Force amplified low pressure depth activated switch
AssigneeEagle Technology, LLC
InventorsBrannen L. Johnson, G. Randell Straley, Jeffrey M. Rhein, Sean P. Marikle
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Abstract
Systems (100) and methods (2400) for operating a submersible switch positioned below a body of water's surface. The methods comprise: deflecting a semi-rigid top wall of the submersible switch's cap towards a center of the switch when hydrostatic pressure is applied thereto; directly applying a pushing force by the submersible switch's cap onto an actuator of an internal switch disposed in a body of the submersible switch; and causing an operational state change of the submersible switch in response to the pushing force being applied directly to the actuator of the internal switch.
Claims21
A method of operating a submersible switch positioned below a body of water's surface, comprising:
- deflecting a semi-rigid top wall of the submersible switch's cap towards a center of the submersible switch when hydrostatic pressure is applied thereto;
- directly applying a pushing force by the submersible switch's cap onto an actuator of an internal switch disposed in a body of the submersible switch;
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- causing an operational state change of the submersible switch in response to the pushing force being applied directly to the actuator of the internal switch.
A submersible switch, comprising:
- an internal switch disposed in a body of the submersible switch;
- a cap rotatably coupled to the body and having a semi-rigid top wall that
- deflects towards a center of the submersible switch when hydrostatic pressure is applied thereto, and
- directly applies a pushing force onto an actuator of the internal switch so as to cause an operational state change of the submersible switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.