FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates a switching mechanism, particularly, an Internet of Things (IOT) based smart modular switching system. The present invention also discloses a smart modular switch and a method for performing pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate in a smart modular switch.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The challenges of many limitations of smart switches have made the development of the Smart modular switch. Home automation means the devices in a home that is connected to the internet & can be controlled remotely through a mobile phone application. This is a combination of hardware & software technologies that refers to the automatic and electronic control of household features with certain devices (actuators and sensors) to achieve safety, security, energy efficiency and convenience.

The global smart home automation market size was valued at USD 87.7 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 11.6% during the forecast period. The size is expected to reach USD 130.0 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc.

There are different types of Smart switching systems & methods in the market. They are Module insert switch, smart switch, touch switch. But they have some limitations as all of them are based on Triac & Relay circuit. The relay has a dependency issue with the normal Electrical switch. Relay has a certain life cycle. It also consumed electricity to keep the connected device on. If any electrical failure happened in relay power circuit the device cannot be operated manually.

Also, in different type of load condition (inductive, capacitive & resistive) the protection of triac circuit (snubber circuit) cannot work properly. So, the chances of the failure of triac are very high.
The limitations of the smart switches (mobile application-based operation) are as below:
i) Relay based system has a dependency issue with the normal Electrical switch (for parallel & series connection) for insert module.
ii) If this dependency is solved by replacing main voltage by low voltage (5v or 3.3v), then any problem happened in the triac or relay circuit. The switch cannot be operated by manually.
iii) For touch-based switch the same problem occurred with triac & relay. The protection of triac circuit (snubber circuit) cannot work properly in different load condition (resistive load, capacitive load & inductive load) & relay has a certain operation life. It also consumed electricity to keep the connected device on.
iv) The smart switch, module insert switch & touch panel switch also consist of either relay or triac with the above issue.

To overcome all the above issues, this smart modular switch is designed. It is completely independent single system device which has no triac & relay for switching the connected device. It is more energy efficient than a relay & triac based system & its reliability is much higher.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:

An object of the present invention is to provide a system & a method that will make switching system simple, efficient, relay and triac free.
Another object of the invention is to provide a system & a method that will make the switching system effortless & affordable.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide such a switching system for the Smart home that will require no prior inspection and can be installed by any Electrician.
Still another object of the invention is to provide such a system and a method that will achieve high quality smart modular switching system along with a high level of reliability in all faulty conditions. The system and method should be adaptable to existing modular switchboard.
Even another object of the invention is to provide such a system and a method that will achieve long distance communication. For this, wireless communication protocol is used in each switch of the system and method.
Further another object of the invention is to provide such a system and a method where every switch is independent to each other.
Besides another object of the invention is to provide such a system and a method in which actual physical status of the switching mechanism is always in exact sync with mobile app device status.
Another object of the invention is to provide such a system and a method that will compatible with any voice assistant.
Another object of the invention is to provide a best in class security system. This system has its own MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) server along with inbuilt 256 bits AES encryption.
Another object of the invention is to provide such a system and a method that will provide energy consumption, monitoring & control of every device as the switching system has current sensor in each and every device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to the present invention, a hardware design consists of a unique switching mechanism that has micro linear actuator & main control unit. The micro linear actuator consists of a micro bipolar stepper motor, a two-stage micro planetary metal gear box & a micro lead screw with a metal linear guide. The MCU consists of a wireless communication device, micro controller, stepper motor driver, current sensor, phase detection system. It has its own built in power supply. This MCU is wirelessly connected to the Gateway/ Hub. The Hub/ Gateway is connected to the mobile app through cloud server via internet. When someone tries to switch on the device from the app, it gives a signal through internet via cloud server to the Gateway/ Hub then Hub process the signal & send it to the switch. After that switch receive the signal & control the motor through motor driver. The motor rotates clockwise/ anti clockwise in order to move the switching plate forward/ backward. In this way switch on/ off takes place via mobile app.
When anyone tries to operate the switch manually, the linear actuator does not interrupt. The phase detection module gets activated/ deactivated during the switch on/ off process. Microcontroller detects it and sends the signal to the hub through wireless module. After that the hub sends the data to the mobile application via internet.
The inbuilt Current sensor of the switch measures the current consumption of the device & microcontroller sends the data to the mobile application via hub & cloud server.
With all these methods the integrated smart modular switch has been designed to perform robustly & overcome the current limitation (in smart switches).
An embodiment of the present invention discloses an Internet of Things (IOT) based smart modular switching system. The system comprises one or more user devices for providing one or more instructions, one or more servers connected to the one or more user devices for receiving the one or more instructions, and a smart modular switch (101) connected with the cloud server (905) for performing one or more switching actions based on the instructions received from the cloud server (905), wherein the smart modular switch (101) comprises a micro linear actuator (309) system adapted to perform pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker (302) plate.
According to an embodiment, the micro linear actuator (309) system comprises a micro bipolar stepper motor (501) with four electrical terminals and a shaft, a two-stage metal planetary gearbox (505) adapted to connect with the micro bipolar stepper motor (501) through a shaft for providing a predefined torque for an actuator movement by reducing motor revolutions per minute (rpm), a main frame (503), which is a U type metal bracket, adapted to have the planetary gearbox (505) in one side and a micro mini ball bearing on other side, a low pitch lead screw (504) connected to an output end of the shaft and the micro mini ball bearing, a micro linear guide (506) connected with the main frame (503), and a threaded plastic nut (502) with metal cover connected with the low pitch lead screw (504), wherein the bipolar stepper motor (501) rotates clockwise or anticlockwise direction and drives the gear box (505), the gear box (505) drives the lead screw (504) with a higher torque but in low rpm, the plastic nut (502) moves back and forth with the direction of the rotation of lead screw (504), and the plastic nut with a metal cover is responsible for pushing & pulling mechanism of the inner rocker plate (302) of smart modular switch.
According to another embodiment, the rocker plate (302), having two holes, is adapted to connect with a metal hook of the plastic threaded nut (502) of the micro linear metal actuator (309) using a sliding metal clip (701), and the metal clip (701) is attached with the two holes (601) on the rocker plate (302) in such a way that the parallel leg of the clip (701) slides into the holes (601) of inner rocker plate (302), wherein the metal clip (701) provides the flexibility to move the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch when manually operated, wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to move its slider in the forward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) and push the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch in the forward direction, thereby enabling switching off the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely, wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to pull the slider in backward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) also pull the metal clip (701), and the metal clip (701) pull the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch by the two holes (601), thereby enabling switching on the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely.

