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US 11,810,741 B2Granted
Increased push travel alternative for energy regulator
AssigneeRobertshaw Controls Company
InventorsGustavo Alonso Canales Benavides, Ruben Simon Romero, Javier Tomas Aguilar Fernández
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Abstract
An infinite switch includes a front cover, a back cover, and a base secured between the front cover and the back cover. A floating shaft extending through the front cover and the base. A cam fixed to the base and slidingly receiving an end of the floating shaft. The floating shaft is moveable in an axial direction extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the floating shaft and the cam is fixed to prevent movement in the axial direction.
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An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a front cover,
- a back cover,
- a base secured between the front cover and the back cover;
- a floating shaft extending through the front cover and the base, the floating shaft having a channel in a keyed end;
- a cam fixed to the base and slidingly receiving the keyed end of the floating shaft;
- a spring extending from inside the channel to abut the cam;
- wherein the floating shaft is moveable in an axial direction extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the floating shaft and the cam is fixed to prevent movement of the cam in the axial direction.
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An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a front cover,
- a back cover,
- a base secured between the front cover and the back cover;
- a washer having a cylindrical wall surrounding a through cavity of the washer, the washer fixedly located between the front cover and the base;
- a floating shaft extending through the front cover and the base;
- a cam fixed to the base and slidingly receiving an end of the floating shaft;
- wherein the floating shaft is moveable in an axial direction extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the floating shaft and the cam is fixed to prevent movement of the cam in the axial direction.
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An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a floating shaft extending through a front cover, a washer, and a base to a cam within the infinite switch;
- a ring fixed to and surrounding the floating shaft;
- a first stop defined by the washer;
- a second stop defined by the cam fixed to the base;
- wherein movement of the floating shaft in directions extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft is limited by the ring as it abuts either the first stop or the second stop.
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An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a floating shaft extending through a front cover, a washer, and a base to a cam within the infinite switch;
- a ring fixed to and surrounding the floating shaft;
- a first stop defined by the washer;
- a second stop defined by the cam fixed to the base;
- wherein movement of the floating shaft in directions extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft is limited by the ring as it abuts either the first stop or the second stop;
- the floating shaft extending through a through cavity of the washer, the through cavity surrounded by a cylindrical wall of the washer;
- wherein the cylindrical wall includes a notch, the ring includes a detent receivable in the notch, and the floating shaft has a channel in a keyed end, a spring extends from inside the channel to abut the cam;
- the infinite switch having a first state, wherein in the first state the spring biases the ring of the floating shaft into the through cavity of the washer.
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An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a floating shaft extending through a front cover, a washer, and a base to a cam within the infinite switch;
- a ring fixed to and surrounding the floating shaft;
- a first stop defined by the washer;
- a second stop defined by the cam fixed to the base;
- wherein movement of the floating shaft in directions extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft is limited by the ring as it abuts either the first stop or the second stop;
- the floating shaft extending through a through cavity of the washer, the through cavity surrounded by a cylindrical wall of the washer;
- wherein the cylindrical wall includes a notch, the ring includes a detent receivable in the notch, and the floating shaft has a channel in a keyed end, a spring extends from inside the channel to abut the cam;
- the infinite switch having a second state, wherein in the second state, a pushing force applied to the floating shaft in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and towards the cam compresses the spring between the floating shaft and the cam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.