Patent ID: 7728237
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A multifunctional switch and impulse generator assembly, comprising: a base part enclosing an electrical pulse generator; an upper part that is rotatable in relation to the base part with an actuation knob, the electrical pulse generator being adapted to provide electrical pulses on one or more externally accessible terminals in response to clockwise and/or counterclockwise rotary motion of the actuation knob; and a slide switch operable by horizontal movement of the actuation knob relative to the base part between a first state, wherein a first and a second switch terminal are electrically interconnected, and a second state, wherein the first and the second switch terminal are electrically isolated, wherein the upper part comprises a cavity opening facing the base part and having an internal surface, and wherein the base part comprises a rotatable member in operative engagement with the internal surface, whereby the pulse generator is adapted to provide electrical pulses in response to clockwise and/or clockwise rotation of the rotatable member, in one of the first and second states of the slide switch and disengaged in the other of the first and second states of the slide switch.