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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard W Sorenson, Stuart, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337380 ; 337333 ; 337362 ; 337365 ; 200553 ;
Abstract
A switch with a cantilevered leaf spring as the movable bi-metal contact lever can be switched 'ON' or 'OFF' by a rocker pivoted in the housing. No lost motion plunger is required and no centor terminal is provided in the housing bottom wall. The contact lever also has a temperature sensitive shape so it will bend upwardly toward the rocker to open the switch contacts in response to an overcurrent condition. The rocker is returned to 'OFF' by such a shape change in the bi-metal contact lever.