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EP 1635367 B1 20071219 - Hinge switch

Title (en)

Hinge switch

Title (de)

Scharnierschalter

Title (fr)

Interrupteur de charnière

Publication

EP 1635367 B1 20071219 (DE)

Application

EP 05018628 A 20050826

Priority

DE 102004041723 A 20040828

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1635367A1] The switch has a switch shaft (32) whose relative position to a hinge flank (12) defines a switching angle. A self-locking gear twists the switch shaft for adjusting the switching angle. A worm gear pair includes a worm gear that engages with a worm gear wheel. The worm gear pivots into a casing that is connected with a hinge flank (18), so that the gear wheel and the switch shaft are arranged coaxially to a bolt connecting the flanks.

IPC 8 full level

H01H 3/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 3/162 (2013.01); E05D 11/0081 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1635367 A1 20060315; EP 1635367 B1 20071219; DE 102004041723 B3 20060406; DE 502005002273 D1 20080131

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05018628 A 20050826; DE 102004041723 A 20040828; DE 502005002273 T 20050826