Patent ID: 7135648

Claim:
An end position detector for movable switch parts, comprising a rod assembly and a housing, into which the rod assembly penetrates and in which at least one sensor for sensing an end position of the rod assembly is arranged, wherein the rod assembly is connected to a movable switch part ( 3 ) such that it is adapted to be pivoted in a vertical plane that lies transverse to a longitudinal direction of the movable switch part ( 3 ), the rod assembly comprises at least one rod ( 8 ) of circular cross section, wherein said rod ( 8 ) in a region of said rod ( 8 ) that penetrates into the housing ( 12 ) in a sealed fashion carries on a periphery of said rod ( 8 ) at least one switching flank ( 13 ) that cooperates with a switch ( 16 ), and the housing ( 12 ) is connected to a stationary part of the switch such that it is adapted to be pivoted in a vertical plane that lies transverse to the longitudinal direction of the movable switch part ( 3 ).