Patent ID: 6057521
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A suspended control panel comprising:a housing having a front side and a rear side and comprising a continuously curved front portion facing the front side of the housing and a conformingly continuously curved rear portion facing the rear side of the housing;a bendable circuit card having a front side and a rear side, the circuit card being mounted in the front portion of the housing so as to substantially assume the shape of the front portion;a plurality of switching devices mounted to the rear side of the circuit card;a plurality of operating elements mounted on the front side of the circuit card and being operatively connected to the plurality of switching devices;a plurality of plug sockets mounted on the rear side of said circuit card receiving said plurality of switching devices; andan electric feed line entering the housing and electrically connected to the circuit card;wherein said curve of said front portion and rear portion of said housing comprises a vertically concave curve with respect to an operator facing said front portion of said housing.