Abstract:
A first fixed terminal extends in a first direction. A second fixed terminal extends in the first direction and is disposed apart from the first fixed terminal in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A first magnet generates a magnetic field that applies a first Lorentz force in a first oblique direction to an arc generated at a first fixed contact and a first movable contact. The first oblique direction is a direction that is inclined with respect to the first direction and oriented away from the second fixed terminal. A second magnet generates a magnetic field that applies a second Lorentz force in a second oblique direction to an arc generated at a second fixed contact and a second movable contact. The second oblique direction is a direction that is inclined with respect to the first direction and oriented away from the first fixed terminal.
Abstract:
A power outlet includes a case, a contact device, an operation member, a moving mechanism, a return spring, and a holding mechanism. The contact device includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and a movable piece. The moving mechanism moves the movable piece in response to operation of the operation member. The moving mechanism includes a movable member and a return spring. The movable member is movable between a closed position in which the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The return spring urges the movable member toward the open position. The holding mechanism is configured to hold the movable member at the closed position, and releases a holding state in which the movable member is held at the closed position in response to operation of the operation member.
Abstract:
A plunger is movable between a first position and a second position. The plunger separates a first movable contact from a first fixed contact and separates a second movable contact from a second fixed contact at the first position. The plunger presses a first movable piece toward a first fixed terminal to make the first movable contact into contact with the first fixed contact, and presses a second movable piece toward a second fixed terminal to make the second movable contact into contact with the second fixed contact at the second position. The plunger moves from the first position to the second position by being pressed by a pressing portion of an electric plug inserted into a third insertion port.
Abstract:
A trigger switch includes: a housing; a trigger provided outside the housing; a plunger that connects the trigger to the housing so as to approach or separate from the housing, and includes a slider disposed inside the housing; a first printed wiring board that is disposed inside the housing and includes a sliding resistor configured to contact the slider and a control element that configures a control circuit together with the sliding resistor; and a second printed wiring board that is disposed inside the housing separately from the first printed wiring board and electrically connected to the first printed wiring board, and includes a power element configured to supply electric current based on a signal of the control element.
Abstract:
Provided are a control switch mechanism, a trigger switch, and an electric tool, having vibration resistance and durability and capable of preventing malfunction. The control switch mechanism (20) includes an optical sensor (21) having a light emitting element (21a) and a light receiving element (21b), and a reflector (22) that increases or decreases an amount of light received by the light receiving element (21b). An increase and a decrease in output of an operation device are controlled along with an increase and decrease in amount of light received by the light receiving element (21b) due to relative movement between the optical sensor (21) and the reflector (22).
Abstract:
A pair of open/close and current-passing movable contact pieces is supported on a movable contact terminal such that the pair is rotatable along with the reciprocation of an operating element. An open/close movable contact is mounted on the open/close movable contact piece and is rotatably biased by a spring member. A current-passing movable contact is mounted on the current-passing movable contact piece. By moving the operating element, a restriction imposed on a position of the operating element is released so that the open/close movable contact piece is rotated by a spring force of the spring member whereby the open/close movable contact is brought into pressure contact with an open/close fixed contact mounted on a fixed contact terminal. The current-passing movable contact piece is rotated by the operating element so that the current-passing movable contact is brought into pressure contact with a current-passing fixed contact mounted on the fixed contact terminal.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide a trigger switch in which a trigger is pulled into a housing so as to operate a contact mechanism, thereby driving a motor of an electric drill. The inside of the housing is divided into a first region including a circuit in which a main electric current for driving the motor flows, and a second region including the contact mechanism of a signal circuit which controls a rotation of the motor. An air vent is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first region of the housing. The trigger switch can reduce operational failure due to dust and the like without making the structure thereof complicated.