Patent ID: 6331686
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a housing having a housing wall formed with a passage;a cover closing said passage and connected to the housing wall, which cover is elastically deformable and has a portion which is raised with respect to an adjacent area of the housing wall in a rest position of the cover, the raised portion of the cover being movable transversely to the housing wall in a direction toward the apparatus interior from a rest position into an operating position, and which has an actuator which, when the raised portion is moved from its rest position into its operating position, is moved from an inactive position into an active position,a switching system which includes a switch which is accommodated in the apparatus and by means of which, when the actuator is moved from its inactive position into its active position, a switching function is activated, whereinwhen the raised portion of the cover has been moved out of its rest position into a position flush with the adjacent area of the housing wall, the actuator of the cover occupies an intermediate position situated between its inactive position and its active position, in which intermediate position an actuation of a switching function of the switch with the aid of the actuator is avoided, and the raised portion of the cover is movable towards the apparatus interior out of its position in which it is flush with the adjacent area of the housing wall into an operating position in which the actuator actuates the switch.