Patent ID: 6974924
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An illuminated pushbutton switch for soldering to a circuit board, which includes a housing, a pushbutton assembly that is slideable between inward and outward positions on the housing, and a spring that biases the pushbutton assembly outward, wherein: said pushbutton assembly includes a dielectric pushbutton frame having a contacting surface, and a plurality of pushbutton conductors fixed to said frame and having portions lying on said contacting surface; a plurality of housing contacts mounted on said housing and engageable with said pushbutton contacts, said housing contacts having terminal ends for soldering to said circuit board; a light having a light-emitting bulb and having a pair of leads extending inward of said bulb; said pushbutton conductors include a pair of pushbutton conductors that have outer portions each joined to one of said leads; and said pushbutton assembly includes a dielectric pushbutton depressing element having a through passage that surrounds said bulb, said depressing element having an inner end mounted on said pushbutton frame and having an outer end projecting outward of said bulb.