Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Electric switch details – Contact
Reexamination Certificate
2011-02-01
2011-02-01
Leon, Edwin A. (Department: 2833)
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Electric switch details
Contact
Reexamination Certificate
active
07880103
ABSTRACT:
A microswitch with push-in wire connectors is provided. In one illustrative embodiment, the microswitch may include a plunger for activating the switch, a first stationary contact, a second stationary contact, a movable contact, and a snap-spring assembly reactive to the plunger for switching the movable contact between making electrical contact with the first stationary contact and making electrical contact with the second stationary contact. The microswitch may include a first push-in wire connector for electrically connecting an end of a first wire to the first stationary contact, a second push-in wire connector for electrically connecting an end of a second wire to the second stationary contact, and a third push-in wire connector for electrically connecting an end of a third wire to the movable contact. Alternatively, or in addition, the microswitch may include a housing that, when viewed from the first surface, may have a footprint that is generally rectangular in shape except for a first housing projection and a second housing projection that extend out from different sides of the housing. The first housing projection and the second housing projection may house first and second push-in wire connectors, as desired.
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Bharaj Maninder S.
Tsou Richard C.
Honeywell International , Inc.
Leon Edwin A.
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