Dip switch

Claim 1

A dual inline package switch assembly containing one or more separated electrical switches, comprising: (a) an insulating housing having a base and a cover enclosing an interior space, at least one switch positioned in said interior space, said cover having a top wall with at least one elongated slit extending into said interior space in alignment with said switch; (b) said switch including at least one pair of switch contacts having a first fixed arm extending on said base from one side of said housing, a second fixed arm extending on said base from the other side of said housing to face the free end of said first arm, and legs integral with and extending from each arm from the respective sides of said housing for insertion into electrical circuit openings, each arm being flat in a common plane and engaged against said base; (c) said switch further including at least one actuating means movably positioned within said interior space and having an operating stub positioned in said slit of said housing and having a resilient conductive bridging strip for selectively breaking and making an electrical connection between said fixed arms with movement of said actuating means, said actuating means being displaceable onto said housing base for sliding movement thereon and said bridging strip having inwardly curved rounded end portions to maintain constant the pressure between said resilient conductive bridging strip and said fixed arms; and (d) said slit of said housing having a center neck whose width is slightly smaller than the diameter of said operation stub of said actuating means for detenting movement of said actuating means.