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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Paul G. Schwendinger, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Jason L. Ableitner, Hopkins, MN (US);
James Gray, Carluke, GB;
Tim M. Redmann, Carver, MN (US);
Paul G. Schwendinger, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Jason L. Ableitner, Hopkins, MN (US);
James Gray, Carluke, GB;
Tim M. Redmann, Carver, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A thermostat having a thermostat housing and a rotatable selector disposed on the thermostat housing. The rotatable selector adapted to have a range of rotatable positions, where a desired parameter value is identified by the position of the rotatable selector along the range of rotatable positions. The rotatable selector rotates about a rotation axis. A non-rotating member or element, which may at least partially overlap the rotatable selector, may be fixed relative to the thermostat housing via one or more support member(s). The one or more support member(s) may be laterally displaced relative to the rotation axis of the rotatable selector. The non-rotatable member or element may include, for example, a display, a button, an indicator light, a noise making device, a logo, a temperature indicator, and/or any other suitable device or component, as desired.