Patent ID: 6975515

Claim:
An optical encoder module, comprising: a housing which includes at least one recess having an open end and an opposite closed end, the housing further including a locking opening; an electrical component to be accommodated within the recess, the electrical component including a locking member formed on a surface of the electrical component, wherein the locking member and the locking opening are engaged with each other for locking the electrical component, when inserted into said recess, into a locking position, and wherein unlocking the electrical component from the locking position enables removing and separating the electrical component from the housing; and at least one resiliently compressible protrusion between the electrical component and the closed end of the recess so as to be resiliently compressed therebetween from its uncompressed state into its compressed state when the electrical component is inserted into the recess and locked therein in its locking position.