Patent ID: 6255611
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switch for selectively supplying power or signals from a first conductive pin to second and third conductive pin, comprising:a housing;a pushbutton unit including a pushbutton extending out of said housing and a tappet formed by an extension of the pushbutton into the housing, said pushbutton unit being arranged to be moved relative to said housing between a first pushbutton position and a second pushbutton position when an external force is applied to said pushbutton;a conductive unit fixed with respect to said housing, said conductive unit including the first, second, and third conductive pins; anda switching unit including an elastic element and a conductive sway element, said conductive sway element being arranged to selectively electrically connect the first conductive pin to either the second or the third conductive pin, said conductive sway element being pivotally engaged with said first conductive element,wherein the switching unit is coupled to the pushbutton unit by said elastic element, said elastic element being secured at a first end to the tappet and at a second end to the sway element such that when the pushbutton is in the first pushbutton position, the first end of the elastic element is in a first elastic element position and said elastic element causes the sway element to electrically connect said first and third conductive pins, and when the pushbutton is moved to said second pushbutton position, the first end of the elastic element is moved past a critical line to a second elastic element position and the elastic element causes the sway element to also move past the critical line and electrically connect the first and second conductive pins.