Patent ID: 8314670
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A mechanical switching device comprising: a base member, at least one pair of elongated conductor members mounted on the base member, each conductor member comprising a conductor end, wherein the conductor ends of the pair of conductor members are separated by a gap, a middle member mounted on the base member so that conductor members of the pair of conductor members are covered by the base member and the middle member, wherein the pair of conductor members are protected from foreign objects that may cause a short circuit, a switch member adapted to establish and disestablish an electrical connection between the conductor ends of the pair of conductor members, wherein each of the conductor members comprises an opening in which a respective protruding part is received, and wherein the protruding parts extend from the middle member so that the base member and the middle member, in cooperation with each other, are adapted to hold and electrically isolate the conductor members of the pair of conductor members from each other.