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US3355563A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Lost motion thermostatic electrical switch

Assignee: Texas Instruments Inc
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Filing: 1966-08-11
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Granted: 1967-11-28
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Expires: 1986-08-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Raymond J Ruckriegel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 23:20
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H37/00; H01H37/02; H01H37/32; H01H37/52; H01H37/54; H01H2037/549; H01H3/00; H01H3/32; H01H3/48

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 207 words
A THERMOSTATIC ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING A HOUSING; A WEB OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL FORMED IN SAID HOUSING TO PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND CAVITIES SEPARATED BY SAID WEB; A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RIVETS MOUNTED ON SAID WEB TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN SAID FIRST CAVITY; A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TERMINALS MOUNTED ON ONE OF THEIR ENDS ON SAID RIVETS AND RETAINED IN FIXED POSITION BY A PAIR OF RECESSES FOUND IN SAID HOUSING; A BRIDGE SUPPORT CARRYING A PAIR OF MOVABLE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID BRIDGE SUPPORT FOR ENGAGMENT WITH SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; SAID BRIDGE SUPPORT BEING BENDABLE INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO LOCATE SAID MEMBER AND STATIONARY CONTACTS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER; A RESILIENT SPRING MEMBER EACH OF WHOSE ENDS IS RETAINED IN A RECESS FROMED IN SAID HOUSING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEMBER FROMING A RECEPTACLE FOR THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BRIDGE MEMBER TO RESILIENTLY URGE SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; A TRANSFER PIN LOCATED IN AN APERTURE FORMED IN SAID WEB FOR SLIDABLE MOVEMENT THEREWITHIN, ONE END OF SAID TRANSFER PIN BEING SPACED BY A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT FROM SAID BRIDGE SUPPORT; A THERMOSTATIC SNAP-ACTING ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID HOUS-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 207 words
A THERMOSTATIC ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING A HOUSING; A WEB OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL FORMED IN SAID HOUSING TO PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND CAVITIES SEPARATED BY SAID WEB; A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RIVETS MOUNTED ON SAID WEB TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN SAID FIRST CAVITY; A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TERMINALS MOUNTED ON ONE OF THEIR ENDS ON SAID RIVETS AND RETAINED IN FIXED POSITION BY A PAIR OF RECESSES FOUND IN SAID HOUSING; A BRIDGE SUPPORT CARRYING A PAIR OF MOVABLE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID BRIDGE SUPPORT FOR ENGAGMENT WITH SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; SAID BRIDGE SUPPORT BEING BENDABLE INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO LOCATE SAID MEMBER AND STATIONARY CONTACTS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER; A RESILIENT SPRING MEMBER EACH OF WHOSE ENDS IS RETAINED IN A RECESS FROMED IN SAID HOUSING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEMBER FROMING A RECEPTACLE FOR THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BRIDGE MEMBER TO RESILIENTLY URGE SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; A TRANSFER PIN LOCATED IN AN APERTURE FORMED IN SAID WEB FOR SLIDABLE MOVEMENT THEREWITHIN, ONE END OF SAID TRANSFER PIN BEING SPACED BY A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT FROM SAID BRIDGE SUPPORT; A THERMOSTATIC SNAP-ACTING ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID HOUS-

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