Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zero moment switch mechanism
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Application No.: US15223682Application Date: 2016-07-29
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Publication No.: US09721740B1Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Scott Carpenter
- Applicant: General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Louisville
- Assignee: General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Louisville
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: H01H36/00
- IPC: H01H36/00 ; H01H11/04 ; H01H23/26 ; H01H23/24

Abstract:
A magnetically-triggered proximity switch includes an actuator assembly disposed within a switch body, and the actuator assembly includes an actuator body extending along an actuator axis. A primary contact and a secondary contact is each coupled to the actuator body and may be separated from a center contact along the actuator axis. The actuator assembly is pivotable between a first switch position and a second switch position about a pivot axis. In the first switch position, the center contact is in contact with a common contact and the first contact is in contact with a primary contact, thereby completing a circuit between a common arm and a primary arm. In the second switch position, the center contact is in contact with the common contact and the second contact is in contact with a secondary contact, thereby completing a circuit between the common arm and a secondary arm.
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