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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Stewart, Uniondale, NY (US);
Joseph G Justiniano, Centereach, NY (US);
Assignee:
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200547 ; 200329 ; 200 / ;
Abstract
One or two runner wires are added to a sliding-type switch to facilitate movement of the slider with respect to the glide plate and frame. A first set of runner wires is placed in slots in the side walls of the glide plate and are engaged by the slider to provide smooth movement of the slider along the runner wires. A further runner wire engages slots the top of the slider and the inner wall of a frame member about the glide plate and provides additional low friction rails for the slider to move along.