System for automatic decommissioning of network participants wherein device has a deflective member having various states and various lengths
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a memory device in which the state of the memory may be set by a mechanical action, with or without mains power present. The memory state may be detected by a microcontroller. The state for the memory device may be reset by a microcontroller. The microcontroller may be external to an apparatus containing the memory device, adjacent to or within the apparatus.
1. A device, comprising:
an insertion sense device responsive to insertion of the device into an appliance;
a deflective member having a first length when the deflective member is in an initial state and having a second length in a deflected state, wherein the first length is greater than the second;
a contact member including contacts for closing a circuit; and
a spring encircling the contact member that provides a pressure to maintain the deflective member in the deflected state.
2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a base plate that contacts the spring and through which passes the contact member to make contact with contact pads of the circuit.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the insertion sense device is at least one of a pin, a magnetic device, and a thermal resistive element.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the insertion sense device is a non-conductive pin.
5. A device, comprising:
an insertion sense device responsive to insertion of the device into an appliance, the insertion sense device comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of: a pin, a magnetic device, and a thermal resistive element;
a deflective member having a first length when the deflective member is in an initial state and having a second length in a deflected state, wherein the first length is greater than the second;
a contact member including contacts for closing a circuit.
6. The device of claim 5 , further comprising a spring encircling the contact member.
7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the spring provides a pressure to maintain the deflective member in the deflected state.
8. The device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a base plate that contacts the spring and through which passes the contact member to make contact with contact pads of the circuit.
9. The device of claim 5 , wherein the insertion sense device is non-conductive pin.
10. A device, comprising:
an insertion sense device comprising a non-conductive pin, the insertion sense device responsive to insertion of the device into an appliance;
a deflective member having a first length when the deflective member is in an initial state and having a second length in a deflected state, wherein the first length is greater than the second; and
a contact member including contacts for closing a circuit.
11. The device of claim 10 , further comprising a spring encircling the contact member.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the spring provides a pressure to maintain the deflective member in the deflected state.
13. The device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a base plate that contacts the spring and through which passes the contact member to make contact with contact pads of the circuit.
14. The device of claim 10 , wherein the insertion sense device is at least one of a pin, a magnetic device, and a thermal resistive element.
15. The device of claim 10 , wherein the insertion sense device is non-conductive pin.