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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1988
Gregg V Speer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Donald L Ray, Oaklandon, IN (US);
Mark L Petre, Pittsboro, IN (US);
Emhart Industries, Inc., Towson, MD (US);
Abstract
An electromechanical switch having a manually operable lever with a long lever arm, a low power circuit on a circuit board, low pressure contacts and a force decoupling assembly for connecting the lever and contacts while decoupling the forces associated with the operation of the lever from the forces associated with contacting the circuit. The force decoupling assembly includes a contact carriage pivotable in a first direction to move the contacts across traces on the circuit board to activate the switch and springs for biasing the contacts against the traces in a direction perpendicular to the pivot plane.