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US 4,001,526 AGranted
Alternate action switch
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorHarry W. Olson
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AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorHarry W. Olson
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An alternate action switch includes a housing defining a cavity within which an actuator is mounted for reciprocal movement between alternate positions wherein slider contacts on the actuator selectively engage fixed contacts supported by the housing within the cavity. Indexing of the actuator for movement between positions is accomplished by a cam block mounted on the housing and a cam follower mounted on the actuator. The cam block and follower are integrally connected respectively to the housing and actuator by means of flexible integral webs serving both to resiliently bias the follower and cam block toward one another and to constrain their movement to a single direction. Within the housing cavity the actuator is provided with recesses supporting loop contact portions of the slider contacts. Retention recesses within the actuator and latch arms on the contacts hold the slider contacts in position on the actuator.
A switch assembly comprising in combination:
In a slide switch, the combination of a relatively fixed housing member defining a cavity, a slider mounted for sliding movement in said cavity, said housing member and slider having interfacing walls, a contact recess in said slider wall, a flexible resilient slider contact including a compressible loop portion in said contact recess, a retention peg integral with said slider extending through said loop portion, a latch recess in said slider wall spaced from said contact recess, said slider contact including a latch arm extending from said loop portion into said latch recess and cooperating with said retention peg for holding said slider contact on said slider, and fixed contacts in said cavity adjacent said housing wall engageable by said slider contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.