Interchangeable Push Plate Switch Assembly for Button Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrical switches require the entire switch box to be replaced when changing actuation buttons, leading to increased production and user costs due to unique associated mechanisms for each button type.
Innovation Solution
A multipurpose electrical switch with a T-shaped actuation rocker arm and interchangeable push plates, allowing for aesthetic and functional modifications without replacing the entire switch box, using snap-fitted fixing means for standard and lever plates, and accommodating a third type of button with a coupling panel, reducing production costs and user expenses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different button types are used for aesthetic variation, then aesthetic versatility is improved, but device complexity increases because each button requires its own associated mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single base box with a universal actuation mechanism that can accommodate multiple types of actuation buttons (push buttons, lever buttons, rotary buttons) through interchangeable actuation transmission units. This allows aesthetic versatility while maintaining a consistent underlying mechanism, resolving the contradiction between aesthetic variation and mechanism complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the switch into distinct functional modules: a base box containing the core mechanism, and interchangeable actuation transmission units that connect different button types to the base box. This segmentation allows independent design and replacement of button aesthetics without affecting the core mechanism, thereby improving aesthetic versatility while controlling device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the entire switch box is replaced to change button types, then adaptability is improved, but loss of substance increases due to waste of the original switch box
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the switch system into a reusable base box and replaceable actuation transmission units. This allows users to change button types by replacing only the transmission unit rather than the entire switch box, thereby improving adaptability while minimizing material waste from discarded components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables recovery and reuse of the base box when changing button types. Instead of discarding the entire switch box, only the actuation transmission unit is replaced, allowing the base box to be recovered and reused with different transmission units, thus reducing material waste while maintaining adaptability.
3Ease of manufacture
If different mechanisms are designed for each button type, then ease of manufacture is improved for each specific button, but productivity decreases due to increased production costs and inventory complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a universal base box and standardized connection interfaces that work with multiple button types. This reduces production complexity by eliminating the need to manufacture entirely different mechanisms for each button type, thereby improving productivity while maintaining ease of manufacture for specific button variants.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the manufacturing process into standardized base box production and specialized actuation transmission unit production. This allows mass production of the common base box components (improving productivity) while still enabling customized button manufacturing (maintaining ease of manufacture for specific buttons).
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a multipurpose electrical switch with a T-shaped actuation rocker arm (1) assembled in a base box (2) in a swiveling manner between positions for the connection and disconnection of the switch, said base box (2) being assembled on a frame (3) that can be fixed to the wall, and comprising a push plate (4, 5) that can be fixed to said actuation rocker arm (1), wherein the actuation rocker arm (1) comprises first fixing means for the detachable fixing of a first standard actuation push plate (4), and second fixing means for the detachable fixing of a second actuation push plate (5) for actuation by means of a lever.