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US 4,324,956 AGranted
Fluid-proof slide switch
AssigneeOmron Tateisi Electronics Co.
InventorsTakahiro Sakakino, Hiroyoshi Yamada
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Abstract
There is disclosed a fluid-proof slide switch having at least a pair of contacts contained in a housing, and a horizontally movable slider for electrical connection or disconnection of the contacts. A flexible sealing member is placed between the slider and contacts to form a fluid-proof chamber containing the contacts. The sealing member is deformed in response to the movement of said slider to make the electrical connection or disconnection.
Claims10
A fluid-proof slide switch comprising:
- a box-like housing of insulating material;
- a cover of insulating material attached to said housing and having a plurality of apertures;
- a plurality of sliders positioned beneath of said cover, each slider having a knob projecting upwardly through said aperture and being horizontally movable;
- a plurality of intermediate actuating leaf spring members positioned correspondingly to said sliders and fixed with respect to said housing and said cover;
- a plurality of pairs of metal terminals aligned in said housing correspondingly with said actuating leaf spring members, one terminal in each of said pairs of said terminals having a movable member;
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- a deformable sealing member of insulating material disposed between said actuating members and said terminals which, taken together with said housing, forms a fluid-proof chamber containing said terminals so that an electrical connection or disconnection of each of said pairs of terminals is accomplished individually upon the application of a downward force from the corresponding intermediate actuating leaf spring members to said sealing member in response to the horizontal movement of said corresponding sliders.
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