Patent ID: 11932027
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A media processing device, comprising:
a housing;
a cover rotatable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position;
a main logic board (MLB) supporting a controller, and having a slot extending into the MLB from an open end at a perimeter of the MLB, the slot traversing the MLB from an upper surface to a lower surface;
a sensor assembly including (i) a receiver affixed to the MLB on a first side of the slot, and (ii) an emitter affixed to the MLB on a second side of the slot, configured to emit radiation detectable by the receiver; and
a tab movably coupled to the housing, to (i) obstruct the slot and prevent detection of the radiation by the receiver when the cover is in a first one of the open and closed positions, and to (ii) clear the slot and permit detection of the radiation by the receiver when the cover is in the other of the open and closed positions.