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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Slovak, San Antonio, TX (US);
Raymond T Griffin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven R Carson, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lightolier, Inc., Secaucus, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H02G / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 174 66 ;
Abstract
A slide-type switch for controlling electrical output to a light or motor. The switch includes a printed circuit board having a sliding variable resistor mounted thereon. When the variable resistor is adjusted for minimum current flow, the slide on the variable resistor comes into contact with an actuator arm also mounted on the printed circuit board. The actuator arm then becomes detached from a butt contact, breaking the circuit. A novel knob arrangement is also disclosed for use with standard all face plates.