US 2012/0186955 A1Published application

Electric Switch

AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsJürgen Birner, Walter Felden, Bernhard Hannich, Johannes Hauer, Andreas Hierl, Siegfried Pirker, Thomas Pniok, Ralf Schwager

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Abstract

An electric switch is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the switch includes a rotor housing; at least one electric contact arm, rotatably mounted in the rotor housing and being pivotable between an on-position and an off-position as well as relative to the rotor housing; and at least one intermediate part which, in a locking position, locks the pivotable contact arm with the rotor housing and, in the event of a relative rotation between the pivotable contact arm and the rotor housing, is moved away from the predefined locking position.

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Dependent claims

An electric switch, comprising:

a rotor housing;
at least one electric contact arm, rotatably mounted in the rotor housing, said at least one electric contact arm being pivotable between an on-position and an off-position, and relative to the rotor housing;
and
at least one intermediate part which, in a locking position, is adapted to lock the pivotable at least one electric contact arm with the rotor housing and which, in the event of a relative rotation between the pivotable contact arm and the rotor housing, is adapted to be moved away from the locking position, the at least one intermediate part being a spherical body held in the locking position in a resiliently clamped manner.

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