Patent ID: 9396887
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H01H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a spring that is electrically conductive having two outer sections with a maximum outer diameter greater than an intermediate diameter of an intermediate section of the spring located between the two outer sections; a surface upon which the two outer sections rest in a rest mode; a first electrical connector located under and in electrical contact with a first of the two outer sections in the rest mode; a second electrical connector located under but not in electrical contact with the intermediate section in the rest mode, said second electrical connector being separated from the intermediate section by a non-conductive gap in the rest mode; and a barrier to movement of the spring in the rest mode and in a motion mode; wherein the intermediate section, which is suspended between the two outer sections in the rest mode, moves between being separated from the second electrical connector by the non-conductive gap in a first rest mode to contacting the second electrical connector in the motion mode and then returns to being separated from the second electrical connector in a second rest mode; wherein contact of the intermediate section with the second electrical connector in the motion mode completes an electrical circuit with contact of the first of the two outer sections with the first electrical connector to function as a motion switch; and wherein the surface is a circuit board.