According to yet another embodiment, a microcontroller (MCU) (804) is adapted to generate a signal to control the back & fourth movement of the micro linear actuator (309) system with the help of a motor driver (805) based on a received wireless signal from the cloud server (905), and a Switch mode power Supply (SMPS) (803) adapted to convert the mains power AC (230V/110V) to DC 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU and the micro linear actuator (309) through the motor driver (805).

Another embodiment of the present invention discloses a smart modular switch (101) having a micro linear actuator (309) system for performing pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate (302), wherein the micro linear actuator (309) system comprises a micro bipolar stepper motor (501) with four electrical terminals and a shaft, a two-stage metal planetary gearbox (505) adapted to connect with the micro bipolar stepper motor (501) through a shaft for providing a predefined torque for an actuator movement by reducing motor revolutions per minute (rpm), a main frame (503), which is a U type metal bracket, adapted to have the planetary gearbox in one side and a micro mini ball bearing on other side, a low pitch lead screw (504) connected to an output end of the shaft and the micro mini ball bearing, a micro linear guide (506) connected with the main frame (503); and a threaded plastic nut (502) with metal cover connected with the low pitch lead screw (504).

According to an embodiment, the bipolar stepper motor (501) rotates clockwise or anticlockwise direction and drives the gear box (505), the gear box (505) drives the lead screw (504) with a higher torque but in low rpm, the plastic nut (502) moves back and forth with the direction of the rotation of lead screw (504), and the plastic nut (502) with a metal cover is responsible for pushing & pulling mechanism of the inner rocker plate (302) of smart modular switch (101).
According to another embodiment, the rocker plate (302), having two holes, adapted to connect with a metal hook of the plastic threaded nut (502) of the micro linear metal actuator (309) using a sliding metal clip (701), the metal clip (701) is attached with the two holes (601) on the rocker plate (302) in such a way that the parallel leg of the clip (701) slides into the holes (601) of inner rocker plate (302), wherein the metal clip (701) provides the flexibility to move the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch when manually operated.
wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to move its slider in the forward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) and push the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch in the forward direction, thereby enabling switching off the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely, wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to pull the slider in backward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) also pull the metal clip (701), and the metal clip (701) pull the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch by the two holes (601), thereby enabling switching on the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely.

