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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1981
Filed:
May. 21, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Simpson, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
C & K Components, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200275 ; 2001 / ; 200 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
A sub-miniature switch having a pre-shaped wire spring contact movable to one of a plurality of operating positions. The pre-shaped wire spring contact performs the biasing and the detenting functions in addition to the contact function in the switch. Either a toggle, pushbutton or slide may be used for the actuating means of the switch. The wire contact may be pre-formed to provide whichever operating positions are desired. A multiple-pole switch may be constructed using the principles of this invention having a size substantially the same as a similar purpose single-pole switch.
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