Slide switch type assembly having two part housing
AssigneeChicago Switch, Inc.
InventorJoseph J. Spedale
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Abstract
A slide switch having opposed contacts mounted on a base with a slider assembly moving over the base. A bridging conductor is included in the assembly whereby the positioning of the slider assembly determines the relationship of the bridging conductor to the opposed contacts to thereby provide the switching characteristic. The bridging conductor is held in assembly with the slider preferably by means of a resilient element pressing the conductor or a support therefor against a slider ledge so that this assembly remains intact when separated from the base. The base contacts comprise body portions receivable in slots defined by the base, the body portions defining recesses whereby the contacts can be press fit into engagement with the base.
Claims14
In a switch construction wherein opposed contacts are positioned on a base, a slider, and a bridging contactor in assembly with said slider, the slider assembly being mounted in an enclosure, the enclosure being adapted for attachment to the base for sliding movement of the slider assembly relative to the base and within the enclosure whereby the contactor shifts between a first position completing a circuit between the contacts and a second position whereat the contactor is out of engagement with at least one contact, and including a resilient means carried by the slider normally applying force to the contactor for pressing the contactor against the contacts on the base during switch operation, the improvement wherein said slider assembly includes means for holding the slider and contactor together whereby the assembly thereof remains intact when separated from the base, said holding means including ledge means defined by the slider, wings carried by said contactor, said resilient means in the assembly pressing the wings of the contactor against the ledge means when the assembly is separated from the base, and means projecting outwardly from said base for engaging the contactor when the assembly is connected to the base for thereby forcing the contactor wings out of engagement with the ledge means in opposition to said resilient means.
In an assembled electrical device comprising at least one contact mounted on a supporting base, the improvement wherein said base defines at least one receiving slot, said contact including a body portion having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said slot whereby the contact is receivable in said slot, a recess formed in at least one of the walls defining the slot, and a protrusion formed on said body portion, said base being formed of material which is sufficiently resilient to permit forcing of the body portion into the slot whereby said protrusion is received by said recess, said contact being thereby tightly held in place by said base upon insertion in said slot, said contact including an extension of said body portion of one side thereof defining a contact surface spaced from the base surface for exposure on one side of said base, and an extension of said body portion on the other side thereof forming terminal means extending outwardly from the base surface on the opposite side of said base.
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