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US 7,009,127 B2Granted
Switch comprising an operating rocker button
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWolfgang Hoelzle, Siegfried Koch, Ulrich Randau
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Abstract
A switch is disclosed including an operating rocker button and at least one contact element which can be actuated by a radial deflection of the operating rocker button. The contact element can be actuated directly by the operating rocker button, or by the operating rocker button by a transmission element. As such, a locking function is provided via a projection on the transmission element or the operating rocker button, which co-operates with an elastic element.
Claims8
A switch, comprising;
- an operating rocker,
- at least two contact elements arranged to be operated by radial deflection of the operating rocker, the contact elements arranged to be operable by the operating rocker or by the operating rocker via at least two transmission elements each of the transmission elements comprising a light box arranged to illuminate a portion of the switch,
- a latching functionality provided by a projection on the transmission elements or on the operating rocker interacting with a sprung element, and
- a first and a second set of light emitting means arranged to individually provide illumination to a first and a second of the transmission elements in response to a first and a second operation of the rocker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.