Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Special application – Actuated concurrently with operation or use of art device
Patent
1977-08-08
1979-03-27
Scott, James R.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Special application
Actuated concurrently with operation or use of art device
200 617, 362 61, H01H 316
Patent
active
041467620
ABSTRACT:
A closure switch operates a bulb that illuminates a compartment in response to the opening and closing, respectively, of the compartment's closure lid. A metal bracket carries the switch and a striker member for a latch carried by the closure lid. The bracket also serves as a current carrying member of the switch and includes a terminal for connection into an electrical circuit, e.g., to ground. A molded plastic housing mounts to the bracket and retains the bulb. The housing includes an integral or "living" hinge that is pivoted from a first to a second position by the latch when the lid is closed. When the lid is open and the hinge member is in its first position, the circuit through the bulb is complete. When the lid is closed, the latch on the lid pivots the hinge to its second position and the circuit is broken.
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Parker Norman K.
Peck Vincent W.
van Buren, Jr. Harold S.
O'Connor James R.
O'Donnell Martin J.
O'Konski Thomas C.
Scott James R.
TRW Inc.
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