Patent ID: 6353380
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A power switch device comprising:a switch body having an open top and a switch cover body pivotably engaged with said open top of said switch body, a first contact terminal and a second contact terminal engaged with a bottom of said switch body, a support plate and a retaining pin respectively extending from an inside of said switch body, a seat connected to said inside of said switch body and having a first contact joint; a conductive plate having one end thereof fixedly connected to said second contact terminal and the other end of said conductive plate having a second contact joint, a gap defined between said first contact joint and said second contact joint; an alloy piece having two protrusions and one of said protrusions fixedly connected to said first contact terminal and the other protrusion of said alloy piece connected to said seat; a switch contact device having a shank and a head on one end of said shank, said head having a slot defined therein and said retaining pin located in said slot, a movable member retractably received in said shank and a first distal end of said movable member contacting said alloy piece and a second distal end movably extending from the other end of said shank, said second distal end being supported on said support plate, a link connected between said shank and said switch cover body, and a contact reed having one end thereof connected to one end of said switch cover body and the other end of said contact reed secured in said switch body.