Abstract: A switch body 2 of a reset switch 1 is inserted through an opening 39 formed to a structural member 35 and fixed easily thereto. The switch body 2 is equipped with a circuit for turning off the light of a lamp 3 with a LED when the lamp lens is pushed into the switch body 2. The switch body 2 is removably fixed to the structural member 35 by the spring force of a deformable spring 8, with the structural member 35 being pinched between the spring and the switch body 2. The cord 4 connected to the power source for the lamp 3 is connected to the switch body 2 via a connector 5.

Abstract: An operating device to be used, for example, as an input portion for a game controller. The operating device comprises a housing, a push button, and a switch base comprising a switch portion and a support base. The housing is provided with a support member for supporting the switch base and is also provided with an anti-dislodgement retaining portion for preventing the push button from coming off to the exterior from the housing. The push button is provided with a retaining lug for engagement with the anti-dislodgement retaining portion of the housing and is also provided with a retaining lug for engagement with the support base in the switch base. The support base is provided with an anti-dislodgement retaining portion for engagement with the retaining lug of the push button and is also provided with a guide portion. With this guide portion, the movement of the push button is guided in its pushing direction and is prevented from wobbling in the vertical direction.

Abstract: Operating means for the operating of a switch (2) in an electric current circuit, comprising an inner cylinder (6) connected to the switch, with a push rod (7) axially displaceable in the inner cylinder between an outer resting position and an inner operative position wherein the push rod acts on the switch to break the current circuit, and wherein a the push rod during displacement to the active position passes and is releasably locked in the active position by being arrested behind a spring member supported on the inner cylinder. The movement of the push rod in a direction towards the resting position is axially limited by an outer cylinder which is journalled about the inner cylinder and the cylinders are inter-locked in the coupled position through the aid of snap-lock means acting between and being encased between the cylinders in their interconnected position.

Abstract: The installation switch includes an installation box (10) having a support plate (15) for attachment to a wall. Arranged in front of the installation housing (10) is a base portion (18) carrying a touch panel (19). The touch panel (19) comprises a transparent plate provided with transparent switch elements and projects into the room.

Abstract: A switch housing (21) of a starter switch (Ss) is inserted into an opening (14) defined in a rear handlebar cover (1) in a motor vehicle, and a locking claw (212) projectingly provided on the switch housing (21) is locked in the opening (14) to fix the switch housing (21). When the switch housing (21) is inserted into the opening (14), a leaf spring-like terminal (242) of a stationary contact (24) exposed to a surface of the switch housing (21) comes into resilient abutment against a terminal (312) of a bus bar (31) exposed to the opening (14) in the rear handlebar cover (1), thereby automatically completing the connection of the starter switch (Ss) and the bus bar (31) to each other. Thus, it is possible to simply and reliably perform the operation of mounting the starter switch (Ss) to the rear handlebar cover (1) and the operation of electrically connecting the starter switch (Ss) to the bus bar (31).

Abstract: An actuating system for a vehicular interior comprises a panel (12) with a front face and a module element (14) for assembly in an opening (16) of the panel (12). The panel (12) has side walls (18) which are perpendicular to the front face. The panel (12) and the module element (14) have cooperating latching elements which comprise a detent (26) and a latching edge (22). The detent (26) is configured on an elastically deflectable tongue (24) and comprises a ramp surface (28) cooperating with the latching edge (22).

Abstract: A mounting bracket for an electric switch is constructed of a single metal piece and does not require separate fasteners for holding the electric switch on the bracket.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting a controller (30) along with its program selector switch (36) and other electrical components (34) on appliance front panels is disclosed. A twist mount (40) removably mounts a selector switch (36) and printed circuit board (32) to a control panel (20) of an appliance. The switch (36) may be positioned off-center on the printed circuit board (32) in a manner creating a gravity-based rotational torque force on the twist mount (40), such that the printed circuit board (32) acts as a cantilever arm during mounting, and the selector switch (36) is held in the mounted position via the gravity force after mounting.

