Patent ID: 6552285
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
Apparatus for securing a disc-type switch having a body that is centered upon a flat flange that has a first half section and a second half section symmetrically located about the center of the switch body, said body protruding upwardly from a top surface of the flange and downwardly from the bottom surface of said flange, wherein said apparatus further includes:a flat substrate having a hole that passes through the substrate, said hole having a size and shape such that said switch body can pass through said hole; said substrate having a slotted opening formed therein that is aligned along a reference line that passes through the center of said hole, said slot extending outwardly to either side of said hole a sufficient distance such that said flange can pass through said slotted opening; a depression formed in said substrate on one side of said reference line, said depression having a bottom opening that complements the shape of said first half section, the distance between the top surface of the substrate and inside surface of the depression being about equal to the thickness of said flange whereby the first half section of the flange is passed through said slotted opening and rotated into contact with the inside surface of the depression and the second half section of said flange, at the same time, brought into contact with the top surface of said substrate; fastening means for securing said second half section of the flange in contact against the top surface of the substrate.