Patent ID: 9035205
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A multi-directional tilt switch comprising: a housing having a housing inner surface defining a chamber, a housing outer surface opposite to said housing inner surface, and a plurality of slots extending through said housing inner and outer surfaces; a plurality of conductive terminals each including an insert portion inserted in a corresponding one of said slots and elongated along a first direction, a contact portion extending from one end of said insert portion into said chamber along a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, and a first connecting surface that is formed on another end of said insert portion oppositely of said contact portion, that extends along the first direction, and that is exposed from the corresponding one of said slots and from said housing outer surface, said contact portions of said conductive terminals being arranged in an array, wherein each terminal of said plurality of conductive terminals further includes a second connecting surface; and a conductive body that is accommodated in said chamber and that is movable in said chamber between a first position, where said conductive body contacts and bridges said contact portions of two of said conductive terminals, and a second position, where said conductive body does not contact and bridge said contact portions of any two of said conductive terminals; wherein each of said first and second connecting surfaces protrudes from said housing outer surface by a distance of 0 to 1 mm.