Switch contact structure
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Mar 29, 2005
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Apr 1, 2004
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Sep 27, 2002
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Oct 22, 2001
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Abstract
To enable reduction of the number of components and weight, improvement of workability, and reduction of the costs, a switch contact structure is disclosed, which comprises a substrate 65, a movable block 73 disposed so as to be movable along the substrate 65, a fixed contact 67 mounted on the substrate 65, and a movable contact mounted on the movable block 73, wherein the movable contact is brought into and out of contact with the fixed contact 67 by the movement of the movable block 73 along the substrate 65, characterized in that the fixed contact 67 is formed of conductive wire material, and in that both ends 99a, 99b of the fixed contact 67 are fixed on the substrate 65.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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NILES PARTS CO LTD | 5-28-6 OMORINISHI OTA-KU TOKYO 143-8521 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Akimoto, Hideaki | Tokyo, JP | 7 | 38 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 38 | |||
Otani, Toshiya | Tokyo, JP | 9 | 24 |
# of filed Patents : 9 Total Citations : 24 |
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