Editing Miniature snap-action switch (section)

== History ==

The first micro switch was invented by [[Phillip Kenneth McGall]] in 1932 in [[Freeport, Illinois]], under patent US1,960,020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1960020A/en|title= US1960020A|website = patents.google.com/patent/US1960020A/en| publisher = Google Patents}}</ref> McGall was an employee of the [[Burgess Battery Company]] at the time. In 1937 W.B. Schulte,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shouer|first1=Dick|title=Honeywell History|date=1 March 2015|publisher=Honeywell}}</ref> McGall's employer, started the company MICRO SWITCH. The company and the ''Micro Switch'' [[trademark]] have been owned by [[Honeywell]] Sensing and Control since 1950.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sensing.honeywell.com/1/4/6/5/6/1/index1.shtml|title=MICRO SWITCH Timeline - 1950s|last=|first=|date=|website=sensing.honeywell.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209015243/http://sensing.honeywell.com/1/4/6/5/6/1/index1.shtml|archive-date=February 9, 2011|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> The name has become a [[generic trademark]] for any snap-action switch. Companies other than Honeywell now manufacture miniature snap-action switches.