IGNITION SWITCH Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to electrical equipment of vehicles. Proposed ignition switch has housing accommodating fixed contact plate, rotary combination barrel and dielectric bushing. Stop for spring and longitudinal slots are made on outer surface of bushing. Spring and movable contact plate with lugs are arranged on bushing for displacement along its axis of symmetry. Movable contact plate lugs are made on edge of its hole. Contacts are provided on said plate. Lugs of movable contact plate are driven into longitudinal slots of bushing. Design peculiarity of proposed switch is that bayonet slots are made on bushing which change into longitudinal slots. Thanks to it, operator should not hold contact plate acted upon by compressed spring in position when fitting bushing with spring and movable contact plate in switch housing. EFFECT: facilitated assembling of switch. 5 cl, 4 dwg