Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 05/07

20070119693 - System and apparatus for adjustable keyboard arrangements: Some embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and system for keyboard arrangements where one or more of the keys are adjustable. In some embodiments, the arrangement includes one or more keys and a moving mechanism for controlling the position of the keys. The keys may be adjusted in terms... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070119694 - Rotary switch: m

20070119695 - Signal switching apparatus for electronic device: A signal switching apparatus for electronic device is proposed. The switching apparatus includes a switching component, provided in the electronic device, having a control unit for switching the on/off condition of signals, and an operating component having an operating unit exposed from the electronic device and a connecting unit extending... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070119696 - Pushbutton mechanism for keyboards: A pushbutton mechanism for keyboards includes a bridge in a pushbutton that has an inner frame and an outer frame to make the pushbutton movable up and down. The inner frame and outer frame are intersected and coupled together, and have respectively inner side brackets and outer side brackets that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070119697 - Switch mechanism: Manual switch mechanisms 1 and 3 are dial type mechanisms each comprising at least a tubular dial component 4 with open ends on the two sides thereof, a first gear 5 that is fitted on the outside of the dial component 4 so as to rotate together with the dial... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070119698 - Methods and systems for implementing modal changes in a device in response to proximity and force indications: Methods, systems and devices implement changes in operating mode for a media player, wireless telephone, portable computer or other device having a force sensor and a proximity sensor. A force indication is received from the force sensor and a proximity indication is received from the proximity sensor responsive to user... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070114114 - Information input system for terminal and multifunctional button assembly for use in the same: Embodiments of the invention provide an information input system for a terminal and a multifunctional button assembly for use in the information input system and methods for operating the same. The multifunctional button assembly can include a lever control button, a rotary button and a switch that can be mounted... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070114115 - Hidden touch pad structure: A hidden touch pad structure adopted for an electronic product has a plate, a touch pad arranged inside the plate, a circuit board disposed under and retained against the plate and the touch pad simultaneously, and a lighting device surrounding the touch pad and received inside the plate. The circuit... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070114116 - Actuator: An actuator is provided. The actuator includes a pair of electrode layers, and an ionically conductive polymer layer arranged between the pair of electrode layers. The ionically conductive polymer layer is configured to bend or deform as a result of the application of a voltage between the pair of electrode... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070114117 - Water-resistant devices incorporating a switch assembly: An electric-powered device includes (1) a skin-contactable surface and (2) a body having a water-resistant switch assembly. Preferably, the electric-powered device is useful in skin treatment and delivers mechanical forces on the skin. The switch assembly preferably includes, a substantially planar mount having an aperture, a rotatable shaft extending through... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070114118 - Keypad structure: A key structure is disclosed in which the use of space for a keypad is maximized, thereby allowing free key inputs. The key structure includes a first keypad layer converted into a transparent state and a semi-transparent state, for displaying characters and numbers printed on the first keypad layer when... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070108027 - Keyboard: A keyboard is disclosed as including at least a key and two switches associated with each key, in which the key includes at least a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth legs, in which only one of the first and second legs is movable... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070108028 - Carrier apparatus for an optical engine: A carrier apparatus for use with an optical engine of a projection device is disclosed. The carrier apparatus includes a main frame and a support frame which is removably disclosed on the main frame. An adjustable mechanism includes a push device and an adjustable device. The push device is disposed... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070108029 - Switching unit having a locking function for a tool: A switch unit having a combined switch function and locking function for controlling industrial tools, both the locking function and the switch function being achieved magnetically.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070108030 - Handheld electronic communication device with metallic keypad: The present invention relates to a handheld electronic communication device comprising, in a housing (1), a printed circuit board (2) for holding electrical components and providing several connection points, and a keypad (5) extending parallel to said printed circuit board (2) and including a keypad user's interface (5c), made of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070108031 - Switch pin for smd manufacturing processes: A switch pin for SMD manufacturing processes to be mounted onto a circuit board includes a connection end located in a switch and a coupling end extended from the connection end and exposed outside the switch. The coupling end has a horizontal portion and a bend portion bending from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070108032 - Touch panel, method of manufacturing the same, and input device using the same: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first resistance layer on a surface of the first substrate, a second substrate, a second resistance layer on a surface of the second substrate, a spacer having substantially a frame shape provided between outer peripheries of the first and second substrates, a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070108034 - Independently positionable and programmable key switches: An independently positionable key switch including a key base having a key cap receiving opening and at least one gripping feature operative to facilitate gripping of the key base. An actuatable key cap is arranged in the key receiving opening of the key base. The key cap is actuatable between... Agent: Venable LLP

20070108033 - Slender keyswitch structure: The invention is to provide a keyswitch disposed on an electronic apparatus. According to the invention, the keyswitch includes a keycap, a resilient member and a switch. When an external force acts on a press portion of the keycap, the keycap compresses the resilient member such that a plurality of... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070108035 - Electric tool, particularly battery-operated electric tool: An electric tool is provided, including an electric tool housing, an electric motor located in the electric tool housing, and an energy store, particularly a battery, for supplying the electric motor with energy. An actuating member for actuating a switching means for supplying the electric motor with energy is arranged... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070102267 - Keypad with audio components: A keypad assembly (10) with embedded audio components can include a keypad and an audio component (14) within at least one key (12) of the keypad. At least one key can include an audio port (13). The keypad assembly can further include an insulating layer (18) or flexible circuit (21)... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070102266 - Rotator wheel: An input apparatus for a multimedia device, said input apparatus comprising: a rotator wheel having an upper planar surface that is substantially annular in shape and exposed in order that the upper planar surface may be accessed by a user of the multimedia device; means for detecting rotational movement of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070102268 - Power tool:

