Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 12/06

20060289283 - Keypad assembly for portable terminal: A keypad assembly for a portable terminal according to the present invention includes: a keypad having pad portions with a plurality of key buttons placed thereon, light guide plates disposed between the pad portions, and reflection units disposed on the light guide plates to direct the light toward the key... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20060289285 - Movable contact and manufacturing method thereof: A movable contact to be used for various electronic equipment is provided. An electroluminance layer (12) is formed on a main surface (11a) of a substrate (11), and the substrate (11) and the electroluminance layer (12) constitute an electro-luminance element (13). A diaphragm (15) in essentially a dome-like shape is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060289284 - Touch input device: The present invention relates to a touch input device. The touch input device of the present invention comprises a cover unit 20 which is formed with a reflective coating layer 22 on a surface thereof and made of a transparent material; a selective transmission unit 24 which is provided on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289286 - Control element with proximity sensor: A control element includes a switching element, an operating element for operating the switching element, a printed circuit board, and an electrically conductive sensor element of a capacitive proximity sensor integrated in the operating element. The electrically conductive sensor element is designed to be electrically conductively connected to the printed... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20060283691 - Button fastening device with circuit actuating capability: A button fastening device with circuit actuating capability includes: a first button part; a second button part engageable releasably with the first button part for fastening articles together; and a circuit actuating unit mounted on at least one of the first and second button parts, adapted to be electrically connected... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060283692 - Portable communication device with swiveling key: A portable communication device with an external housing (1) containsat least a mechanical switch (2a; 2b) and at least one key (3) for actuation of said mechanical switch (2a; 2b), said key comprising an actuation surface (30) which protrudes from said external housing through an aperture (10), and the mechanical... Agent: Sofer & Haroun, L.L.P.

20060283693 - Remote power control switch assembly: A remote electrical power control switch assembly for controlling power to a controlled device includes an electrical switch having a lever actuator. The switch is changed between an off state and an on state by movement of the lever between a first position and a second position, respectively. A key... Agent: Robert E. Cannuscio Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

20060283694 - Liquid level sensor switch: A liquid level sensor switch comprising a case, a rod type guide vertically extending from an inside bottom center of the case, a float having a center bore fitted on the guide with a clearance allowing the float to freely move up and down along the guide inside the case,... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20060283695 - Information apparatus: An information apparatus includes a first cover member that includes an input device capable of inputting data and may be capable of opening and closing with respect to a second cover member, and an opening/closing detection device that detects a status of the first cover member whether the first cover... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060283696 - Switching device: A switching device capable of preventing entrance of water from outside of a case through a space below an operation knob into the case is disclosed. The switching device includes: a switch; a case within which the switch is accommodated; a hollow cylinder which is formed integrally with the upper... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20060283697 - Controlling device with illuminated user interface: An illuminable user interface includes a plurality of input elements, a source of light energy, and a fiber optic filament mat provided with irregularities arranged in one or more controlled patterns to thereby form one or more visible images when the fiber optic filament mat is illuminated by the source... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20060283698 - Illuminating membrane switch and illuminating keypad using the same: An illuminating membrane switch includes an upper membrane sheet, an electroluminescent device and a lower membrane sheet. The electroluminescent device is interposed between the upper membrane sheet and lower membrane sheet on which switch circuits are printed. In addition to emitting rays through the upper membrane sheet, the electroluminescent device... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20060278502 - Rubber-contact member and key input apparatus comprising the same: A rubber-contact member and a key input apparatus including the same are provided. The rubber-contact member has a plurality of key contacts corresponding to a plurality of circuit contacts located on the upper surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) and includes foldable parts for partitioning the entire area of... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060278503 - Switch dome device: A switch dome device for operating functions in electronic equipment includes a plurality of switch domes mounted in a circular pattern on a support structure. Outputs of adjacent switch domes are operatively connected to inputs of a common AND circuit.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20060278504 - Mountable lockout device: A lockout device is provided for an operable instrument mounted to a structure with a first set of fasteners. The lockout device includes a base member having first and second side walls, an opening disposed between the side walls, a lock tab, and at least one mounting plate removably attached... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

20060278505 - Device for actuating an electric switching device with locking device: The present invention relates to an actuation device (1) of an electric switching device. This actuation device comprises a body (10) onto which is mounted a rotary control handle (2) and a device for locking the rotation of the control handle (2) making it possible to lock the control handle... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060278506 - Lamp-socket with built-in switch: Lamp-socket with built-in switch, wherein the switch can to be driven by means of a knob, a cord, a chain or a lever associated with a type “creek” mechanism which allows to close and to open the lamp power supply connection contacts. On transversal plane defined in the back end... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20060278507 - Contact piece made of tungsten provided with a corrosion-resistant layer made of a base metal: The subject matter of the invention is a contact piece comprising a tungsten overlay soldered onto a support, wherein at least portions of the solder layer and optionally of the support are covered by a layer of a less noble metal than tungsten. The corrosion resistance of the tungsten overlay... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20060278508 - Electroluminescent lamp membrane switch: An electroluminescent lamp membrane switch includes a deformable substrate. Graphic indicia is imprinted on the substrate. An electroluminescent lamp is imprinted on the graphic indicia layer and a membrane switch is formed on the lamp.... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn: Docketing Dept.

20060278509 - Electroluminescent lamp membrane switch: An combined monolithic electroluminescent lamp and membrane switch is manufactured by continuous printing. Graphic indicia is imprinted on deformable substrate. An electroluminescent lamp is imprinted on the graphic indicia layer and a membrane switch is formed on the lamp. The monolithic switch has a layer for sensing switch actuation by... Agent: John A. Thomas

20060278510 - Key sheets and method of producing the same: A key sheet includes a base sheet and a plurality of key tops arranged on the base sheet and exposed from an operation opening formed in a case of a device. The operation opening has no partition bridge. The base sheet includes a plurality of bases for fixing the key... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060278512 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a pad which can detect an operating coordinate position by a touch operation, and a single push-switch provided under the pad. A touch operation to the pad at a given place allows a preliminary announcement of a function, and a further press-down of the pad being... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060278511 - Switch of an actuating mechanism of a cart for use by elderly and handicapped persons: A cart includes a frame, a head part, an actuating mechanism, a seat, a front wheel, two rear wheels, and a power switch; the head part is supported on a front end of the frame in an angularly displaceable manner; the seat and the actuating mechanism are supported on the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060278514 - Control lever for a manipulator: A control lever for a manipulator, used in particular for heavy construction machines, comprising a frame defining a cavity, and at least one control button which is actuated by an operator in order to control hydraulic jacks, characterized in that at least one control button comprises at least one lower... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060278513 - Seating detection switch: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060278515 - Illuminated electrical switch with a tactile effect: The invention proposes a switch comprising a lower casing (12) in the bottom (26) of which are placed two fixed contact elements (36, 38), a trip member (14) that is elastically deformable through the action of an actuating member (18), and at least one light source (22) supported by a... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20060278516 - Actuating device for an electrical switch device with rotational locking means: The invention relates to an actuating device (1) for an electrical switch device comprising a body (10) upon which is mounted a hand lever (2) that rotates about a main axis (A), cooperating with a transmission shaft (3) able to control the opening or the closing of electrical contacts of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060272932 - Operation device for vehicle ignition switch: In an operation device for a vehicle ignition switch includes a rotational member for changing the switching mode, an operation knob connected with the rotational member while permitting the rotational operation to a LOCK, ON, OFF positions, etc. a block member capable of displacement between a position for permitting or... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish