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DIP rotary code switch

US4788393A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1987
Grant dateNov 29, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H9/0271
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A DIP rotary code switch provided with a plurality of terminals arranged on a circuit board embedded in a base includes a rotor, conductive patterns disposed, on the bottom surface of the rotor the rotor being rotatably mounted in a cavity formed by a housing and a base, a contact member holder having a center boss on the upper surface thereof which rotatably supports the rotor and having slots extending therethrough and a contact member provided with an apex head fitted respectively into a slot extending through the contact member holder, the apex head intermittently contacting conductive patterns of the rotor when rotated and the contact member having two legs fitted respectively into slits extending in a the base to be electrically connected to conductive elements arranged on the surface of the circuit board embedded in the base.

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