Appeal No. 2005-0637
Application No. 10/117,958
mounted on the top wall of the housing with first and second
lower parts of the rocker passing through the diaphragm.
Claim 15 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
15. A switch that includes a housing having side walls
and a top wall, said top wall having an aperture, first and
second electrical switch units mounted in the housing in
said aperture, each switch unit having a depressable part
that can be depressed to operate the switch, a rocker
assembly which is pivotally mounted on said housing to pivot
clockwise and counterclockwise about a horizontal axis from
a neutral position, said axis lying on a vertical plane, and
said rocker including an upper part lying above said
housing, wherein:
said rocker assembly has a lower portion with first and
second lower parts that lie on horizontally opposite sides
of said vertical plane and closely above said depressable
parts of said first and second switch units, respectively,
so when said rocker assembly pivots clockwise and
counterclockwise about said axis from said neutral position,
said lower parts move primarily vertically to depress the
depressable parts of said first and second switch units,
respectively;
an elastomeric diaphragm mounted on said housing top
wall and extending across said aperture therein and
substantially sealing said aperture;
said lower parts of said rocker assembly each extends
through and below said diaphragm and each of said lower
parts lies in constant substantial engagement with one of
said depressable parts of said switch units to depress it or
allow it to move up.
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