Abstract: A circuit breaker bracket assembly has two generally U-shaped metal clips, each metal clip having a rearwardly projecting resilient wing formed therein with two forwardly projecting arms extending therefrom, each arm having an aperture which engages a nodule of a recess on a basal portion of a molded plastic cover plate. The molded plastic cover plate has a top face which has flanges preventing the cover plate from sliding through a panel opening. The basal portion has two mounting plugs formed on the back thereof which engage openings in each circuit breaker half case part and upon assembly of the circuit breaker holds the circuit breaker bracket assembly to the circuit breaker case.

Abstract: An electronic system may include a mounting structure that allows a switch to be firmly attached to the electronic system. The switch may have one or more snap lock mechanisms attached to a body of the switch. The mounting structure may have an opening sized to allow the switch and the snap lock mechanisms to be inserted into the mounting structure. The mounting structure may include an undercut portion in a wall of the mounting structure. The mounting panel may also include a channel configured to accept a width of the snap lock mechanism. The undercut portion of the wall may be located in a channel wall. When the switch is inserted into the mounting structure, the snap lock mechanism may engage the undercut portion of the mounting structure to securely hold the switch to the mounting structure.

Abstract: The control element according to the invention which for example can be in the form of a pushbutton switch or display element, is intended to be fastened to a front panel having at least one circular opening. It has a housing with an essentially cylindrical section and, at its front, a collar projecting radially outward and beyond the cylindrical section. The cylindrical section is provided with at least one all-around groove in which a ring of an elastically deformable material is present. When the control element is inserted into the front panel, it is fixed into the opening by virtue of the fact that a support surface of the collar rests on the front plate on the one hand and by the ring being pressed against the lateral surface of the groove by the lower edge of the opening on the other hand.

Abstract: A circuit breaker unit having a backmold which can withstand horizontal axial forces, which cause deflection or bowing of the backmold. The circuit breaker unit comprises an enclosure, cradle and pultruded backmold. The pultruded backmold is molded with at least one horizontal rib adjacent a top end, a bottom end or an area therebetween to provide additional strength and support of the circuit breaker and field serviceable connections.

Abstract: A switch mountable in a feeding aperture in a support plate has an elongated housing having a base, a retention device for fixing the switch to the support plate, a switch plunger movable longitudinally against a spring action, a slider movable relative to the switch plunger and surrounding the switch plunger over a part of its length, radial vanes provided and guide grooves are guided in the guide grooves parallel to the longitudinal axis so as to move longitudinally up to opposite wall sections of the housing, limit stops for fixing the slider in an axial direction between the limit stops, notched tracks having locking teeth extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and provided on a shank of the plunger and inside the slider, which intermesh and fix the switch plunger to the slider in an axial direction when the switch plunger is turned with respect to the slider, the switch plunger with the housing being rotatable about the longitudinal axis with respect to the slider until a mutual engagement of the no

Abstract: A keyboard has keys, or buttons, having guide projections which, when the keys are pushed from an operating side, are shoved along guide plates, with motion being restricted by a locator, the locator having two stops which restrict the motion of the keys between the two stops and with a switch being activated being ON and OFF by the key moving within these limits. This provides a very flat keyboard which is economical to manufacture.

Abstract: A panel switch for use in various kinds of electronic appliance comprises (1) a first wiring board having a switch contact formed on an upper surface thereof, a locating hole, and a screw hole, (2) a push button unit made of insulation resin having a frame connecting a movable key button for depressing the switch contact, and disposed on the first wiring board, and (3) a cover for covering the push button unit, having a locating hole and a threaded hole. The push button unit is provided with a locating boss on both of an upper surface and a lower surface of the frame. In assembling the panel switch, the first wiring board and the cover are aligned with respect to each other through the push button unit by inserting the locating bosses on the upper and lower surfaces of the frame into their respective locating holes in the cover and the first wiring board.

