Invention Application
- Patent Title: Switch assembly employing an external customizing printed circuit board
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Application No.: US10056240Application Date: 2002-01-23
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Publication No.: US20030136656A1Publication Date: 2003-07-24
- Inventor: John Edmund Dunne , Martin John Tatara
- Main IPC: H01H009/00
- IPC: H01H009/00

Abstract:
An interchangeable printed circuit board having electrical components is attached externally proximate to the base of a switch to customize switch performance. The circuit board includes openings which slide over and electrically engage the terminals of the switch proximate the base, leaving the remainder of the terminals exposed and available for plug-in or solder electrical connection within an electrical system. The openings may be copper contact members having fingers which engage and electrically connect to the switch terminals.
Public/Granted literature
- US06642460B2 Switch assembly employing an external customizing printed circuit board Public/Granted day:2003-11-04
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