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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael K. Hintz, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jonathan H. Olson, Sussex, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/00 (2011.01); H01H 13/18 (2006.01); H01H 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/183 (2013.01); H01H 13/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An appliance switch provides contacts protected within a housing that may fit coaxially within and behind a pushbutton of the switch. The pushbutton includes a rearwardly extending arm that actuates an operator extending from a rear edge of the switch as installed avoiding a water path into the contact assembly.