In-line slide switch assembly for hot plugging
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsDavid James Fabian, John Michael Landis
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to switches and assemblies configured and adapted to enable “hot plugging” of electrical components and/or elements. According to an embodiment, slide switch assembly includes a body portion configured and adapted to support a first and a second spaced apart contact pin therein; and a plunger slidably supported within the body portion. Each contact pin is electrically connectable to an electrical conduit. The plunger has a first position in electrical contact with one of the first and second contact pins, and a second position in electrical contact with both the first and second contact pins. In use, when the plunger is in the second condition electrical current is transmitted between the first and the second contact pins.
Claims18
A slide switch assembly, comprising:
- a body portion configured and adapted to support a first and a second spaced apart contact pin therein, wherein each contact pin is electrically connectable to an electrical conduit;
- a plunger slidably supported within the body portion, the plunger having a first position in electrical contact with one of the first and second contact pins, and a second position in electrical contact with both the first and second contact pins;
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- an actuation slide slidably supported on the body portion and in operative engagement with the plunger;
- wherein when the plunger is in the second condition electrical current is transmitted between the first and the second contact pins, wherein the body portion and the actuation slide are electrically insulative.
A slide switch assembly for performing hot plugging, the slide switch comprising:
- a body portion;
- a first and a second contact pin operatively supported in the body portion, the first and the second contact pin being spaced from one another, wherein each contact pin is electrically connectable to an electrical conduit;
- a plunger slidably supported within the body portion, the plunger having a first position in electrical contact with one of the first and second contact pins, and a second position in electrical contact with both the first and second contact pins;
- wherein when the plunger is in the second condition electrical current is transmitted between the first and the second contact pins;
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- an actuation slide slidably supported on the body portion, the actuation slide being in operative engagement with the plunger, wherein axial movement of the actuation slide results in axial movement of the plunger, wherein the body portion and the actuation slide are electrically insulative.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.