Patent ID: 9653232
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. An electrical rotary switch comprising: a housing with side faces, the housing accommodating at least a first rotary contact and a second rotary contact, the first rotary contact and the second rotary contact each forming a rotary bridge, the first rotary contact and the second rotary contact configured to rotate between a first and a second rotary orientation about a common axis of rotation, and at least a first stationary contact, a second stationary contact, a third stationary contact and a fourth stationary contact, the first stationary contact comprising a contact portion configured to be contacted by the first rotary contact and comprising a connection portion accessible from and sunk within a first side face of the side faces of the housing configured to be connected to a first conductor, the second stationary contact comprising a contact portion configured to be contacted by the second rotary contact and comprising a connection portion accessible from and sunk within the first side face configured to be connected to a second conductor, the third stationary contact comprising a contact portion configured to be contacted by the first rotary contact concurrently with the first stationary contact, the fourth stationary contact comprising a contact portion configured to be contacted by the second rotary contact concurrently with the second stationary contact, wherein the first and second stationary contacts are arranged offset in an axial direction and an angular direction with respect to the common axis of rotation and wherein the first and second rotary contacts are configured to concurrently contact the respective stationary contacts, in the first rotary orientation about the common axis of rotation, and wherein the contact portion and the connection portion of at least one of the first and second stationary contacts are oriented at an angle to each other in a radial direction and in an axial direction with respect to the common axis of rotation.