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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Geraldo Nojima, Arden, NC (US);
Steven Chen, Moon Township, PA (US);
Robert P. Griffin, Bradford Woods, PA (US);
Koustubh D. Ashtekar, Moon Township, PA (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A rotary switch includes a housing having an interior and an exterior, a plurality of moving contacts entirely disposed within the interior of the housing, a plurality of stationary contacts disposed partially within the interior of the housing and extending to an exterior of the housing, and a rotary element coupled to the plurality of moving contacts and being structured to rotate between a closed state where at least one of the plurality moving contacts contact a corresponding one of the plurality of stationary contacts and an open state where the plurality of moving contacts and the plurality of stationary contacts are separated.