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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Sleator, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H01H 36/00 (2006.01); H01H 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 13/409 (2013.01); H01H 36/00 (2013.01); H01H 37/00 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49004 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a memory device in which the state of the memory may be set by a mechanical action, with or without mains power present. The memory state may be detected by a microcontroller. The state for the memory device may be reset by a microcontroller. The microcontroller may be external to an apparatus containing the memory device, adjacent to or within the apparatus.