Slide switch for buckle apparatus

• US 8,327,512 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2010
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
• Inventors: Yamanaka, Satoshi, Koizumi, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/877,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20110067209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• Field of Search: 246/33, 246/41, 246/06, 200/61.58 B, 200/547
• US Class Current: 24/633
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4816 for sensing locking of buckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/48 Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45482 and operator therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45623 and operator therefor

Abstract

A slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus includes a body 20, a slider 30 held slidably in the body 20, the slider 30 sliding when pressed by a movable part of the buckle apparatus, fixed contacts 41 to 43 placed in a direction in which the slider slides, on a surface of the body 20 that faces the slider 30, a movable piece 44 sliding on the surface of the body 20 on which the fixed contacts 41 to 43 are placed. The slider 30 has a size that obscures the fixed contacts 41 to 43 in the entire range in which the slider 30 slides. The fixed contacts 41 to 43 are unlikely to be affected by foreign matter etc. and adherence of foreign matter that degrades performance can be prevented.

Claims

1. A slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus, comprising:

a body;

a slider held slidably in the body, the slider sliding when pressed by a movable part of the buckle apparatus;

a plurality of fixed contacts placed in a direction in which the slider slides, on a surface of the body that faces the slider; and

a movable piece sliding on the surface of the body on which the fixed contacts are placed as the slider slides;

wherein the slider has engaging hooks on either side in a width direction orthogonal to a slide direction of the slider, the slider being held by the body through the engaging hooks; and

the slider has a size that obscures all of the fixed contacts in an entire range in which the slider slides.

2. The slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein grease is applied to the fixed contacts.

3. The slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable piece has a pair of feet, the fixed contacts include a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, and a third fixed contact, the first fixed contact extends in a sliding path of one of the pair of feet, and the second fixed contact and the third fixed contact extend in sequence in a sliding path of the other of the pair of feet.

4. The slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a spring for returning the slider is present between the body and the slider.