IP Library Granted Patent US 8,053,693
Granted Patent B2
US 8,053,693 · App. 12/969,109 · Granted Nov 8, 2011

Switch contact with a weight-reduced contact spring

Assignee: Saia-Burgess Oldenburg GmbH & Co., KG
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Patent No.
US 8,053,693
App. No.
12/969,109
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an electrical switch, in particular an electrical microswitch, has at least one electrical contact designed as a hollow-shape section of a component of an electrically conducting material. In this electrical switch, the occurrence of vibrations with the introduction onto an opposing contact is prevented.

Claims (12)

1. An electrical microswitch, comprising:

a component

of an electrically conducting material;

said component having a hollow-shape section;

said hollow-shape section including at least one electrical contact;

at least one opposing electrical contact, said at least one electrical contact and said at least one opposing electrical contact making an electrical connection and allowing conduction of electrical current when said microswitch is actuated;

wherein both said at least one electrical contact and said at least one opposing electrical contact have a cylindrical shape, and longitudinal axes of the two cylinders are aligned at 90° to each other.

2. The switch according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical contact is arranged within a range of angles on said hollow-shape section.

3. The switch according to claim 1 wherein the hollow shape is created from a plane material by forming the plane material.

4. The switch according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical contact has at least one contact surface, onto which a noble metal coating is selectively introduced.

5. The switch according to claim 4 , wherein the noble metal coating on the contact surface is only applied to one side of the contact surface.

6. The switch according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a stamped component, and wherein the at least one electrical contact is integrally formed with said stamped component.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2021
From: JOHNSON ELECTRIC OLDENBURG GMBH & CO. KG
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 056336/0640 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2011
From: SAIA-BURGESS OLDENBURG GMBH & CO. KG
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC OLDENBURG GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027423/0106 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 043 795 · Sep 19, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 11901627 · Sep 18, 2007
Related Publication 20110083947A1 · Apr 14, 2011