H01H9/181

Keypad having illuminated buttons

A control device for controlling power delivered to an electrical load may illuminate an area around a button of the control device, such as a gap formed between the button and an opening of a faceplate of the control device. The control device may illuminate the gap to provide a nightlight feature, to provide feedback (e.g., a status of the electrical load), and/or to indicate a selected preset. The button may have a cap portion that may be actuated by a user and a diffuser portion that may contact a rear surface of the cap portion and may conduct light emitted by an internal light source to illuminate the gap around the button.

A CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS THEREFOR
20210339631 · 2021-11-04 ·

The present invention relates to a control system and components therefor, the invention has particular application in adjusting the brake bias in a vehicle. The control system of the present invention may provide greater usability than existing brake bias control systems due to features such as allowing a display screen to be seen at a glance and the ability to zero the count shown on the display.

CIRCUIT BREAKER, REMOVABLE DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC TRIP UNIT FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER
20230326699 · 2023-10-12 ·

The invention relates to a circuit breaker for a low-voltage circuit having input and output terminals for conductors of the low-voltage circuit. Within the circuit breaker, the low-voltage circuit can be interrupted or closed. The circuit breaker also has a current sensor which determines the level of the electrical current in the low-voltage circuit and is connected to an electronic trigger unit which has a display for displaying information and interrupts the low-voltage circuit if current limit values or current-time limit values are exceeded. The display is designed to be removable.

Keypad having illuminated buttons

A control device for controlling power delivered to an electrical load may illuminate an area around a button of the control device, such as a gap formed between the button and an opening of a faceplate of the control device. The control device may illuminate the gap to provide a nightlight feature, to provide feedback (e.g., a status of the electrical load), and/or to indicate a selected preset. The button may have a cap portion that may be actuated by a user and a diffuser portion that may contact a rear surface of the cap portion and may conduct light emitted by an internal light source to illuminate the gap around the button.

Cooking apparatus, method of controlling the cooking apparatus, and knob of cooking apparatus

The present disclosure relates to a cooking apparatus, a method of controlling the cooking apparatus, and a knob of the cooking apparatus. An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a display on a knob for setting a function of a cooking apparatus and to display status information of the cooking apparatus through the display of the knob, so that a user can easily and conveniently check the status information of the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a knob comprising a fixing member fixed to a main body of the cooking apparatus, a rotating member supported by the fixing member and rotatably installed on the main body, and a display provided on the fixing member to display status information of the cooking apparatus; and a controller configured to transmit the status information of the cooking apparatus displayed on the display through a wireless communication network.

Push switch and motor vehicle having a push switch
11551882 · 2023-01-10 · ·

A push switch and a motor vehicle in which such a push switch is used. The push switch has a push cap, a baseplate, a switch element which is actuatable by the push cap, a first lever, and a second lever. The first lever and the second lever are mounted rotatably on the baseplate by means of bearing blocks and are each connected movably to the push cap at a first lever end. At a second lever end, the first lever and the second lever are connected movably to one another. The first lever and the second lever are designed such that they form mass compensation for the push cap.

CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRAL REFLECTING STRUCTURE FOR A SENSING CIRCUIT

A wall-mounted keypad may include a light detector circuit located inside the keypad that is configured to measure an ambient light level in a space. The light detector circuit may receive ambient light through an aperture that is hidden from view by the keypad. The keypad may include a reflector for directing ambient light onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include an enclosure that houses the light detector circuit. The enclosure may define a recess that exposes at least a portion of the light detector circuit. The enclosure may include a reflector that may focus ambient light received through the aperture onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include a control circuit that may be configured to illuminate the indicia of respective buttons of the control device in response to actuations of the one or more buttons, in accordance with the measured ambient light level.

Intelligent lighting control system multi-way-detection apparatuses, systems, and methods

The present disclosure provides intelligent lighting control systems.

Faceplates of switching devices having programmable functionality markings and methods of using the same
11275450 · 2022-03-15 · ·

Present disclosure relates to a faceplate having programmable functionality markings for a switching device. The faceplate includes a functionality marking programmer, a functionality marking input interface, a functionality marking display and a circuit board. A user uses functionality marking programmer to designate switching device to a specific functionality with a corresponding functionality marking. The circuit board includes a control module. The control module includes a processor and a non-volatile memory storing an operating system and computer executable instructions, when executed at processor, computer executable instructions cause processor to: receive, from user through functionality marking input interface, functionality marking programming instructions, designate, by a functionality marking programmer, one of a set of functionality markings to the switching device according to the functionality marking programming instructions received from the functionality marking input interface, and display, by the functionality marking display on the faceplate, the programmed functionality marking of the switching device.

Detachable screen key structure
11289287 · 2022-03-29 ·

A detachable screen key structure mainly includes a key body having a hollow portion, key butting element and screen carrying element, where a key signal connecter is configured in the hollow portion, the screen carrying element is configured with a display element and a key cap is configured on the display element, and the display element is configured with a display butting element adapted to dock the key butting element. Whereby, a user can accommodate the key signal connecter for signal transmission inside the hollow portion so as to increase use beautification. Furthermore, since the display will be connected to the key butting element through the display butting element, the user is allowed to carry out the removal and replacement by themselves, which can increase use convenience.