Patent ID: 6861605

Claim:
An electrical switch comprising: a casing; two rows of fixed contacts located within the casing and on opposite sides thereof; a moving contact for making and breaking an electrical connection between the fixed contacts of each row, each moving contact having opposite ends for contacting two adjacent fixed contacts of the corresponding row, and a curved middle section between the opposite ends; an operating member provided between the two rows of fixed contacts and supported by the casing for relative movement along a path co-extending with the two rows of fixed contacts, the operating member carrying the moving contacts on opposite sides thereof, facing, in opposite directions, the two rows of fixed contacts to move the moving contacts into contact with and out of contact with the fixed contacts of the corresponding rows; and a spring provided between each opposite end of each moving contact and the corresponding side of the operating member resiliently biasing the moving contacts in opposite directions from each other and resiliently biasing each opposite end of the moving contact from the operating member.