Switching device
US5901839A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 11, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2300/008
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A switching device which can operate slidably a general-purpose rocking switch by the use of the rocking switch, and achieve reduction in thickness of the device is disclosed. The switching device includes: laterally slidable sliders; levers rockably supported below the sliders by rocking fulcrums, and rocked in engagement with the sliders; and movable contacts rocked by the rocking action of the levers so as to be separated from and brought into contact with fixed contacts, wherein a pair of contact portions of the levers pressed by the sliders are set lower than the rocking fulcrums.
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