Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Electric switch details – Cases and bases
Patent
1995-11-15
1997-03-25
Luebke, Renee S.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Electric switch details
Cases and bases
24822341, H01H 1304
Patent
active
056135980
ABSTRACT:
A switch housing having elongated side walls and an end wall that defines a housing interior. Conductive switch terminals supported within the housing interior extend outside the switch housing for connection to an external circuit. A switch actuator extends through the end wall of the switch housing and is supported by the switch housing for movement along a travel path to control an actuation state of said switch by selectively shorting the conductive switch terminals. A housing cover encloses the housing interior and includes openings to allow the terminals to extend from the housing interior to connect to the external circuit. The cover supports the switch housing in a selected one of two different orientations on a support surface. A retainer coupled to the housing cover has a retaining surface spaced from one wall of the housing cover by a gap that permits the retainer to slide over a tab coupled to the support surface to which the switch housing is mounted. A latch member attached to the retainer by a flexible connection permits the latch member to flex as the retainer is pushed over the tab. The latch member has a projection coupled to the latch member that fits into an opening in the tab for inhibiting further relative movement between the tab and the switch housing in one of said two orientations.
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Pittman Bryan A.
Williams Thomas D.
Delta Systems, Inc.
Luebke Renee S.
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