Patent ID: 6066816
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switch housing for an electric switch, the housing being suitable for positioning the switch at a front plate by means of a fastening element, and wherein a stop surface is located on a front end of the housing for contacting the front plate, wherein there is located on a rear of the housing a mounting surface which is parallel to the stop surface and enables the switch housing to be fastened via the mounting surface on a printed circuit board, wherein the switch housing comprises:first and second switch elements such that one of said switch elements is connectable with the front plate, and that the other of said switch elements is connectable to the printed circuit board;wherein one of said switch elements has a clip and the other of said switch elements has a locking pin, and the clip is adapted for connection with the locking pin for enabling said first and second switch elements to make effective functional contact with one another, both of the clip and the locking pin being disposed along a central axis of the switch housing.