Patent ID: 6198054
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A multiple switch arrangement comprising:a housing;an actuating lever having a lever top, with said lever lying in said housing at a primarily vertical axis and pivotable about a horizontal North-South axis and about a perpendicular horizontal East-West axis, said lever having a West arm and a South arm extending, respectively, primarily West and primarily South from said vertical axis;a pair of West switches lying primarily West of said axis, including a lower West switch that is actuated when said lever top is moved West to lower to said West arm, and an upper West switch that is actuated when said lever top is moved East to raise said West arm;at least one South switch lying primarily South of said axis, and that is actuated by said South arm when said lever top is moved in a predetermined direction that is largely parallel to said North-South axis.