Contact assembly for a switch
CA 1287858 C · Owner: Macadam, Donald H. · Inventors: Macadam, Donald H.
Overview
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A contact assembly for a switch is provided which has an array of fixed surfaces, such as posts which are arranged, in a pattern such as points on a circumference and into which a conductive, elastic or resilient closed loop is seated under stress. The loop completes an electrical circuit through at least some of the fixed surfaces or posts and is moved in and out of the array by an actuator. A plurality of loops and a plurality of arrays may be provided.
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- Granted August 20, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 20, 2008.
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