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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Chen-hong Huang, Taoyuan, TW;
Chia-yi Cheng, Taoyuan, TW;
Chia-wei Lin, Taoyuan, TW;
SOLTEAM Electronics Co. Ltd., Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A waterproof rotary switch includes a holder base that has hooks extending from the periphery, a switching component set that is mounted on the holder base and has a fixed metal terminal with a fixed contact, a movable metal terminal with a movable contact, and two conductors respectively connected to the fixed metal terminal and the movable metal terminal, an actuator that is mounted in the holder base and has an actuating portion rotatable with the actuator to move the movable contact of the movable metal terminal into contact the fixed contact of the fixed metal terminal to close the circuit or away from the fixed contact of the fixed metal terminal to open the circuit, and a top cover that covers the holder base to hold the switching component set and the actuator on the holder base and has a plurality of hook holes that receive the hooks of the holder base respectively and a plurality of wire slots for the passing of the conductors and a top wall sloping downwardly outwards to the periphery of the top cover for guiding water away quickly.