US 7,321,282 B2 | ||
MEM's reed switch array | ||
Robert E. Lee, Garden City, N.Y. (US); Kenneth G. Eskildsen, Great Neck, N.Y. (US); and Kevin G. Piel, Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (US) | ||
Assigned to Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, N.J. (US) | ||
Filed on Feb. 17, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/59,821. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0181374 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. H01H 9/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 335—205 [335/151; 335/152; 335/154; 335/206; 340/547] | 39 Claims |
1. A MEM's reed switch array, comprising:
a first switch having a sensitivity causing said first switch to open or close due to a magnetic flux; and
a second switch of lesser sensitivity than said first switch causing said second switch to open or close due to a magnetic
flux, wherein when said first switch and said second switch are both open, due to an insufficient flux or no flux, an alarm
is triggered.
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