US 11,726,601 B1
Multifunction touch-switch system
John Logan Nelson, Fort Meyers, FL (US); and Read Hamilton Samples, Fort Meyers, FL (US)
Assigned to T-H MARINE SUPPLIES, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed by T-H Marine Supplies, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,949.
Application 17/983,949 is a continuation of application No. 17/376,325, filed on Jul. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,500,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/052,213, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0416 (2013.01) [G06F 3/044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a power supply;
a waterproof housing body;
a controller positioned substantially within the housing body,
wherein the controller comprises a plurality of touch sensors, at least one microcontroller, a printed circuit board, and a plurality of output interfaces, and
wherein the controller comprises instructions which, when executed by the controller, are configured to determine an output state of each of the plurality of output interfaces; and
wherein the controller is configured to be coupled to the power supply and to a plurality of output devices to form an electrical circuit, and
wherein the system has an Ingress Protection code of at least IP67.