According to yet another embodiment, a microcontroller (MCU) (804) adapted to generate a signal to control the back & fourth movement of the micro linear actuator (309) system with the help of a motor driver (805) based on a received wireless signal from the cloud server (905); and a Switch mode power Supply (SMPS) (803) adapted to convert the mains power AC (230V/110V) to DC 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU and the micro linear actuator (309) through the motor driver (805).

Further embodiment of the present invention a method for performing pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate (302) in a smart modular switch (101), the method comprising sending, by one or more user devices, one or more instruction to one or more servers, providing, by one or more servers, the one or more received instruction to a microcontroller (804) in the smart modular switch (101), processing, by the microcontroller (804), the one or more received instruction, performing one or more switching actions based on the instructions received from the microcontroller (804), wherein the smart modular switch (101) comprises a micro linear actuator (309) system adapted to perform pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate (302).

According to an embodiment, the method further comprising generating a signal, by a microcontroller (MCU) (804), to control the back & fourth movement of the micro linear actuator (309) system with the help of a motor driver (805) based on a received wireless signal from the cloud server (905); and converting, by a switch mode power Supply (SMPS), mains power AC (230V/110V) to DC 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU and the micro linear actuator (309) through the motor driver (805).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals identify like elements, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top view & isometric view of first embodiment of the switching system in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a front view & right-side view of second embodiment of the switching system in accordance with the invention.

Figure 3 is a detailed cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A showing the switching mechanism of switching system.

Figure 4 is a detailed cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B showing the switching mechanism of switching system.

Figure 5 is a top view, isometric view, front view & right-side view of the micro linear actuator system.

Figure 6 is a top view & side view of inner rocker plate.

Figure 7 is a front view & right-side view of inner rocker plate with sliding metal clip.

Although specific features of the present invention are shown in some drawings and not in others, this is done for convenience only as each feature may be combined with any or all of the other features in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANIG DRAWINGS

In the following description of the embodiments of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims.

The specification may refer to “an”, “one” or “some” embodiment(s) in several locations. This does not necessarily imply that each such reference is to the same embodiment(s), or that the feature only applies to a single embodiment. Single features of different embodiments may also be combined to provide other embodiments.

As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “includes”, “comprises”, “including” and/or “comprising” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations and arrangements of one or more of the associated listed items.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein the same reference characters refer to the same or similar elements, Figure 1 is a top view & isometric view & Figure 2 is a front view & right side view of an exemplifying embodiment of a hybrid modular switching system in accordance with the invention, some details of which are omitted for the sake of simplicity and clarity.

The smart modular switch system is shown in combination of regular modular switch with linear actuation mechanism. The Figure 1 shows the high-quality plastic (flame retardant) body of the hybrid smart modular switch. It can insert into modular plates with its two plastic locks. It looks like a regular modular switch. The back portion of the smart modular switch is relatively longer in the size of regular modular switch. It has no screw terminal attached with the back portion. Instead of that it has three wires coming out of the switch. They are live, neutral, device.

The Figure 2 shows the front & right-side view of the smart modular switch. The front view shows that how it looks & appears in front of the switchboard. The right-side view shows how much space is relatively required to fit it into the switchboard. Though it is relatively bigger in size but it can fit into the regular GI box of conceal wiring.

