Spring assembly useful in switches, sensors, latches, and other apparatus and method for using the same

摘要

An apparatus (10) useful for electrical switching, latching, and sensing including a buckleable member (34) movable between a first buckled position and a second buckled position. The first and second buckled positions can be stable. The buckleable member (34) can be made of a thin metallic strip and can be constrained in a way such that it can be formed to an S-shape and such that the buckleable member (34) can be thought of as a wave spring.