Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Fluid pressure – Diaphragm
Patent
1988-12-20
1991-04-02
Tolin, Gerald P.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Fluid pressure
Diaphragm
200 83N, 200292, H01H 3534
Patent
active
050048767
ABSTRACT:
A pressure responsive switch having upper and lower contact assemblies with a snap acting member and an electrically conductive member sandwiched therebetween. The assemblies each include an insulating body with a hollow center and an electrically conductive member having a contact in the center portion and extending externally of the body. The snap acting member is in constant engagement with the sandwiched conductive member and normally in engagement with the electrically conductive member of the upper assembly. When a pressure is applied which is sufficient to cause the snap acting member to snap into its second stable state, the connection thereof with the electrically conductive member in the upper contact assembly is broken and connection is made with the electrically conductive member in the lower assembly. The switch is normally closed by removing the portion of the electrically conductive member in the lower assembly which extends externally thereof. The switch can be provided normally open by removing the portion of the electrically conductive member in the upper assembly which extends externally thereof. In another embodiment, the switch is provided in conjunction with a printed circuit board. The switch comprises an electrically conductive contact member fixed to the board and having a contact bump and an air conducting passageway. An electrically conductive support for a flexible conductive member is secured to the board within the fixed conductive contact member, the flexible member moving into and out of engagement with the bump.
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patent: 4386247 (1983-05-01), Couat
patent: 4581509 (1986-04-01), Sanford
patent: 4794214 (1988-12-01), Sanford
Czarn David A.
O'Brien Edward F.
Sogge Dale R.
Haug John A.
McAndrews James P.
Sharp Melvin
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Tolin Gerald P.
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