Detachable multi functional control knob assembly
AssigneeImpulse Labs, Inc.
InventorsJacob Russell Davis, Samuel Redmond D'Amico, Samuel William Lenius, Bradley James Tallon
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Abstract
A knob assembly for a coupled appliance includes a base static part and an actionable cap part, where the base static part includes a substrate base, a bearing holder fixed to the substrate base, a sleeve bearing fixed to the bearing holder, and a set of coupling magnets disclosed between the bearing holder and the substrate; the actionable cap part includes a covering cap, a rotor shaft attached to the covering cap, and a control magnet fastened to the rotor shaft. The knob assembly is capable of detachably attaching to a surface of the coupled appliance.
Claims20
A knob assembly for a coupled appliance, comprising a base static part and an actionable cap part, wherein:
- the base static part includes a substrate base, a bearing holder fixed to the substrate base, a sleeve bearing fixed to the bearing holder, and a set of coupling magnets disposed between the bearing holder and the substrate base;
- the actionable cap part includes a covering cap, a rotor shaft attached to the covering cap, and a control magnet fastened to the rotor shaft;
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- the knob assembly is capable of detachably attaching to a surface of the coupled appliance.
An appliance coupled to a detachable knob assembly, comprising:
- a set of coupling magnets;
- and
- one or more magnetic sensors disposed underneath a surface of the appliance, wherein:
- upper parts of adjacent coupling magnets have opposite polarity, and lower parts of adjacent coupling magnets have opposite polarity, and
- the one or more magnetic sensors are configured to detect one or more of a rotation action or a click action of a control magnet disposed inside the detachable knob assembly.
A method of assembling a knob assembly, comprising:
- attaching a rotor shaft to a covering cap;
- fixing a sleeve bearing to a bearing holder;
- fixing a control magnet to the rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft includes a pole inserted into an inner cavity of the sleeve bearing and a fixing hole for receiving a screw for fixing the control magnet to the rotor shaft;
- inserting a set of coupling magnets into respective placeholders on a surface of a substrate base;
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- fixing the bearing holder to the substrate base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.