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US 11,387,022 B1Granted
Illuminated potentiometer
AssigneeHotpots, LLC
InventorsJustin Edwards, Dana Edwards
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Abstract
The present invention is a modified potentiometer shaft that includes a light source for illuminating the top of the shaft. The shaft further includes electrical connections for providing power to the light source through the potentiometer assembly.
Claims8
An illuminated potentiometer comprising:
- a shaft having a top end and bottom end, where the bottom end is molded to a lower shaft platform;
- a cap that includes a light source for engaging and fastening to the top end of the shaft, and where both the top end of the shaft and cap include positive and negative leads that align to close a circuit when the cap is fastened to the top end of the shaft;
- at least one light source molded within the cap, where the positive and negative leads of the cap connect to the light source;
- a lower casing that encloses a lower resistor plate and the lower shaft platform, where the lower resistor plate has one terminal for providing electrical current to the light source;
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- an upper casing that encloses an upper shaft platform and upper resistor plate, where the upper resistor plate has three terminals for controlling audio or volume inputs.
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A method of assembling an illuminated potentiometer, the method comprising:
- providing a molded shaft having a top end and bottom end, where the top end has exterior threading having positive and negative conductive bands and positive and negative shaft leads running from the conductive bands to the bottom end of the shaft;
- molding a light source within a cap having positive and negative leads connected to the light source;
- securing the cap on the exterior threading of the shaft so that the positive and negative bands on the exterior threading of the shaft match the positive and negative leads on the cap;
- replacing a standard potentiometer shaft with the molded shaft and illuminating the light in the cap by supplying power to the light source in the cap through the positive and negative leads.
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An illuminated potentiometer shaft assembly comprising:
- a lower shaft platform;
- a potentiometer shaft having a top and bottom, where the bottom is molded to the lower shaft platform;
- a light source positioned at the top of the potentiometer shaft;
- positive and negative leads that run from the light source to the lower shaft platform for powering the light source;
- a lower resistor plate positioned on top of the lower shaft platform;
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- a lower casing that encloses the lower resistor plate and the lower shaft platform, where the lower resistor plate has one terminal for providing electrical current to the light source at the top of the potentiometer shaft.
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A modified potentiometer shaft assembly comprising:
- a potentiometer shaft having a top and bottom;
- a light source positioned at the top of the potentiometer shaft for illuminating the light source;
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- electrical connections running from the light source to the bottom of the potentiometer shaft for providing power to the light source through the potentiometer shaft;
- a lower resistor plate enclosed by a lower casing where the lower resistor plate has a terminal for providing electrical current to the light source at the top of the potentiometer shaft through at least one electronic connection;
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- a upper resistor plate where the upper resistor plate has at least one terminal for controlling audio or volume inputs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.