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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helmut Fuchs, Halver, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Lumberg GmbH & Co., Schalksmuhle, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 59 ; 439 76 ; 439276 ; 439630 ;
Abstract
A plug-in proximity switch has a tubular housing having a hollow interior and an open end, a circuit board in the housing interior having an edge adjacent the end and a face provided adjacent the edge with a plurality of circuit paths, a socket fittable with the open housing end, a socket body in the socket adjacent the board edge, and a plurality of connector elements fixed in and projecting inward from the body and directly engaging the circuit paths of the board. The board is rigidly held in the housing by a mass of hard potting compound filling the housing interior around the board at least at the edge thereof.