Motion sensor and detection system
First Claim
1. A motion sensor comprising:
- (a) first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material;
(b) first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings; and
(c) joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor,said joinder means, said housings and said first and second electrically conductive means being collectively dimensioned to provide for electrical conductivity between said first and second housings upon reorientation of said motion sensor from one disposition wherein neither of said first and second electrically conductive means are in registry with said joinder means.
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Abstract
A motion sensor comprises first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material, first and second electrically conductive elements movably supported respectively in the first and second housings, and a joinder member for interconnection of the first and second housings, the joinder member being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of the first and second electrically conductive means between the first and second housings responsively to orientation of the tag. The joinder member, the housings and the first and second electrically conductive elements are collectively dimensioned to provide for electrical conductivity between the first and second housings upon reorientation of the tag from a disposition wherein neither of the first and second electrically conductive elements are in registry with the joinder member. Detection circuitry is associated with the sensor to provide electrical output indication of the sensing of motion of parent structure on which the sensor and detection circuitry are disposed.
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27 Claims
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1. A motion sensor comprising:
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(a) first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material; (b) first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings; and (c) joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor, said joinder means, said housings and said first and second electrically conductive means being collectively dimensioned to provide for electrical conductivity between said first and second housings upon reorientation of said motion sensor from one disposition wherein neither of said first and second electrically conductive means are in registry with said joinder means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A motion sensor comprising:
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(a) first and second elongate housings comprised of electrically conductive materials and having respective first and second lengths along a longitudinal axis common thereto; (b) first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, and having respective third and fourth lengths along said longitudinal axis;
, and(c) joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material, defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor, said joinder means having a fifth length along said longitudinal axis, the sum of said third and fourth lengths exceeding both the sum of said first and fifth lengths and the sum of said second and fifth lengths. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A motion sensor comprising:
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(a) first and second elongate housings comprised of electrically conductive materials and having respective first and second lengths along a longitudinal axis common thereto; (b) first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, and having respective lengths substantially equal to said first and second lengths; and (c) joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material, defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor, said joinder means having a third length along said longitudinal axis, the sum of said first and second lengths exceeding both the sum of said first and third lengths and the sum of said second and third lengths. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Motion sensing and detecting apparatus, comprising:
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(a) first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material; (b) first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings; (c) joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor; and (d) detection circuitry having electrical connection with said first and second housings and responsive to said movement of said first and second electrically conductive means to provide output indication of motion of said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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