Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Autoliv Asp, Incorporated

Chrysler Group LLC

Boris G Karasik

William M Leach

An assembly provides a dual function for mounting a port connector on a circuit board and also secures a capacitor to the circuit board. The assembly includes the circuit board and a monolithic plastic frame having a flange, a snap structure, a capacitor cradle, and a socket section. The flange has a fastening structure for fastening the frame to the circuit board. The snap structure for a snap-in attachment of the port connector to the frame is arranged near an end edge of the circuit board. The capacitor cradle for holding a cylindrical capacitor is formed adjacent to the snap structure and is elevated from the circuit board by an air gap. The socket section bears socket contacts for receiving capacitor contact leads.

Capacitor frame assembly

An electrical switch having redundant circuits, where the switch has a pivotable plunger having an arcuate conductive bearing and a contact tip. The plunger bearing is electrically connected to the contact tip and is supported on a conductive substrate. When the plunger is pivoted from a first to a second position, the contact tip closes a first circuit between the substrate and a first contact and closes a second, redundant, circuit between the substrate and a second contact.

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Commerce Township, MI, United States of America

Boris G Karasik