In the A-A cross sectional view of Figure 3 is showing the internal component arrangement of smart modular switch. The front Face Plate 301 is a high-quality plastic component with smooth surface in the front side & four locks in the other inner side. The locks are engaged with inner rocker plate 302. The front face plate 301 is manually toggled by the human like a regular switch. The inner rocker plate 302 has also four locks on its top side and a cylindrical hole in the back side. The four locks are engaged with the front face plate 301 & the hole of the other side contains a metal spring 3010 which can contract and expand with toggling of the switch. A conical shape plastic cylinder 305 presses & releases the spring & helps the spring to hold its position in the hole of the inner rocker plate 302. The conical shape plastic cylinder 305 also provides electrical insulation from high voltage to human interacted face plate 301. There is a seesaw like metal component 306 with a copper rebate on its one side. This metal component 306 does its seesaw movement on a V shape groove of the brass component 308. The brass rebate which is situated on the metal component 306 is used as a contactor with other brass rebate on the metal component 307. The seesaw like metal component 306 is actually does it seesaw movement to connect & disconnect the live wire and device wire mechanically. The brass component 308 is square in shape and it has a v shape groove which act as a fulcrum of the seesaw like metal component 306. The other brass metal component 307 has a hole containing a brass rebate in the middle of its square shape. A linear actuator 309 is placed in the slot of a rectangular section in the plastic body 304. There are two circular slots 3011 & 3012 to provide the electrical connection to the brass component 307 & 308. The main plastic enclosure 304 provides the slots & holes of most of the plastic, metal & electrical component of smart modular switch. A push fit plastic lid is attached with the main plastic enclosure 304 with four locks 3014. The plastic lid provides the cover of the electrical circuit in a smart modular switch. The chamber 3013 of the main plastic enclosure 304 provides the necessary space of the fitment of two-layer PCB (consisting MCU & wireless communication module & current sensor) & a small isolated SMPS. This electrical circuits are necessary for the remote operation of the switch & it is done by the mini linear metal actuator 309.
In the A-A cross sectional view of Figure 4 is showing all the similar parts 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 3010 from the other direction which are described above.

Figure 5 is a top view, isometric view, front view & right-side view of the micro linear actuator system. The micro linear metal actuator does the pull & push action to the inner rocker plate 302 with the help of sliding metal clip. The micro linear actuator 309 consists of various segment. At first it has a micro bipolar stepper motor 501 with four electrical terminals and a shaft. The shaft is connected with a two-stage metal planetary gearbox 505. This gear box provides necessary torque for the actuator movement by reducing motor rpm. The main frame 503 is a U type metal bracket which consists the planetary gear box in one side and micro mini ball bearing on other side. A low pitch lead screw 504 is attached with the gear output shaft and the micro mini ball bearing. A micro linear guide 506 is also attached with the frame 503. A threaded plastic nut 502 with metal cover is attached with the lead screw 504.

When the bipolar stepper motor 501 rotates clockwise/ anticlockwise direction it drives the gear box 505. The gear box 505 drives the lead screw 504 with a higher torque but in low rpm. Then the plastic nut 502 moves back and forth with the direction of the rotation of lead screw 504. And this plastic nut with a metal cover is responsible for pushing & pulling mechanism of the inner rocker plate 302 of smart modular switch.

Figure 6 is a top view & side view of inner rocker plate 302. The highlight of this FIG 6 is the two hole 601 are used to attach the micro linear actuator with the inner rocker plate 302.

Figure 7 is a front view & right-side view of rocker plate with sliding metal clip. This metal clip 701 is used to connect the two holes 601 of the inner rocker plate 302 with the metal hook of the plastic threaded nut of micro linear metal actuator. The metal clip 701 is attached with the two holes 601 with the inner rocker plate 302 in such a way that the parallel leg of the clip 701 can slide into the holes 601 of inner rocker plate 302. This metal clip 701 provides the flexibility to move the inner rocker plate 302 of the switch when manually operated.

When the micro linear actuator moves its slider in the forward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut 502 push the inner rocker plate 302 of the switch in the forward direction. This is how the switch off takes place in remote operation. On the other hand, when the micro linear actuator pulls the slider in backward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut 502 also pull the metal clip 701. And the metal clip 701 pull the inner rocker plate 302 of the switch by the two holes 601 (where the metal clip 701 is attached). This is how the switch ON/OFF takes place.
In plastic enclosure 304 the MCU & the SMPS is situated in the chamber 3013. SMPS converts the mains power (230V/110V) to 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU & the micro linear actuator through a motor driver. And the MCU generates the necessary signal to control the linear actuator back & fourth with the help of motor driver based on the received wireless signal from the hub on the RF trans receiver.

Figure 8 is a block diagram of the Electrical circuit of the Smart Switch which is used for the remote operation. There are nine blocks. At first there is a SMPS (Switch mode power Supply) 803 which has input voltage capacity from AC 110v to 230v and output voltage DC 5v with 600 mA current delivery capacity. A 3.3v voltage regulator 806 is used to drop the voltage into 3.3v, to power the wireless communication module 807. The wireless communication module 807 communicates with the microcontroller (MCU) 804 with SPI communication bus. It has an external antenna for wireless communication. The microcontroller 804 communicates with the current sensor 802 with an analog channel (ADC) & gets an analog value relative to the current uses of the connected device. The current sensor 802 is a hall effect-based sensor. The microcontroller 804 communicates with the octo coupler 801 with a digital channel to know the current status of the smart modular switch. The microcontroller 804 also communicates with the stepper motor driver 805 by a four-digital channel (PWM). The motor driver 805 drives the micro linear actuator 309.

