Toggle and slide dimmer switch

An electrical lighting dimmer device, comprising:

• a slide potentiometer;
• a link actuator operably connected to the slide potentiometer and including a pin;
• a lever arm comprising a pivot point, a longitudinal aperture in a lower portion of the lever arm below the pivot point in which the link actuator pin is received, and a toggle switch connected to an upper portion of the lever arm above the pivot point;
• wherein arcuate movement of the toggle switch is translated to linear movement of the link actuator;
• wherein the slide potentiometer is mounted on a circuit board;
• a back body and a front cover engageable with the back body;
• the back body and the front cover enclosing a space in which the circuit board and slide potentiometer are contained;
• wherein the front cover includes an aperture through which the lever arm extends;
• a metal strap having a planar surface disposed on a side of the cover opposed to the circuit board;
• wherein the metal strap includes a ground flap that extends from the strap planar surface through an aperture in the cover and is in electrical and thermal connection with a ground terminal mounted on the back body.

An electrical lighting dimmer device, comprising:

• a back body;
• a circuit board supported by the back body;
• a potentiometer connected to the circuit board;
• a link actuator operably connected to the potentiometer;
• and
• a metal strap comprising a planar surface and a ground flap that extends from the strap planar surface and is in electrical connection with a ground terminal mounted on the back body,
• wherein the link actuator is connectable to both a lever arm of a toggle switch and a bar of a slide switch.

A lighting control device, comprising:

• a back body including a back surface, side walls extending from the back surface, and an open front face;
• a circuit board supported on interior surfaces of the back body side walls, the circuit board having a major planar surface that is essentially parallel to the back body back surface and a potentiometer mounted thereon, the circuit board and potentiometer providing a signal to control intensity of light;
• and
• a link actuator connecting the potentiometer to a dimmer switch;
• wherein the back body includes recesses in exterior surfaces of the side walls, and pressure plates retained in the recesses.

A lighting control device, comprising:

• a back body including a back surface, side walls extending from the back surface, and an open front face;
• a circuit board supported on interior surfaces of the back body side walls, the circuit board having a major planar surface that is essentially parallel to the back body back surface and a potentiometer mounted thereon, the circuit board and potentiometer providing a signal to control intensity of light;
• and
• a link actuator connecting the potentiometer to a dimmer switch;
• a plurality of pressure plates adjacent exterior surfaces of the side walls;
• wherein the pressure plates include ground or power terminals.

A lighting control device, comprising:

• a back body including a back surface, side walls extending from the back surface, and an open front face;
• a circuit board supported on interior surfaces of the back body side walls, the circuit board having a major planar surface that is essentially parallel to the back body back surface and a potentiometer mounted thereon, the circuit board and potentiometer providing a signal to control intensity of light;
• a link actuator connecting the potentiometer to a dimmer switch;
• a front cover engageable with the back body, such that the circuit board is enclosed in a space formed between the front cover and the back body;
• and
• a metal strap having a planar surface disposed on a side of the front cover opposed to the circuit board;
• wherein the back body includes recesses in exterior surfaces of the side walls, and pressure plates retained in the recesses.

A lighting control device, comprising:

• a back body including a back surface, side walls extending from the back surface, and an open front face;
• a circuit board supported on interior surfaces of the back body side walls, the circuit board having a major planar surface that is essentially parallel to the back body back surface and a potentiometer mounted thereon, the circuit board and potentiometer providing a signal to control intensity of light;
• a link actuator connecting the potentiometer to a dimmer switch;
• and
• a toggle lever arm which connects the link actuator with a toggle switch knob, the toggle lever arm extending through an aperture in the circuit board.