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US 12,671,043 B2Granted
Surface mount snap action switch device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsMasaya Murota, Takeshi Fujimoto
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Abstract
A switch device includes a movable terminal including a snap action mechanism that bends a spring when a user moves an operating portion, a first fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the spring is not bent, and a second fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the operating portion is moved by a specified amount to bend the spring. The second fixed terminal includes a portion machined into a fixed contact that contacts the movable terminal.
Claims7
A switch device, comprising:
- a movable terminal including a snap action mechanism that bends a spring when a user moves an operating portion;
- a first fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the spring is not bent;
- and
- a second fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the operating portion is moved by a specified amount to bend the spring, wherein the second fixed terminal includes a portion machined into a fixed contact that contacts the movable terminal,
- wherein
- the fixed contact projects in a bulging shape so as to be curved toward the movable terminal from a base portion of the second fixed terminal body,
- the second fixed terminal is a unitary one-piece member, and
- the second fixed terminal includes two support portions positioned at two opposite sides of the fixed contact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.