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US 6,242,706 B1Granted
Microswitch
AssigneeMic Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorMunechika Miyata
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Abstract
A microswitch is provided with a push lever having a ball at a lower end so as to roll freely. A seesaw contact piece has one side piece to which a movable contact is attached and an opposite side piece to which the ball of the push lever is in constant contact when external force is not applied to the push lever. A fixed contact switches ON by coming into contact with the movable contact and switches OFF by separating from the movable contact. A fixed contact piece is configured to support a comer part of the seesaw contact piece.
Claims7
A microswitch comprising:
- a push lever having a ball at a lower end so as to roll freely;
- a seesaw contact piece having one side piece to which a movable contact is attached and an opposite side piece to which the ball of the push lever is in constant contact when external force is not applied to the push lever;
- a fixed contact which switches ON by coming into contact with the movable contact and which switches OFF by separating from the movable contact;
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- a fixed contact piece configured to support a corner part of the seesaw contact piece as a fulcrum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.