Cross bar switch with actuating pin structure

Claim 1

A SELECTOR SWITCH INCLUDING: A ACTUATOR BARS MOUNTED FOR LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT; C CARRIER BARS MOUNTED FOR LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT IN CROSSING RELATION TO THE ACTUATOR BARS TO FORM A MATRIX HAVING AT LEAST ONE CROSSPOINT, WHERE A AND C REPRESENT INTEGERS; A PLURALITY OF PINS COUPLED TO THE ACTUATOR BARS FOR DISPLACEMENT WITH THE ACTUATOR BARS; A PLURALITY OF RESILIENT CONTACT ARMS MADE FROM AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND COUPLED TO THE CARRIER BARS FOR DISPLACEMENT WITH THE CARRIER BARS AND, REGARDLESS OF ANY DISPLACEMENT OF THE CARRIER BARS, FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE PINS UPON A DISPLACEMENT OF THE PINS; MEANS COUPLED TO THE ACTUATOR BARS FOR OBTAINING A SELECTIVE LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL ONES OF THE ACTUATOR BARS; MEANS COUPLED TO THE CARRIER BARS FOR OBTAINING A SELECTIVE LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE CARRIER BARS; AND CONDUCTIVE MEANS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE RESILIENT CONTACT MEANS BETWEEN SAID THE ACTUATOR BARS AND THE CARRIER BARS FOR PIVOTING SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY WITH THE CONTACT ARMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE ARMS BY THE PINS.