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Patent No.:

US 5744766 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998

Filed:

Jul. 24, 1996

Slide or reciprocating switch with s-shaped bridging-or spanner contact

Applicant:
Inventors:

Homer S Sambar, Shorewood, WI (US);

Frank J Graninger, Norway, WI (US);

Roger E Karweik, Norway, WI (US);

Assignee:

Allen-Bradley Company, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorneys:

Ziebert; Joseph N.

Miller; John M.

Horn; John J.

Primary Examiner:

J R Scott

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200243 ; 200275 ;
Abstract

A device and method establishing an electrically conductive path between a pair of contacts in low voltage, low current applications, such as in electronic circuits. The device and method feature a flexible spanner that contacts a pair of fixed contacts with a sweeping movement. The spanner includes a bent portion that flexes when a force is exerted on the spanner such that a contact portion of the spanner sweeps across the surface of the pair of fixed contacts.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sambar, Homer. (1998). Slide or reciprocating switch with s-shaped bridging-or spanner contact (U.S. Patent No. 5744766). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5744766

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