Actuator switch
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorAllen K. SCHWARTZ
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Abstract
An actuator switch includes a first switch member is movable from an inactivated position to a first toggle position in a first direction and a second toggle position in a second direction and a third toggle position in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions and a fourth toggle position in a fourth direction opposite the third direction. A first switch member is movable from an inactivated position to a first position in an upward direction and a second position in a downward direction. A keypad includes a first group of two electrical contacts each associated with the second switch member and a second group of four electrical contacts each of which is associated with the first switch member.
Claims20
An actuator switch, comprising:
- a keypad including a first group of four electrical contacts and a second group of two electrical contacts;
- a first switch member associated with the first group of four electrical contacts and movable from an inactivated position to a first toggle position in a first direction relative to the keypad and a second toggle position in a second direction relative to the keypad and a third toggle position in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions and a fourth toggle position in a fourth direction opposite the third direction;
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- a second switch member supported by the first switch member and movable from an inactivated position to a first position in an upward direction and a second position in a downward direction.
An actuator switch, comprising:
- a keypad including a first group of four double pole single throw electrical contacts and a second group of two double pole single throw electrical contacts;
- a first switch member associated with the first group of four double pole single throw electrical contacts and movable from an inactivated position to a first toggle position in a first direction relative to the keypad and a second toggle position in a second direction opposite the first direction and a third toggle position in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions and a fourth toggle position in a fourth direction opposite the third direction;
- a second switch member associated with the first group of four double pole single throw electrical contacts and supported by the first switch member and movable from an inactivated position to a first position in an upward direction and a second position in a downward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.