Auxiliary switch
AssigneeSafran Electrical & Power
InventorsChristopher Kenneth Wyatt, James Broadwell, Dean Morgan
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Abstract
An auxiliary switch includes a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part separate from and releasably connected to the first housing part. A printed circuit board is fixedly mounted within the housing and has an electrical pad and an electrical contact connected to the electrical pad. A terminal conductor is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. An actuator mechanism is mounted within the housing and has an electrical contactor engaged to the terminal conductor. The actuator mechanism is configured to move within the housing and at least partially displace the electrical contact while maintaining engagement between the contactor and the terminal conductor.
Claims20
An auxiliary switch comprising:
- a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part separate from and releasably connected to the first housing part;
- a printed circuit board fixedly mounted within the housing and having an electrical pad and an electrical contact connected to the electrical pad;
- a terminal conductor electrically connected to the printed circuit board;
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- an actuator mechanism mounted within the housing and having an electrical contactor engaged to the terminal conductor, wherein the actuator mechanism is configured to move within the housing and at least partially displace the electrical contact while maintaining engagement between the contactor and the terminal conductor.
An auxiliary switch comprising:
- a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part separate from and releasably connected to the first housing part;
- a first printed circuit board fixedly mounted within the housing and having a first electrical pad and a first electrical contact connected to the first electrical pad;
- a second printed circuit board fixedly mounted within the housing and having a second electrical pad and a second electrical contact connected to the second electrical pad
- a terminal conductor electrically connected to each of the first and second printed circuit boards;
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- an actuator mechanism mounted within the housing and having an electrical contactor engaged to the terminal conductor, wherein the actuator mechanism is configured to move within the housing and at least partially displace each of the first and second electrical contacts while maintaining engagement between the contactor and the terminal conductor;
- wherein in a first position of the actuator mechanism an electrical connection between the first printed circuit board and the terminal conductor is closed and an electrical connection between the second printed circuit board and the terminal conductor is open,
- wherein in a second position of actuator mechanism an electrical connection between the first printed circuit board and the terminal conductor is open and an electrical connection between the second printed circuit board and the terminal conductor is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.