Abstract: A switch assembly having a single plunger that sequentially actuates electrically independent terminal contacts such as found in a speed control and brake light switch adapted to be actuated by an automobile brake assembly. The switch has a reciprocable plunger with a conductive ferrule on its end that actuates one set of terminal contacts and an intermediate cylindrical cam that operates another set of terminal contacts. A cover is positioned over an opening in the housing and it has a first integral yolk projection that surrounds a reduced shank on the plunger to maintain the plunger within the housing which permits the plunger to be inserted from outside the housing during assembly, and it also has an integral slotted projection that fits over one set of terminals to secure these terminals within the housing.

Abstract: A step control switch for variable speed electric motors and the like is provided in which several spring forces are utilized in various combinations in order to reduce the velocity of the thrust force of the control button in either increasing or decreasing the speed of the device being controlled. By utilizing a spring between the push button and the control body of the switch which is placed under an initial stress, and countering the force of that spring with several combinations of springs in the opposite direction, a smooth transition is achieved among the several positions of the switch.

Abstract: The present invention is a miniature electric switch actuator comprised of a two-piece threaded housing, one section having a cylindrical cavity containing a miniature switch with wires attached and the adjoining section has an inlet port and a bore with a spring biased piston. The piston is retained in the bore by a snap ring which limits the progression of the piston. In response to pressure, the piston depresses the switch push button to a controlled depth.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for electric power circuit breakers is disclosed which has a substantially rectangular two-part housing. One part of the housing serves to support and hold the drive parts, among which especially shafts, springs, levers and similar parts are to be counted. This part of the housing has a rectangular basic shape in the form of a tray and is designed as a small, light supporting housing part. In the driving apparatus according to the invention, the cover function is assumed by a light plastic part, which functions as protection for the drive parts and therefore is very light.

Abstract: A switch having a small thickness and constructed easily from a reduced number of parts comprises two complementary molded switch case members, each of which has fixed contacts with terminals integrally formed therewith and a common contact with a terminal integrally formed therewith. An operation member consisting of a disc portion and a stopper portion integrally formed therewith is provided between the case members and movable contacts having contact projections on their outer surfaces are secured to respective side surfaces of the disc portion of the operation member. A shaft member passes through the case members, the movable contacts and the operation member and is held in place with a fastener member. The upper portions of the case members are formed so as to define a slot therebetween which restricts rotary movement of the stopper portion projecting from the operation member.

Abstract: A simplified linkage and cam member having first and second cam surfaces for interacting with a bail to drive said bail between first and second limits is provided. The cam surfaces restrict the movement of the bail when the bail is at either limit. However, when the bail is intermediate of the limits, the relationship of the effective portions of the cam surfaces allow increased bail movement for a given position of the cam member and associated cam surfaces. The structure is particularly well adapted for actuating a bail from a first to a second position wherein forces other than those applied by the cam also act on the bail; and at a critical bail position, the other forces take control and urge continued motion of the bail independent of the cam member.

Abstract: A shielded contact slide switch is disclosed having two plastic dielectric parts, one of which parts houses the fixed electrical contacts, and the other of which parts moves relative to it and houses the bridging contact. Mating surfaces of the two parts are designed to seal off the contacts from environmental effects, and the actuator is defined on the movable part and has projecting portions to overlie a cavity or recess in the fixed part housing the fixed contacts regardless of switch position. The movable part also has projecting ears extending laterally into the side walls of the fixed part to restrict the sliding part to movement as dictated by the relative locations for the fixed and movable bridging contact. A spring return single pole double throw switch is disclosed but in place of the return spring another pole might be provided.

Abstract: A suspended pull or control switch is provided for overhead mechanical devices, such as power hoists, in which the control switch is so suspended and configured to be physiologically oriented with respect to the attendant's position that the attendant may grasp and visually consult the switch over a long period of time without becoming as fatigued as is the case with conventionally positioned switches. This is achieved by configuring the body of the switch, or at least that portion grasped, to be angled from the vertical axis of suspension of the switch to that degree necessary for the handle portion to be ergonomically work-oriented with the attendant's hand and angle of vision. A dual control switch may be utilized in which both hands of the attendant would be conformed to.

Abstract: A low voltage circuit breaker having a housing of insulating material separated into an upper part and a lower part. A slot is provided one side wall of the lower part beginning at the parting line and extending to the lower edge of the lower part in which wires leading to an auxiliary device can be installed. An outlet is provided at the separation for these wires. The slot makes it possible to arrange several identical low voltage circuit breakers with connected auxiliary wires directly next to each other.

