US3270148A - Electric switch with flexible snap action contact elements - Google Patents

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US3270148A
US3270148A US397477A US39747764A US3270148A US 3270148 A US3270148 A US 3270148A US 397477 A US397477 A US 397477A US 39747764 A US39747764 A US 39747764A US 3270148 A US3270148 A US 3270148A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/32—Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts
    • H01H3/42—Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts using cam or eccentric
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
    • H01H1/14—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/54—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand the operating part having at least five or an unspecified number of operative positions
    • H01H19/60—Angularly-movable actuating part carrying no contacts
    • H01H19/635—Contacts actuated by rectilinearly-movable member linked to operating part, e.g. by pin and slot
    • H01H19/6355—Contacts actuated by rectilinearly-movable member linked to operating part, e.g. by pin and slot using axial cam devices for transforming the angular movement into linear movement along the axis of rotation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H5/00—Snap-action arrangements, i.e. in which during a single opening operation or a single closing operation energy is first stored and then released to produce or assist the contact movement
    • H01H5/04—Energy stored by deformation of elastic members
    • H01H5/30—Energy stored by deformation of elastic members by buckling of disc springs
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GB36963/63A GB1049398A (en) 1963-09-19 1963-09-19 Snap action electrical switches
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Cited By (3)

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US3488460A (en) * 1968-12-23 1970-01-06 Molex Products Co Electric switch using lead terminals as fixed contacts
US3541494A (en) * 1967-08-21 1970-11-17 Quentin Berg Method of forming electrical connections
US3592982A (en) * 1967-02-03 1971-07-13 Marcel Henri Deltoer Rotary selector switches for electronic circuits

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US2462244A (en) * 1944-11-16 1949-02-22 Westinghouse Electric Corp Circuit breaker
US2474988A (en) * 1943-08-30 1949-07-05 Sargrove John Adolph Method of manufacturing electrical network circuits

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DE1145695B (de) * 1959-08-01 1963-03-21 Continental Elektro Ind Ag Nockenschalter

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US2474988A (en) * 1943-08-30 1949-07-05 Sargrove John Adolph Method of manufacturing electrical network circuits
US2462244A (en) * 1944-11-16 1949-02-22 Westinghouse Electric Corp Circuit breaker

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3592982A (en) * 1967-02-03 1971-07-13 Marcel Henri Deltoer Rotary selector switches for electronic circuits
US3541494A (en) * 1967-08-21 1970-11-17 Quentin Berg Method of forming electrical connections
US3488460A (en) * 1968-12-23 1970-01-06 Molex Products Co Electric switch using lead terminals as fixed contacts

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NL6410936A (de) 1965-03-22
GB1049398A (en) 1966-11-30

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