Patent ID: 9734965
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. An arrangement of pushbutton switches with a programmable display, each of the pushbutton switches comprising: an enclosure body; a microswitch affixed to said enclosure body an actuator member having limited linear shift play inside the enclosure body, said microswitch being activated by said linear shift when the pushbutton switch is operated; and a programmable display arranged, in the enclosure body; said arrangement of pushbutton switches including a support structure comprising: an assembly panel provided with a plurality of openings for arranging there through the enclosure body of each pushbutton switch of the arrangement, with the support of a bezel on said assembly panel; a printed circuit board wherein connection and/or control elements of said display and microswitch are arranged; a shielding plate of said printed circuit board; separating columns and attachment means linking said assembly panel, printed circuit board and plate in an overlapping arrangement, wherein the enclosure body of each of the pushbutton switches comprises: at least one appendix integral to the enclosure body and arranged through through-openings defined in said panel, printed circuit board and shielding plate, said openings facing each other in said support structure; and at least one connector attached to the enclosure body that is opposite to and engaged with, in an assembled state, a corresponding connector provided and arranged on the printed circuit board for connecting said programmable display and said microswitch, wherein each enclosure body is attached to the support structure by removable immobilizing means of said appendix with respect to said shielding plate, the appendix comprising by a tubular shaft that extends from the bottom of the enclosure body, and the immobilizing means comprising a nut with a coupling configuration to be coupled to the tubular shaft by a respective complementary coupling configuration integrated with or attached to the tubular shaft, so that the nut is coupled against said shielding plate, and