Patent · US Active

Rocker switch

US8492670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

CoActive Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Uwe Gillmann · Berlin, DE
Rainer Maurer · Schwelm, DE
Michael Stoffers · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2009
Grant date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K17/97
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rocker switch including a switching unit made up of a housing and including a spring-action switching element that moves back and forth with an actuating rocker that is connected to the switching element, whereby the switching element has a rotating axle rotatably supported within the housing and is surrounded by a spring. The spring is double wound and held in a prestressed state within the housing, one of the spring end shanks of the spring being fixedly supported within the housing, the other spring end shank being supported on a first arm that is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotating axle, and an extended central spring leg being both fixedly supported within the housing as well as being supported on a second arm that is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotating axle, and with an electrical switching unit.

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