Corrosion-resistant switching mechanism
OwnerIbrahim Ibrahiminventor
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a corrosion-resistant switching mechanism for enabling a user to control an internal signal of an electronic device id disclosed. The switching mechanism comprises: an environmentally-exposed, manually-adjustable switch having an input and a switched output; a first component configured to provide an AC signal to input of said manually-adjustable switch; and an environmentally-isolated second component to control the internal signal in response to receipt of the AC signal from the switched output.
Claims33
A corrosion-resistant switching mechanism for enabling a user to control an internal signal of an electronic device, comprising:
- an environmentally-exposed, manually-adjustable switch having an input and a switched output;
- a first component configured to provide an AC signal to said input of said manually-adjustable switch;
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- an environmentally-isolated second component to control an internal signal in response to receipt of said AC signal from said switched output, wherein the AC signal does not have a DC component.
An electronic device comprising:
- at least one electronic component;
- and
- a switching mechanism comprising at least one manually-operated switch to control an operational setting of said at least one electronic component, wherein said switch selectively connects to an input line and a switched output line, wherein said input line conducts only a AC signal, wherein the AC signal does not have a DC component.
A corrosion-resistant switching mechanism for use in a device comprising:
- an environmentally-exposed, manually-adjustable switch having an input and a switched output;
- a first component configured to provide an AC signal to said input of said manually-adjustable switch;
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- a second component to provide to said device an internal signal in response to receipt of said AC signal from said switched output, wherein the AC signal does not have a DC component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.