Switch device
AssigneeTektronix, Inc.
InventorWilliam E. Berg
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Abstract
A switch device comprises a resilient contact member and a support member carrying the contact member. The support member is movable between a first position in which the contact member is in electrically-conductive contact with two conductor elements that are stationary relative to each other and a second position in which the contact member is spaced from at least one of the conductor elements. A resilient member urges the support member in the direction from the second position towards the first position.
Claims6
A switch assembly comprising a circuit board having two conductor runs on one main surface thereof, and a switch device for providing electrical connection between said conductor runs, said switch device comprising:
- a block of resilient dielectric material having one surface presented towards said one main surface of the circuit board and having at said one surface two ridges which project towards the conductor runs respectively,
- a strip of conductive material adhered to said one surface of the block and extending across said ridges,
- a support member carrying the block of resilient material, the support member being movable relative to the circuit board between a first position in which the block of resilient material is compressed and the strip of conductive material is held in electrically-conductive pressure contact with the conductor runs by the block of resilient material, and a second position in which the strip of conductive material is spaced from at least one of the conductor runs, and
- a resilient member urging the support member in the direction from its second position towards its first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.