Abstract: A switch mounting bracket 8 including a bottom plate 9, a pair of legs 10 and a pair of flanges 11 on tip ends of the legs is accommodated in a space 7 defined between a lower surface of a roof panel 3 and an upper surface of a roof lining 1 by adhering the pair of flanges to the upper surface of the roof lining 1 at 15. A switch 2 inserted into the switch mounting bracket 8 through an opening 1.sub.1 in the roof lining 1 is fixed by bringing locking claws 18.sub.1 provided in a flange 18 of the switch 2 into engagement into locking bores 11.sub.1 defined in the flanges 11. With the above structure, when a shock is applied to the switch 2 mounted on a roof of a vehicle, damage to the switch can be suppressed to a minimum because the switch does not contact the roof panel, and the alignment of the opening 1.sub.1 in the roof lining and the switch mounting bracket 8 can be easily performed because the components are directly joined together.

Abstract: A push button assembly adapted to be mounted to a bezel includes a button body and a pair of anchoring members arranged on opposite sides of the button body and connected to the button body by resilient arms for resiliently supporting the button body. Each anchoring member forms a plurality of ledges for being interferentially inserted into and engaging with a corresponding hole defined in the bezel thereby mounting the button body to the bezel. The bezel defines a bore through which a post extending from the button body extends for being accessible to a user. The button body has an inner end adapted to drivingly engage with a switch whereby when the post is depressed, the button body moves under the resilient support of the resilient arms to engage with and thus actuate the switch.

Abstract: A switch assembly is adapted for insertion into an aperture formed in an instrument panel. The aperture has opposing edges. The switch assembly includes a body insertable into the aperture and having opposing sides. A base is connected to the body and includes integrally molded first and second retention arms extending therefrom. Each arm has a first end connected to the base and a second end configured to abut against a respective one of the opposing edges to retain the body in the aperture. Each arm has an upstanding rib between the first and second ends facing the respective opposing side of the body. Each rib extends sufficiently from the respective arm to abut the respective opposing side of the body when the second end of the arm abuts the respective opposing edge, thereby increasing the force required to remove the body from the aperture by forming a fulcrum between the first and second ends of the arms.

Abstract: A housing for an electric switch includes a recessed base and a cover member. The cover member is constructed to include a hook fastener, a latch fastener, a first pair of clip fingers and a second pair of clip fingers. The hook fastener and latch fastener serve to enable the electric switch to be easily and quickly mounted on a wall in a device with which the electric switch is to be used while the first and second pair of clip fingers serve to hold the hook and latch fasteners tightly in place on the wall of the device when so mounted.

Abstract: A tumbler switch for mounting in an opening in a wall having a base part and a tumbler which is pivotably connected to the base part between at least two positions, said tumbler having a splashproof edge portion. For mounting the switch from the inside of the wall, two opposite side parts of the tumbler are provided with recesses over the full length of the tumbler, the recesses cooperating projections, for example cams, provided in opposite edges of the opening in the wall. Resilient blade springs provided on the base part complete the fastening of the switch to the inside wall.

Abstract: A gaming device comprises a cabinet with a hinged door, a gaming unit housed within the cabinet for playing a game, and a button panel system. The button panel system includes a printed circuit board mounted to the door and disposed inside the cabinet; a plurality of switches removably mounted to the printed circuit board; a button panel detachably mounted to the door in proximity to the printed circuit board and exposed to a player; a plurality of buttons mounted to the button panel in a preselected arrangement; and a plurality of actuators coupled to the respective buttons and disposed to actuate a group of the plurality of switches in response to pressing the respective buttons, the group of the plurality of switches cooperating with the game played by the gaming unit.

Abstract: A switch housing for an electric switch has a front end with a stop surface for contacting a front plate with a fastening element. Furthermore, the switch housing has on its rear a mounting surface parallel to the stop surface, to be fastened with the mounting surface on a printed circuit board. In this arrangement, the switch housing is assembled from two elements of which one switch element is brought into connection with the front plate, and for the other switch element is connected to the printed circuit board. One of the two elements has a clip which connects with a locking pin arranged in the other one of the two elements or capable of being pushed forward, with the result that the two switch elements of the switch housing make effective functional contact with one another.

