US3308260A
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Electric switches
Assignee: Cutler Hammer Inc
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Filing: 1966-01-28
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Granted: 1967-03-07
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Expires: 1986-01-28
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Alvan W Krieger
- 👤 Thomas J Schimmels
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:39
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H13/00; H01H13/02; H01H13/023; H01H13/68; H01H23/00; H01H23/02; H01H23/12; H01H23/14; H02; H02B; H02B1/00; H02B1/015; H02B1/04; H02B1/044; H02B1/048; H01H3/00; H01H3/32; H01H3/46; H01H2003/466
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
AN ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING: A MOLDED INSULATING BASE HAVING A SWITCH COMPARTMENT OPEN AT THE TOP; STATIONARY CONTACTS IN SAID COMPARTMENT CONNECTED THROUGH SAID BASE TO EXTERNAL TERMINALS; A MOVABLE CONTACT MOUNTED FOR ROCKING MOVEMENT TO BRIDGE A PAIR OF SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; AN ACTUATOR PIVOTED TO SAID BASE AND HAVING A SPRINGBIASED PLUNGER FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVABLE CONTACT; AND MEANS AFFORDING SNAP-IN MOUNTING OF SAID BASE IN AN APERTURE IN A MOUNTING PANEL COMPRISING; PAIRS OF RESILIENT WINGS MOLDED INTEGRALLY WITH THE BASE, EACH PAIR OF WINGS COMPRISING TWO GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FLAPS HAVING ADJACENT, INNER AND LOWER EDGES INTEGRAL WITH THE BASE AND HAVING THEIR UPPER-OUTER CORNERS CURVED AWAY FROM THE BASE, AND THE OUTER AND UPPER EDGES INCLINED TOWARD EACH OTHER WHEREBY SUCH INCLINED OUTER EDGES ACT AS A RESILIENT CAM WHEN THE SWITCH IS PRESSED INTO AN APERTURE IN A MOUNTING PANEL AND THE UPPER INCLINED EDGES AFFORD BALANCED GRIPPING OF A RANGE OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES OF PANEL BETWEEN IT AND AN OVERHANGING LIP ON THE BASE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
AN ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING: A MOLDED INSULATING BASE HAVING A SWITCH COMPARTMENT OPEN AT THE TOP; STATIONARY CONTACTS IN SAID COMPARTMENT CONNECTED THROUGH SAID BASE TO EXTERNAL TERMINALS; A MOVABLE CONTACT MOUNTED FOR ROCKING MOVEMENT TO BRIDGE A PAIR OF SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; AN ACTUATOR PIVOTED TO SAID BASE AND HAVING A SPRINGBIASED PLUNGER FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVABLE CONTACT; AND MEANS AFFORDING SNAP-IN MOUNTING OF SAID BASE IN AN APERTURE IN A MOUNTING PANEL COMPRISING; PAIRS OF RESILIENT WINGS MOLDED INTEGRALLY WITH THE BASE, EACH PAIR OF WINGS COMPRISING TWO GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FLAPS HAVING ADJACENT, INNER AND LOWER EDGES INTEGRAL WITH THE BASE AND HAVING THEIR UPPER-OUTER CORNERS CURVED AWAY FROM THE BASE, AND THE OUTER AND UPPER EDGES INCLINED TOWARD EACH OTHER WHEREBY SUCH INCLINED OUTER EDGES ACT AS A RESILIENT CAM WHEN THE SWITCH IS PRESSED INTO AN APERTURE IN A MOUNTING PANEL AND THE UPPER INCLINED EDGES AFFORD BALANCED GRIPPING OF A RANGE OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES OF PANEL BETWEEN IT AND AN OVERHANGING LIP ON THE BASE.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
66 words
THE INVENTION DEFINED IN CLAIM 1, WHEREIN SAID ACTUATOR COMPRISES: A ONE PIECE MOLDED PUSHBUTTON UNIT PIVOTED AT A MIDPORTION TO THE BASE AND HAVING TWO PUSHBUTTONS AT LATERALLY SPACED POINTS THEREOF AND A LOWER PORTION FOR ACTUATING THE MOVABLE CONTACT, EACH SAID PUSHBUTTON INTEGRALLY MOLDED WITH AND CONNECTED TO THE REMAINDER OF SAID UNIT BY A THIN SECTION OF RESILIENT MATERIAL FORMING A HINGE PORTION.
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