Abstract: A three piece rotatable electrical contact component for printed circuit board applications, wherein a rotatable contact of the component engages electrical circuitry on a printed circuit board, is disclosed. The component consists of a generally circular contact element, a contact carrying rotor which is mounted to be rotatable in the printed circuit board, and to which said circular contact element is secured, and a ring-shaped stop member which snaps over the contact carrying rotor and is secured to the printed circuit board so as to be non-rotatable. The rotor, in addition, has a number of arcuate detent grooves formed around its periphery to provide a plurality of detent locations. The stop member has a flexible post that is located in a hole in the printed circuit board which is shaped so that rotational movement of the stop member is prevented, but so that the stop member is free to transversely flex and thereby cooperate with the detent grooves of the rotor to provide the desired detent action.

Abstract: A switch of an extremely small thickness is made of a reduced number of parts and can be easily assembled. The switch comprises a pair of complementary case members each of which has a plurality of fixed contacts having integrally formed terminals and a common fixed contact having an integrally formed terminal; and an operation member having a lever portion, and a disc portion disposed between the case members. The operation member is provided on its outer faces with identically shaped movable contact members having contacts on the outer surfaces thereof. The upper ends of the case members define a slot form which the lever portion of the operation member is upwardly projected, and the movement of the lever portion is restricted by the slot. The operation member is securely supported in the case members by horizontal fastener members extended from both faces of the former to the outer surfaces of the latter.

Abstract: A manual switch for portable electric tools having minimum parts and ease of assembly. The switch is of the trigger actuated type and includes a single-piece molded housing, single-piece stationary contact-terminals, single-piece movable contact-terminals, and a snap-in assembled trigger. The double-pole stationary and movable contact-terminals are placed in slots in the single-piece molded housing member, this molded member is folded to form a switch housing, the return spring is inserted into the groove in the trigger, the cam end of the trigger along with the spring is inserted into the housing, the housing is closed by the rivet, and the trigger is snap-in assembled fully into its hole in the housing to complete assembly of the switch. The switch is connected to a tool motor circuit by pressing electrical conductors into holes in the bottom of the housing. These connections can be released by inserting a release tool alongside the lead, or by depressing built-in release buttons in an alternate design.

Abstract: A slide-actuated switch of precision type including first and second housing elements defining a hollow casing, the first housing element having an elongated slotted opening therethrough with a manually engageable sliding member projecting through the opening. The sliding member includes a recess in an inwardly facing surface. A resilient cam means is positioned within the recess, and includes a wedge-shaped projection. The second housing element has an inwardly-extending septum thereon defining a plurality of detents selectively engaging said projection. A pair of contacts is disposed in overlapping relation within the housing, one of the contacts having cam follower means thereon slideably engaging the projection on the cam means.

Abstract: A push-button assembly including a housing having an actuating plunger, a cover for the housing, and an electrical contact assembly mounted on the cover. Assembly of the cover on the housing orients and operatively couples the actuating plunger with the electrical contact assembly.

Abstract: A telescoping disconnect switch for isolated phase bus has a cylindrical movable conductor having a plurality of individual contact assemblies each comprising a contact finger and an axially loaded spring fixedly attached thereto. The contact assemblies are circumferentially arranged about the movable conductor and are removably secured between a contact holder ring and a spring retainer ring. A plurality of stabilizer pads are symmetrically arranged around the circumference of the movable conductor between the contact fingers and are fixedly secured to the movable conductor to stabilize the contact assemblies and align the conductor as it moves to open and close the circuit.

Abstract: An isolated phase bus disconnect switch has a cylindrical center conductor coaxially disposed in a cylindrical conductive housing having an access port. The edges of the port which are perpendicular to the housing have a conductive gasket of tinned copper braid bolted thereto. A curved conductive cover has a rubber gasket attached to its edges. The cover is removably secured to the housing by a plurality of hold-down hinges attached to the housing which supply sufficient pressure to the cover to seal the rubber gasket and produce electrical contact between the cover and the housing. The electrical path from housing to gasket to cover to gasket to housing eliminates the electrical discontinuity caused by the access port, thus preventing destructive electrodynamic forces between the center conductor and the housing.

