Movable carrier structure for electrical device
AssigneeSensata Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCalvin S. Reuter, Cory Bousquet, Emily Haidemenos
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Abstract
A contactor device includes a movable contact configured to selectively open/close an electrical circuit. The contactor device includes an actuator assembly having a shaft, a movable contact retention member, and a coupler coupling the shaft to the movable contact retention member. The movable contact retention member may be a single piece comprising a central portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, and the first side portion and the second side portion are angled relative to the central portion.
Claims20
A switching device comprising:
- a housing defining a volume;
- one or more fixed contacts disposed at least partially in the volume defined by the housing;
- a movable contact disposed in the volume;
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- an actuator assembly configured to move the movable contact, the actuator assembly comprising:
- a shaft, and
- a carrier member coupling the movable contact to the shaft, the carrier member comprising:
- a movable contact retention member including a central portion, a first side portion extending from a first side of the central portion and a second side portion extending from a second side of the central portion, opposite the first side, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are angled relative to the central portion and the first side portion is substantially parallel to the second side portion;
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- a coupler coupling the central portion and the shaft.
An actuator assembly for use with an electrical device, the actuator assembly comprising:
- a shaft;
- a movable contact retention member comprising a central portion, a first side portion extending from a first side of the central portion and a second side portion extending from a second side of the central portion, opposite the first side, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are angled relative to the central portion and the first side portion and the second side portion are substantially parallel to each other;
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- a coupler coupling the central portion and the shaft.
A method of manufacturing an actuator assembly for use in an electric device, the method comprising:
- providing a substantially planar movable contact retention member comprising a central portion, a first side portion extending from a first side of the central portion, and a second side portion extending from a second side of the central portion, the second side being opposite the first side;
- providing a shaft;
- coupling the substantially planar movable contact retention member to the shaft with a coupler;
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- after the coupling the substantially planar movable contact retention member to the shaft, bending the first side portion relative to the central portion and bending the second side portion relative to the central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.