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Cam operated switch
| Details |
Inventors: Hooper, Jr., Dean Roosevelt;
Assignee: AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, PA)
Primary Examiner: Hohauser; Herman
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Osborne; Allan B
The present invention relates to a single pole, single throw switch and more particularly to a switch having a redundancy of opposing contacts which are cammed into or out of engagement by a cam positioned between the contacts. The switch consists of a molded housing, molded cam means and two identical conductive means stamped and formed from flat metal stock. Preload cantilever beams provide biasing forces for the contacts. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A switch which comprises: a.
a housing having an opening; b.
a pair of preloaded cantilever beams with each being positioned along an opposing side of the opening and adapted to bias the upper end inwardly toward the opening, each having at the upper end a contact tab extending inwardly toward the opposing contact tab, and further having at the lower end at least one depending pin adapted to be plugged into an electrical circuit or the like; and c.
cam means rotatably positioned in the opening between the cantilever beams and adapted to cam the contact tabs into or out of engagement.
2.
The contact means of claim 1 wherein each cantilever beam contains a plurality of tabs, the tabs on one beam opposing the tabs on the other beam.
3.
The contact means of claim 2 wherein the free end of each tab extends obliquely away from the obliquely extending free end of the opposing tab.
4.
A switch comprising: a.
an elongated, non-conductive housing having a central opening in the upper portion thereof, and having a support post extending upwardly from the base into the central opening, and further having one or more passages along two opposite sides of the post extending from the base of the housing to the central opening; b.
a pair of generally flat, elongated, conductive lead frames each staked in the housing along opposite sides of the central opening, each frame having one or more pins extending from the lower end thereof through the passages and depending downwardly from the base of the housing, and further having a contact at each of the two corners at the upper end thereof and projecting laterally across the central opening toward and removably engageable with a contact on the opposing lead frame; and c.
an elongated, non-conductive shaft rotatably positioned in the central opening with its lower end resting on the support post, said shaft having a cam positioned thereon which is engageable with the opposing lead frames so that as the shaft is rotated, the cam either separates the contacts or permits the contacts to engage, said shaft further having an actuator thereon extending above the top of the housing and which provides means for rotating the shaft
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