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Patent US6774326 - Switch with a removable connector - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA switch including a switch box housing an electrical switching assembly, the box having a front part, a middle part and a back part that has two lateral wing-shaped walls, with a detection head located in the front part and a removable cable connector located in the back part for connecting a cable...http://www.google.com/patents/US6774326?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6774326 - Switch with a removable connectorAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6774326 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/270,316Publication dateAug 10, 2004Filing dateOct 15, 2002Priority dateOct 12, 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asCN1412798A, CN100442407C, DE60223642D1, DE60223642T2, EP1304710A1, EP1304710B1, US20030070907Publication number10270316, 270316, US 6774326 B2, US 6774326B2, US-B2-6774326, US6774326 B2, US6774326B2InventorsMichel Rochard, Didier SeveracOriginal AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SasExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (9), Classifications (10), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSwitch with a removable connector
The position switch shown on FIG. 1 has a box 10, roughly prismatic in shape, with a front part 10A, a median part 10B and a back part 10C. On the front part 10A, a rotatable head 21 is fixed, equipped with a lever 22 that is able to rotate when an object comes into contact with it. The box 10 has a housing A, of a roughly rectangular cross-section, so that a contact block�or an electronic block�24 fits into the median part 10B of the box 10 (see FIG. 3) and a detachable connector 30 fits into the back part 10C of the box.
In greater detail, the box 10 of the switch has more or less flat surfaces: one front surface 11, one back surface 12, two small lateral surfaces 13,14 and two large lateral surfaces 15,16 forming a prismatic template�or casing�. The back part of the large lateral surfaces 15,16 each forms a fitting wing 15 a, 16 a equipped with a slot-shaped opening 15 b, 16 b respectively, parallel to the adjacent back surface plane 12. The lateral surface 13 also has a fitting wing 13 a on its back part, whereas the lateral surface 14 has no corresponding wing. Thus, the wings 15 a, 16 a, 13 a define an opening towards the back and side of surface 14 for the housing A.
The detachable connector 30 has a body 31 that is fitted and practically built into the housing A behind the contact block. The connector 30 has large lateral surfaces 32,33 that are engaged in the housing A, in parallel and adjacent to the wings 15 a,16 a of the large surfaces 15,16 of the box. It also has a small lateral surface 34 located in the extension of the small surface 14 of the box and a small lateral surface 35 engaged in the housing A, in parallel and adjacent to the wing 13 a. The body 31 of the connector 30 has a back surface 36 that forms the majority, or preferably all, of the back surface 12 of the switch box. On the front, the connector 30 has socket contacts 37 to operate with at least some of the plug contacts 25 of block 24. A cable 38 is linked to the body 31 to come out at an angle of 45�, as shown on the figures, or parallel to the length of the box 10, depending on the type of connector required.
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