Patent ID: 7592562
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch assembly, comprising: a rotary electrical switch body comprising a plurality of switch positions, a switch stem extending along a first axis and having a first end and a second end, said first end engaging a rotary switch for alternating said rotary electrical switch body between said plurality of switch positions responsive to rotation of said switch stem about said first axis; and a knob assembly, said knob assembly comprising: wherein said first upper stop member travels in a circumferential path normal to said first axis responsive to said knob collar rotating said knob core and said switch stem, wherein said knob collar is displaceable along said first axis between first and second axial positions, wherein said lower stop member is in said circumferential path when said knob collar is in said first axial position, and wherein said lower stop member is removed from said circumferential path when said knob collar is in said second axial position.