Appeal No. 1998-0503
Application 08/539,858
A. The invention
Referring to appellants' Figures 1 and 2, the invention
is a mounting structure 10 including a base 38, an arm 40,
and a switch mount 42, which structure is depicted being used
to mount a switch 32 to the end wall 16 of a motor housing 14
using a screw and nut fastener 74 (the screw passes through
bore 52 in the base). The distance between the end-wall-
engaging surface of base 38 and the corresponding end of the
arm 40 is selected to cause the arm to crimp the switch wires
34 and 36 between the arm and the end wall (Spec. at 13, lines
11-16).
B. The claims
Claim 7 is representative:
7. An apparatus for securing lead wires of an electric
switch to a device casing surface to hold the wires securely
to the device casing surface, the apparatus comprising:
a base separate from the device casing, an arm projecting
from the base, and the base having means for attaching the
base to the device casing surface with the arm spaced from the
device casing surface a set distance, the set distance being
sufficiently small to cause the arm to crimp lead wires of a
switch positioned between the arm and the device casing
surface when the base is attached to the devise [sic] casing
surface; and
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