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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur Wayne Dawson, Freeport, IL (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell INC, Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200279 ;
Abstract
A low energy switch contact design uses a flat spring moveable contact with contact portions made from the sides of the spring bent ninety degrees from the main spring body so as to make point contact with a stationary contact edge located either above or below the moveable contact. The spring is preferably bifurcated for redundancy of contact.