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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Robert J. Breeds, Winchester, GB;
Maurice F. Gray, Winchester, GB;
James S. Taylor, Hampshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/04 (2006.01); H01H 9/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/06 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); H01H 23/06 (2006.01); B29C 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/161 (2013.01); H01H 9/168 (2013.01); H01H 13/06 (2013.01); B29C 43/02 (2013.01); B29C 45/14 (2013.01); H01H 23/06 (2013.01); H01H 2009/048 (2013.01); H01H 2009/164 (2013.01); H01H 2215/03 (2013.01); H01H 2225/002 (2013.01); H01H 2239/006 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
A flexible resilient member at least partially overlying an electrical switch, and attached to an external surface of the switch, comprises at least one signalling component operable on operation of the underlying switch. The member may be in the form of a membrane, for example, formed of an elastomeric material. The signalling component may emit wireless signals which may be received by a monitoring component.