Patent ID: 6066813
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switch insert for rotary-switch apparatus comprising: a contact plate, including a plastic plate with wiped contact segments arranged therein and plug terminal leads for current conduction and connection; a first switch wiper that can be moved by a rotary-switch manipulator, said first switch wiper having first-wiper contacts for contacting the wiped contact segments on a first side of said contact plate; and a second switch wiper arranged on a second side of the plate having second-wiper contacts; wherein the wiped contact segments are arranged in the plastic plate to be contacted by the second-wiper contacts of the second switch wiper on the second side of said contact plate, said second wiper contacts of said second switch wiper being arranged in a mirror-image pattern of the first wiper contacts of the first switch wiper;wherein the second switch wiper has positioning lugs that extend through positioning recesses of the first switch wiper and that respectively define locking slots for accepting a leaf spring;said switch insert further comprising said leaf spring mounted in said locking slots and pressing with a spring force against a surface of the first switch wiper facing away from the wiped contact segments, thereby loading the first and second wiper contacts of the first and second switch wipers against the wiped contact segments.