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US 9,991,061 B1Granted
Toggle electro-mechanical assembly
AssigneeHydra-Electric Company
InventorJohn Chick Hong Tang
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Abstract
An assembly including: a disk spring; a plurality of normally closed contacts disposed in a plane below the disk spring; a plurality of normally open contacts disposed in a plane above the disk spring; a pivot ring supporting a lower surface of the disk spring; and an actuating pin having a shoulder in contact with an upper surface of the disk spring; where a movement of the actuating pin away from a header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a first position to contact the plurality of normally open contacts, and a movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a second position to contact the plurality of normally closed contacts.
Claims19
An assembly comprising:
- a disk spring;
- a plurality of normally closed contacts disposed in a plane below the disk spring;
- a plurality of normally open contacts disposed in a plane above the disk spring;
- a pivot ring supporting a lower surface of the disk spring;
- an actuating pin having a shoulder in contact with an upper surface of the disk spring;
- a yoke;
- a first pivoting pin having a proximate end disposed in a first dimple of an adjustment pin, a distal end disposed through a first aperture in the yoke, and a bulbous pivot point disposed in a first aperture of a housing of the assembly;
- a first bellows disposed about the first pivoting pin;
- a second pivoting pin having a proximate end disposed in a second dimple of the adjustment pin, a distal end disposed through a second aperture in the yoke, and a bulbous pivot point disposed in a second aperture of the housing of the assembly;
- and
- a second bellows disposed about the second pivoting pin;
- wherein the first pivoting pin is diametrically opposed from the second pivoting pin;
- wherein a movement of the actuating pin away from a header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a first position to contact the plurality of normally open contacts, and a movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a second position to contact the plurality of normally closed contacts;
- and
- wherein a movement of the yoke towards the header assembly causes the movement of the actuating pin away from the header assembly, and a movement of the yoke away from the header assembly causes the movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly.
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An assembly comprising:
- a disk spring;
- a plurality of normally closed contacts disposed in a plane below the disk spring;
- a plurality of normally open contacts disposed in a plane above the disk spring;
- a pivot ring supporting a lower surface of the disk spring;
- and
- an actuating pin having a shoulder in contact with an upper surface of the disk spring;
- wherein a movement of the actuating pin away from a header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a first position to contact the plurality of normally open contacts, and a movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a second position to contact the plurality of normally closed contacts;
- wherein the plurality of normally open contacts are each disposed equidistant from a center of the disk spring;
- wherein the plurality of normally closed contacts are each disposed equidistant from the center of the disk spring;
- and
- wherein each of the plurality of normally open contacts are disposed closer to the center of the disk spring than each of the plurality of normally closed contacts.
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An assembly comprising:
- a disk spring;
- a plurality of normally closed contacts disposed in a plane below the disk spring;
- a plurality of normally open contacts disposed in a plane above the disk spring;
- a pivot ring supporting a lower surface of the disk spring;
- an actuating pin having a shoulder in contact with an upper surface of the disk spring;
- and
- a yoke;
- wherein a movement of the actuating pin away from a header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a first position to contact the plurality of normally open contacts, and a movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a second position to contact the plurality of normally closed contacts;
- wherein a movement of the yoke towards the header assembly causes the movement of the actuating pin away from the header assembly, and a movement of the yoke away from the header assembly causes the movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly;
- wherein the yoke further comprises a dimple disposed in a center of a lower surface of the yoke, wherein the dimple is dimensioned to engage a spherical contact surface of a switch.
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An assembly comprising:
- a disk spring;
- a plurality of normally closed contacts disposed in a plane below the disk spring;
- a plurality of normally open contacts disposed in a plane above the disk spring;
- a pivot ring supporting a lower surface of the disk spring;
- and
- an actuating pin having a shoulder in contact with an upper surface of the disk spring;
- wherein a movement of the actuating pin away from a header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a first position to contact the plurality of normally open contacts, and a movement of the actuating pin towards the header assembly snap deflects the disk spring to a second position to contact the plurality of normally closed contacts;
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- wherein the actuating pin is connected to a central common terminal.
6 more elements
An assembly comprising:
- a disk spring;
- a plurality of normally closed contacts disposed in a first plane;
- a plurality of normally open contacts disposed in a second plane, wherein the first plane and the second plane are separated by the disk spring;
- a pivot ring supporting a first surface of the disk spring;
- and
- an actuating pin having a shoulder in contact with a second surface of the disk spring;
- wherein a movement of the actuating pin in a first direction snap deflects the disk spring to a first position to contact the plurality of normally open contacts, and a movement of the actuating pin in a second opposite direction snap deflects the disk spring to a second position to contact the plurality of normally closed;
- wherein at least one of:
- each of the plurality of normally open contacts are disposed closer to a center of the disk spring than each of the plurality of normally closed contacts, and each of the plurality of normally closed contacts are disposed closer to the center of the disk spring than each of the plurality of normally open contacts;
- and wherein the actuating pin is connected to a central common terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.