Patent ID: 6661332
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A press-type varistor switch comprising an upper cover, a seat, and a silicide cap installed between the upper cover and the seat; whereina center of the upper cover is formed with a round hole; a head of the silicide cap is embedded into the round hole; corners of a bottom of the upper cover are formed with a plurality of posts; each side of opposite sides of the bottom of the upper cover is installed with a buckling block; corners of the seat are formed with combining holes; the posts of the upper cover are inserted into the combining holes of the seat; each side of a pair of opposite sides of the seat is formed with recess for receiving the buckling block; each side of another opposite sides of the seat is formed with a metal guide pin; the silicide cap has a trumpet shape; the head of the silicide cap protrudes from a round hole of the upper cover so that the silicide cap is enclosed between the upper cover and the seat, and thus is positioned therein; characterized in that: each of the adjacent sides of the metal guide pins is extended with a carbon-film resistor; the two carbon-film resistors are not in contact to one another; an interior of the head is installed with a conductive rubber with a round cross section; the conductive rubber is above the two carbon-film resistor; when a force is applied to the silicide cap to force the head to the move downward so that the conductive rubber is as an electric medium for communicating the two metal guide pins; when the applied force is applied to the head continuously, the conductive rubber therein can be pressed continuously so that the two carbon-film resistors are in contact with the two metal guide pins partially or fully, and thus the impedance of the two metal guide pins are adjustable.