Assembly comprising a normally-open electrical switch and a control blade for controlling its change of state which keeps it closed at rest

A method for testing an assembly that comprises an electrical switch, the method comprising:

• providing an assembly that comprises:
• an electrical switch comprising a trip member, and
• an elastically deformable control blade for controlling the change of state of the electrical switch in response to the application of an actuation effort on the control blade, and in which the control blade comprises:
• a fixing branch for fixing the control blade with respect to the trip member;
• an actuation branch, a rear end of which is linked to the fixing branch and which, in the absence of application of an actuation effort, stresses the trip member in a direction corresponding to the closure of the electrical switch;
• and
• a control branch which is linked to the actuation branch and which, when under application of an actuation effort which is applied to it by an actuation member, will pivot about an axis orthogonal to a direction of actuation of the trip member to provoke a tilting of the actuation branch against its elasticity to keep the electrical switch in an open free state and
• a locking device for locking the control blade in an initial position of delivery of the assembly in which the actuation branch does not stress the trip member of the electrical switch which is in its open state.
• fixing the assembly onto a top face of a subassembly, in a state in which the control blade is in an initial position of delivery;
• acting on the control blade by applying to it an actuation effort to provoke unlocking of the control blade and provoke a change of state of the electrical switch;
• performing operations to test operation of the assembly, the electrical switch, a unit equipped with the assembly to control at least one function thereof, or a combination of any;
• and
• proceeding to lock the control blade in its initial position of delivery.