Electro-mechanical fuse for detecting monitored component deflection
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJonathan D. Bradbury, Jonathan R. FRY, Michael R. Kane
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Abstract
An electro-mechanical fuse is provided and includes a chassis component, an extrusion disposed on a monitored component which is disposable proximate to the chassis component and a sensor. The sensor is mounted to the chassis component. The sensor is mechanically breakable in power-on and power-off conditions by the extrusion as a result of a predefined action of or relative to the monitored component. The sensor electrically signals an occurrence of the mechanical breakage during power-on conditions following mechanical breakage.
Claims5
A method of operating an electro-mechanical fuse for detecting a predefined action of or relative to a monitored component, the method comprising:
- disposing an extrusion on the monitored component with the monitored component proximate to a chassis component;
- mounting a sensor to the chassis component;
- configuring the sensor to be mechanically breakable in power-on and power-off conditions by the extrusion as a result of the predefined action of or relative to the monitored component;
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- configuring the sensor to electrically signal an occurrence of a mechanical breakage during power-on conditions following the mechanical breakage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.