Matrix switch
US4383145A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 1981 |
| Grant date | May 10, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H15/04
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A switch having a plate like matrix with laterally spaced longitudinally extending bores extending from one end of the plate to the other and wires resting in the bores with bare parts of the wires extending through the bores and insulating parts of the wires received in notches at one end of the plate. The plate has openings in one side communicating with the bare wires so that a slider sliding on the plate engages the wires through the openings forming contact with the wires and connecting the wires together at the proper positions of the slider thereby providing a switch for electrically connecting the wires together at selected positions of the slider on the plate.
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