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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2008
Yun Wu, Oakdale Gardens, NY (US);
Alfred J. Lombardi, Syosset, NY (US);
Cheng-lung Chou, Great Neck, NY (US);
Azer Ilkhanov, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Yun Wu, Oakdale Gardens, NY (US);
Alfred J. Lombardi, Syosset, NY (US);
Cheng-Lung Chou, Great Neck, NY (US);
Azer Ilkhanov, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
A switching device includes a paddle actuator biased to a rest position and configured to pivot relative to a housing to a depressed position to engage an air-gap switch disposed within the housing. The air-gap switch is configured to change a first state of a load connected to the switching device upon engagement by the paddle actuator. The paddle actuator is defined by a pair of opposing long sides and a pair of opposing short sides and has at least one slot defined therein parallel to the pair of opposing short sides thereof and centrally disposed between the pair of opposing long sides thereof. A rocker actuator is disposed in the at least one slot defined in the paddle actuator and is configured to pivot relative thereto to engage at least one switch. The at least one switch is configured to change a second state of the load connected to the switching device upon engagement by the rocker actuator.