IP Library Granted Patent US 7,161,102
Granted Patent B2
US 7,161,102 · App. 11/409,824 · Granted Jan 9, 2007

Switch device

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Patent No.
US 7,161,102
App. No.
11/409,824
Granted
Jan 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switch device including a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a lead-out pattern extending from the second fixed contact to the outside of the first fixed contact, and a movable contact disposed on the first fixed contact and formed of a reversing leaf spring is provided. The first fixed contact includes a pair of cutout ends opposing each other across an exposed insulating portion of an insulating substrate. A pair of first overlay films having a predetermined thickness are respectively provided on the cutout ends. A second overlay film is provided on the first overlay films and on the insulating portion disposed on the lead-out pattern.

Claims (11)

1. A switch device comprising:

an insulating substrate;

a first fixed contact that has a broken annular shape and that is cut out to form a cutout portion having a predetermined width so that a part of the insulating substrate is exposed from the cutout portion, the first fixed contact including a pair of cutout ends opposing each other across the part of the insulating substrate;

a second fixed contact provided inside the first fixed contact so as to be insulated from the first fixed contact;

a lead-out pattern extending from the second fixed contact to the outside of the first fixed contact;

a movable contact provided on the first fixed contact and formed of a reversing leaf spring;

a pair of first overlay films having a predetermined thickness and respectively provided on the cutout ends of the first fixed contact; and

a second overlay film having a predetermined thickness and provided on the first overlay films, the part of the insulating substrate, and the lead-out pattern.

2. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the thickness of the cut out ends, the thickness of the first overlay films, and the thickness of portions of the second overlay film disposed on the first overlay films is more than the sum of the thickness of the lead-out pattern and the thickness of a portion of the second overlay film provided on the lead-out pattern.

3. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the first overlay films are made of the same material as a carbon film that covers a terminal of the first fixed contact, and the second overlay film is a resist film.

4. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the first overlay films are 10 μm in thickness, and the second overlay film is 15 μm in thickness.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048200/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2006
From: YAMAGAMI, TORU
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017817/0118 →