Remote-controlled switch cover assembly
AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.
InventorMorgan Scruggs
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Abstract
A remote-controlled switch cover assembly is described for converting an existing rocker switch into a remote-controlled switch. The remote-controlled switch cover assembly receives a wireless signal to actuate the existing rocker switch and, in response, activates an electric motor that causes a gear train to turn in a first direction. This causes a wiper to engage an under-surface of a tilt plate located above the existing rocker switch and, in response, an opposing end of the tit plate depresses the existing rocker switch.
Claims18
A remote-controlled switch cover assembly for converting an existing rocker switch into a remote-controlled switch, comprising:
- a tilt plate having first and second end portions for contacting a first existing rocker switch surface and a second existing rocker switch surface, respectively;
- a motor;
- a gear train coupled to the motor;
- and
- a wiper coupled to the gear train;
- wherein the motor is for driving the gear train in a first rotational direction to move the wiper against the first end portion of the tilt plate, causing the first end portion to move in a first direction and the second end of the tilt plate to move in an opposite, second direction against the second rocker switch surface.
A method performed by a remote-controlled switch cover assembly for remote control of an existing rocker switch, comprising:
- receiving a wireless signal to actuate the existing rocker switch;
- in response to receiving the wireless signal, activating a motor that causes a gear train to turn in a first direction, which in turn causes a wiper to rotate a tilt plate in a first rotational direction;
- and
- in response to the tilt plate rotating in the first rotational direction, causing the existing rocker switch to change state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.