Patent · US Expired

Proximity switches with mechanical decoupling of connection pins and connection insert

US6229420A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Alfred Bauml · Wackersdorf, DE
Manfred Schmitt · Munich, DE
Robert Gassner · Amberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 1998
Grant date	May 8, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K3/403
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A proximity switch including a connector insert (4) and connection pins (4) are not securely connected to one another. Apart from a potting compound which fills the housing, the connection pins are held only by a printed circuit board. This permits easy assembly, and no forces are transmitted to a sensor element via the printed circuit board.

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