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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Laurent Bouvier, Monnieres, FR;
Laurent Kubat, Dole, FR;
Sylvain Rochon, Dole, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switching device which includes a lighting source () having an SMC (surface mounted component) type light emitting diode, which includes a pair of connection members () with base portions () each soldered or otherwise joined to a plate () of the SMC diode. The connection members have right angle bends () and pin portions () extending down from the bends. The lighting source lies within a switch mechanism () and within an operating member (), with the pin portions projecting through channel portions () of an insulative casing into holes in energizing conductors ().