Abstract: A circuit breaker mounting arrangement for use in a device such as a transfer switch includes a mounting member adapted for securement to the transfer switch. The circuit breaker includes a head portion having a reset member, and a rearwardly extending body portion which terminates in a rear end wall from which a pair of contact prongs extend. A mounting member is provided for each circuit breaker, and includes an internal recess or cavity adapted to receive the circuit breaker body portion. The mounting member further includes an end wall which in part defines the recess, and a pair of engagement members are mounted to the end wall. The engagement members are configured to receive the circuit breaker prongs when the circuit breaker is inserted into the passage of the mounting member, for establishing an electrical connection between the circuit breaker prongs and the engagement members.

Abstract: A control or signaling device such as a push-button or an indicator lamp including one or more electrical units attached to a base is disclosed. The electrical unit (30) and the base (20) include a rigid projection (40) and a hook (50), e.g. a U-shaped hook, and a retaining shoulder (23) and a recess (25) coacting therewith, respectively. The hook is preferably resiliently biased in a direction parallel to the mutual engagement surfaces (32, 27) of the unit and the base, and extends in the same direction as the projection.

Abstract: The present invention is a membrane switch. The membrane switch includes a switch assembly having a switch frame coupled to the switch assembly. The switch frame is sandwiched between various layers of the membrane, thus holding it in place. The lower surface of the membrane is coated with an adhesive. Once installed in an electronic device, the adhesive layer secures the membrane as well as the switch assembly in place. The adhesive layer serves to form a waterproof barrier between the membrane and the switch assembly.

Abstract: A pull chain switch grommet for aesthetically covering the hole in the switch housing of a ceiling fan, comprising a switch housing having a wall with a hole therethrough for a pull chain, a coupler, a means for securing said coupler to the pull chain switch, a means for securing the grommet to the coupler through the hole within the wall of the switch housing, and the coupler and the grommet each including a longitudinal hole therethrough through which is positioned the pull chain of the switch.

Abstract: A subassembly having a main housing and an electric switch arranged within the main housing. The main housing has a wall provided with an opening and the switch has a switch housing and an actuating element. The switch is arranged within the main housing such that the actuating element projects through the opening in the wall so as to extend exteriorly of the main housing and thus be actuatable from the exterior of the main housing. The wall has a first contact surface in the region of the opening and the switch housing has a second contact surface in the region of and surrounding the actuating element. The two contact surfaces are in pressure contact with each other when the switch is installed in the main housing with the actuating element of the switch projecting through the opening, thereby eliminating the need for an additional seal between the contact surfaces of the main housing and the switch housing.

Abstract: An electrical control or signaling device such as a push button or lamp includes a body which is fixed on a support wall and a baseplate for receiving contact blocks. The baseplate 20 houses a slide 30 and a manipulation screw having arms 33 and 34, acts on the slide 30 to translate the slide. The arms 33 and 34 have sharp edges or points (A1, A2) which act against the support wall and are displaced within a plane (P3) which is perpendicular to the plane S of the wall.

Abstract: A self-adjusting electric tappet switch includes a housing, an electrical switch contact carried on the housing, a slider member movable relative to the housing and adapted to actuate the electrical switch, and an elongate tappet member extending from the housing and selectively engageable with the slider member. The slider member has a first engagement portion adapted to selectively connect with a second engagement portion provided on the elongate tappet member. The switch is self-adjusted by relative rotational movement between the slider member and the elongate tappet member to lock the pair together.

