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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical switch arrangement includes a validation switch and four selection switches, all operated by an actuator ( ) that can be pivoted about two horizontal axes and can be depressed. A dome center tripper ( ) that can be depressed to operate the validation switch has a periphery engaged with an outer contact ( ). The actuator has four feet ( ) spaced in different horizontal directions from a vertical axis ( ). A selection tripper ( ) lying on top of the center tripper, has four branches ( ) that each lies under one of the actuator feet. When the actuator is tilted, one of the feet depresses one of the branches against one of four selection contacts ( ) to close a corresponding selection switch. When a selection switch is closed, current flows from the corresponding selection contact ( ) through the selection tripper ( ) and center tripper ( ), to the outer contact ( ), so only a single tail ( ) (to be soldered to a circuit board) is required for each selection switch.