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US 6,927,351 B2Granted
Rotary switch
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorRobert H. Ashton
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Abstract
A control panel having a momentary push-button switch matrix in combination with a rotary switch, which is coupled to the switch matrix by a pulser that generates a signal similar to that of a selected momentary push-button such that the selection of a rotary switch position will generate a signal similar to that of a momentary push-button.
Claims6
A rotary switch assembly comprising:
- a rotary switch having an input and a rotatable contact that can be rotated to multiple contact positions;
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- a pulser having an input for coupling to at least a send electrode of a momentary push-button switch matrix and an output coupled to the input of the rotary switch and generating an output signal similar to that of a momentary push-button in a momentary push-button switch matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.