US PATENT SUBCLASS 200 / 471
.~.~ Contact restrained before snap spring is charged (e.g., detent)

Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use


200 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: CIRCUIT MAKERS AND BREAKERS

402  DF  SNAP {4}
468  DF  .~ Single snap {3}
471.~.~ Contact restrained before snap spring is charged (e.g., detent) {1}
472  DF  .~.~.~> Detent function performed by spring biased contact (e.g., knife blade)

DEFINITION

Classification: 200/471

Contact restrained before snap spring is charged (e.g., detent):

(under subclass 468) Subject matter including a spring connection between the actuator and contact, and a spring biased restraining element which releases the contact when the force of the connecting spring reaches a predetermined release level to cause snap motion of the contact.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

430, for similar devices wherein the contact is snapped in both directions.