Operation stopping switch for an electronic device
View Patent ↗An electronic device is provided that includes an electronic component within the electronic device, a kill switch; an access door providing access to the electronic component and the kill switch and a latch for securing access to the electronic component in a closed position and for giving access to the electronic component in an open position. The latch activates the kill switch in the open position, independently of a position of the access door.
1. An electronic device comprising:
an electronic component within the electronic device;
a kill switch within the electronic device for powering down at least the electronic component within the electronic device;
a latch for securing the electronic component and for activating the kill switch;
an access door in an encasing of the electronic device, the access door providing access to the electronic component and the latch;
wherein the latch comprises
a first end for blocking access to the electronic component when the latch is in a closed position and for providing an access way to the electronic component when the latch is in an open position,
a second end opposing the first end such that the first and second ends pivot about a pivot point, the second end activating the kill switch when the latch is rotated about the pivot point to the open position to permit access to the electronic component, the latch position being independent of the position of the access door such that the access door when open permits access to the latch while opening the access door does not activate the kill switch.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the kill switch is further configured to power down the electronic device.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a power button connected to the kill switch.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a part of the kill switch is positioned at a position that is higher than the electronic component and the kill switch is laterally offset from the electronic component.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a set top box.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a gateway device.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second end is shorter than the first end in a direction parallel to a long axis of the first end of the latch.
8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein:
the latch has an L-shape made by an extension of the second end that is orthogonal to the long axis of the first end; and
a distal end of the extension of the second end contacts the kill switch to activate the kill switch when the latch is in the open position.