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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:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
James P Miller, Freeport, IL (US);
Ronald G Cox, Cedarville, IL (US);
John E Wardrop, Freeport, IL (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361179 ; 361196 ;
Abstract
A timed contact switch apparatus has a conventional pushbutton placing a main switch in an actuated state when the pushbutton is depressed. A timing circuit is activated by the pushbutton to provide power to activate an electromechanical latch which holds the main switch in its actuated state while the timing circuit times out. Preferably the timing circuit operation is initiated by output of a Hall sensor which is controlled by a magnet whose position is mechanically linked to the position of the pushbutton.