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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takao Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Miyauchi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Okada, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Kamino, Osaka, JP;
Ken Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Sekino, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Idec Izumi Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 5/08 ;
Abstract
A push-button switch and a teaching pendant employing the same are provided. The push-button switch ensures that a push button is capable of switching ON/OFF the switch if one of contacts thereof should fail during an operation of the switch. For achieving this object, a switch case contains two c-contacts each having a snap action configuration and switching mechanisms for opening/closing the c-contacts When a push button is depressed, the switching mechanisms simultaneously open/close the c-contacts for turning ON/OFF a push-button switch