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Magnetically activated switch assembly

  • US 7,649,701 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2007
  • Issued: 01/19/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magnetically activated switch assembly comprising:

  • a magnet having a first magnet end and a second magnet end; and

    a first magnetic circuit including a magnetically activated switch, a first set of flux conductors, and a second set of flux conductors, the first set of flux conductors having first flux conductor flanges adapted to conduct flux from the first magnet end and the second magnet end, the second set of flux conductors being slidingly positioned relative to the first set of flux conductors and being adapted to conduct flux from the first set of flux conductors to the magnetically activated switch;

    wherein the first set of flux conductors are adapted to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise and the first magnetic circuit is adapted to conduct flux to activate the magnetically activated switch only when the first flux conductor flanges are rotationally aligned with the first magnet end and the second magnet end.

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