Patent ID: 8759703
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch comprising: an insulative housing comprising a plurality of peripheral walls and a receiving cavity enclosed by the peripheral walls, each peripheral wall comprising an inner surface exposed to the receiving cavity; at least one fixed contact retained in the insulative housing; a movable contact installed in the insulative housing for alternatively contacting the at least one fixed contact, the movable contact being located above the at least one fixed contact; and an actuator slidably assembled to the insulative housing along a vertical direction, the actuator comprising a bottom portion received in the receiving cavity, a bottom operator for deforming the moveable contact and a button extending oppositely to the bottom operator, the bottom portion comprising a first side wall and a first rib protruding sidewardly from the first side wall; wherein the first rib is slidable against a first inner surface of the peripheral walls while the first side wall is separated from the first inner surface by a gap which is located along a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction; and wherein the at least one fixed contact comprises a first fixed contact having a pair of forked first contacting sections and a second fixed contact having a second contacting section located between the pair of forked first contacting sections, the movable contact comprising a first beam having a plurality of contact points contacting one of the first contacting sections, a second beam having a plurality of another contact points contacting the other of the first contacting sections, and a middle deformable beam driven by the bottom operator for alternatively contacting the second contacting section.