Talk:Miniature snap-action switch

Rename Micro switch -> Snap action switch
The correct term for these small switches is snap-action switch. Micro-switch is one brand name for a snap-action switch. References: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.169.83.231 (talk • contribs)
 * http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/miniature/index.htm
 * http://www.electronics-manufacturers.com/products/relays-switches/snap-action-switch/
 * http://www.dnagroup.com/cgi-bin/view_services.cgi?request=list_dept&dept_id=1&aisle_id=4
 * http://www.micro-switch.net/
 * http://www.highlyusa.com/micromain.htm


 * I have created redirects to here, but I am not entirely convinced that "snap action switch" is the primary term. Per WP:COMMONNAME, Wikipedia articles should use the most popular article name. A quick Google test gives 27k for "snap action switch" and 546k for "micro switch". The only question is whether it's accurate. -- intgr [talk] 19:54, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I have known these to be called something like precision miniature snap-action switches. (See what Digi-Key calls them!) Even though Google hit counts favor usage as a generic term, I think Wikipedia, in this case, is guilty of trademark "dilution". I'd strongly recommend that the title be changed to something like "Precision snap-action switch", but written so that the commonplace "micro switch" is very prominently included -- perhaps ("Micro Switch™") would be appropriate. It seems notably inconsistent to have such plainly-visible and extensive notifications about copyright for images, while minimizing recognition of a long-established trademark in an article title. Nikevich (talk) 13:45, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Trademark logos are handled totally differently, because they're copyrighted. However, plain text trademark usage does not fall under copyright (see the public domain notice at File:Comodo logo.png for instance). So, that has nothing to do with this article. -- intgr [talk] 15:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I would agree with retitling ("moving" - but it doesn't go anywhere) to "Miniature snap-action switch", with a redirect from "micro switch" - the article can then acknowledge the commonplace generic use of the trademark. If Wikipedia really got sued as much as it anticipates, it would have been long gone. --Wtshymanski (talk) 14:54, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Moved (retitled). --Wtshymanski (talk) 18:48, 25 June 2010 (UTC)


 * There's no consensus for it and it goes against WP:COMMONNAME. -- intgr [talk] 22:34, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * In more than a month, no-one spoke up on this. Two editors thought it was a good idea - that's consensus. There's a redirect from the trademarked name. --Wtshymanski (talk) 03:40, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * While 'micro switch' may be a trade name in some countries, it was originally thus-termed because it requires a very small, i.e, a "micro", force to operate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.100.128 (talk) 15:28, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Limit Switch?
Limit switch re-directs here, but this is only one particular type of limit switch. Also this article virtually identical to 'microswitch' Feldercarb (talk) 13:45, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

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How are things like this assembled
Are there fully automatic machines for it or are these assembles by hand? Anyone knows? 109.193.59.242 (talk) 12:46, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Is this a serious question or one of those baffling vandalism edits on talk pages? A snap switch sells for pennies...do you really think isolated craftsmen each year load bags of hand-built switches onto their pack vicunas and bring them down to the markets each spring? --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:20, 8 February 2023 (UTC)