Patent ID: 7780325

Claim:
A luminous turning button for an electric circuit, comprising: a handle mounted to pivot about an axis to actuate at least one electric switch unit and that is illuminated by a light source substantially disposed along the axis, the handle including a cap, the cap including a disk portion and a gripping tab portion that protrudes in a diametric plane and delimits a hollow internal space; an integrated mechanical base made of opaque material and covered by the handle; a light diffuser element housed in the handle and that extends into the hollow space of the cap, and that conducts the light originating from the light source from beneath the integrated mechanical to the hollow internal space of the cap; wherein the cap is made of translucent or transparent material capable of allowing light to travel to the outside, wherein the cap forms a monoblock assembly with its disk portion and its gripping tab portion, and the disk portion of the cap covers the integrated mechanical base, and wherein the integrated mechanical base includes an angular position display pointer made of the same material and molded as part of the integrated mechanical base, the angular position display pointer extending into the gripping tab portion of the cap.