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.
Claims15
A method performed by a remote-controlled switch cover assembly for remote and manual control of an existing rocker switch, comprising:
- receiving a wireless signal to actuate the existing rocker switch;
- and
- in response to receiving the wireless signal, causing a wiper to act upon a first portion of a tilt plate, thereby causing the first portion to move away from a first portion of the existing rocker switch and a second portion of the tilt plate to depress a second portion of the existing rocker switch, thereby causing the existing rocker switch to change state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.