Electrical control device
First Claim
1. An electrical device comprising:
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b) at least one button;
c) at least one support board having a frame;
d) at least one spring board formed as a leaf spring having a first free end and a second end formed integral with said support board;
e) at least one light coupled to said at least one button; and
f) a circuit board wherein said at least one support board has a plurality of legs for spacing said at least one support board away from said at least one circuit board;
wherein said at least one button is coupled to said at least one support board, and wherein said at least one button is biased in a first position by said at least one spring board.
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Abstract
An electrical device is disclosed for use in a wall box having a series of buttons that can either be rocker buttons or push buttons. These buttons can be supported by springboards formed integral with a support board. The springboards are for biasing the series of buttons. Much of the device is housed within a housing formed at a first end by a body and a second end by a strap coupled to the housing. The strap extends beyond the body, wherein this strap can be used to dissipate heat from the device. Inside of the housing can be at least one circuit board which has switches, which can be used to receive instructions from a plurality of buttons. In one embodiment, a plurality of light pipes are adapted so that they are housed at least partially inside of these buttons. At least one portion of the light pipe can be formed as a shaft and adapted to extend out from this housing and down to a light emitter disposed on the circuit board. In at least one embodiment, this light pipe can also include at least one actuator which is used to contact an associated springboard when a button is acted on. This movement causes the springboard to contact an actuator on a TAC switch which then results in an associated set of instructions being sent to the circuit board.
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25 Claims
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1. An electrical device comprising:
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a) a housing; b) at least one button; c) at least one support board having a frame; d) at least one spring board formed as a leaf spring having a first free end and a second end formed integral with said support board; e) at least one light coupled to said at least one button; and f) a circuit board wherein said at least one support board has a plurality of legs for spacing said at least one support board away from said at least one circuit board; wherein said at least one button is coupled to said at least one support board, and wherein said at least one button is biased in a first position by said at least one spring board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electrical control device comprising:
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a) a housing; b) a plurality of switches coupled to said housing, wherein at least one switch of said plurality of switches is a rocker switch; c) at least one support board disposed in said housing; d) at least one spring board disposed in said housing and formed as a leaf spring having a first if free end and a second end formed integral with said at least one support board, wherein said at least one spring board is configured to support at least one of said plurality of rocker switches; e) at least one light coupled to said rocker switch; and f) a circuit board wherein said at least one support board has a plurality of legs for spacing said at least one support board away from said at least one circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An electrical device comprising:
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a) a housing; b) at least one button; c) at least one support board having a frame and a plurality of legs; d) at least one spring board formed integral with said support board; e) at least one light coupled to said at least one button; and f) at least one circuit board, wherein said plurality of legs on said at least one support board are configured for spacing said at least one support board away from said at least one circuit board; wherein said at least one button is coupled to said at least one support board, and wherein said at least one button is biased in a first position by said at least one spring board.
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Specification