Figure 9 shows the network operation between the physical & application layer of smart modular Switch. The pentagonal block is the gateway/ hub 904. It has dual channel wireless radio to communicate with the multiple smart modular switches 901, 902, 903 simultaneously. It also has Wi-Fi module (2.4 GHz/5 GHz) for communicating with the local Wi-Fi router 907 to access internet. The Hub or Gateway 904 also has a in built 4G Modem to communicate with the sever 905 via mobile network with sim card in case of Wi-Fi router 907 is not available to access internet. The Wi-Fi router 907 (Via CAT or fibre cable) or the Hub 904 (Via 4G module) communicates with the cloud server 905 via internet. A dashboard 906 monitors 24x7 the smart modular switches 901, 902, 903 from the Cloud Server 905. After that user device 9010 is communicating with the Cloud server 905 with mobile network via internet. When internet is not available the user device 9010 is capable to communicate with the local server in order to communicate with the smart modular switches 901, 902, 903. In user device 9010 mobile phone application 908 & web-based application 909 is available in different platforms (Android, iOS, Windows, MAC OS, Linux).

Figure 10 is a flow chart of a method for operating the smart modular switch 101. In this process after getting power from the mains supply the switch starts its process in step 1001. In the next step 1002 the microcontroller activates the communication module in receiver (RX) mode. If data receives in step 1003, data decryption happens in next step 1005. In step 1007 it checks whether the received ID matches with its own device ID. If it matches then in step 1009 checks whether it is a ON or OFF statement. If it is a ON statement then Microcontroller activates motor driver in step 10011. In next step 10012 micro linear actuator pushes the inner rocker plate. After that step 10014 checks the current consumption value from the current sensor. In the step 10015 micro controller sends all updated value (energy consumption value, current position of the switch) to the server. After that the whole process ends in the step 10016. Then the process starts again. In step 1003 if data is not received the microcontroller checks the Octocoupler status (for manual operation) in step 1006. In step 1008 detects no changes in status it goes to step 1003. If the value changes it goes to step 10014. In the step 1007 if received ID does not match with its own ID, then microcontroller clears its buffer in step 1004 and goes to Step 1003. In step 1009 checks the recieved statement is a OFF statement, then microcontroller activates the motor driver in step 10010. In step 10013 micro linear actuator pulls inner rocker plate & it goes to the step 10015.

Although the embodiments herein are described with various specific embodiments, it will be obvious for a person skilled in the art to practice the invention with modify citations. However, all such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the claims. It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the embodiments described herein and all the statements of the scope of the embodiments which as a matter of language might be said to fall there between.

Claims:We claim:
1. An Internet of Things (IOT) based smart modular switching system, comprising:
one or more user devices for providing one or more instructions;
one or more servers connected to the one or more user devices for receiving the one or more instructions; and
a smart modular switch 101 connected with the cloud server 905 for performing one or more switching actions based on the instructions received from the cloud server 905,
wherein the smart modular switch 101 comprises:
a micro linear actuator 309 system adapted to perform pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker 302 plate.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the micro linear actuator (309) system comprises:
a micro bipolar stepper motor (501) with four electrical terminals and a shaft;
a two-stage metal planetary gearbox (505) adapted to connect with the micro bipolar stepper motor (501) through a shaft for providing a predefined torque for an actuator movement by reducing motor revolutions per minute (rpm);
a main frame (503), which is a U type metal bracket, adapted to have the planetary gearbox (505) in one side and a micro mini ball bearing on other side;
a low pitch lead screw (504) connected to an output end of the shaft and the micro mini ball bearing;
a micro linear guide (506) connected with the main frame (503); and
a threaded plastic nut (502) with metal cover connected with the low pitch lead screw (504),
wherein the bipolar stepper motor (501) rotates clockwise or anticlockwise direction and drives the gear box (505),
the gear box (505) drives the lead screw (504) with a higher torque but in low rpm;
the plastic nut (502) moves back and forth with the direction of the rotation of lead screw (504), and
the plastic nut with a metal cover is responsible for pushing & pulling mechanism of the inner rocker plate (302) of smart modular switch.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rocker plate (302), having two holes, adapted to connect with a metal hook of the plastic threaded nut (502) of the micro linear metal actuator (309) using a sliding metal clip (701), and the metal clip (701) is attached with the two holes (601) on the rocker plate (302) in such a way that the parallel leg of the clip (701) slides into the holes (601) of inner rocker plate (302),
wherein the metal clip (701) provides the flexibility to move the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch when manually operated,
wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to move its slider in the forward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) and push the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch in the forward direction, thereby enabling switching off the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely,
wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to pull the slider in backward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) also pull the metal clip (701), and
the metal clip (701) pull the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch by the two holes (601), thereby enabling switching on the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further
a microcontroller (MCU) (804) adapted to generate a signal to control the back & fourth movement of the micro linear actuator (309) system with the help of a motor driver (805) based on a received wireless signal from the cloud server (905); and
a Switch mode power Supply (SMPS) (803) adapted to convert the mains power AC (230V/110V) to DC 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU and the micro linear actuator (309) through the motor driver (805).

