Patent ID: 7079002
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch device comprising: a body with a top opening and two slots defined through an underside of the body, a first terminal and a second terminal extending through the two slots and a first contact point connected to the second terminal; a bi-metallic plate having a first end fixed to the first terminal and a second contact point connected to an underside of a second end of the bimetallic plate, the second contact point located above the first contact point; a switch member pivotably engaged with the top opening of the body; and a link assembly including a pull member and a push member, an upper end of the pull member pivotably connected to the switch member and a lower end of the pull member supporting the underside of the second end of the bimetallic plate, an upper end of the push member pivotably connected to the switch member and a lower end of the push member being in contact with the bi-metallic plate, a spring biased between the push member and the body so as to provide a push force to the push member; wherein the push member has a single bending portion formed across the entire lower end of the push member, the bi-metallic plate has a single ridge extending upward across the entire bi-metallic plate and the bending portion of the push member is in contact with a top surface of the bi-metallic plate at one of two sides of the ridge.