Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 04/06

20060086594 - Energy control device: An energy control device comprises a switching device and a control system. The switching device is provided with a switch contact adjacent to a counter-contact on one side and to a counter-stopper on the other side thereof. The counter-stopper is arranged on an springy arm which is made of a...

20060086595 - Vehicle occupant sensing system having a contamination barrier member: A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes at least one sensor and at least one sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a base and an upper slide member supported for movement toward and away from the base wherein the sensor is operable to detect movement of the upper slide member...

20060086596 - Electroactive solid-state actuator and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an electroactive solid-state actuator, including a solid polymer electrolyte film having first and second main surfaces facing each other, and first and second conductive polymer layers infiltrated into the first and second main surfaces of the solid polymer electrolyte film. Further, a method of manufacturing the...

20060086597 - Micro-electromechanical systems switch and method of fabricating the same: Provided is a micro-electromechanical systems switch for controlling signal delivery in a high frequency band wireless communication and a radio frequency (RF) system and, comprising: a substrate; a signal line formed on the substrate and having a predetermined opening portion; at least one supporting frame each formed on the substrate...

20060086598 - Switch contact: A conducting contact pair for a switch has a first conducting contact formed by a plurality of outward extending radial fingers arranged on a substrate, and a second conducting contact formed by a plurality of inward extending radial fingers. The first conducting contact and the second conducting contact are arranged...

20060086599 - Tactile feedback plunger switch: A tactile feedback switching mechanism having a plurality of switching states. The tactile feedback switching mechanism includes a plunger switch having a plunger. When the plunger is displaced a given distance the switch changes state. A covering lies at least over the plunger switch and includes a border section and...

20060086600 - Manual reset switch cover assembly: The present invention is concerned with cover assemblies for manually resetting pressure switches used on oil and gas pipelines. The cover assembly encloses a volume of space on the pressure switch that houses a reset switch which is activated by depressing a button located on top of the reset switch....

20060081450 - Arrangement of operating elements on a microscope: What is described is a microscope comprising at least one rotary knob, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, for operation of actuating elements and comprising a plurality of buttons for control of electrical components, said buttons being arranged in the region of the rotary knob, wherein the buttons...

20060081451 - Push switch: A push switch includes a case having a bottom face, first and second fixed contact provided on the bottom face of the case, a movable contact made of metal thin plate, an elastic body, and an operating body. The elastic body includes a cylindrical portion having a hole formed therein,...

20060081452 - Push-on switch: A push-on switch according to the present invention is structured so that a pressing part in which its elastic body bends without comfortableness to move up and down faces the top surface of a dome-shaped movable contact, with a given clearance. Such a makeup allows a distance until the pressing...

20060081453 - Movable contact unit, manufacturing method of the same, and manufacturing method of panel switch: A manufacturing method of a movable contact unit includes the steps of (A) manufacturing a movable contact, (B) sticking the movable contact to a base sheet made of insulating resin, and (C) applying demagnetization to the movable contact so that the residual magnetic flux density is smaller than the operation...

20060081454 - Electrical switch rocker and assembly: A rocker switch assembly has several rocker shells that define cavities to receive in sorts of several varieties that allow the user to provide several rockers in a side-by-side assembly of rocker switches with a wave pattern that allows each switch to be easily identified or to function and/or switch...

20060076219 - Keypads and key switches: A keypad with both elevated and non-elevated key regions, and key switches disposed beneath both types of key regions. The non-elevated key regions each provide corresponding character output based on an operation algorithm that considers activation of at least one adjacent elevated key region as well as activation of the...

20060076220 - Remote controller: A remote controller 1 is capable of achieving switching operation even when the user presses substantially any place of a switch. A toilet seat open/close switch 12 has a tiltable member 20 which is tiltably supported at its front lower portion to an upper portion of a main body 2,...

20060076221 - Switch blocking apparatus: A device to prevent inadvertent closure of switches. The device includes a horizontal blocking member and in some embodiments an optional vertical blocking member. The device attaches to a rotary element in communication with the switch such as an operating pipe and prevents closure of the switch by striking structural...

20060076222 - Keyswitch structure: A keyswitch structure has a slender key cap and an integral balance structure for a key with a short press stroke. The keyswitch structure has a casing and at least one key. The casing has at least one pair of hooks arranged on a bottom face thereof, and at least...

20060076223 - Detect switch with an improved moveable contact: A detect switch (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a first and second fixed terminals (51, 52) retained in the insulative housing, a moveable contact (3), an operator assembly (2) and a cover (4) mounted on the insulative housing. The operator assembly (2) comprises a rotator (22) lying over the...

20060070861 - Self retaining sliding bar interlock for circuit breaker: An interlock mechanism for preventing a first circuit breaker having a first actuating mechanism and a second circuit breaker having a second actuating mechanism from simultaneously being in a closed condition. The interlock mechanism includes a frame, a sliding bar slideably mounted within the frame, and one or more retaining...

20060070862 - Front or side controlled electrical shutoff apparatus: The present invention concerns a shutoff apparatus that can be controlled in either front or side mode, consisting of a minimum number of parts and resulting in a simple, economical, mechanically dependable, and compact unit. The shutoff apparatus (1) is characterized in that it comprises a rotating control element (20)...

20060070863 - Knob module: A knob module is set on a circuit board of an electric device and comprises: a pedestal fixed on the circuit board with a plurality of interference parts and a pivotally connecting part; a rotative body with a plurality of pivotally connecting bodies corresponding to the pivotally connecting part and...

20060070864 - Trip indicative rocker switch: A switch mechanism such as a circuit breaker includes a trip indicator mechanism. The switch mechanism includes a switch contact and a rocker movable between a first position in which the contacts are closed, a second position indicating that an electrical fault has occurred, in which the contacts are open,...

20060070865 - Architectural preset rotary and preset slide control and non-preset controls: An architectural preset rotary and preset slide control device comprising an N-mode latch mechanically coupled to a switch having a pole and a plurality of receiving terminals. The device further comprises a variable control component that is electrically coupled to the switch such that when the latch is activated into...

20060070866 - Switch cell: A switch cell for use in opening and closing electrical connections, a multiple cell switch having multiple switch cells, and a method of assembling the same. The switch cell preferably includes one or more contactors in a base and an actuator slidable engaged to the base for controlling electrical connectivity...