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Electrical switches and methods

US8569643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

Fluke Corporation · US

Inventors

Wilbur R. Ames, IV · Lake Stevens, US
Warren H. Wong · Seattle, US
Raymond D. Zoellick · Bothell, US
Norbert Werner Jauch · Malterdingen, DE
Jim Ray · Everett, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2011
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H15/06
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Generally described, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to switch assemblies and methods for switching from one state to another. In some examples, a switch assembly may switch from one electrical contact to another electrical contact by moving a conductive spring or member from a first conductive contact on a printed circuit board (PCB) to a second conductive contact on the PCB. For instance, in one embodiment, a conductive member moves within a slot in the PCB. In another embodiment, a compression force applied to a conductive spring is reduced while the conductive spring moves from a first conductive contact to a second conductive contact.

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