Abstract: An improved miniature switch construction of a type in which a plurality of included switches are mounted in a common housing element to be actuated by a single shaft extending longitudinally within said housing, and having included operating cams which are radially aligned by bearing journals integrally formed on each side of the housing, and fitted into correspondingly sized bores, molded into each half of a pair of housing members. The shaft is formed as a single piece of pinion stock which mates with a corresponding opening in each cam.

Abstract: An improved electrical slide switch having a housing portion, a slidable actuator within the housing, and a resiliently engageable and removable cap which may itself be the actuator, the actuator having a pair of precisely spaced integral leaflike elements which form a trackway of predetermined length which slide over an integral centrally disposed fixed pin carried by the base, with the pin being adapted to repose at opposite ends of the trackway when terminals within the housing are properly engaged with selected slider elements carried by the actuator.

Abstract: A circuit breaker having a handle stop for restraining the handle in a "tripped" or central position after the circuit breaker is electrically tripped to mechanically and visually indicate the tripped position.Also, an actuator is supported within the case of the circuit breaker and pivoted by the linkage mechanism (only when the latter is electrically tripped). During manual opening and closing of the circuit breaker contacts, the linkage mechanism does not pivot the actuator.Pivoting of the actuator (upon electrical tripping of the linkage mechanism) causes the actuator to engage and activate an auxiliary switch.When the circuit breaker handle is moved to the "off" position from the "tripped" or central position, the linkage mechanism simultaneously releases the actuator and the auxiliary switch is deactivated.

Abstract: A rotatable distributor comprising a frame section and a plate section which is associated with a coupling having clip means which press the plate against the frame. The device further comprises an incrementing or indexing element and a rotational guiding surface for guiding the plate with respect to the frame.

Abstract: A housing containing a pair of electronic circuit boards removably mounts on the side of an engine air filter housing. The circuit board housing has a generally concave inner face matching the convex contour of the air filter housing side wall and is disposed over air circulation openings in the air filter housing side wall. In a first embodiment, the circuit board housing is of one-piece construction and the electronic circuit boards are disposed interiorly of the outer wall of the circuit board housing and in generally parallel relationship therewith. In a second embodiment, the circuit board housing is of two-piece construction having upper and lower halves. In this embodiment, the circuit boards are horizontally disposed, one each in each of the two housing halves. Connectors for effecting connection of the circuit boards with the other components of the system which are located exteriorly of the air cleaner housing extend through holes in the circuit board housing.

Abstract: A toggle switch having an insulating housing that completely encloses all metal parts enabling connection of "live" wires to the switch terminals safely. The housing includes a molded base and a molded snap-in cover. A toggle lever supporting bushing is clamped between the base and cover and is provided with a snap-in collar for snap-in mounting the switch in a hole in a mounting panel. The toggle lever actuates an over-center wire link that imparts shear and wiping motion and snap-action to butt contacts. The terminals have insulation shearing slots into which unstripped wires are forced to make electrical connections. An integrally molded plug overlies a hole in the cover and is connected to the cover by thin sections which break when the plug is depressed into such hole to force the wires into the connectors.

Abstract: A rotary switch for use with electrical circuits and including a housing having a cavity therein for receiving a rotatable disc. The housing supports a plurality of spaced apart electrical terminals each independently connected to an electric circuit and also supports a plurality of opposed resilient contacts selectively engagable with the electrical terminals. The rotor includes opposed planar surfaces, one of the surfaces parallel to and adjacent the resilient contacts, the rotor surface supporting a plurality of cams projecting from the surface and functional upon rotation of the rotor to force selected ones of the resilient contacts into engagement with the terminals to provide an electrical bridge between pairs of the electrical terminals. The rotary switch rotor can include cam members on both of its opposite surfaces and the housings are constructed such that they can be stacked.

Abstract: An electrical switch comprising two contacts each stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal stock and having a post and a receptacle portion comprising two opposed spring arms extending in flag fashion from the post, the two contacts being located in an insulating housing in spaced apart relation with mouths of their receptacle portions mutually opposed and the posts projecting out of the housing from the housing base, an elongate metal slider located in the housing in alignment with the mouths and slidable between first and second switching positions in which it is gripped by the arms of only one receptacle portion and of both receptacle portions respectively. The spring arms may be bowed inwardly to different radii at their free ends.