Abstract: A mounting bolt 30 has a disclike flange portion 30b formed on an end of a tightening portion 30a. A switch bracket 28 is fixed to a screw hole 12 by tightening the bolt 30 with the bolt 30 inserted into a mounting hole 29 formed so as to have the same diameter as the screw hole 12. A rubber cover 21 covers the switch bracket 28, and has an annular seal portion 21a formed thereon. The seal portion 21a is larger in diameter than the mounting hole 29 and smaller in diameter than the flange portion 30b. A stepped portion 30c is formed on the bolt 30 in such a manner that a surface of contact thereof with the bracket 28 extends in parallel to the bracket 28, that the diameter thereof is larger than the mounting hole 29 and smaller than the seal portion 21a, and that the length thereof in an axial direction is such that the flange portion 30b biases the seal portion 21a at the time of tightening the bolt 30.

Abstract: A self-adjusting electric tappet switch includes a slider linearly guided in a housing for activation or closure of one of several electrical contacts and a tappet which is selectively rotatable relative to the slider for adjustment of the travel limit of the switch. The slider has a first engagement portion provided with engagements parts, and the tappet includes a corresponding second engagement portion having an oblong cross-section provided with spaced apart circumferential grooves. The switch is self-adjusted by relative rotational movement between the slider and the tappet to lock the pair together. In an installation and adjustment position of the tappet and slider system, the slider is held in a predetermined fixed switching position in the housing to permit relative longitudinal slidable movement between the tappet and the slider for adjustment of the tappet without causing any movement of affecting the position of the slider within the housing.

Abstract: A retainer structure of switch including a hollow main body, a removable cover, and separable elastic clip elements. Each of two opposite sides outside the main body has an inlay groove, where the hook from the extension plate of the convex clip element is inserted and fixed to the inlay groove respectively. The upper slope of the convex elastic clip element has a rough surface where the clip element is elastically deformed when the switch is to be inserted to the specified cavity and then resumes to its original position after the clip element is fully inserted into the mounting cavity to form a firm and tide fixation. The relevant electronic components are inserted into the hollow space of the main body, together with the elastic clip elements, the switch is then covered up by the removable cover to form the retaining structure of switch.

Abstract: A circuit breaker panelboard enclosure is adapted to receive circuit breaker covers that are attached to the interior or circuit breaker module without requiring attachment screws and the like. The circuit breaker modules within the enclosure are equipped with electrically-insulative extension clips that are received and retained within apertures formed in the circuit breaker covers in press-fit relation. The circuit breaker covers are removed by grasping the ends of the circuit breaker covers and pulling the circuit breaker covers away from the enclosure.

Abstract: A switch arrangement for a control panel placed on the dashboard or a central console in a motor vehicle. The switch arrangement comprises a housing for at least one switch having an actuating element. The switch is located in a receptacle in the housing. A mask whose contour has a curvature and a recess can be mounted on the housing, through which recess an actuating element of the switch projects after the mask has been applied. The housing has at least two housing parts, with each housing part being associated with an area of mask. The side of housing parts associated with the mask is arranged approximately parallel to a plane surface that follows the curvature of corresponding areas of the mask.

Abstract: A decorative doorbell apparatus is mounted to a building wall and includes a mounting plate secured to an outside surface of the wall. The plate includes a threaded opening that communicably corresponds with a passageway in the wall. An elongate, exteriorly threaded conduit is interengaged with the opening of the mounting plate. The conduit is received within the passageway and extends outwardly from the plate to a distal end spaced apart from the wall. A decorative member has a hole that receives the conduit such that the decorative member is mounted on the conduit between the plate and the distal end of the conduit. A doorbell switch is releasably engaged with the distal end of the conduit and is operably connected to doorbell wiring. The wiring extends through the conduit and is operably connected to a standard bell mechanism located inside the wall.

Abstract: A housing of electric switch is composed of a main body, a top cover, and a cover plate. The component parts of the electric switch are mounted in the main body. The top plate by the plurality of fastening bolts. The main body and the cover plate are made of a bakelite material resistant to heat and nonconductive to electricity. The top cover is made of a pliable plastic material and is therefore elastically deformable.

