Switch assembly having unintentional-actuation guard
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsBjorn E. Westlund, Adam Plecker
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Abstract
A switch assembly for use with a mobile machine. The switch assembly may have a substantially enclosed housing with a front side surface and a plurality of other side surfaces, and a switch operatively connected to the front side surface. The switch assembly may also have at least one guard connected to the front side surface and located proximate the switch, and at least one mounting feature associated with at least one of the plurality of other side surfaces. The at least one mounting feature may be configured to engage a support member of the mobile machine.
Claims20
A switch assembly for a machine, comprising:
- a substantially enclosed housing having a front side surface and a plurality of other side surfaces, wherein the plurality of other side surfaces includes a left side surface, a right side surface, a top side surface, and a back side surface;
- a switch operatively connected to the front side surface;
- at least one guard connected to the front side surface and located proximate the switch;
- and
- at least one mounting feature removably connected through holes in at least one of the left and right side surfaces, and configured to engage a support member of the machine.
A switch assembly for a machine, comprising:
- a substantially enclosed housing having a front side surface, a back side surface, a top side surface, a left side surface, and a right side surface, the housing being open at a side opposite the top side surface;
- a switch operatively connected to the front side surface;
- a wiring harness extending from the switch to a connector, wherein the wiring harness is held in place by way of a clip that is bolted to the back side surface;
- a movable cover over the switch;
- at least one guard connected to the front side surface and located proximate the switch;
- and
- two mounting features removably connectable through holes in and along a length direction of either of the left and right side surfaces and configured to engage a support member of the machine.
A mobile machine, comprising:
- a frame;
- a power source mounted to the frame;
- a plurality of traction devices configured to support the frame and driven by the power source;
- an auxiliary component operatively mounted to the frame and powered by the power source;
- a platform connected to the frame opposite the plurality of traction devices;
- a railing substantially surrounding the platform;
- a substantially enclosed housing having a front side surface, a back side surface, a top side surface, a left side surface, and a right side surface, the housing being open at a side opposite the top side surface;
- a switch operatively connected to the front side surface of the housing and movable by an operator of the mobile machine to affect operation of the auxiliary component;
- a movable cover over the switch;
- at least one guard connected to the front side surface and located proximate the switch;
- and
- two mounting features removably connectable through holes in and along a length direction of either of the left and right side surfaces and configured to engage a vertical portion of the railing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.