Water submersion detection switch
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorRaymond Mark Gamache
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Abstract
A water submersion detection system that may include a buoyant device having a conductive surface, and a housing enclosing the buoyant device and having conductive elements. The conductive elements may include a first set of one or more nonadjacent conductive elements that are electrically connected, and a second set of one or more nonadjacent conductive elements that are electrically connected. The system may include a submersion alert device that activates responsive to the buoyant device contacting the housing.
Claims17
A water submersion detection system comprising:
- a buoyant device having a conductive surface;
- a housing enclosing the buoyant device and having conductive elements, the conductive elements further comprising:
- a first set of conductive elements that are electrically connected and nonadjacent in an azimuthal direction, and
- a second set of conductive elements that are electrically connected and nonadjacent in the azimuthal direction;
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- a submersion alert device that activates responsive to the buoyant device electrically connecting the first set of nonadjacent conductive elements and the second set of nonadjacent conductive elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.