Optical control switch device having a plurality of light receptors
First Claim
1. An optical control device comprising:
- a light source;
a plurality of light receptors coplanarly disposed with said light source;
a light director having a plurality of optical apertures arranged to selectively direct light to the plurality of light receptors, the light director having integrally formed means for directing light from said light source to the plurality of optical apertures in said light director.
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Abstract
An optical rotary control device (10) is provided comprising a light source (12) and at least one light receptor (14) linearly spaced, creating a planar axis with the light source (12). A rotatable light director (16) is provided which includes means for directing light from the light source (12) to at least one optical aperture (22) in the light director (16). The optical aperture (22) refracts the directed light from the light director (16) to the light receptor (14). The optical rotary control (10) device further comprises an isolator portion (20) having recesses (24) for receiving and separating the light source (12) and light receptor (14). The means for directing light may include a cut out section (18) in one end of the light director (16 ).
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20 Claims
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1. An optical control device comprising:
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a light source; a plurality of light receptors coplanarly disposed with said light source; a light director having a plurality of optical apertures arranged to selectively direct light to the plurality of light receptors, the light director having integrally formed means for directing light from said light source to the plurality of optical apertures in said light director. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An optical rotary control device comprising:
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a light source; at least one light receptor coplanarly disposed with said light source; a light director having means for directing light from said light source to at least one optical aperture in said light director wherein the means for directing light includes a cut out section in one end of the light director; said optical aperture for refracting said directed light from the light director to said light receptor.
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7. An optical control device comprising:
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a light source mounted on a circuit assembly; a plurality of light receptors coplanarly disposed on said circuit assembly from said light source; a light director having a plurality of optical apertures arranged to selectively direct light to the plurality of light receptors, the light director having integrally formed means for directing light from said light source to the plurality of optical apertures in said light director. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An optical control device comprising:
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a light source mounted on a circuit assembly; four light receptors linearly disposed on said circuit assembly forming a planar axis with said light source; light director composed of a material that internally reflects light, said light director having a longitudinal axis and mounted on said circuit assembly so that said longitudinal axis is parallel to said planar axis formed by said light source and said light receptors, said light director having a cut out section in one end of said light director for reflecting light and directing said light internally within the light director; at least one optical aperture for each light receptor for refracting said directed light from said light director to said light receptors. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An optical rotary control device, comprising:
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a light director being rotable along a rotation axis extending therethrough, the light director having plurality of optical apertures radially disposed from the rotation axis; the light director having means for redirecting light originating from a light source radially disposed from the rotation axis of the light director to internally reflect within the light director; the optical apertures being arranged to selectively direct the light from within the light director to a plurality of light receptors radially disposed from the rotation axis of the light director, when the light director is rotated. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An optical rotary control device comprising:
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a light source mounted on a circuit assembly; at least one light receptor coplanarly disposed on said circuit assembly from said light source; a light director having means for directing light from said light source to at least one optical aperture in said light director wherein the means for directing light comprises a cut out section in one end of the light director said optical aperture for refracting said directed light from the light director to said light receptor.
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