FLASHLIGHT SWITCH

摘要

FLASHLIGHT SWITCH A switch for use in a flashlight assembly including a tubular body for containing or receiving a power source such as at least one battery. A light assembly including a light source coupled to one end of the body, and a switch assembly closing an opposite end of the body and moveable about a longitudinal axis of the body between at least a first position for placing the light source in electrical continuity with the power source and a second position breaking the electrical continuity between the light source and the power source. The switch includes atubular housing detachably received in the opposite end of the body and having adetent extending inwardly from an inner surface thereof. The housing concentrically receives a neck portion of an end cap which closes the housing and forms one end of the flashlight. A pair of grooves, one on each side of a cantilevered spring in the neck portions, accepts the detent extending from the housing. The grooves and spring define first and second positions for the switch. The neck portion also contains a concentric hole which receives a contact assembly for making electrical continuity between the power source in the body and the open terminal of the light source. The contact assembly is retained within the neck portion, and the end cap is retained within the housing by a retaining member snapped into the concentric hole of the end cap neck. The retaining member includes a flange which prevents withdrawal of the end cap while permitting rotation between the first and second position.