Toggle switch having improved moulded sealing component, and assembly with such a toggle switch and a support panel
AssigneeC&K Components S.A.S.
InventorsWilliam Agnatovech, Ken Zhao
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Abstract
A toggle switch includes a hollow base, a switch mechanism, a cover, a bushing extending from the cover, a toggle lever, and a one piece resilient sealing component. The sealing component includes a lever seal surrounding the toggle lever and covering the inner wall of the bushing for sealing a space between the toggle lever and the bushing. A cover seal forms a lower closed sealing ring compressed between the cover and the base for sealing the cover to the base. The one piece resilient sealing component also includes an upper closed sealing ring surrounding the bushing and extending on a portion of the upper surface of the cover for cooperating with a panel for mounting the switch.
Claims19
A toggle switch comprising:
- a base open at its top for accommodating a switch mechanism;
- a cover closing the top of the base;
- a bushing vertically and upwardly extending from the cover;
- a toggle lever extending through the bushing and pivotally mounted with respect to the bushing;
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- a one piece resilient sealing component comprising:
- a lever seal surrounding the toggle lever and covering an inner wall of the bushing for sealing a space between the toggle lever and the bushing, and
- a cover seal forming a lower closed sealing ring that is compressed between the cover and the upper portion of the base for sealing the cover to the base,
- wherein the resilient sealing component comprises an upper closed sealing ring surrounding the bushing and extending on a portion of the upper surface of the cover.
A toggle switch comprising:
- a base having a cover;
- a pivoting toggle lever extending from the base through the cover;
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- a one piece resilient sealing component comprising:
- a lever seal surrounding the toggle lever,
- a cover seal forming a lower closed sealing ring that is compressed between the cover and an upper portion of the base for sealing the cover to the base, and
- an upper closed sealing ring that extends on a portion of the upper surface of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.