Patent ID: 6013883
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A miniature electrical switch for mounting on a circuit board that has a plurality of electrically conductive traces, comprising:a dielectric housing that has a bottom for lying adjacent to said circuit board;first and second electrically conductive contacts that are each mounted on said housing;said first contact having primarily horizontally-extending elongated upper and lower contact sections and a curved middle that joins said contact sections, with said lower section being fixed to said housing and having a terminal positioned to engage one of said traces on said circuit board, and with said upper section being unrestricted against downward deflection along most of the length of said upper section and having a front portion with a contacting part;said second contact has a terminal positioned to engage one of said traces on said circuit board, a middle section that extends generally upward along said housing, and a top section that lies over said contacting part and that engages said contacting part, with said front portion of said first contact upper section being downwardly depressable to move said contacting part out of engagement with said top section of said second contact.