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Assignee: AO Smith Corp
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Filing: 1962-07-18
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Granted: 1966-01-25
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Expires: 1982-07-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert D Powell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 13:06
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R29/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 229 words
A SELECTION SWITCH FOR A MOTOR HAVING A PAIR OF RUNNING WINDINGS AND A STARTING WINDING, COMPRISING, (A) A TERMINAL BOARD HAVING END MOUNTING MEANS, (B) A CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF A PIN AND SOCKET CONSTRUCTION WITH SIMILAR TERMINAL MEMBERS SECURED RESPECTIVELY NINE TO THE TERMINAL BOARD AND SEVEN TO THE CONNECTING MEMBER AND A PAIR OF LEAD TERMINAL MEMBERS SECURED ONE EACH TO THE TERMINAL BOARD ADJACENT THE MOUNTING MEANS, (C) THE TERMINAL MEMBERS ON SAID BOARD BEING ARRANGED IN A SQUARE CONFIGURATION BY PERPENDICULARLY RELATED ROWS OF THREE TERMINAL MEMBERS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID LEAD TERMINALS, (D) THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBER BEING ARRANGED IN AN L-SHAPED GROUP HAVING THREE IN A FIRST LEG AND TWO IN A SECOND LEG WITH ONE COMMON TO BOTH LEGS AND IN A V-SHAPED GROUP HAVING A TERMINAL MEMBER AT EACH APEX, SAID V-SHAPED GROUP BEING ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO THE L-SHAPED GROUP TO MATE WITH THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF THE TERMINAL BOARD WITH THE L-SHAPED GROUP ALIGNED WITH TWO SIDES THEREOF, AND (E) MEANS CONNECTING THE WINDINGS TO THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF THE TERMINAL BOARD SUCH THAT INDIVIDUAL ALIGNMENT OF THE FIRST LEG OF THE L-SHAPED GROUP AND EACH OF THE SEVERAL SIDES OF THE SQUARE CONFIGURATION OF THE SOCKET MEMBER ESTABLISHES A DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE COMBINATION OF VOLTAGE AND ROTATIONAL OPERATION OF THE MOTOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 229 words
A SELECTION SWITCH FOR A MOTOR HAVING A PAIR OF RUNNING WINDINGS AND A STARTING WINDING, COMPRISING, (A) A TERMINAL BOARD HAVING END MOUNTING MEANS, (B) A CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF A PIN AND SOCKET CONSTRUCTION WITH SIMILAR TERMINAL MEMBERS SECURED RESPECTIVELY NINE TO THE TERMINAL BOARD AND SEVEN TO THE CONNECTING MEMBER AND A PAIR OF LEAD TERMINAL MEMBERS SECURED ONE EACH TO THE TERMINAL BOARD ADJACENT THE MOUNTING MEANS, (C) THE TERMINAL MEMBERS ON SAID BOARD BEING ARRANGED IN A SQUARE CONFIGURATION BY PERPENDICULARLY RELATED ROWS OF THREE TERMINAL MEMBERS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID LEAD TERMINALS, (D) THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBER BEING ARRANGED IN AN L-SHAPED GROUP HAVING THREE IN A FIRST LEG AND TWO IN A SECOND LEG WITH ONE COMMON TO BOTH LEGS AND IN A V-SHAPED GROUP HAVING A TERMINAL MEMBER AT EACH APEX, SAID V-SHAPED GROUP BEING ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO THE L-SHAPED GROUP TO MATE WITH THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF THE TERMINAL BOARD WITH THE L-SHAPED GROUP ALIGNED WITH TWO SIDES THEREOF, AND (E) MEANS CONNECTING THE WINDINGS TO THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF THE TERMINAL BOARD SUCH THAT INDIVIDUAL ALIGNMENT OF THE FIRST LEG OF THE L-SHAPED GROUP AND EACH OF THE SEVERAL SIDES OF THE SQUARE CONFIGURATION OF THE SOCKET MEMBER ESTABLISHES A DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE COMBINATION OF VOLTAGE AND ROTATIONAL OPERATION OF THE MOTOR.

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