Actuating device

An actuating device (1) for generating an electrical switching signal, the device comprising a housing (2), a cover (4) accessible from outside said housing and attached to said housing, and held in a swiveling arrangement in a groove (8) in said housing (2), and a switching contact (6) attached in an interior (21) of said housing (2), and moveable from an initial position into a switching position by closure of said cover (4), and wherein an abutment means (11) facing towards said cover (4) is/are attached to a base (23) of said housing (2), and is provided with a support surface (17) corresponding to swiveling movement of said cover (4) mounted in the groove (8), and one or more bearing bodies (12) is/are attached to said cover (4) which, when said cover (4) is mounted, each make contact with one of the support surfaces (17) of said abutment means (11) and are thereby supported when said cover (4) is actuated;

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• wherein said abutment means (11) comprise first and second webs (13, 14) arranged at right angles to one another, wherein said first web (13) projects at right angles from the base (23) of said housing (2) into the interior (21);
• wherein the support surface (17) for holding a bearing body (12) attached to said cover is disposed on a second web and the support surface (17), and runs at right angles to a lengthways axis (3) of said housing (2);
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• wherein the bearing body (12) comprises two legs (15, 16) arranged at right angles to one another, wherein said first leg (15) projects into the interior (21) of said housing (2) at right angles from the inside (7) of said cover (4) facing the base (23), and said second leg (16) of the bearing body (12) is enclosed by said second web (14) of said abutment means (11) in the form of an undercut and is supported in a direction of the base (23) of said housing (2);
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• wherein the support surface (17) of said second leg (16) of said abutment means (11) is convex, and a contact surface (18) of said second leg (16) of the bearing body (12) facing the support surface (17) is provided with a concave profile corresponding to the convex profile.

An actuating device (1) for generating an electrical switching signal, the device comprising a housing (2), a cover (4) accessible from outside said housing and attached to said housing, and held in a swiveling arrangement in a groove (8) in said housing (2), and a switching contact (6) attached in an interior (21) of said housing (2), and moveable from an initial position into a switching position by closure of said cover (4);

• wherein abutment means (11) facing towards said cover (4) is/are attached to a base (23) of said housing (2), and is/are provided with a support surface (17) corresponding to swiveling movement of said cover (4) mounted in the groove (8), and one or more bearing bodies (12) is/are attached to said cover (4) which, when said cover (4) is mounted, each make contact with one of the support surfaces (17) of said abutment means (11) and are thereby supported when said cover (4) is actuated;
• wherein said abutment means (11) comprise first and second webs (13, 14) arranged at right angles to one another;
• wherein said first web (13) projects at right angles from the base (23) of said housing (2) into the interior (21), wherein the support surface (17) for holding a bearing body (12) attached to said cover is disposed on a second web and the support surface (17), and runs at right angles to a lengthways axis (3) of said housing (2);
• wherein said bearing body (12) comprises two legs (15, 16) arranged at right angles to one another, wherein said first leg (15) projects into the interior (21) of said housing (2) at right angles from the inside (7) of said cover (4) facing the base (23), and said second leg (16) of the bearing body (12) is enclosed by said second web (14) of said abutment means (11) in the form of an undercut and is supported in a direction of the base (23) of said housing (2);
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• wherein a tappet formed as an intermediate element is disposed on the inside (7) of said cover (4) facing said switching contact (6), and an airgap (20) is disposed between the free end of the tappet and the switching contact.

An actuating device (1) for generating an electrical switching signal, the device comprising a housing (2), a cover (4) accessible from outside said housing and attached to said housing, and held in a swiveling arrangement in a groove (8) in said housing (2), and a switching contact (6) attached in an interior (21) of said housing (2), and moveable from an initial position into a switching position by closure of said cover (4);

• and wherein abutment means (11) facing towards said cover (4) is/are attached to a base (23) of said housing (2), and is/are provided with a support surface (17) corresponding to swiveling movement of said cover (4) mounted in the groove (8), and one or more bearing bodies (12) is/are attached to said cover (4) which, when said cover (4) is mounted, each make contact with one of the support surfaces (17) of said abutment means (11) and are thereby supported when said cover (4) is actuated;
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• wherein said abutment means (11) comprise first and second webs (13, 14) arranged at right angles to one another, wherein said first web (13) projects at right angles from the base (23) of said housing (2) into the interior (21), wherein the support surface (17) for holding a bearing body (12) attached to said cover is disposed on a second web and the support surface (17), and runs at right angles to a lengthways axis (3) of said housing (2);
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• wherein the bearing body (12) comprises two legs (15, 16) arranged at right angles to one another, wherein said first leg (15) projects into the interior (21) of said housing (2) at right angles from the inside (7) of said cover (4) facing the base (23), and said second leg (16) of the bearing body (12) is enclosed by said second web (14) of said abutment means (11) in the form of an undercut and is supported in the direction of the base (23) of said housing (2);
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• wherein at least one detent hook (24, 25) protruding into the interior (21) of said housing (2) is attached to the base (23) of said housing (2) and on the inside (7) of said cover (4) facing the base (23), the detent hooks (24, 25) being arranged flush with one another and, jointly, forming a pair of detent hooks of an undercut type;
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• wherein each of the detent hook pairs is at a distance from, and laterally offset from, the groove (8).