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US 7,071,435 B2Granted
Toggle switch and method for manufacturing a two-stage toggle switch
AssigneeTRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMarkus Altmann
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Abstract
A toggle switch has a switching rocker having at least one arm and one guide plate that has at least one receptacle, in which at least one activation push rod is movably guided in a linear fashion. The arm of the switching rocker can exert a force on the activation push rod. A switching unit is provided, on which the activation push rod can act so as to close an electrical contact. The guide plate and the activation push rod each have a break line, along which, before the assembly of the toggle switch, they were joined to each other in an integral fashion.
Claims13
A toggle switch
- having a switching rocker (14) that has at least one arm (18),
- a guide plate (28) having at least one receptacle (26), in which at least one activation push rod (24) is guided so as to be movable in a linear manner, said arm (18) of said switching rocker (14) being able to exert a force on said activation push rod (24),
- and a switching unit (30, 32), on which said activation push rod (24) can act in order to close an electrical contact,
- said guide plate (28) and said activation push rod (24) each having a break line (45, 47), along which they are joined to each other in an integral fashion before the assembly of said toggle switch (10).
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