Abstract: A housing containing a pair of electronic circuit boards removably mounts on the side of an engine air filter housing. The circuit board housing has a generally concave inner face matching the convex contour of the air filter housing side wall and is disposed over air circulation openings in the air filter housing side wall. In a first embodiment, the circuit board housing is of one-piece construction and the electronic circuit boards are disposed interiorly of the outer wall of the circuit board housing and in generally parallel relationship therewith. In a second embodiment, the circuit board housing is of two-piece construction having upper and lower halves. In this embodiment, the circuit boards are horizontally disposed, one each in each of the two housing halves. Connectors for effecting connection of the circuit boards with the other components of the system which are located exteriorly of the air cleaner housing extend through holes in the circuit board housing.

Abstract: To provide for simple assembly of a multiple-function switch unit in modular form to provide (a) a basic ON-OFF function and, selectively, at least one of the functions (b) speed control; (c) overload protection; (d) forward-reverse; (e) RF interference suppression, a basic housing unit is provided in which the ON-OFF switch is enclosed, and operating control units having the respectively selected functions are provided, the switch housing unit and the operating control units being respectively formed with interengaging projection-and-recess arrangements, typically dovetail joints, to assemble and secure the separate control units to the basic switch housing and to attach these units to the switch housing and to each other.

Abstract: A molded part, which in the preferred embodiment, comprises a plastic switch enclosure, has openings formed in it for receiving terminal elements of the switch. The openings are defined by side walls along the material thickness of the enclosure. The side walls are constructed so that they are a portion of a conic section. Each conic section has at least one line segment parallel to a line segment of the conic section delimiting the oppositely opposed side wall of the openings. The line segments are located at and define the smallest width size of the opening, all other portions of the walls defining an opening size of greater width. Consequently, the conic section and line segment pair effectively provide a no-draft, close tolerance opening through the enclosure.

Abstract: A miniature manually actuated switch is grippingly received over an edge of a printed circuit board or card and has a selector for selectively bridging circuit paths on opposite sides of the card. Electrical contacts with the selector captivated there between are resiliently biased into positive gripping relationship on the card.

Abstract: A switch and terminal assembly adapted to be mounted to a prime mover, such as a dynamoelectric machine or the like. The switch and terminal assembly includes a casing having a plurality of wall means, and a plurality of terminals is provided in the casing having electrical connection sections extending exteriorly of the casing generally in row formation along one of the wall means thereof. A ground terminal is mounted to the casing exteriorly thereof on another of the wall means thereof and has an electrical connection section extending over at least a part of the one wall means so as to be disposed generally in the row formation with at least some of the electrical connection sections of the at least some terminals.

Abstract: A circuit breaker having a handle stop for restraining the handle in a "tripped" or central position after the circuit breaker is electrically tripped to mechanically and visually indicate the tripped position.Also, an actuator is supported within the case of the circuit breaker and pivoted by the linkage mechanism (only when the latter is electrically tripped). During manual opening and closing of the circuit breaker contacts, the linkage mechanism does not pivot the actuator.Pivoting of the actuator (upon electrical tripping of the linkage mechanism) causes the actuator to engage and activate an auxiliary switch.When the circuit breaker handle is moved to the "off" position from the "tripped" or central position, the linkage mechanism simultaneously releases the actuator and the auxiliary switch is deactivated.

Abstract: A high performance, manually and automatically operable, trip-free magnetic circuit breaker incorporates a housing having housing parts secured together by external mounting clips to achieve better electrical characteristics, to permit reliable assembly with reduced risk of housing damage during assembly, and to facilitate mounting of the breaker on a control panel; and incorporates a modular structure permitting adaption of the breaker for use in a variety of breaker applications while minimizing circuit breaker costs.

Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder with heads on each end of a cylinder body utilizes a tie rod of hexagonal cross section to positively prevent relative rotation with an attached magnetic switch. The switch is engaged along the tie rod about a section in which the diametral dimension is at a relative minimum and has mated flattened portions which cooperate with flattened surfaces on the tie rod.

Abstract: A toggle switch having a snap-in bushing for mounting in a hole in a panel. A one-piece foldable housing has slots for the switch parts. These parts are assembled in one housing half and the other housing half is folded over and sonically bonded to the first half. Quick-connect terminals are provided by a hinged door on one housing half that allows the terminals to be pivoted up, an insulated conductor pair inserted therebelow and the door pinched shut by pliers or the like whereby the connectors pierce the insulation to make the connections. Resilient stationary contacts and a spherical movable contact provide snap-action closing and opening of the contacts.

