TORSION SPRING FOR ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SWITCHES AND A CANTILEVER-TYPE RF MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCH INCORPORATING THE TORSION SPRING - Patent 1374267

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EP 1 374 267 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/01

(21)	Application number: 02719232.7

(22)	Date of filing: 12.03.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01H 59/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/007835

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/073645 (19.09.2002 Gazette 2002/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

12.03.2001 US 275170 P

(71)	Applicant: HRL Laboratories
	Malibu, CA 90265 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HSU, Tsung-Yuan Westlake Village, CA 91361 (US) LOO, Robert Agoura, CA 91301 (US) SCHMITZ, Adele x (US)

(74)	Representative: Pluckrose, Anthony William et al
	BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	TORSION SPRING FOR ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SWITCHES AND A CANTILEVER-TYPE RF MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCH INCORPORATING THE TORSION SPRING