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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Bernard Juret, Gilssav, FR;
Alain Janniere, Paris, FR;
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical switch assembly includes a dome-shaped switching element ( ) that closes a switch when the dome center portion ( ) is depressed against a terminal ( ), wherein an actuator member ( ) has a lower portion ( ) that extends through a hole ( ) in the dome element and into a bore ( ) that guides the actuator member lower portion in sliding movement. A coding wheel ( ) that is fixed to the actuator member, includes a conductive portion ( ) with at least one contacting tooth ( ) and a non-contacting part or space ( ) that both lie on an imaginary circle ( ). A plurality of pairs of contacts ( ) are in vertical alignment with the circle, and each contacting tooth engages a selected pair of the contacts in a selected rotational position of the actuation member about its vertical axis A.