Ultra Low Profile Rocker Design
AssigneeCarling Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJianzhuan Lin, Trevor Fitch, Michael Fasano
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Abstract
A rocker switch having a housing and a rocker extending from the housing. The rocker has a first side with a first end and a second end, a second side adjacent to the first side, and a channel. The channel is disposed on the second side of the rocker and has a first end and a second end. A pivot point is disposed on a crank. A pin, disposed on the crank, is located in a first side of the channel. The depression of the first end of the rocker causes a rotational movement of the channel in a curvilinear path around the pivot point, causing a rotational movement of the crank, moving the pin from the first end of the channel toward the second end of the channel.
Claims21
A rocker switch comprising:
- a housing;
- a rocker extending from said housing, said rocker comprising:
- a first side having a first end and a second end,
- a second side adjacent to said first side, and
- a channel, disposed on said second side of said rocker, said channel having a first end and a second end,
- a pivot point disposed on a crank;
- a pin disposed on said crank, said pin located in a first end of said channel;
- wherein a depression of said first end of said rocker causes a rotational movement of said channel in a curvilinear path around said pivot point, causing a rotational movement of said crank, moving said pin from said first end of said channel toward said second end of said channel.
A rocker switch comprising:
- a housing;
- a rocker extending from said housing, said rocker comprising:
- a first side having a first end and a second end,
- a second side adjacent to said first side, and
- a channel, disposed on said second side of said rocker, said channel having a first end and a second end,
- a pivot point disposed on a crank;
- a pin disposed on said crank, said pin located in a first end of said channel;
- wherein a depression of said first end of said rocker causes a rotational movement of said channel through a plane parallel to a top surface of said housing which intersects said pivot point, causing a rotational movement of said crank, moving said pin from said first end of said channel toward a second end of said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.