Button Module
AssigneeTraitel Technologies Corporation
InventorEli M. Traitel
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Abstract
A button module that includes a housing having a user operable button, a circuit board within the housing and a removable electrical connector, wherein a second module can be electrically connected at the electrical connection, wherein the button module can perform one or more functions in signal-communication with the second module through the electrical connection, such as perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board utilizing electrical circuits in the second module, or the circuit board being configured to communicate with one or more wireless devices over one or more wireless networks.
Claims28
A button module comprising:
- a housing having an electrical connector and a button;
- a circuit board disposed within the housing;
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- wherein the button module comprises:
- a first operating configuration in which the circuit board is configured to perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board independent of the button and/or perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board in response to actuation of the button;
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- a second operating configuration in which an electronic circuit of one of a plurality of electronic modules is removably electrically connected to the electrical connector of the circuit board, the circuit board being configured to utilize the electronic circuit to perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board independent of the button being actuated and/or to utilize the electronic circuit to perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board in response to actuation of the button.
A button module comprising:
- a housing having a socket and a button;
- a circuit board disposed within the housing in the vertical position, the circuit board being configured to communicate with one or more wireless devices over one or more wireless networks;
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- a power supply disposed within the housing, the power supply being electrically connected to the circuit board to supply power to the circuit board,
- wherein the button module comprises:
- a first operating configuration in which the circuit board is configured to perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board independent of the button and/or perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board in response to actuation of the button;
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- a second operating configuration in which an electronic circuit of one of a plurality of electronic modules is removably received in the socket such that the electronic circuit is electrically connected to the circuit board and the power supply, the circuit board being configured to utilize the electronic circuit to perform one or more functions programmed on the circuit board in response to actuation of the button.
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