US 12,332,037 B2Granted

Switch assembly

AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

InventorsWalter K. Adasczik, Jeffrey A. Lizotte, Peter H. Remeis, Nicholas Collard

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Abstract

A switch assembly and a method of effecting a battery to initiate. The switch assembly includes a support that is adapted to operably engage with a battery. The switch assembly also include a slide operably engaged with the support and moveable in a first direction relative to the support between a primed position and a released position. The switch assembly also includes a cover operably engaged with the support and enclosing the slide. The switch assembly also includes a firing pin mechanism operably engaged with the support, the slide, and the cover and moveable in a second direction relative to the slide and the support. In the switch assembly, the second direction of the firing pin mechanism is different than the first direction of the slide.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A switch assembly, comprising:

a support adapted to operably engage with a battery, wherein the support comprises:
a first surface;
a second surface opposite to the first surface;
a cavity defined in the support extending downwardly from the first surface towards the second surface to a base wall;
and
a projection extending upwardly inside of the cavity from the base wall towards the first surface;
a slide operably engaged with the support and moveable in a first direction relative to the support between a primed position and a released position;
a cover operably engaged with the support and enclosing the slide;
and
a firing pin mechanism operably engaged with the support, the slide, and the cover and moveable in a second direction relative to the slide and the support;
wherein the second direction is different than the first direction;
wherein the cavity is configured to receive the slide;
and
wherein the projection is configured to receive the firing pin mechanism and to be received by the slide.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/858,432Filed 6 Jul 2022
Published: US 2024/0011751 A111 Jan 2024
Granted: 17 Jun 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

F42C 15/21
Wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing-pin: using spring action
H01H 3/32
Mechanisms for operating contacts: driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts
H01H 9/02
Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00: bases, casings, or covers
H01H 3/161
Adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily…:…