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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Arthur James Harvey, Mantua, OH (US);
Michael Eric Liedtke, Massillon, OH (US);
Jay Dean Atkinson, Cambridge, OH (US);
Delta Systems, Inc., Streetsboro, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to three pole plunger switch assembly. The assembly includes a three pole plunger switch and a mating connector. The plunger switch includes a switch housing for supporting components of the plunger switch and a plunger extending into an interior region of the switch housing and being actuatable from outside the switch housing wherein the plunger adapted to move between a normal position and an actuated position. The plunger switch further includes first, second and third electrically conductive wiper contacts mounted to the plunger for movement with the plunger and first, second and third sets of terminals extending into the switch housing interior region. Respective terminals of the first and second terminal sets are substantially aligned. The terminals of the third terminal set are perpendicular to the terminals of the first and second terminal sets. The connector includes a connector housing that is releasably engages the switch housing and first, second and third sets of terminals supported by the connector housing in spaced apart relationship and oriented to electrically contact the terminals of the first, second and third sets of terminals of the plunger switch when the plunger switch housing and the connector housing are engaged.