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US 8,542,089 B1Granted
Electrical control system
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsJames Fair, Mariusz Malkowski, Rahul Goyal
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Abstract
An electrical control system.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a wall-mounted electrical switch comprising;
- a housing comprising:
- a front side comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge;
- an opposing back side comprising a third longitudinal edge and a fourth longitudinal edge opposite the fourth longitudinal edge;
- a first exterior side extending from the first longitudinal edge to the third longitudinal edge;
- and
- a second exterior side extending from the second longitudinal edge to the fourth longitudinal edge;
- wherein the front side, back side, first exterior side and second exterior side define a cavity in the housing;
- a first tab coupled to and extending out orthogonally from the first exterior side;
- a second tab coupled to and extending out orthogonally from the second exterior side;
- a first slot aperture disposed within the first exterior side, the first slot aperture having a shape substantially complementary to the second tab;
- a second slot aperture disposed within the second exterior side, the second slot aperture having a shape substantially complementary to the first tab;
- and
- a manually operated switch at least partially disposed within the cavity of the housing, wherein the manually operated switch is capable of being manually adjusted to a plurality of positions.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a wall-mounted electrical switch comprising;
- a housing comprising:
- a front housing section comprising:
- a front side comprising a switch aperture;
- a first exterior side coupled to the front side along a first edge of the front side;
- a second exterior side coupled to the front side along a second edge of the front side, wherein the second edge is opposite the first edge;
- a first tab extending orthogonally out from the first exterior side away from a cavity of the housing;
- and
- a first slot aperture disposed in the first exterior side, wherein the first slot aperture is configured to receive another tab from a second wall-mounted electrical switch;
- a back housing section coupled to the front housing section;
- wherein the front housing section and back housing section define the cavity of the housing;
- a manually operated switch having a first portion disposed within the cavity of the housing and a second portion extending out from the front housing section through the switch aperture, wherein the manually operated switch is capable of being manually adjusted to a plurality of positions.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first wall-mounted electrical switch comprising:
- a first housing comprising:
- a front side;
- a first exterior side coupled to the front side along a first edge of the front side;
- a second exterior side coupled to the front side along a second edge of the front side, wherein the second edge is opposite the first edge;
- a first tab extending orthogonally out from the first exterior side away from a first cavity of the housing;
- and
- a back side, wherein the front side, back side, first exterior side and second exterior side of the first housing define the first cavity in the first housing;
- a first manually operated switch at least partially disposed with the first cavity of the first housing;
- providing a second wall-mounted electrical switch comprising:
- a second housing comprising:
- a second front side;
- a third exterior side coupled to the second front side along a first edge of the second front side;
- a fourth exterior side coupled to the second front side along a second edge of the second front side, wherein the second edge is opposite the first edge;
- and
- a first slot aperture disposed in the fourth exterior side of the second housing and configured to receive the first tab;
- and
- a second back side, wherein the second front side, second back side, third exterior side and fourth exterior side of the second housing define a second cavity in the second housing;
- a second manually operated switch at least partially disposed with the second cavity of the second housing;
- positioning the first wall-mounted electrical switch adjacent to the second wall-mounted electrical switch;
- and
- inserting the first tab into the first slot aperture to couple the first wall-mounted electrical switch to the second wall-mounted electrical switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.