Abstract: An electric switch (20) for use in vehicle electric circuitry is mountable on a trim panel (30) of the vehicle. The switch (20) comprises a circuit board (60) having first and second electrical circuits (80, 100) which are electrically disconnected from each other. The switch (20) has a movable member (130) for controlling the operation of the first and second electrical circuits (80, 100). The apparatus also includes an electrically conductive jumper clip (50) that can be mounted at either a first location (44) or a second location (64) on the trim panel (30). The circuit board (60) includes first jumper terminals (84) engageable with the jumper clip (50) to enable the first circuit (80) when the jumper clip is mounted at the first location (44) on the trim panel (30). The circuit board (60) includes second jumper terminals (104) engageable with the jumper clip to enable the second circuit when the jumper clip (50) is mounted at the second location (64) on the trim panel (30).

Abstract: A slide selector switch and inlet, outlet device which can reduce cost and storage space through the integration of multiple power input and output devices is disclosed. It can be manufactured easily with less cost and can be installed quickly and conveniently by eliminating the use of screws. The structure of the device includes a slide switch having two sides provided with parallel inner walls. Each inner wall has two sides provided with parallel outer walls. An insulative plate is provided on the top of switching terminals mounted on the slide switch. A power output device is coupled to one side of the slide switch. The power output device is separated by the insulative walls which divide the device into a plurality of insertion holes. Each insertion hole is provided with an electrical contact connected to power output terminals penetrating out of the insulative wall.

Abstract: A receptacle for a switch in a control panel accepts either a long or a short switch. The receptacle accommodates a footprint of a long switch and has structure supporting a set of bearing areas for engaging a housing of a long switch and support structure for a second set of bearing areas for engaging a housing of a short switch. The bearing areas for the short switch are positioned adjacent to long edges of the footprint of the long switch. Such receptacles permit design of a standard control panel which accommodates different combinations and arrangements of control switches.

Abstract: A door-opener switch has a cylindrical housing and a button axially movable in the housing for actuating a switch member. The button can be depressed against the action of a restoring force. The housing is provided, between its front and rear ends, with an outwardly radially protruding collar. Each of front and rear sides of the collar forms a stop surface. The stop surfaces, resting against a mounting plate, determine a distance of the front side of the housing from a front of the mounting plate.

Abstract: A switch apparatus having a switch housing supporting conductive switch terminals within a switch housing interior. A switch actuator is supported by the switch housing for movement along a travel path to control an actuation state of the switch by selectively shorting the conductive switch terminals. A structure allows the switch housing to be mounted into one of two different thickness mounting panels. The structure includes first and second retainer posts coupled to the switch housing at separate spaced locations along a longitudinal axis of the switch housing. Flexible first leg pairs and second leg pairs extend laterally from the respective retainer posts. The legs can be flexed away from a first position and, after insertion into a panel opening, return to the first position.

Abstract: A circuit breaker mounting bracket is comprised of a generally upright support member, a base member extending generally perpendicularly from a bottom of the support member, a flange depending from a distal end of the base member at an angle less than 90.degree., and a brace member depending obliquely from the back of the support member. The flange is adapted to be secured to a support surface, such as a deck within an air conditioning or furnace cabinet. The brace member and the flange cooperate to maintain the bracket in a rigid, upright position within the cabinet. The bracket includes a din rail comprising two generally L-shaped flanges integrally formed with the support member, whereby one or more circuit breakers are mountable in a fixed position relative to the bracket. A C-shaped channel is formed on the support member between the L-shaped flanges for receiving two retaining members, which inhibit lateral movement of the circuit breaker(s) mounted on the bracket.

Abstract: An electronic appliance with a construction capable of maintaining a desired contact space between the control switch of its control circuit board coupled between first and second cases mating with each other and the control shaft of its control knob. A plurality of elastic members are provided at the second case to apply a resilience force generated therefrom to the control circuit board when they receive a force applied to the first case upon assembling the first case with the second case via the control circuit board, so that the control circuit board can move toward the first case in such a manner that an accurate contact space is maintained between the control knob fixedly mounted to the first case and the control switches of the control circuit board. Accordingly, an improvement in productivity and reliance is achieved.

