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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:
Jul. 21, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Lewis, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 339 / ; 361341 ;
Abstract
An electrical switch comprising a base member; an electrical conducting contact member; a means in cooperative combination with the base member and the electrical contact member adapted to move the contact member outwardly from the base member toward an electrical bus member. The switch further includes a releasable clamping means in cooperative combination with the base member and the electrical contact member adapted to clamp the bus member and the electrical contact member together with a sufficient force to permit flow of electrical current between the bus member and the electrical contact member.