| US 7,488,914 B2 | ||
| Plunger switch | ||
| Christopher A. Kahnert, Euclid, Ohio (US); and Muni Polavaram, North Royalton, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Delta Systems, Inc., Streetsboro, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 04, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/696,241. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/835309, filed on Aug. 03, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0029378 A1, Feb. 07, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01H 15/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 200—538 [200/16 B] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A method of controlling a circuit comprising the steps of:
a) mounting a contact to a switch actuator for movement back and forth through a switch housing interior by i) providing a
rivet and passing said rivet through an opening in a generally planar mounting support such that an enlarged end of the rivet
is exposed on one side of the generally planar mounting support and ii) enlarging an opposite end of the rivet to secure said
rivet to the mounting support;
b) positioning a pair of electrically conductive spaced apart terminals for selectively engaging the exposed ends of the rivet
within the housing, wherein one terminal has a first rivet engaging surface on one side of the planar mounting support and
a second terminal spaced from the one terminal has a second rivet engaging surface on an opposite side of the planar support;
and
c) moving the rivet along a travel path to selectively bridge a gap between the first and second rivet engaging surfaces of
the spaced apart terminals.
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