US 12,080,497 B2
Variable control switch
Eric W. Kramer, Laguna Beach, CA (US); and Christopher D Compton, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed by Eric W. Kramer, Laguna Beach, CA (US); and Christopher D Compton, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,887.
Application 18/375,887 is a continuation of application No. 16/407,120, filed on May 8, 2019, granted, now 11,776,781.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/762,528, filed on May 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0029980 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H01H 47/18 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 47/18 (2013.01) [H02H 1/0007 (2013.01); H02H 9/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A control switch comprising:
an input having two terminals;
a first output having two contacts, wherein a first of said two input terminals is connected to a first of said two contacts;
a second output having two contacts, wherein a first of said input terminals is connected to said first of said two contacts;
a sensing circuit, comprising a first connection to the second of said two terminals, and a second connection to the second of two contacts of said first output, and an output comprising DC voltage varying proportionally the current passing between said first and second connections; and,
a microcontroller unit that controls current to the second output based on a set of pre-determined variables, where the set of variables include a termination threshold and an actuation threshold where the actuation threshold has a lower current value than the termination threshold.