| US 7,538,289 B2 | ||
| Multiple position swivel lamp with integral switch contacts | ||
| Tom Carroll, Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Bal Seal Engineering Co., Inc., Lake Forest, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/278,384. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/668308, filed on Apr. 05, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0221624 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01H 19/46 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 200—519 [200/277] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A multiple positioning assembly with integral switch contacts, the assembly comprising:
a cylindrical housing;
a ball assembly including a ball portion received by said cylindrical housing, said ball portion having an electrically conductive
surface and including a neck extending therefrom with a bore through said neck and ball portion;
a plurality of spaced apart spring retainers disposed within said cylindrical housing, each spring retainer having a groove
open toward said ball portion;
an electrically conductive spring contact disposed in each groove;
adjacent spring contacts completing an electrical circuit through the ball portion surface when in simultaneous contact therewith
and enabling positioning said ball portion within said cylindrical housing for conical movement of said neck, said ball portion
being axially moveable between spring contacts; and
one of the spring contacts most proximate to an end of said cylindrical housing preventing withdrawal of said ball portion
from said cylindrical housing.
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