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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Telepath Networks, Inc., Frederick, MD (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Wilson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Robert Tarzwell, Freeport, BS;
Patrick McGuire, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
TELEPATH NETWORKS, INC., Frederick, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 51/22 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); H01H 50/04 (2006.01); H01H 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 51/2281 (2013.01); H01F 7/0221 (2013.01); H01H 50/043 (2013.01); H01H 51/229 (2013.01); H01H 2050/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A permanent magnet is pivotally mounted in a top spacer layer of a switching device and rests on a flex arm created in an underlying flex circuit layer. The underside of the flex arm rests on a thin bar formed in a lower spacer layer beneath which lies a base layer including an electromagnet. Activation of the electromagnet causes rotation of the flex arm to thereby close and open electrical contacts formed respectively on the underside of the flex arm and on the top surface of the base layer.