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APPLIANCE LOCK WITH REPELLING MAGNETIC SENSING SWITCH ACTUATION IN A HYDROPHOBIC ENCLOSURE
Provided is a locking mechanism for a consumer appliance comprising a lid or door position sensing feature incorporating two magnets in a repelling relationship. One magnet is incorporated into a lid pawl and the other magnet is incorporated into a switch actuating component inside of the locking mechanism such that their like poles are facing each other to repel each other when the pawl is moved into the actuation zone of the locking mechanism. By nature, magnets tend to seek attraction alignment, therefore a repelling alignment is contrary to the natural tendency of magnets. Structural rigidity is required in the locking mechanism to hold the magnets in the repelling state. Consequently, it is not easy or intuitive for a user to defeat this sensing method with another magnet.
APPLIANCE LOCK WITH REPELLING MAGNETIC SENSING SWITCH ACTUATION IN A HYDROPHOBIC ENCLOSURE
Provided is a locking mechanism for a consumer appliance comprising a lid or door position sensing feature incorporating two magnets in a repelling relationship. One magnet is incorporated into a lid pawl and the other magnet is incorporated into a switch actuating component inside of the locking mechanism such that their like poles are facing each other to repel each other when the pawl is moved into the actuation zone of the locking mechanism. By nature, magnets tend to seek attraction alignment, therefore a repelling alignment is contrary to the natural tendency of magnets. Structural rigidity is required in the locking mechanism to hold the magnets in the repelling state. Consequently, it is not easy or intuitive for a user to defeat this sensing method with another magnet.
APPLIANCE LOCK WITH REPELLING MAGNETIC SENSING SWITCH ACTUATION IN A HYDROPHOBIC ENCLOSURE
DEYOUNG ROGER (author) / LIN I-CHIANG (author)
2020-04-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E05B
LOCKS
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Schlösser
APPLIANCE LOCK WITH MAGNETIC SENSING SWITCH ACTUATION IN A HYDROPHOBIC ENCLOSURE
| European Patent Office | 2020