed therein; and at least one pressure member having edges, being formed of soft thermoplastic synthetic material and being accessible from outside the housing for operating at least one electrical switch to be disposed inside the housing, said edges of said pressure member forming an all-round water-tight and adhesive-free cover for said hole in said housing section, with said edges being directly injection molded onto the synthetic material of said housing section and the synthetic material of said pressure member and the synthetic material of said housing section being fused together, such that said housing section and said at least one pressure member together form a one-piece portion of the housing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A housing for an electrical circuit to be protected from harmful substances, comprising: a housing section being formed of hard thermoplastic synthetic material and having a hole formed therein; and at least one pressure member having edges, being formed of soft thermoplastic synthetic material and being accessible from outside the housing for operating at least one electrical switch to be disposed inside the housing, said edges of said pressure member forming an all-round water-tight and adhesive-free cover for said hole in said housing section, with said edges being directly injection molded onto the synthetic material of said housing section and the synthetic material of said pressure member and the synthetic material of said housing section being fused together, such that said housing section and said at least one pressure member together form a one-piece portion of the housing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The housing according to claim 1, wherein said housing section has an inner surface, and said edges are fused with said inner surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The housing according to claim 1, wherein said pressure member has an inner surface defining a center, and a conductive coating disposed approximately in the center of said inner surface and being adapted to operate as a contact surface of the switch to be disposed inside the housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The housing according to claim 3, wherein said pressure member has a protrusion disposed approximately centrally of said inner surface and adapted to face the switch to be disposed inside the housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The housing according to claim 1, wherein said pressure member is formed of conductive material and is adapted to operate as a contact surface of the switch to be disposed inside the housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The housing according to claim 5, wherein said pressure member has an inner surface with a center, and said pressure member has a protrusion disposed approximately in the center of said inner surface and adapted to face the switch to be disposed inside the housing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The housing according to claim 1, including a circuit in the form of a moisture-sensitive hand transmitter of a remote-controlled motor vehicle locking system to be activated by said pressure member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The housing according to claim 1, including a circuit in the form of moisture-sensitive electronics of a motor vehicle on-board computer to be activated by said pressure member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The housing according to claim 1, wherein said housing section has an outer surface, and said edges are fused with said outer surface.
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