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Impact sensor and manufacturing method therefor

US5773720A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1997
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H35/147
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An impact sensor 10 has mounting pins which are strongly fixed to a housing body 11 without having to increase the outside dimensions of the housing body. The impact sensor includes the housing body 11, which has a hollow space 12 for accommodating a sensing mechanism, and a mounting arrangement 17 for fixing the housing body 11 to a wiring board 13. The mounting arrangement 17 includes a first pin portion 17a, a second pin portion 17b extending from the first pin portion at right angles with the longitudinal direction thereof, and a third pin portion 17c extending from the first pin portion 17a in the opposite direction from the extending direction of the second pin portion. On each side of the housing body 11, a press-fit recess 16 is formed into which the first and second pin portions 17a and 17b are press-fitted. The housing body 11 is fixed to the wiring board 13 by those portions of the third pin portions 17c of the mounting arrangement 17 which protrude from the housing body 11.

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