IP Library Granted Patent US 9,219,477
Granted Patent B2
US 9,219,477 · App. 13/988,012 · Granted Dec 22, 2015

Non-contact switch

Inventors: Myung O Kim (Ansan-si, KR); Weon Ho Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Kyu Sung Cho (Ansan-si, KR)
Assignee: DAESUNG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H03K17/97B60K2350/00Y10T307/766
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Patent No.
US 9,219,477
App. No.
13/988,012
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a non-contact switch. More particularly, the non-contact switch includes a button which is disposed at a predetermined position of a housing and operated by an external pressure while being formed, at one end portion thereof, with a magnetic substance; a magnetic field sensor device which is accommodated in the housing to face the magnetic substance and generates an induced voltage depending on an interval between the magnetic field sensor device and the magnetic substance; and a semiconductor device which is driven by the induced voltage generated at the magnetic field sensor device to switch power supplied from a separate battery to a separate load.

Claims (10)

1. A non-contact switch for controlling a current supplied from a separate battery B to a separate load L, comprising:

a button which is disposed at a predetermined position of a housing H and operated by an external pressure while being formed, at one end portion thereof, with a magnetic substance;

a magnetic field sensor device which is accommodated in the housing H to face the magnetic substance and generates an induced voltage depending on an interval between the magnetic field sensor device and the magnetic substance; and

a semiconductor device which is driven by the induced voltage generated at the magnetic field sensor device to switch power supplied from the separate battery B to the separate load L.

2. The non-contact switch according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field sensor device is any one of a hall device, a reed switch, an AMR (Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive) sensor, and a GMR (Giant Magneto-Resistive) sensor.

3. The non-contact switch according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is any one of a FET (Field Effect Transistor), a transistor, an electromagnetic relay, an IPS (Intelligent Power Switching) device, a MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor), and an IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor).

4. The non-contact switch according to claim 1 , wherein the button is operated in a push manner by an external pressure at a predetermined position of the housing H, or in a sliding manner by an external pressure at a predetermined position of the housing H.

5. The non-contact switch according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field sensor device is disposed on a PCB (Printed Circuit Board).

6. The non-contact switch according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is disposed on a PCB.

7. The non-contact switch according to claim 1 , wherein the power is any one of a current and a voltage.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2018
From: LS AUTOMOTIVE CORP.
To: LS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046480/0784 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2018
From: DAESUNG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: LS AUTOMOTIVE CORP.
Reel/Frame 046196/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2013
From: KIM, MYUNG O; LEE, WEON HO; CHO, KYU SUNG
To: DAESUNG ELECTRIC CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 030438/0500 →
Continuity (1)
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