Omnidirectional reed switch
AssigneeThe ADT Security Corporation
InventorBenjamin ADAMS
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Abstract
An omnidirectional reed switch including a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface. The omnidirectional reed switch further includes an inner electrically conductive component having one end affixed to a connection point within the housing, the inner electrically conductive component comprising ferromagnetic material, and an outer electrically conductive component located within the housing. The outer electrically conductive component at least partially surrounding the inner electrically conductive component, and one of the inner electrically conductive component and the outer electrically conductive component is movable with respect to the other when the omnidirectional reed switch in the presence of a magnetic field.
Claims20
An omnidirectional reed switch comprising:
- a housing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;
- an inner electrically conductive component having one end affixed to a connection point within the housing, the inner electrically conductive component comprising ferromagnetic material;
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- an outer electrically conductive component located within the housing, the outer electrically conductive component at least partially surrounding the inner electrically conductive component, one of the inner electrically conductive component and the outer electrically conductive component movable with respect to the other when the omnidirectional reed switch is in the presence of a magnetic field.
An omnidirectional reed switch comprising:
- an elongate inner electrically conductive component comprising ferromagnetic material;
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- an elongate outer electrically conductive component comprising ferromagnetic material, the outer electrically conductive component at least partially surrounding the inner electrically conductive component, one of the inner electrically conductive component and the outer electrically conductive component movable with respect to the other in the presence of a magnetic field.
An omnidirectional reed switch comprising:
- a glass housing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface coated with an electrically conductive material;
- an elongate inner electrically conductive component having one end affixed to a connection point within the housing, the inner electrically conductive component comprising ferromagnetic material and enclosed by the housing;
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- an outer electrically conductive component, the outer electrically conductive component comprising the coated inner surface of the housing, the elongate inner electrically conductive component movable with respect to the outer electrically conductive component when the omnidirectional reed switch is in the presence of a magnetic field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.