Flat wall switch assembly

A switch, comprising:

• a first terminal;
• a second terminal;
• a push panel configured to be pushed inward by a user from a REST position to an END STOP position against a push panel bias, and then return to the REST position under the push panel bias;
• a rocker configured to rock between an ON position and an OFF position;
• a rocker actuator configured to actuate the rocker alternately between the ON position and the OFF position each time the push panel is pushed from the REST position to the END STOP position;
• the rocker including a switch member bias element;
• a conductive switch member comprising a control region and a contact region, wherein the control region is operatively coupled between the switch member bias element of the rocker and a switch member support, wherein the switch member support is electrically coupled to the first terminal;
• the rocker is configured to toggle the conductive switch member between a CLOSED position and an OPEN position, wherein the rocker moves the conductive switch member to the CLOSED position when the rocker is moved by the rocker actuator to the ON position of the rocker, and the rocker moves the conductive switch member to the OPEN position when the rocker is moved by the rocker actuator to the OFF position of the rocker, wherein when the conductive switch member is in the CLOSED position, the contact region of the conductive switch member electrically connects to the second terminal, and when the conductive switch member is in the OPEN position, the contact region of the conductive switch member does not electrically connect to the second terminal;
• and
• wherein the switch member bias element of the rocker comprises a plunger that engages the control region of the conductive switch member, and the switch member support comprises a recess for receiving a first side of the control region of the conductive switch member, and the plunger comprises a recess for receiving a second side of the control region of the conductive switch member, such that the control region of the conductive switch member pivots about the recess in the switch member support as the rocker toggles the conductive switch member between the CLOSED position and the OPEN position.

A switch, comprising:

• a first terminal;
• a second terminal;
• a push panel configured to be pushed inward by a user from a REST position to an END STOP position against a push panel bias member, and then return to the REST position under the push panel bias;
• a rocker configured to rock between a FIRST position and a SECOND position;
• a rocker actuator configured to actuate the rocker alternately between the FIRST position and the SECOND position each time the push panel is pushed from the REST position to the END STOP position, the rocker actuator is further configured to move in the inward direction when the push panel is pushed inward by the user from the REST position to the END STOP position, and a slidable part of the rocker actuator is configured to move in a direction lateral to the inward direction against a lateral bias member as the rocker is actuated between the FIRST position and the SECOND position, wherein the push panel bias member includes a first spring and the lateral bias member includes a second spring that is separate from the first spring;
• wherein the lateral bias member biases the slidable part of the rocker actuator toward a NEUTRAL position, and the slidable part of the rocker actuator is configured to move away from the NEUTRAL position in a first direction that is lateral to the inward direction against the lateral bias member as the rocker is actuated from the FIRST position to the SECOND position, and the slidable part of the rocker actuator is configured to move away from the NEUTRAL position in a second direction opposite to the first direction against the lateral bias member as the rocker is actuated from the SECOND position to the FIRST position;
• a conductive switch member operatively coupled to the rocker and electrically coupled to the first terminal, wherein the rocker is configured to toggle the conductive switch member between a FIRST position and a SECOND position, wherein the rocker moves the conductive switch member to the FIRST position when the rocker is moved by the rocker actuator to the FIRST position of the rocker, and the rocker moves the conductive switch member to the SECOND position when the rocker is moved by the rocker actuator to the SECOND position of the rocker;
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• wherein in the FIRST position, the conductive switch member connects the first terminal to the second, and in the SECOND position, the conductive switch member does not connect the first terminal to the second terminal.