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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Roberto S. Santos, Hudson, MA (US);
Elik I. Fooks, Lexington, WI (US);
Assignee:
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/28 (2006.01); H01H 13/50 (2006.01); H01H 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/285 (2013.01); H01H 9/287 (2013.01); H01H 13/04 (2013.01); H01H 13/50 (2013.01); H01H 2223/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A locking switch assembly includes a locking switch having a locking plunger, and an actuator has a housing and a cover. The actuator has a through hole, and the through hole receives the locking plunger. The actuator having a non-access mode and an access mode, and at least one of the housing or the cover is configured to change from the non-access mode to the access mode. The housing or the cover has a cap, and at least a portion of the cap prevents access to the through hole in the non-access mode.