Expansible multiple contact switch

• US 3,206,561 A
• Filed: 11/02/1961
• Issued: 09/14/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William A. Fordeck
• Original Assignee: William A. Fordeck
• Inventors: Fordeck, William A.
• Application Number:
  US04/149,614
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• US Class Current: 200/5.00R
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 1/242 the contact forming a part of a coil spring
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 3/60 Mechanical arrangements for preventing or damping vibration or shock
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/714 with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/02 Intermediate parts for distributing energy to two or more circuits in parallel, e.g. splitter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/92

Claims

1. A SWITCH ASSEMBLY COMPRISING:

A NON-CONDUCTIVE SUPPORT CARRYING AN ARRAY OF COPLANAR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS HAVING THEIR ENDS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE AN EXPOSED AREA OF SAID SUPPORT COMMON TO SAID CONDUCTORS;

A SWITCH MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY CONICAL SURFACE THEREON DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID EXPOSED AREA;

AND AN EXPANSIBLE MEMBER NORMALLY DISPOSED ON SAID EXPOSED AREA OF SAID SUPPORT ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID CONDUCTORS, SAID EXPANSIBLE MEMBER HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SURFACE AND ENCIRCLING SAID SWITCH MEMBER, SAID SWITCH MEMBER BEING MOVABLE IN ONE DIRECTION TO ENGAGE THE CONICAL SURFACE WITH SAID EXPANSIBLE MEMBER TO EXPAND AND SLIDE SAID EXPANSIBLE MEMBER FROM SAID EXPOSED AREA INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS TO ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECT THEM AND MOVABLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO SLIDE SAID EXPANSIBLE MEMBER OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.