Patent ID: 8129637
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch mechanism comprising; a support; a plurality of switches connected to said support; an encoder connected to said support, said encoder having a shaft rotatable about an axis of the shaft relative to said support, said encoder sending a signal in response to a sensed rotational position of said shaft about said axis relative to said support; an actuator rotatable with said shaft about said axis of said shaft relative to said support and tiltable relative to said axis of said shaft to actuate any of said plurality of switches when said shaft is in any rotational position relative to said support; a lever that is pivotal about a pivot axis and engageable by said actuator in order to actuate one of said plurality of switches, and a connector assembly interconnecting said actuator and said shaft, said connector assembly transmitting rotational movement of said actuator to said shaft and permitting tilting movement of said actuator relative to said axis.