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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Klaus Hirschfeld, Ludenscheid, DE;
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Ludenscheid, DE;
Abstract
An electrical switch is proposed which in addition to its mechanical functional parts and the electrical contact parts influenced by said mechanical functional parts consists of a housing and a first actuating element which is rotatably mounted therein and which can be moved into several switching positions and a second actuating element which is likewise rotatably mounted on the housing and can be moved into several switch settings. For the purpose of developing further an electrical switch, which comprises two rotatably adjustable actuating elements, in such a manner that, whilst maintaining a convenient and inexpensive process of assembling the individual functional parts, the blocking body merely produces slight forces which are effective only in the radial direction, a first and a second functional projection are formed as one on the first actuating element and the first functional projection can be moved to become operationally connected to a driver cam formed as one on the second actuating element and a blocking body which is subjected to the spring action and can be deflected in a radial manner can be brought into operational connection with at least one of the blocking cams formed as one on the second actuating element, wherein the blocking body performs a radially deflected movement by virtue of the second functional projection, so that the adjusting possibilities of the second actuating element are either blocked or released.