Patent ID: 6307460
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A power switch device comprising:a switch box having a button pivotally connected to a top of said switch box, a tongue extending centrally from a bottom of said button, a first rod and a block respectively extending from an inside of said switch box, a first terminal plate and a second terminal plate respectively engaged with said switch box and extending from said switch box, a first conduct point connected to said second terminal plate;an inverted U-shaped bimetal plate having two legs on one end of said bimetal plate and the other end of said bimetal plate being a pushing end, one of said two legs connected to said first terminal plate and the other leg connected to a first end of a conduct plate, a second conduct point connected to a second end of said conduct plate;an actuating member having a head on a first end of said actuating member and an engaging member movably mounted to a second end of said actuating member, a slot defined through said head so that said head movably mounted to said first rod received in said slot, said head pressing said second end of said conduct plate toward said second terminal plate, said tongue of said button pivotally connected to said actuating member, anda resilient plate having a first end thereof fixedly connected to said switch box and the other end of said resilient plate engaged with one end of said button.