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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 03, 2016
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Navneet Ramkrushnaji Dhote, Pune, IN;
Nilesh Kamlakar Sawai, Pune, IN;
Pramod Kumar, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Oscar L. Neundorfer, Senoia, GA (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A slider assembly is for an electrical switch having an upper housing. The slider assembly includes a slider mechanism structured to be disposed on an exterior surface of the upper housing and a shutter structured to be disposed in an interior of said upper housing and to be coupled to said slider mechanism. The shutter includes a number of biasing members structured to engage and apply a bias force against interior sidewalls of said upper housing, thereby creating a friction force associated with movement of said slider mechanism.