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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Inventors:
John E. Rogers, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Michael R. Weatherspoon, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 57/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 59/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/0036 (2013.01); H01H 59/0009 (2013.01); H01H 2001/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of switches () include first and second electrical conductors () suspended within an electrically-conductive housing (), and a contact element () having an electrically-conductive portion () that establishes electrical contact between the first and second electrical conductors () when the contact element () is in a closed position. The electrically-conductive portion () is electrically isolated from a ground plane () of the switch () by adjacent electrically-insulative portions () of the contact element ().