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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:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald W Poling, Morrison, IL (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200 814 ; 200406 ;
Abstract
A method of operating an electric circuit controlling device with the device having a housing, a seat in the housing, and a snap action member having discrete snap action movement between a stable configuration and an unstable configuration. The snap action member in its stable configuration is moved from a preselected position displaced from the housing seat into engagement therewith, and the discrete snap action movement of the snap action member from the stable configuration toward the unstable configuration thereof is effected when the snap action means is engaged with the housing seat.