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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Alain Janniere, Paris, FR;
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical switch is provided, which is of low height and which uses a single snap dome tripper (,) to close a plurality of switch devices and provide tactile feedback to the person who has depressed the tripper. The switch includes a support (,), a plurality of contacts (,) mounted on the support with each contact having an exposed engaging surface in the lower portion of the support. An intermediate contact member in the form of a plate (,), lies over the engaging surfaces of the contacts, and the snap dome tripper lies over the intermediate contact member. The intermediate contact member has a plurality of blades (,) that are each downwardly deflected against a corresponding engaging surface (,) when the tripper is depressed.