The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josef Kern, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/03 ;
Abstract
A component, in particular a relay or other electromechanical component, has a parallelepipedal housing whose outer sides respectively have projections in the form of ribs or nubs integrally formed on them. As a result of this, impact stresses occurring when the component is handled are absorbed up to a defined magnitude and, above this specified magnitude, are identified externally by damage to the projections. This prevents components from being fitted despite invisible prior damage and from subsequently failing due to the invisible prior damage.