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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Thomas W. Ives, Boise, ID (US);
Richard G. Sevier, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A switch integral to an insert/extract latch assembly. The switch is positioned between a latch and a retainer and may be compressed between the latch and the retainer. The switch is connected to a warning circuit and may function to de-energize the electronic assembly upon disengagement of the latch from the retainer. The retainer is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, the retainer is disengaged from the latch, the switch contacts are open and the latch is free to operate. In the second position, the retainer is engaged with the latch, the switch is compressed between the latch and the retainer and the switch contacts are closed.