Patent ID: 6384357
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switch comprising:a printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts, a carrier having an electrical conductor for connecting at least two of the plurality of electrical contacts, the carrier being movable relative to the printed circuit board; the carrier further having a surface with a plurality of undulations; and a plastic member housing the carrier, said plastic member including a chamber and at least one flexible plastic cantilever portion, the at least one cantilever portion having an arm portion and a head portion, the head portion of the cantilever portion contacting the plurality of undulations; the undulations and the cantilever portion comprising a detent mechanism to restrain the carrier in a position to which the carrier is moved, the carrier being supported within the central chamber for linear movement in a first direction relative to the printed circuit board, the chamber being partially defined by a planar inner surface, the arm portion of the cantilever portion extending perpendicularly away from the inner surface and into the chamber in a second direction transverse to the first direction, the head portion of the cantilever portion extending away from the arm portion and parallel to the inner surface.