Patent · US Expired

Switch designed for manual actuation of several switching elements

US6525280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2001
Grant dateFeb 25, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2025/048
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Within electronic devices in many cases there exists a need for a manual individual actuation of several switching elements for performing an adjustment of different parameters by a single switch, especially for a pleasure appearance of a front panel and for saving place on the panel.It is an object to provide a switch for this purpose ensuring among others low costs, small size, high reliability, convenient actuation and having good properties for being mounted on a printed circuit board.The actuation means for several switching elements includes an actuating plate being pivotably mounted in a housing on two perpendicular axes and a push-button located within a central opening of said plate.

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