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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Renu, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Sean Burke, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Brian Reeves, Hamilton, CA;
Charles Edward Becze, Oakville, CA;
Yong Miao, Mississauga, CA;
Sanjiv Sirpal, Oakville, CA;
David Hull, Seattle, WA (US);
David Taylor, Brampton, CA;
Paul Edward Reeves, Oakville, CA;
Guli Meng, Mississauga, CA;
David Reeves, Burlington, CA;
Mike Uhl, Seattle, WA (US);
ONX, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Abstract
A digital signaling device provides visual, audible, and haptic indicators when the digital signaling device changes state. The digital signaling device has a same operational feel and response as a classic electro-mechanical decorator-style light switch, including maintaining switch paddle position, using attractive magnetic latching in combination with a spring contact. The switch paddle can be pressed into one of two positions, each position representing a different state of the digital signaling device. The switch paddle provides a visual indicator of the digital signaling device state in that the switch paddle is maintained in one of the two positions. The attractive magnetic latching provides both an audible and haptic indicator when the magnet pairs are engaged, which corresponds to a change of state of the digital signaling device. The spring contact provides a digital switching mechanism for changing the state of the digital signaling device.