Patent ID: 11967477
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A programmable pushbutton breaker switch, comprising:
a) a housing having a top end, a bottom end, and an interior;
b) a pushbutton positioned in the interior at the top end of the housing;
c) an integrated LED circuit board connected to a plurality of amperage indicating light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on a support structure in the interior of the housing and below the pushbutton;
d) a plurality of breaker circuits on an integrated breaker circuit board in the interior of the housing mounted on the support structure;
e) a plurality of LED light pipes in an interior of the pushbutton; and
f) each of the LEDs being associated with a specific breaker circuit and with a specific light pipe, wherein the plurality of light pipes and the pushbutton are constructed so that light from a specific LED passes through a specific LED light pipe and produces an indicator light on the top of the pushbutton, the indicator light identifying an amperage amount, shown on the top of the pushbutton, of a specific breaker circuit,
wherein a single push of the pushbutton places the programmable pushbutton breaker switch into a programming mode,
wherein pushing and holding and then releasing the pushbutton identifies, with an indicator light on the top of the pushbutton, a breaker amperage amount currently set in the programmable pushbutton breaker switch,
wherein single pushes of the pushbutton allow selections of breaker amperage amounts, from a plurality of amperage amounts, identified by an indicator light on the top of the pushbutton, wherein pushing and holding the pushbutton and releasing the pushbutton then sets and stores a selected breaker amperage,
wherein a single push of the pushbutton then returns the programmable pushbutton breaker switch to an operable mode, and
wherein the light pipes are held in a light pipe mounting member positioned in an interior of the pushbutton, the light pipe mounting member having a plurality of evenly spaced apart channels for holding the light pipes and having a hollow interior for allowing transmission of background light from a background LED mounted on the integrated LED circuit board.