Selector switch with multiple tie rod fastener and mounting bracket

Claim 1

IN A MULTI-POSITION ELECTRIC SWITCH HAVING A SUPPORTING BRACKET, A PAIR OF TIE RODS EXTENDING FROM THE SUPPORTING BRACKET, AT LEAST ONE STATOR MOUNTED ONTO THE PAIR OF TIE RODS, A SHAFT JOURNALED IN A BEARING CARRIED BY THE SUPPORTING BRACKET, AND A ROTOR OPERATIVELY ASSOCCIATED WITH THE STATOR AND CONSTYRAINED TO ROTATE WITH THE SHAFT WHEREBY UPON ROTATION OF THE SHAFT CONTACT ON THE STATOR IS SELECTIVELY ENGAGED BY A CONTACT ON THE ROTOR, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A MULTIPLE TIE ROD FASTENER OF RESILIENT MATERIAL FIXEDLY SECURING THE STATOR ONTO THE TIE RODS, THE FASTENER COMPRISING A CENTRAL PORTION, AND A PAIR OF END MEMBERS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FASTENER AND INTEGRAL THEREWITH, EACH OF THE ANGLES DEFINING A THRUST BEARING BIASED AGAINST THE STATOR AND EXERTING A FORCE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE TIE RODS, EACH OF THE END MEMBERS BEING PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE RECEIVING THE TIE RODS, AN EDGE PORTION SURROUNDING EACH OF THE APERTURES BITING INTO THE TIE ROD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND DEFINING A FULCRUM, THE CENTRAL PORTION BEING BOWED DURING ASSEMBLY OF THE FASTENER ONTO THE TIE RODS THEREBY PIVOTALLY BIASING THE THRUST BEARINGS OF THE FASTENER FORCEABLY AGAINST THE STATOR AFTER THE FORCE ASSEMBLING THE FASTENER ONTO THE TIE RODS IS RELEASED.