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Housing for electronic devices

US5585599A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 1994
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05Y2900/208
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A housing for electronic devices. The housing has a base having profiled metal bars that have at least one longitudinal chamber, at least one metal covering part that is secured to the base and has an inwardly-chambered strip, and at least one contact spring that has a U-shaped cross-section and is disposed between the metal bars and the covering part. A side wall of the longitudinal chamber is formed by a clamping rib for inserting the contact spring, the chamber having a longitudinal slit which adjoins the clamping rib, and the edge strip of the covering is parallel to the outer side of the clamping rib.

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