Patent ID: 6794589
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An electrical switch arrangement which includes a body that has a cavity with a cavity bottom, and an actuator mounted on said body and lying on a vertical axis, wherein:said actuator has at least a first pair of selection feet lying on horizontally opposite sides of said axis; an electrically conductive selection tripper lying in said cavity and having at least a first pair of electrically connected branches that each lies under one of said selection feet; a first contact in continuous electrical connection with said selection tripper; at least a first pair of selection contacts, each selection contact lying under a different one of said branches of said selection tripper; said actuator being tiltable in opposite directions to lower a selected one of said first pair of selection feet to depress a corresponding one of said branches against one of said selection contacts and establish electrical contact between them, each of said branches being positioned to be moved downward by said actuator against one of said selection contacts.