5. A smart modular switch (101) having a micro linear actuator (309) system for performing pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate (302), wherein the micro linear actuator (309) system comprises:
a micro bipolar stepper motor (501) with four electrical terminals and a shaft;
a two-stage metal planetary gearbox (505) adapted to connect with the micro bipolar stepper motor (501) through a shaft for providing a predefined torque for an actuator movement by reducing motor revolutions per minute (rpm);
a main frame (503), which is a U type metal bracket, adapted to have the planetary gearbox in one side and a micro mini ball bearing on other side;
a low pitch lead screw (504) connected to an output end of the shaft and the micro mini ball bearing;
a micro linear guide (506) connected with the main frame (503); and
a threaded plastic nut (502) with metal cover connected with the low pitch lead screw (504).
6. The switch as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bipolar stepper motor (501) rotates clockwise or anticlockwise direction and drives the gear box (505),
the gear box (505) drives the lead screw (504) with a higher torque but in low rpm;
the plastic nut (502) moves back and forth with the direction of the rotation of lead screw (504); and
the plastic nut (502) with a metal cover is responsible for pushing & pulling mechanism of the inner rocker plate (302) of smart modular switch (101).

7. The switch as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rocker plate (302), having two holes, adapted to connect with a metal hook of the plastic threaded nut (502) of the micro linear metal actuator (309) using a sliding metal clip (701),
the metal clip (701) is attached with the two holes (601) on the rocker plate (302) in such a way that the parallel leg of the clip (701) slides into the holes (601) of inner rocker plate (302),
wherein the metal clip (701) provides the flexibility to move the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch when manually operated.
wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to move its slider in the forward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) and push the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch in the forward direction, thereby enabling switching off the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely,
wherein the micro linear actuator (309) is adapted to pull the slider in backward direction the metal hook of the plastic nut (502) also pull the metal clip (701), and
the metal clip (701) pull the inner rocker plate (302) of the switch by the two holes (601), thereby enabling switching on the smart modular switch (101) placed remotely.

8. The switch as claimed in claim 1 further
a microcontroller (MCU) (804) adapted to generate a signal to control the back & fourth movement of the micro linear actuator (309) system with the help of a motor driver (805) based on a received wireless signal from the cloud server (905); and
a Switch mode power Supply (SMPS) (803) adapted to convert the mains power AC (230V/110V) to DC 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU and the micro linear actuator (309) through the motor driver (805).

9. A method for performing pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate (302) in a smart modular switch (101), the method comprising:
sending, by one or more user devices, one or more instruction to one or more servers;
providing, by one or more servers, the one or more received instruction to a microcontroller (804) in the smart modular switch (101);
processing, by the microcontroller (804), the one or more received instruction.
performing one or more switching actions based on the instructions received from the microcontroller (804),
wherein the smart modular switch (101) comprises:
a micro linear actuator (309) system adapted to perform pull and/or push actions using an inner rocker plate (302).

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 further comprising
generating a signal, by a microcontroller (MCU) (804), to control the back & fourth movement of the micro linear actuator (309) system with the help of a motor driver (805) based on a received wireless signal from the cloud server (905); and
converting, by a switch mode power Supply (SMPS), mains power AC (230V/110V) to DC 5V & 3.3V to power the MCU and the micro linear actuator (309) through the motor driver (805).