Linear cam-assisted plunger switch

Details Linear cam-assisted plunger switch Linear cam-assisted plunger switch

1996-07-01

1997-09-16

Luebke, Renee S.

Electricity: circuit makers and breakers

Solid contact

Push button operated

200534, H01H 1314

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056670613

ABSTRACT:
A linear cam-assisted plunger switch including a cam member having a body portion and at least three outwardly extending wedge-shaped arms. The wedge-shaped arms having a flat surface and a sloped surface formed at an angle with respect to the flat surface and converging in a direction of the flat surface. A housing base is constructed and arranged to slidably receive the cam member. A support member is connected to the base and has spaced apart electrical contacts and an electrical circuit associated therewith. A non-metallic, flexible dome is carried by said support member, and an electrically conductive element is positioned on the underside of the dome for engagement with the spaced apart contacts and closing said circuit when said dome is collapsed.

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patent: 4427856 (1984-01-01), Atsumi et al.
patent: 5412164 (1995-05-01), Conway et al.
patent: 5426275 (1995-06-01), Maeda et al.

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