Method of attaching a controller housing to a panel

Details Method of attaching a controller housing to a panel Method of attaching a controller housing to a panel

1996-11-22

1998-03-17

Echols, P. W.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Electrical device making

29505, 174 66, 200296, 220 392, 403316, 403325, B23P 1100, H01H 1100

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057273090

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.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3127145 (1964-03-01), McGinty
patent: 4184730 (1980-01-01), Huebner
patent: 5256841 (1993-10-01), Zanella

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