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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Delta Systems, Inc., Streetsboro, OH (US);
Pat Joseph Colonna, Canfield, OH (US);
Ernest Richard Buehman, Maple Heights, OH (US);
Delta Systems, Inc., Streetsboro, OH (US);
Abstract
A rocker switch assembly and method includes a housing having an interior cavity for locating electronic components and a plunger member movably located during actuation within the interior cavity of the housing. The plunger member is coupled to at least one contact support. The switch assembly further comprises at least one terminal fixed within the housing. The at least one terminal corresponding with the at least one contact that engages or disengages with the terminal during actuation. A lever structure is pivotly coupled to the housing by a fulcrum fixedly attached to the housing. The lever structure comprises a lever having an upper side for receiving an external force and a lower side for engaging a head on the plunger member to generate actuation of the rocker switch during pivotal rotation of the lever.