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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:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen Schamberger, Kendallville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Coporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29622 ; 29505 ; 174 66 ; 200296 ; 220-392 ; 403316 ; 403325 ;
Abstract
A controller having a housing with a cover plate attached and a user moveable control shaft extending from the housing. The cover plate has a spring member with tabs attached which permits the cover to be attached to the housing over the shaft and the assembly shaft inserted into a clearance hole in a panel to which it is to be attached and pivoted into locking tabs on the panel and the spring tabs cammed along the panel surface deflecting the spring until the spring tabs drop into an aperture provided in the panel, locking the cover plate and housing to the panel.