Patent ID: 6867680

Claim:
A Hall effect switch comprising: a switch housing; a Hall effect sensor positioned inside said switch housing; a magnet carriage positioned inside said switch housing, said magnet carriage movable along a first longitudinal axis of the Hall effect switch relative to said Hall effect sensor between a non-actuated position and an actuated position, said magnetic carriage including a first magnet and a second magnet, said first and second magnets facing said Hall effect sensor, being in contact with each other, and each having a respective longitudinal axis that extends generally perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis, said Hall effect sensor responsive to the positional displacement of said first and second magnets relative to said Hall effect sensor such that said Hall effect switch transitions between a non-actuated state when the carriage is at its non-actuated position and an actuated state when the magnetic carriage is at its actuated position; and a clicker ball and a clicker ball aperture, said clicker ball being displaced from a non-actuated position to an actuated position by the positional displacement of said magnet carriage and thereby emitting a perceivable clicking indication.