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--- switch:mitsumi_kam_double_action [30 Dec 2023 06:02] – zrrion
+++ switch:mitsumi_kam_double_action [31 Dec 2023 04:51] (current) – zrrion
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 | {{:switch:mitsumi_kam_white_slider_milky_top_milky_bottom_double_action.jpg?320|A single desoldered Mitsumi KAM Double Action switch}} ||
 | **Manufacturer** | [[switch:oem-mitsumi|Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.]] |
+| **Family** | [[switch:mitsumi_kam_series|Mitsumi KAM series]] |
 | **Switch Type** | [[:terminology:linear_switch|Linear]], [[:terminology:double_action|Double Action]] |
 | **Sense method** | Metal contact |
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 **Mitsumi KAM Double Action** is is a  [[:terminology:double_action|double action]] switch in the [[switch:mitsumi_kam_series|Mitsumi KAM]] Series.
 ==== Characteristics ====
+The switch is composed of 7 parts, a top and bottom housing, a slider, a return spring, a secondary spring, a standard contact module, and a secondary contact module. The slider is typically white, and the top and bottom housings are typically milky white.
-This switch typically has a white slider and a milky top and bottom housing as well as two contact modules which are mounted in the bottom housing on opposite sides of the slider. The slider has a small but very heavy spring coil spring embedded in the bottom of the slider which will hit the nubs on the bottom of the bottom housing when the switch appears to bottom out. If pressed very hard though the heavy spring will further compress and the switch will actually bottom out. Like all [[:terminology:double_action|double action]] switches,  KAM Double Action actuates once when pressed normally, and actuates a second time as the heavy spring in the slider is compressed.
+Like all [[:terminology:double_action|double action]] switches, KAM Double Action has two stages, one where only the return spring is compressed, and another where both the return spring and secondary spring are compressed. During the first stage the standard contact module is closed and during the second stage both the standard contact module and secondary contact module are closed.
 {{tag>wip switch:oem-mitsumi switch:type-double-action switch:type-linear switch:sense-contact switch:family-kam}}