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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. 15, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E Adams, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Richard W Stafford, Clayton, IN (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Industries, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200 / ; 200 / ;
Abstract
A free-floating shorting bar carries electrical contacts at opposed ends thereof. The shorting bar is actuated to open and close mating electrical contacts by a pair of axially indexable shafts in a manner whereby three electrical contact conditions are provided: (1) With both shafts indexed 'out' a first set of contacts is closed and a second set is opened; (2) With both shafts indexed 'in' the first set is open and the second set closed; and (3) When one shaft is indexed 'out' and one 'in', both sets of contacts are closed.