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US 5,315,079 AGranted
PCB mounted 6PDT slide switch
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorJoseph J. Gierut
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Abstract
A PCB mounted 6 PDT slide switch is formed of a specially-designed cover/actuator sub-assembly and a base assembly which remain in assembly independent of each other. The slide switch includes a base member, a slide actuator member, a plurality of movable contact shoes, a separate spacer bar member, and a cover member.
Claims20
A slide switch comprising:
- a base member having fixed therein spaced, substantially aligned first, second and third rows of terminal contacts, each row being defined by first and second sets of the terminal contacts, each set having first, second and third contact pins;
- slide actuator means being formed of first and second T-shaped contact retention members and a fixed spacer bar element extending between said first and second retention members;
- a first set of outer movable contact shoes being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members;
- a second set of intermediate movable contact shoes being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members and being spaced from said first set of contact shoes by said fixed spacer bar element;
- a separate spacer bar member being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members;
- a third set of outer movable contact shoes being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members and being separated from said second set of contact shoes by said separate spacer bar member;
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- a cover member for retaining together said slide actuator means, said first through third sets of contact shoes and said separate spacer bar member, said cover member being fixedly secured to said base member such that said contact shoes are electrically connected with a selected number of said terminal contacts.
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A slide switch actuator comprising:
- slide actuator means being formed of first and second T-shaped contact retention members and a fixed spacer bar element extending between said first and second retention members;
- a first set of outer movable contact shoes being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members;
- a second set of intermediate movable contact shoes being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members and being spaced from said first set of contact shoes by said fixed spacer bar element;
- a separate spacer bar member being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members;
- a third set of outer movable contact shoes being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members and being separated from said second set of contact shoes by said separate spacer bar member;
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- a cover member for retaining together said slide actuator means, said first through third sets of contact shoes and said separate spacer bar member.
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A slide switch actuator comprising:
- slide actuator means being formed of first and second T-shaped contact retention members and a fixed spacer bar element extending between said first and second retention members;
- first movable contact shoes means being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members;
- second movable contact shoes means being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members and being spaced from said first contact shoes means by said fixed spacer bar element;
- a separate spacer bar member being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members;
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- third movable contact shoes means being slidably mounted on said first and second retention members and being separated from said second contact shoes means by said separate spacer bar member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.