Abstract: A controller having a housing with a cover plate attached and a user moveable control shaft extending from the housing. The cover plate has a spring member with tabs attached which permits the cover to be attached to the housing over the shaft and the assembly shaft inserted into a clearance hole in a panel to which it is to be attached and pivoted into locking tabs on the panel and the spring tabs cammed along the panel surface deflecting the spring until the spring tabs drop into an aperture provided in the panel, locking the cover plate and housing to the panel.

Abstract: A device exerting a protective action against fluid seepages in electrical switches and the like comprises an annular seal (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) perimetrically integral with an external box-shaped body (5) of a switch and operating on a border (4a) of a shaped opening (3) formed on the front in a support wall (4) into which the switch is to be engaged. The device further comprises sealing means between the operating push button (8) and a guide collar (15) for said push button provided in a switch.

Abstract: A molded electrical circuit assembly is disclosed where the molded electrical circuit assembly comprises a device assembly overlaying at least a portion of a face applique and a backing assembly overlaying at least a portion of the device assembly. The device assembly is retained between the face applique and the backing assembly, and the backing assembly has a window formed proximate to the device assembly. Also included is a molded portion molded generally over the backing assembly and abutting at least a portion of the face applique.

Abstract: A panel-mountable pressure switch having an external adjustment lever has a mounting bracket with a right-angled flange attached to the switch housing. The bracket has a cam shaft rotatably mounted on the bracket for adjusting the lever position with the end of the shaft extending outwardly through the bracket flange. The panel has a non-circular aperture formed therein and a plurality of tabs formed on the bracket flange are inserted into the aperture and the bracket is rotated to secure the flange against he surface of the panel. A releasable locking tab on the bracket flange snaps into a separate aperture recess formed in the panel to prevent reverse rotation of the bracket and removal without user depression of the locking tab.

Abstract: A control switch with a holder is to be provided which can simply and quickly be secured by one person to a variable-thickness fitting plate. To this end the rose (9) of the control switch has a longitudinal groove (11) and a transverse groove (12). The holder which can be fitted on the rose (9) consists of a lower casing (14), a securing ring (5) and an upper casing (23). The lower casing (14) and the securing ring (5) have matching pitches (20, 6) so that when the securing ring (5) is rotated via a toothed spindle (7) fitted off-center it is axially shifted. After the holder has been fitted on the rose, when the securing ring (5) is rotated, a partial thread (18) fitted thereto is rotated out of the longitudinal groove (11) into the transverse groove (12) and thus pressed by the simultaneous axial movement of the partial thread (18) against the limiting edge of the transverse groove (12) taking the form of a thread segment (13).

Abstract: A switch mount adapted for the mounting of switches, including a rectangular opening having two long sides and two short sides, a plurality of retainer members and a plurality of spring members alternatively arranged along one long side of the rectangular opening, a plurality of retaining notches and a plurality of retaining flanges alternatively arranged along the opposite long side of the rectangular opening symmetrical to the retainer members and the spring members, each of the retainer members having two lateral clamping walls at two opposite lateral sides, each of the spring members having a head, two shoulders at two opposite lateral sides, and an inwardly downward bottom slope, and a plurality of block respectively disposed in the retaining notch, and two recessed planes at the two opposite short sides, each of the recessed planes having at least one mounting hole for mounting.

Abstract: A switch control assembly (26) located in an instrument panel (28) of a vehicle (20) includes a switch assembly (54) which is actuatable between an actuated condition and an unactuated condition. A housing (52) which encloses the switch assembly (54) is connected with the instrument panel (28) by a latch assembly (78). The latch assembly (78) is operable between an engaged condition retaining the housing (52) in the instrument panel (28) and a disengaged condition in which the latch assembly is ineffective to retain the housing in the instrument panel. An actuator member (32) is connected with the switch assembly (54) and is rotatable relative to the housing (52) to actuate the switch assembly. The actuator member (32) can also be rotated relative to the housing (52) to operate the latch assembly (78) to the disengaged condition to release the housing for movement relative to the instrument panel (28).