Power supply apparatus

• US 5,757,638 A
• Filed: 12/31/1996
• Issued: 05/26/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sansha Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sansha Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Tanaka, Masaharu, Arai, Toru, Danjo, Kenzo, Katooka, Masao, Okamoto, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MATTHEW VAN
• Application Number:
  US08/775,165
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 363/146, 361/346, 361/358, 361/381, 361/391, 361/397, 361/399
• US Class Current: 363/146
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections

Abstract

A power supply apparatus comprises a housing having a panel. A power supply circuit is disposed in the housing. The power supply circuit supplies power to a load. A control circuit controls the operation of the power supply circuit in accordance with control information. The control circuit is formed on a printed circuit board mounted on the panel in the housing. The printed circuit board is provided with a control which can be operated from outside the housing. The control provides the control information in response to operation thereof from outside the panel.

Claims

1. Power supply apparatus comprising:

a housing having a panel;

a power supply disposed in said housing for providing DC power to a load; and

a printed circuit board having a control unit mounted thereon, said control unit controlling the operation of the power supply in accordance with control information, said printed circuit board being attached directly to said panel within said housing, said printed circuit board having a control including a control operating member extending outward through said panel, said control providing said control information in response to operation of said control operating member outside said panel.

2. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said panel has a window therein through which the interior of said housing communicates with the exterior, said printed circuit board being attached directly to the inner surface of said panel to close said window, said control being mounted directly on said printed circuit board.

3. The power supply apparatus according to claim 2 wherein a decorative board is attached directly to the outer surface of said panel to close said window, said control operating member passing through said decorative board.