Abstract: A miniature slide switch assembly in which a fixed base member, has a pair of opposite longitudinal side surface, molded out of any suitable insulating material. Each of the side surface is provided with a pair of recesses. At least two adjacent molded fixed contacts are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the base member. A movable casing member slidably rides on the base member in such a manner that it can slide in the direction of the array of the fixed contacts, each of opposite side surfaces of the movable casing member having a resilient detent bar. The resilient detent bar is provided with, at the top end thereof, a finger capable of being alternately snap fitted into the recesses, and an electrically conductive inversed U-shaped strip is accommodated in the cavity of the movable casing member.

Abstract: A slide switch having opposed contacts mounted on a base with a slider assembly moving over the base. A bridging conductor is included in the assembly whereby the positioning of the slider assembly determines the relationship of the bridging conductor to the opposed contacts to thereby provide the switching characteristic. The bridging conductor is held in assembly with the slider preferably by means of a resilient element pressing the conductor or a support therefor against a slider ledge so that this assembly remains intact when separated from the base. The base contacts comprise body portions receivable in slots defined by the base, the body portions defining recesses whereby the contacts can be press fit into engagement with the base.

Abstract: Unusually long life and reliability in a selector switch are achieved by providing long-wearing components which, in turn, contribute to an essentially dust-free environment for the contact portions of the switch. Materials of all parts produce a minimum of abrasion dust and the conformation of the housing structure prevents the entry of exterior dust. A binary coded cam having multiple cam sections causes sliding contact between spring type contact elements and shorting bars. The rotary element and the two main housing portions are molded of a highly wear resistant, low friction material. The detent mechanism is separated from the contact elements and the metal housing clamp locks the housing portions in the mated position, and helps to seal the housing against exterior dust. All components provide maximum life expectancy and low wear properties.

Abstract: A switching mechanism is disclosed which may be either a single pole or a multiple pole switch. Actuator means is provided to actuate first and second contact means between open and closed circuit conditions. This actuator means is shown as a lever which acts on an actuable portion of a contact blade or directly moves a contact portion into and out of engagement with an individual contact. For economy the actuator means lever may be unitary with a housing by means of a unitary hinge which not only permits movement of the lever but also provides a resilient force in first and second generally perpendicular directions. This resilient force is used to establish the contacts in a closed circuit condition and is also resisted by a detent so that the switch remains in that selected circuit condition. When the switching mechanism is constructed as a multiple pole switch, then a common conductor is provided which has individual contact portions actuated by a plurality of levers for an economically produced switch.

Abstract: A multi-position switch comprising a housing which positions and generally encloses a rotator having a plurality of axially spaced cam tracks provided with collective, circumferentially staggered primary recesses for cooperating with detent portions of resilient conductors also positioned within the housing and in operational contact with the rotor so that the several circuits of the device may be selectively activated by the engagement of a selected conductor with a common contact. Each of the rotor cams is further provided with a plurality of intermediate, secondary recesses for resilient engagement with the remaining conductor detents so as to assure the switch will not become inadvertently positioned between contact positions thereof, and to further impart a more positive feel to the rotor as it is moved through its multiple positions by the appliance operator.

Abstract: One embodiment of the herein disclosed switching arrangement comprises a printed circuit board having two parallel slots formed therein with a plurality of contact points disposed between the slots; and a housing mounted so as to allow its movement along the slots and including at least one electrically conductive member mounted within a cavity in the housing such that for different positions of the housing along the slots in the printed circuit board different ones of said contact points are shorted together.

Abstract: A switch and terminal assembly adapted to be mounted to a structural component of a dynamoelectric machine by an electrical conductive mounting member. The assembly has a casing, and receiving means is provided through the casing for accommodating the mounting member. A grounding device is disposed in the casing for connecting the dynamoelectric machine to ground, and the grounding device includes means associated with the receiving means for engagement with the mounting means upon the mounting thereby of the assembly to the dynamoelectric machine structural component.

Abstract: A momentary contact push switch comprising a thin terminal board having spaced stationary contacts on a narrow intermediate region thereof. A bridging contact is positioned on the underside of a unitary plastic housing member. The housing member includes integral yieldable side skirts that extend downwardly from opposite sides and below opposite side edges of the intermediate region of the terminal board. Inwardly extending barbs or latch elements on the bottoms of both side skirts snap under the edges of the terminal board and hold the housing on the terminal board. Spring means extending between the terminal board and the bridging contact hold the bridging contact and housing member above the stationary contacts. A downward force on the housing member overcomes the spring force and brings the bridging contact into contact with spaced stationary contacts.

