Abstract: The gasket and method of the present invention can be used for creating thinner surfaces on structures, including gaskets, without necessarily damaging such structures during formation, and without the need to resort to the undesirable practice of chemical milling. An annular ring is stamped to create an axially offset concentrically outward ring. The side of this ring which is displaced above the remainder of the annular ring is lathed off while the annular ring is securely attached to a lathe. The annular ring is secured at its inner and outer diameter during the facing operation to insure good support and that the work piece will not be harmed during processing. Further punching operations form apertures in the gasket while a small portion of axially offset material is left at the radial extent of the gasket. Finally, this axially offset material is punched away, and the gasket is made available for further finishing operations such as sand blasting.

Abstract: A push-button, actuated electric switch is formed with a pair of flat, C-shaped fixed contacts which define an annulus, discontinuous at diametric points, the outer margins of which are clamped firmly between conformations in an upper and lower section of the switch housing. The fixed contacts are bridged to accomplish switching action by the circular perimeter of a moveable contact which is moved toward and away from the inner periphery of the annulus formed by the C-shaped contacts. A tab extending from an edge of each of those fixed contacts extends within a passageway formed in the housing where the tab is bonded to the end of an electrical conductor. The tab and conductor are free to bend and vibrate within the passageway without affecting the position of the portions of the fixed contactor that define the discontinuous annulus whereat mounting and bridging contact are accomplished.