Patent ID: 6605786
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An electric switch assembly, comprising:a housing having an upper housing portion with a vertical upper bore that has a vertical axis, said housing having a lower housing portion; an actuation member which is movable vertically along said vertical upper bore; a resiliently deformable switching element which has a first part that is connected to a first terminal, said switching element having a second part that is upwardly biased to an upward position but which can be resiliently deflected downwardly against a second terminal; said second part of said switching element having a hole, said actuation member having a lower portion that extends through said hole, and said lower housing portion has a vertical lower bore that lies below said switching element and that is aligned with said upper bore, said actuation member having a lower end that lies in said lower bore and that is vertically slideable therein.