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US 2020/0328052 A1Published application
Flat wall switch assembly
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDilip SINGH, Arvind KUMAR, Varun PANDEY
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Abstract
A switch having a push panel, a rocker, and a rocker actuator that actuates the rocker each time the push panel is pushed by a user. The switch includes a conductive switch member, that is toggled by the rocker, to connect and disconnect a first terminal from a second terminal. The switch is constructed to help reduce dust and debris from entering into the wall switch, and the switch may provide a visual cue to indicate a current ON/OFF state of the switch.
Claims20
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 about a rotation axis;
- 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 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 also configured to move in a direction lateral to the inward direction against a lateral bias member as the rocker is actuated between the ON position and the OFF 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 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;
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- wherein in the CLOSED position, the conductive switch member connects the first terminal to the second terminal, and in the OPEN position, the conductive switch member does not connect the first terminal to the second terminal.
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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;
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- 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.
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A switch, comprising:
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- a third 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 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;
- 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 terminal, and in the SECOND position, the conductive switch member connects the first terminal to the third terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.