Patent ID: 7583174
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch, comprising: a body with a top opening and a switch member pivotally engaged with the top opening of the body, an extension extending from an underside of a first end of the switch member and a slot defined through the extension, a first terminal and a second terminal extending through a bottom of the body, a first contact point connected to the second terminal; an operation member having a first end movably engaged with the slot of the extension; and a contact plate being a flexible metal plate and having a first end thereof connected to a second end of the operation member and a second end of the contact plate fixed to the first terminal, an opening defined through the contact plate and a tongue having a first end connected to an inside of the opening, a second end of the tongue being a free end and having a second contact point which is removably in contact with the first contact point on the second terminal, the second end of the contact plate and the second end of the tongue being deformed in opposite direction under the current overload condition.