Biasing mechanism for silent toggle action switch

申请号 US35216264 申请日 1964-03-16 公开(公告)号 US3194929A 公开(公告)日 1965-07-13
申请人 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP; 发明人 CARISSIMI VINCENT L; TAYLOR OWEN L;
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权利要求
1. AN ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING, A RECTANGULAR CUPSHAPED INSULATING HOUSING, AN ELONGATED SPRING LOCATED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN ONE PAIR OF OPPOSED WALLS OF SAID HOUSING, MEANS IN EACH OF SAID ONE PAIR OF OPPOSED WALLS FOR SUPPORTING OPPOSED ENDS OF SAID SPRING, A BODY MEMBER PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ABOVE SAID SPRING BY THE OTHER PAIR OF OPPOSED WALLS OF SAID HOUSING, SAID BODY MEMBER INCLUDING A LOWER SURFACE HAVING A CENTRAL APEX WITH AN INCLINED SURFACE AT EACH SIDE OF SAID APEX, SAID SPRING AND SAID BODY MEMBER BEING LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER IN SAID HOUSING SO THAT WHEN ONE OF SAID INCLINED SURFACES ENGAGES SAID SPRING SAID SPRING IS STRESSED, SAID BODY MEMBER BEING PIVOTALLY MOVABLE SO THAT SAID APEX FURTHER STRESSES SAID SPRING AND CAUSES SAID SPRING TO ENGAGE THE OTHER OF SAID INCLINED SURFACES IN THE SAME MANNER, EACH OF SAID INCLINED SURFACES BEING FORMED TO CURVE UPWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID APEX IN A TRANVERSE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT THERETO ON A RADIUS LONGER THAN THE DISTANCE OF EACH POINT ON SAID LOWER SURFACE FROM THE PIVOT POINT OF SAID BODY MEMBER SO THAT PROGRESSIVE ENGAGEMENT OF EACH OF SAID INCLINED SURFACES WITH SAID SPRING PROVIDES RESILIENT STOPPING ACTION FOR SAID BODY MEMBER, SEPARABLE ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS LOCATED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND MEANS ON SAID BODY MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID CONTACTS INTO AND OUT OF ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO SAID PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BODY MEMBER.
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