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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Robert E. Lee, Garden City, NY (US);
Kenneth G. Eskildsen, Great Neck, NY (US);
Kevin G. Piel, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Robert E. Lee, Garden City, NY (US);
Kenneth G. Eskildsen, Great Neck, NY (US);
Kevin G. Piel, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A MEM's reed switch array is provided having a first switch having a sensitivity causing the first switch to open or close due to a magnetic flux, and a second switch of lesser sensitivity than the first switch causing the second switch to open or close due to a magnetic flux. The first switch can be parallel to the second switch, or the first switch can be proximate to the second switch so that a center line of the first switch is coaxial to a center line of the second switch. Further, a security device for residential and/or commercial use is provided, having a magnet housing having a magnet, a switch housing having a MEM's reed switch array with a first switch and a second switch, and a gap between the magnet housing and the switch housing.