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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1999
Mehmet K Tanacan, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Gregory Lawren, Bonita, CA (US);
Ralph Giannuzzi, Annapolis, MD (US);
Michael D Williams, Morganton, MD (US);
Clifford G Martin, Newton, NC (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
A rocker-type switch having components which can be assembled by automatic assembly machines and do not require the intervention of a human operator. A star shaped spring provides the necessary forces to hold the rocker in a selected position and hold the rocker to a switch spacer and couple the rocker to a movable contact arm. The movable contact arm is inserted in the switch spacer. The star spring is assembled to the rocker and the rocker is assembled to the movable contact arm when the rocker is assembled to the switch spacer.