Magnet module for night vision goggles helmet mount
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1. A magnet module adapted for use in an automatic shutdown assembly of a flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device, the magnet module comprising:
- a vertically angled cavity with a substantially L-shaped profile, the cavity including a use end and a stowed end substantially opposite the use end; and
a bar magnet slidably received within the cavity and movable between the use end and the stowed end.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a magnet module adapted for use in an automatic shutdown assembly of a flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device, the magnet module comprising a vertically angled cavity with a substantially L-shaped profile, the cavity including a use end and a stowed end substantially opposite the use end and a bar magnet slidably received within the cavity and movable between the use end and the stowed end.
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1. A magnet module adapted for use in an automatic shutdown assembly of a flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device, the magnet module comprising:
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a vertically angled cavity with a substantially L-shaped profile, the cavity including a use end and a stowed end substantially opposite the use end; and
a bar magnet slidably received within the cavity and movable between the use end and the stowed end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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12. An automatic shutdown assembly adapted for use in a flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device, the automatic shutdown assembly comprising:
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a magnetically-responsive switching device coupled to the night vision device;
a magnet module adjacent and adapted to influence the switching device, the magnet module having a vertically angled cavity with a substantially L-shaped profile, the cavity including a use end and a stowed end substantially opposite the use end, and a bar magnet slidably received within the cavity and movable between the use end and the stowed end.
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18. A flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device comprising an automatic shut down assembly adapted to influence a magnetically-responsive switching device on the night vision device, the magnetically-responsive switching device maintaining the night vision device switched on when under the influence of a sufficient magnetic field, and effecting shutdown of the night vision device when the switch is not longer under the influence of the sufficient magnetic field, the automatic shutdown assembly comprising magnet module adjacent the magnetically-responsive switch, the magnet module having a vertically angled cavity with a substantially L-shaped profile, the cavity including a use end and a stowed end substantially opposite the use end, and a bar magnet slidably received within the cavity and movable between the use end and the stowed end.
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