Electric switch
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJürgen Birner, Walter Felden, Bernhard Hannich, Johannes Hauer, Andreas Hierl, Siegfried Pirker, Thomas Pniok, Ralf Schwager
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Abstract
An electric switch is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the switch includes a rotor housing; at least one electric contact arm, rotatably mounted in the rotor housing and being pivotable between an on-position and an off-position as well as relative to the rotor housing; and at least one intermediate part which, in a locking position, locks the pivotable contact arm with the rotor housing and, in the event of a relative rotation between the pivotable contact arm and the rotor housing, is moved away from the predefined locking position.
Claims11
An electric switch, comprising:
- a rotor housing including a wall section, the wall section including at least two recesses formed at a desired depth in the wall section;
- at least one electric contact arm, rotatably mounted in the rotor housing, said at least one electric contact arm being pivotable between an on-position and an off-position, and relative to the rotor housing;
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- at least one intermediate part including,
- at least one locking element which, in a first locking position, is adapted to lock the pivotable at least one electric contact arm with the rotor housing using a first recess of the at least two recesses and which, in the event of a relative rotation between the pivotable electric contact arm and the rotor housing, is adapted to be moved away from the first locking position to a second locking position using a second recess of the at least two recesses, the at least one locking element being held in the first and second locking positions in a resiliently clamped manner, and
- at least one spring, arranged between the rotor housing and the pivotable electric contact arm, a first end of the at least one spring pressing onto the at least one locking element and a second end of the at least one spring being braced against the pivotable electric contact arm.
An electric switch, comprising:
- a rotor housing;
- at least one electric contact arm, rotatable mounted in the rotor housing, said at least one electric contact arm being pivotable between an on-position and an off-position, and relative to the rotor housing;
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- at least one intermediate part including at least one locking element which, in a locking position, is adapted to lock the pivotable at least one electric contact arm with the rotor housing and which, in the event of a relative rotation between the pivotable electric contact arm and the rotor housing, is adapted to be moved away from the locking position, the at least one locking element being held in the locking position in a resiliently clamped manner, wherein an impact body is adapted to interact with a spring connected to the at least one locking element, said impact body, upon pivoting of the electric contact arm relative to the rotor housing and deformation of the spring, being brought into contact with the at least one locking element and pressing the at least one locking element out of the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.