Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Switching systems
Patent
1995-02-10
1997-06-10
Krishnan, Aditya
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Switching systems
307125, H01H 4700
Patent
active
056379307
ABSTRACT:
A wall-mountable system for controlling electrical power to a load includes a switch and a dimmer, with the switch actuator being substantially larger than the dimmer actuator. Preferably, the switch is a short-throw, light-force switch and the dimmer is a linear slide dimmer. Another embodiment of the invention provides a wallbox-mountable, pushbutton-actuated electrical control device in which the pushbutton is resiliently supported on the device support.
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D'Aleo Michael J.
Graybill James R.
Jacobs Russell J.
Rowen Michael J.
Spira Joel S.
Krishnan Aditya
Lutron Electronics Co. Inc.
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