Manual switch with timed electro-thermal latch release
US4345233A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H23/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A momentary ON rocker button switch (2) with bimetal detent latching (36) in the ON position and releasable by a heater (42) wound on the bimetal (36), the heater (42) being controlled through the output of a solid state timing circuit (TC, R1, C1) housed in the switch which is energized upon closure of the switch contacts (14a, 18).
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