Battery powered devices
AssigneePass & Seymour, Inc.
InventorsSyed J. Jamal, Richard M. Rohmer
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Abstract
A wireless smart switch, comprising: an actuator, a circuit assembly, comprising at least a controller, a battery, and a transceiver, the controller being powered by the battery and being programmed to send one or more command signals via the transceiver, according to a user input from the actuator; a back-body, the back-body having a rear surface adapted to be mounted to a surface of a wall or to a wall box; and a ground wire, the ground wire being seated within a recess defined within the rear surface of back-body, the ground wire having a fixed end and a free end such that the free end can be drawn away from the back body and connected to a ground wire within a wall box.
Claims28
A wireless smart switch, comprising:
- an actuator,
- a circuit assembly, comprising at least a controller, a battery, and a transceiver, the controller being powered by the battery and being programmed to send one or more command signals via the transceiver, according to a user input from the actuator;
- a back-body, the back-body having:
- a rear surface adapted to be mounted to a surface of a wall or to a wall box, and
- a breakaway tab, wherein the breakaway tab is located at a first end of the back-body, the breakaway tab being separated from a center portion of the back-body by a channel, wherein a thickness of the channel is selected to permit the breakaway tab to be separated from the center portion, at the channel, by bending the breakaway tab relative to the center portion;
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- a ground wire, the ground wire being seated within a recess defined within a rear surface of back-body, the ground wire having a fixed end and a free end such that the free end can be drawn away from the back body and connected to a ground wire within a wall box.
A wireless smart switch, comprising:
- an actuator, wherein the actuator includes a rocker switch,
- a circuit assembly, comprising at least a controller, a battery, and a transceiver, the controller being powered by the battery and being programmed to send one or more command signals via the transceiver, according to a user input from the actuator;
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- a back-body, the back-body having:
- a rear surface adapted to be mounted to a surface of a wall or to a wall box, wherein the back-body defines a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole spaced and dimensioned to receive screws for connection to the wall box;
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- a breakaway tab, wherein the breakaway tab is located at a first end of the back-body, the breakaway tab being separated from a center portion of the back-body by a channel, wherein a thickness of the channel is selected to permit the breakaway tab to be separated from the center portion, at the channel, by bending the breakaway tab relative to the center portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.