20070102269 - Drive for switching device: In a drive for a switching device, stored energy is converted into a rapid switching movement and a switching body is hence activated. An energy conversion occurs as a result of an underwater electrical discharge, by the application of stored electrical energy in order to evaporate a drive medium, by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070102270 - Actuator, touch panel display device, electronic apparatus: An actuator is provided that includes: a diaphragm that vibrates to generate sound; a housing that is attached to an outer edge of the diaphragm to support the diaphragm; an accommodating space that is formed inside the diaphragm and the housing, and an axis of which extends in a thickness... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070102273 - Led illuminated door chime push button with adjustable task light: An illuminated doorbell pushbutton assembly includes a pushbutton assembly that uses a light source, or a plurality thereof to illuminate the pushbutton. The assembly also includes a user-adjustable rotating task light that can be used to direct light to a door lock, a dark step, or to provide a light... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20070102272 - Movable contact, movable contact unit including the same, and switch including the same movable contact: A movable contact is made of a resilient and electrically conductive thin metal plate so that a depressing operation onto the top thereof allows turning over of the central section thereof. The movable contact is shaped like a dome bowing upward and open downward, and includes at least three projections... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070102271 - Switch having hot-key switching buttons and indicator means: A switch is disclosed to include a housing, a PC board, which is mounted inside the housing and has a control circuit, a face panel mounted on one the housing, a plurality of switching buttons respectively mounted in respective holes on the face panel and electrically coupled to the control... Agent: John G. Chupa Law Offices Of John Chupa & Associates, P.C.

20070102274 - Keyboard structure and keyboard assembly method: A keyboard structure including a base, a key-cap, and a linking-up mechanism is provided. The key-cap is disposed on the base, and the linking-up mechanism is connected between the base and the key-cap. The linking-up mechanism includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame is connected to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070102275 - Push button switch assembly: A switch assembly includes a unitary push button housing including an actuable button, a retainer having a first surface and a second surface, in which the retainer is secured within the push button housing, a snap dome secured on the first surface of the retainer, and at least one terminal... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070095633 - Switch control device for vehicle: A switch control device for control of drives of power windows and power side mirrors of a vehicle, which has a simple and easy-to-operate switch panel provided with a multifunction switch having a square operating surface to be pushed down as a whole and tilted in any of multiple directions... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070095634 - Rotary switch mechanism: The present invention provides a rotary switch mechanism comprising a dial unit and a position sensor that rotates as the dial unit rotates, with the rotational position of the dial unit determined based upon an output signal provided by the position sensor. The present invention allows the dial unit to... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070095635 - Slide switch: A slide switch includes an operational member slidable in a direction along a virtual plane, a plurality of movable contacts arranged surrounding the operational member, a plurality of fixed contacts provided in correspondence with the movable contacts to render at least one of the movable contacts into a conductive state... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070095636 - Cadence controlled actuator: Signals in a proper cadence are recognized as meeting criteria. Such signals are received from a touch plate coupled to a touch circuit. A controller discriminates against spurious signals if such signals are outside an initial tolerance, that is, are faster or slower than a device operator would enter such... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070095637 - Appliance knob mounting system and method: A control board assembly for controlling a home appliance includes a control board having at least one functional component, a control panel engaged with the control board, and a knob comprising a front side, a rear side, a first cylindrical portion extending from the rear side thereof which is coupled... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070095638 - Appliance knob mounting system and method: A control panel assembly for controlling a home appliance is provided. The control panel assembly includes a control board including at least one functional component. A control panel is coupled to the control board. The control panel forms a central cylinder defining an opening. A knob is positioned within the... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070095639 - Light emitting device and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a light emitting device where currents passing through scan lines have the same values. The light emitting device includes data lines, scan lines, pixels, one or more dummy data line and a cross-talk preventing circuit. The data lines are disposed in a first direction, and... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070095640 - Electrical switching apparatus operating mechanism with operating member therefor, and enclosure assembly employing the same: An operating mechanism is for a circuit breaker housed by an enclosure assembly including a panel movable between a closed position and an open position. The operating mechanism includes a linkage and an operating member. The operating mechanism is coupled to the handle of the circuit breaker to provide operation... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070095641 - Locking mechanism for a safety switch: A indexing wheel mounted in the head assembly of a safety switch has an axis of rotation extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the plunger, and against whose lateral surface the plunger bears. A key channel in the head assembly is adapted for receiving a key and... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International, Inc.

20070095642 - Rocker paddle switch with semi-rigid cam driver: There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “ion” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes semi-rigid spiral wound driver means having a conical end... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070095643 - Operating device with a touch switch: A touch-sensitive switch is disclosed whose electrical circuit is provided on a printed board (28). The touch-sensitive switch is coupled to a touch-sensitive switching area (12) on a panel or cover (11) of an electrical appliance via a sensor element (44). The sensor element (44) consists of a flexible, electrically... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070095644 - Input device and electronics device: An input device includes an operation portion, a holding portion, a detection portion and at least a switch. The holding portion holds the operation portion so that the operation portion is rotatable around a given axis. The detection portion detects a rotational position of the operation portion with respect to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP