Dual function electrical switch
AssigneeThe Lucas Electrical Company Limited
InventorGeoffrey Ralph Mosby
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Abstract
An electrical switch including first and second fixed electrical contacts carried by the body of the switch. Fastened to the body is an L-shaped flexible strip which carries first and second movable contacts, one end of one limb of the L-shaped strip being secured to the body. In order to engage the first movable contact with the first fixed contact the strip is flexed along the length of said one limb, and in order to engage the second movable contact with the second fixed contact the strip is twisted along the length of said one limb.
Claims5
An electrical switch including an L-shaped flexible strip, first and second movable contacts carried by the strip, first and second fixed electrical contacts associated with the first and second movable contacts respectively, one end of one limb of the strip being fixed, and said first and second fixed electrical contacts being so positioned relative to one another that the first movable contact can be engaged with the first fixed contact by flexing said one limb of the strip along its length, the second movable contact being engageable with the second fixed contact by twisting said one limb along its length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.