Patent ID: 6489724
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01H,H05B,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A dimmer switch assembly comprising:a housing; a dimmer adjusting element mounted on the housing and having a movable portion for movement in first and second directions inside the housing; a triggering device coupled to the movable portion of the dimmer adjusting element; first and second detectors spaced from one another, the triggering device being interposed between the detectors such that movement of the triggering device in the first direction activates the first detector when the dimmer adjusting element is moved in the first direction, and movement of the triggering device in the second direction activates the second detector when the dimmer adjusting element is moved in the second direction, the detectors having signals associated respectively therewith; and a dimmer control circuit having as inputs the signals from the first and the second detectors for decreasing an output signal when the first detector is activated, and to increase the output signal when the second detector is activated.