Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Force switch
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Application No.: US15496896Application Date: 2017-04-25
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Publication No.: US09934920B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Kevin W. Smith
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agency: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.
- Agent Gregory L. Mayback; Rebecca A. Tie
- Main IPC: H01H35/14
- IPC: H01H35/14 ; A61B17/115 ; H01H11/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A switch comprising an interior cavity and a switching element movably disposed within the interior cavity to define a first position and a second position, the second position being different from the first position. A biasing element imparts a biasing force to the switching element to place the switching element in either the first or the second position until an external force imparted to the switching element exceeds the biasing force, thereby causing the switching element to move to the other one of the first or the second position. A biasing force-adjusting element is cooperatively engaged with the biasing element, wherein a magnitude of the biasing force is adjustable using the biasing force-adjusting element. An electrically-conductive contact, coupled to the switching element, defines a first switching state when the switching element is in the first position and a second switching state when the switching element is in the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170229264A1 Force Switch Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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