The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 01, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1985
Francis S Doyle, Oaklandon, IN (US);
Randall W France, Indianapolis, IN (US);
American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Abstract
A line switch for a telephone set comprises a lever rockably mounted in the tand for the set and having as a rear part a plunger fin received in a slot passing through the stand to a handset cradle on its top. The lever has at its front a head carrying on its underside a pair of metal leaf springs of which front portions form spring contacts disposed over corresponding electroconductive pads on a printed wiring board mounted within the stand. The lever is biased by a torque spring to yieldably hold the upper part of the fin in the cradle. Removal and replacement of a handset from and to the cradle actuates the lever to produce engagement and disengagement, respectively, of the spring contacts with their corresponding pads. Such spring contacts and pads form, electrically speaking, a line switch adapted upon such engagement and disengagement, respectively, to produce a 'short' and an 'open' of terminations at the set of the tip and ring leads therefor.