US 12,226,869 B2
Machining fixture positioning switch
Christopher R. King, Terryville, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,545.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,491, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305600 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 3/00 (2006.01); B23Q 3/06 (2006.01); B23Q 3/08 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 3/007 (2013.01) [B23Q 3/063 (2013.01); B23Q 3/082 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); B23Q 2703/04 (2013.01); B23Q 2716/00 (2013.01); B23Q 2717/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switch comprising:
a housing having a housing body comprising:
a base; and
a sidewall having an axis and extending from the base to a rim and having:
an outer diameter surface having an external thread; and
a pair of axial slots;
a cap biased axially away from the housing along an axial range of motion from a compressed condition to an extended condition, the cap having:
a cap body having:
a top web; and
a sidewall extending from the top web to a rim and having:
a pair of holes; and
a shaft passing through the pair of axial slots and pair of holes; and
a cap electrical contact and a housing electrical contact respectively on the cap and the housing and having an electrically closed condition at the compressed condition.