Switching components with redundant contact pads
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsHouyong Wang, Yu Hu, Yin Wei, Jie Rao, Fan Yang, Peipei Liu
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing a switching component are disclosed herein. An example switching component may comprise: A switching component comprising: a housing; a carrier body disposed within the housing; a first pair of contact pads disposed on a first surface of the carrier body; and a second pair of contact pads disposed on a second surface of the carrier body, wherein each pair of contact pads is configured to independently make contact with adjacent bridge contact pads in order to actuate an electrical bridge in response to movement of the carrier body.
Claims18
A switching component comprising:
- a housing;
- a carrier body disposed within the housing;
- a first pair of contact pads disposed on a first surface of the carrier body;
- and
- a second pair of contact pads disposed on a second surface of the carrier body, wherein each pair of contact pads is configured to independently make contact with adjacent bridge contact pads in order to actuate an electrical bridge in response to movement of the carrier body, wherein each pair of contact pads comprises a movable contact pad and a stationary contact pad, wherein each moveable contact pad is configured to make contact with the adjacent bridge contact pads prior to the stationary contact pad making contact with the adjacent bridge contact pads.
A switching component comprising:
- a housing;
- a carrier body disposed within the housing;
- a first flexible carrier comprising a first moveable contact pad and a second moveable contact pad, the first flexible carrier disposed on a first surface of the carrier body;
- and
- a second flexible carrier comprising a third moveable contact pad and a fourth moveable contact pad, the second flexible carrier disposed on a second surface of the carrier body,
- wherein each moveable contact pad is disposed adjacent a stationary contact pad, and wherein each moveable contact pad and stationary contact pad pair is configured to independently make contact with adjacent bridge contact pads in order to actuate an electrical bridge in response to movement of the carrier body, wherein each moveable contact pad is configured to make contact with the adjacent bridge contact pads prior to the stationary contact pad making contact with the adjacent bridge contact pads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.