Patent ID: 6815625
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A power control switch unit for controlling an amount of power delivered to a load, the switch unit having a bottom housing, comprising:(a) a cover frame mounted over the bottom housing; (b) a push-button type actuator switch plate mounted for movement in the cover frame, wherein the actuator switch plate has one longitudinal side mounted on a switch hinge axis to a stationary portion of the cover frame, and an opposing side therefrom that is hingedly movable against a spring force for movement by user actuation thereof; (c) a light indicator display for visually indicating a power level to be delivered to the load, wherein said light indicator display includes an array of openings or lenses formed in the actuator switch plate for terminating a series of light pipes optically connecting a plurality of LEDs on a control circuit board positioned in the bottom housing, and said array of openings or lenses are positioned on the one longitudinal side of the actuator switch plate and aligned with the switch hinge axis, in order to minimize displacement of the light pipe ends from the LEDs on the control circuit board when the actuator switch plate is actuated.