Abstract: A housing containing a pair of electronic circuit boards removably mounts on the side of an engine air filter housing. The circuit board housing has a generally concave inner face matching the convex contour of the air filter housing side wall and is disposed over air circulation openings in the air filter housing side wall. In a first embodiment, the circuit board housing is of one-piece construction and the electronic circuit boards are disposed interiorly of the outer wall of the circuit board housing and in generally parallel relationship therewith. In a second embodiment, the circuit board housing is of two-piece construction having upper and lower halves. In this embodiment, the circuit boards are horizontally disposed, one each in each of the two housing halves. Connectors for effecting connection of the circuit boards with the other components of the system which are located exteriorly of the air cleaner housing extend through holes in the circuit board housing.

Abstract: An electrical switch assembly of the type having a recessed base provided with a centrally rotatable contact member adapted to contact a plurality of spaced resilient contacts mounted in said base and spaced about the periphery of said contact member. The improvement resides in the use of an integral one-piece cover construction which serves to eliminate the need of a separate insulator sheet, a separate cover enclosure and a separate bushing element, thus not only eliminating the aforementioned separate components but furthermore eliminating the time and labor necessary to assemble and/or preassemble such components.

Abstract: A method of assembling a temperature responsive resistance member within a pair of separable housings. This method includes the steps of: mounting the temperature responsive resistance member in both supporting engagement and electrical contacting engagement between a pair of electrical terminals; and joining the separable housings against displacement so that the temperature responsive resistance member in both the supporting engagement and the electrical contacting engagement with the terminals is disposed within the housings in predetermined spaced relation therewith with portions of the terminals extending exteriorly of the housings.

Abstract: A switch construction comprises a housing which has a base wall and an upstanding side wall with first and second contact terminals arranged in spaced locations in the housing and with one of them bent over on its top so as to form a contact making portion. A spring member has an upper part with one end engaged in a V-shaped bearing on the one contact terminal and has a lower part with a contact arm which is engageable with the contact portion of the other terminal. The upper and lower parts of the spring member are interconnected by a curved bearing portion which is engaged and supported in the housing sidewall. In addition the spring member has an intermediate part of the upper portion which is substantially straight and which is engageable by an extension of an actuation member which is engaged on the housing and confined for movement upwardly and downwardly within predetermined limits.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary switch of the type wherein an electrical contact is mounted on a rotor or wheel provided with circumferentially spaced and radially projecting levers. The wheel is normally retained in fixed position within a housing by a pair of resiliently deflectable webs engaged against at least a pair of levers. This construction of the switch requires a minimum of component parts and assembly steps.

Abstract: A rotary type electrical switch includes one housing section having a plurality of lugs and another housing section having resilient brackets which snap into engagement with the lugs to assemble the housing. The stationary electrical contacts comprise leaf spring elements which are held in place within the housing by bridge members. A spider member electrically connects selected contacts in response to manipulation of a shaft on which the spider is carried.A second embodiment eliminates the lugs and resilient brackets and holds the housing sections together with spring clips which surround portions of one housing section and engage shoulders of the other housing section.

Abstract: An auxiliary interlock switch for a DC contactor has a reciprocable one-piece insulating contact carrier and plural bridging contacts interchangeably mounted thereon in alternative positions to provide different desired arrangements of normally open and normally closed contact sets with the stationary contact posts. The contact carrier has a return spring compressed within a spring-receiving cavity and elongated abutment-receiving apertures registering with opposite ends of said cavity through which an abutment member, that is releasably assembled to the contact carrier, may interchangeably freely extend to permit relative movement therebetween and against which one end of the return spring reacts to resiliently bias the contact carrier against reciprocation in one direction.

Abstract: Slide switch in which sliding member which retains sliding contact has side skirts with barbs at bottom edge. Barbs engage and slide on bottom surface of insulator strip on which stationary contacts are mounted.

Abstract: A miniature switch assembly comprising a base member having a plurality of parallel finned projections, a pair of contact members each having a plurality of contact terminals being fixed on both sides of the base member, respectively, a plurality of lever wheels being disposed between the adjacent finned projections, and a housing having a plurality of partition walls for accommodating the base member with the contact members and the lever wheels, wherein the lever wheels each having conductive plate perform the switching action in a manner that the conductive plate slides over the contact terminals. A locking member is also provided for locking the lever wheels. Preferably, a dust cover is provided for protecting the switch assembly from dust or mechanical injuries.