Patent ID: 7026564
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H01H,H02G

Abstract:
1. A rocker switch assembly, comprising: a switch body including switch contacts; a mounting strap engaged with the switch body; a frame attached to the switch body; and a paddle for actuating the switch contacts, wherein the paddle has a pivot structure cooperatively engageable with a portion of the frame for selective rotational movement around a pivot axis between a limited forwardly-tilted position and a limited rearwardly-tilted position, further wherein the paddle has a uni-convex cylindrical exterior surface with a curvature, Rp, wherein the paddle has an upper and lower surface, further wherein one of the upper and the lower circumferential surfaces engages a space intermediate a portion of the mounting strap and a surface of the frame in one the forwardly-tilted position and the rearwardly-tilted position.