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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:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Jackman, Hants, GB;
Assignee:
First Inertia Switch Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200 6153 ; 200330 ; 200518 ;
Abstract
An electrical switch has a movable contact 15 and a fixed contact 14. A member 26 can move the contact 15 to make or break the switch. A latch including a movable device controls the initial movement of member 26 but the member 26 then moves independently of the latch. The device can be moved to release the latch either manually (by 31) or by another mechanism. This other mechanism can be an electromagnet 41; it also can be an inertia body 51 releasable from a rest position in response to excessive acceleration.