Majdi Farouq Ramahi

US Patent:

20030085791, May 8, 2003

Filed:

Nov 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/289503

Inventors:

Majdi Ramahi - New Market MD, US
David Fisher - Martinsburg WV, US

International Classification:

H01H037/52
H01H037/04

US Classification:

337/379000, 337/380000, 337/333000

Abstract:

A switch comprising a molded housing having a cavity, and a set of electrical terminals formed within said cavity, with a displaceable elongated contact arm selectively forming a circuit between said set of terminals, wherein said displaceable elongated contact arm comprises a base having a formed edge which mates with said molded housing inside said cavity, to align said displaceable elongated contact arm with respect to said set of terminals. A method for forming a switch, comprising the steps of providing a molded housing having interior sidewalls defining a cavity, and a set of electrical terminals formed within the cavity; inserting a displaceable elongated contact arm within the cavity, the displaceable elongated contact arm having a base with formed edges which mate with the sidewalls, to align the displaceable elongated contact arm with respect to the set of terminals.