Patent ID: 7083434

Claim:
An electrical apparatus comprising: a printed circuit board having a plurality of openings with conductive linings, said printed circuit board has first and second major sides, said printed circuit board includes a plurality of electrically conductive traces disposed on said second major side of said printed circuit board, each of said electrically conductive traces being electrically connected with one said conductive linings; an electrical device disposed adjacent to said first major side of said printed circuit board and having a manually movable control element, said electrical device includes a housing formed of a polymeric material which melts at a temperature above about 200° Centigrade; and a plurality of electrical current conducting compliant pins connected with said electrical device and press fitted into said openings in said printed circuit board, each of said compliant pins being disposed in contact with said conductive lining in one of said openings and providing an electrically conductive path between said lining and said electrical device, each of said complaint pins has a first end portion which is embedded in the polymeric material of said housing and is electrically insulated from an adjacent complaint pin by the polymeric material of said housing, said electrical apparatus being free of solder connecting said compliant pins to conductive linings in the openings in the printed circuit board.