Patent ID: 6259351
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H01C,H05B

Abstract:
An electrical lighting dimmer device, comprising:a slide potentiometer;a link actuator operably connected to the slide potentiometer and including a pin;a lever arm comprising a pivot point, a longitudinal aperture in a lower portion of the lever arm below the pivot point in which the link actuator pin is received, and a toggle switch connected to an upper portion of the lever arm above the pivot point;wherein arcuate movement of the toggle switch translated to linear movement of the link actuator;wherein the slide potentiometer is mounted on a circuit board;a back body and a front cover engageable with the back body;the back body and the front cover enclosing a space in which the circuit board and slide potentiometer are contained;wherein the front cover includes an aperture through which the lever arm extends;wherein the circuit board has a major planar surface and the back body has a back surface, the planar surface of the circuit board being essentially parallel to the back surface of the back body, and the circuit board planar surface includes an aperture through which the lever arm extends.