Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.

Tatsuo Aoi

Yasuhiro Kiyono

Sueaki Honda

Kunio Nagata

Norio Iwakiri

Haruo Atsumi

Takeshi Kikukawa

Norihito Yamane

Nobuyuki Ogata

Hiroshi Osumi

Hauro Atsumi

In this construction there are provided: a case; several contact members exposed within the case; several lead terminals electrically connected to some of the contact members, and a support member, all insert molded in the case and protruding outwards; and a circuit breaker provided outside the case, one of its ends supported by a lead terminal and its other end supported by the support member. Thereby compact and efficient unitary construction are attained, and space within a device to which this construction is to be fitted, can be economized. The contact members may be five in number, and may be arranged within the case for contact in a linear relationship, alternatingly serving as input side and output side contact members, with the end ones and the middle one serving for being switched between while the other two serve as common contact members. In this case, the two end contact members should be electrically connected together, and the construction may further include a pair of contact members which slidingly move, in synchronization, over the common contact members and their neighboring contacts. Alternatively, the construction may further include a movable contact member mounted slidably over the contact members with one of its surfaces confronting a surface of a slidable impeller member, one of these surfaces being formed with a hemispherical protuberance and the other being formed with a hemispherical depression cooperating therewith, thus coupling together these members.

Slide switch with externally mounted protective circuit breaker

A variable speed control switch for an electric tool including a DC motor having an armature circuit, includes: a device for turning off and on the armature circuit; an upper heat dissipation cover for covering the top of the turning off and on device; a lower heat dissipation cover for covering the bottom of the turning off and on device; a printed circuit board located at the lower surface of the lower cover for controlling motor speed; a resistor element is provided on the lower surface of the board; a movable contact assembly, including a first contact member for short circuiting the motor terminals, a second contact member for turning ON the power source, a third contact member for short circuiting the turning off and on device, and a brush for providing variable resistance by sliding over the resistor element; a device for biasing the movable contact assembly to the position of short-circuiting the motor terminals; a box like casing which receives the above-mentioned components, the power source terminals, the motor terminal, and provides a depending support portion; an operation lever, drivingly engaged to the movable contact assembly at its upper portion, provides the depending support portion of the casing at its lower pivoted portion, and being adapted to operatively rock about that pivoted portion. By this simple construction the number of parts of the control switch is minimized and the construction is compact, light and cheap.

Variable speed control switch for an electric tool including a DC motor

A high precision and compact contact switch which comprises a housing, a pair of fixed contact elements fixedly supported within the housing, a plunger axially slidably extending into the housing, a generally cylindrical movable contact member, a support piece for the support of the fixed contact elements and a biasing spring. The generally cylindrical movable contact member is tiltably carried by the plunger so as to extend transversely in relation to the plunger. The support piece is preferably made out of synthetic resin. The biasing spring is used for urging the opposite end portions of the movable contact member in order to contact the respective fixed contact elements.

High precision and compact contact switch

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Ibaragi, Japan

Tatsuo Aoi