Patent ID: 6201325
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A centrifugal actuator configured for mounting on a shaft rotatable between a rest position and a run position and actuating a switch, comprising a base member including a base tubular body configured for securement to the shaft and rotating therewith, a hub member having a hub tubular body slidably mounted on said base tubular body and having a switch control member to actuate said switch, first and second weight units located on diametric opposite sides of said tubular bodies and each having spaced levers coupled to said hub member for positioning said hub member on said base member, a weight pivot assembly including first and second pivot supports secured to said base member for supporting said first and second weight units and including complementing first and second pivot members, each one secured to said first and second weight units between said levers with said levers coupled to said hub, each said pivot member including a pivotal connector to the corresponding pivot support and pivoting thereon and moving said hub in response to the pivoting of the weight units, and said pivot supports and said corresponding pivot members including releasably engageable latch elements to mechanically secure said weight units to said pivot supports in the run position of shaft.