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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:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johnny H Allison, Redford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200549 ; 200550 ; 200 61061 ; 200 61071 ; 362155 ;
Abstract
A two-piece switch is mounted on two members which slidably move in a fixed relation to each other. One portion of the switch, mounted to the stationary member, has a contact recessed within for connecting to a power source. The first portion has flexible insulators over the contact. The second portion, mounted to the slidable member, has a retractable contact and an independently retractable insulator. When the switch portions are brought together as the members are moved, the flexible insulators are deformed to expose a portion of the contact by the retractable insulator. The contacts are then electrically connected.