Push button switch
AssigneeKnowles Electronics, LLC
InventorJohn P. McSwiggen
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Abstract
A push button switch is provided having a switch housing having at least two contacts wherein at least one of the contacts has an engagement surface. The switch includes a switch actuator having an actuation surface. The actuator is in communication with the housing and is adapted to be movable with respect to the housing when depressed. The actuation surface is adapted to engage the engagement surface of the at least one contact when the switch actuator is depressed. The two contacts are adapted to contact each other at an actuation point defined by the actuation surface of the switch actuator.
Claims45
A push button switch comprising:
- a switch housing having at least two contacts, at least one of the contacts having an engagement surface;
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- a switch actuator having an actuation surface, the actuator in communication with the housing and adapted to be movable with respect to the housing when depressed;
- the actuation surface adapted to engage the engagement surface of the at least one contact when the switch actuator is depressed;
- the two contacts adapted to contact each other at an actuation point defined by the actuation surface of the switch actuator.
A push button switch comprising:
- a switch housing having at least two contacts having at least a portion disposed within an interior portion of the housing, at least one of the contacts having an engagement surface;
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- a switch actuator having a chamfered portion defining an actuation surface, the actuator having at least a portion moveably disposed within the housing;
- the actuation surface defining an engagement point wherein the actuation surface and the engagement surface of the at least one contact first engage each other as the switch actuator is depressed;
- the actuation surface also defining an actuation point wherein the two contacts first contact each other as the switch actuator causes the at least one contact to move toward the other contact as the switch actuator moves toward the contacts.
A push button switch comprising:
- a switch housing having at least two contacts disposed therein, at least one of the contacts having an engagement surface;
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- a switch actuator having an actuation surface, the actuator coupled to the housing and adapted to be movable with respect to the housing when depressed;
- the actuation surface adapted to engage and move along the engagement surface of the at least one contact as the switch actuator is depressed;
- the two contacts adapted to contact each other when the engagement surface of the at least one contact reaches an actuation point defined by the actuation surface of the switch actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.