Wall switch
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsLincoln E. Roberts, Dale E. Thomas
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Abstract
A wall switch (12) includes a face plate body (14) containing an aperture (20) and wall projections (22, 23, 24) carrying an actuator rocker (30) with a board (40) carrying switch contacts (58) momentarily closed by the rocker to effect a closure of circuits carried on the board and interconnected to a cable (88) through terminals in a connector (44) carried on the board and a connector (80) carried by the cable.
Claims11
A wall switch including a face plate having a planar body with a decorative face facing outwardly of a wall and of an area adapted to cover over a hole in the wall in which the wall switch is mounted, said face plate including an aperture having peripheral edges, the body including walls integrally joined to said peripheral edges of said aperture and extending to free ends thereof, said walls extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to said face plate, an actuator rocker fitted in said aperture, a board having a switch with normally open contacts thereon, said board being mounted on said free ends of said walls and engaging said actuator to hold said actuator in position within said aperture, said contacts being operable by depression of said actuator to effect a momentary switch action, circuit means carried on said board to generate switching signals from said switch responsive to switch closure and means on said face plate to anchor said face plate to a wall.
A wall switch including a printed circuit board with at least one keyboard switch mounted on the printed circuit board, the wall switch including a one-piece molded face plate having an aperture having peripheral edges the face plate including walls integrally joined to said peripheral edges of the aperture to form four sides of a box, said walls extending to free ends thereof, said walls being substantially perpendicular to said face plate, a switch actuator being located within said box and enclosing a front of the box, the printed circuit board being secured to said free ends of said walls to enclose a rear of said box and hold said actuator within said aperture wherein the keyboard switch is located within said box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.