Patent ID: 7317375

Claim:
A switch device comprising: a body with a top opening and two slots defined through an underside of the body, a first terminal and a second terminal extending through the two slots and a first contact point connected to the second terminal; a bi-metallic plate having a first end fixed to the first terminal and a second contact point connected to an underside of a second end of the bi-metallic plate, the second contact point located above the first contact point; a switch member pivotably engaged with the top opening of the body; a link having an upper end pivotably connected to the switch member and a lower end of the link clamping the second end of the bimetallic plate, and an adjusting assembly including a connection member fixedly connected to an inside of the body and an adjusting member movably extending through a wall of the body and contacting the connection member, a biasing member having a first end connected to the second end of the bi-metallic plate and a second end of the biasing member being connected to the connection member; wherein the connection member has a plate portion formed with at least an engaging slit for receiving the second end of the biasing member from one side of the plate portion, and the adjusting member pushes the connection member against the biasing member from the other side of the plate portion.