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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 35/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 9/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); H01H 11/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 35/14 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); H01H 9/06 (2013.01); H01H 11/00 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/18 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2090/032 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); H01H 2203/00 (2013.01); H01H 2235/01 (2013.01); H01H 2300/014 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49105 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of adjusting a switch of a device, which comprises using a biasing force-adjusting element, adjusting a magnitude of a biasing force imparted to a switching element of the switch by a biasing element disposed about the switching element, wherein the switching element is movably disposed within an interior cavity of a hollow body of the switch and the biasing force places the switching element in one of a first position and a second position. The first position corresponds to a first electrical state and the second position corresponds to a second electrical state.