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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2012
Charles Bindics, Northampton, PA (US);
William Ayala, Iii, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Geoffrey Reed, East Stroudsburg, PA (US);
Charles Bindics, Northampton, PA (US);
William Ayala, III, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Geoffrey Reed, East Stroudsburg, PA (US);
Thomas & Betts International, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A status indicator includes a display disc with a pin located within a central portion if the display disc, a first colored section, and a second colored section. The status indicator also includes a lens unit with an opaque section and a non-opaque section to alternately reveal the first colored section or the second colored section such that either the first or the second colored section is visible from any angle within a hemisphere below the status indicator. The status indicator also includes an indicator cam configured to receive a linear force initiated by an actuator component and to translate the linear force to a rotational force on the pin. The rotational force causes the display disc to rotate from a first position to a second position that aligns the second colored section with the non-opaque section.