Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 07/07

20070170048 - Slide switch: A slide switch includes a disk-shaped control member laid over a support member accommodated in a casing, a plurality of transverse contacts arranged in positions to surround the control member, and an annular vertical contact arranged outwardly of the transverse contacts to detect a sliding operation of the control member.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070170046 - Operation apparatus: An operation unit is used for a user to perform a tilt operation. The operation unit includes a disc-shaped detection subject member with a detection subject plane, which intersects with a basic axis Q of the operation unit and is movable integrally with the operation unit. Three detecting units are... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070170047 - Protective switch for protecting a circuit: A protective switch for protecting a circuit includes an operating element or rocker switch, contact connections projecting from a housing, a contact spring electrically connected to a first contact connection and having a free end covering a second contact connection for making contact. A bimetallic element in the housing runs... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070163864 - Latch releasing device: A latch releasing device includes a switch that is turned on upon pressing a pressing button towards a switch body and unlatches a door, a base member that holds the switch via the switch body such that the pressing button is arranged on a front surface thereof, a key top... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070163861 - Joystick controller with put-and-stay capability: A joystick controller comprises an operating rod (12) mounted for pivotal movement relative to a housing (14) so as to effect movement of a sensor element for providing an output signal indicative of a degree of pivotal movement of the operating rod (12). The joystick also includes at least one... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070163862 - Operating module for a motor vehicle: In a control module for a motor vehicle with an electric switch in a housing, the housing has at least one locking element that can be resiliently deflected, in the locking position of which the housing is secured in the correct position in a seat provided therefore. Each locking element... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070163863 - Water resistant keycard reader assembly for an electronic lock: An electronic lock includes a keycard sensing assembly which interacts with a keycard sensing switch surface mounted to a circuit board. The keycard sensing assembly is located adjacent a rear of a keycard slot such that when a key card is fully inserted into the keycard slot, the keycard activates... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070163866 - Printed circuit board with thin film switches for a keyboard: A printed circuit board with thin film switches for a keyboard including an upper board having multiple circuit lines, an insulating separation defining multiple through holes, a lower board having multiple circuit lines and multiple thin film switches mounted on the upper and lower boards. The thin film switch has... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070163865 - Thin film circuit board of keyboard: A thin film circuit board of the keyboard includes an upper thin film laminate, a lower thin film laminate and an insulation partition between the upper thin film laminate and the lower thin film laminate. Multiple first/second circuits are formed on the upper/lower thin film laminates. The first circuits and... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070163867 - Button apparatus for disk drive: A button apparatus for an electronic component (10) having a button (16) includes a computer bezel (20) and a pressing member (30) pivotally attached to the computer bezel for pressing the button of the electronic component. The computer bezel includes a front panel (22) and a flange (24) extending from... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070163868 - Waterproof switch: Enhancing efficiency in assembling a waterproof switch, and enhance flexibility of seal design. The waterproof switch 7 includes a plunger 11 accommodated in a cylindrical case 10 capable of moving in the longitudinal direction, and to which a spring 17 applies a force in a direction. One end of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070163869 - Device for controlling an electric power cutoff device: The invention relates to a device for controlling a circuit-breaker intended for opening and closing this electric power cut-off device comprising a mobile contact, this control device comprising a motor (3) with a rotary output shaft (12) and being connected to power supply means (4-9) and actuating means transforming the... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070163870 - Rotary manipulation type electronic device: The present invention provides a rotary manipulation type electronic device which permits one to obtain a feel of manipulations during rotational manipulations and produces lilting sounds of manipulations to thereby obtain an audiological sense of manipulations. The rotary manipulation type electronic device of the present invention has a base body... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070158169 - Spring to actuator bearing mechanism: A plastic actuator for a toggle switch has a metal rod embedded therein, with the metal surface partially exposed. This surface of the metal rod functions as a bearing surface for a positioning spring as the actuator is flipped back and forth to turn the switch on and off. The... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070158170 - Illuminating membrane switch and illuminating keypad using the same: An illuminating membrane switch includes an upper membrane sheet and a lower membrane sheet. The lower membrane sheet includes an electroluminescent device and a plurality of lower lead wires disposed on the illuminating surface of the electroluminescent device. An insulating spacer layer is further disposed on the illuminating surface of... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070158171 - Control module: A control module for selectively switching electrical power from a circuit breaker with the circuit breaker including a load lug coupled to a load wire and mounted in a panelboard. The control module includes a housing in-line with and directly attached to the circuit breaker inside the panelboard and a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070158172 - Key switch device: A key switch device capable of preventing a key top from displacing in the horizontal direction when the key top is being depressed, and of minimizing wear and damage to the components thereof. A displacement restricting part, contacting each of a pair of link members, is formed by punching and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070158173 - Switches: A membrane switch comprising a flexible membrane (32, 38, 138) forming a movable part of the switch, the flexible membrane comprising an electroluminescent display (38, 138). More specifically, a switch of the non-latching type, typically for use with a flexible electroluminescent display, which switch comprises: an underlying circuit layer (31,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070151832 - Method and apparatus to improve tactile feel for keyboards and button assemblies: A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070151833 - Multi-direction switch: A multi-direction switch (100) includes a housing (5) having a cavity, a plurality of stationary contacts (4) fixed in the housing, a metal dome (3) with an arcuate center portion covering some stationary contacts and a circular side portion slightly contacting with some other stationary contacts, a moveable contact (2)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070151834 - Steering column switch: A steering column switch comprises at least one switch lever having an actuating element, with the inner side thereof having a gate which is adjacent to a support and with at least one associated microswitch. An end of a tappet, which is guided in the support is in contact with... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070151835 - Interior fitting for a vehicle and method for the production thereof: An interior fitting for a vehicle, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprises a supporting body, which is provided, at least in areas, with a sensor-functional planar structure and with a covering layer that is located on the side facing the interior. Different output signals can be generated by means of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070151836 - Button display apparatus of refrigerator: The present invention discloses a button display apparatus of a refrigerator which can improve an illumination effect of operation buttons by condensing light of lamps for illuminating display characters or contours of the operation buttons on the operation buttons. The button display apparatus of the refrigerator includes: a control board;... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070151837 - Key mechanism: A key mechanism is disclosed. A base plate includes a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting portion opposing the first pivoting portion. A keycap is disposed on the base plate and includes at least one engaging portion. A linking bar is connected between the base plate and the keycap... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070151838 - Electronic device keypad: A keypad (102) for entering data in an electronic device (100) is disclosed. The keypad includes a thin circuit (202) with a first side (302) and a second side (304). The keypad also includes a user interface (204) located on the first side of the thin circuit. In addition, the... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070151839 - Tuning structure of a sound mixer: A tuning structure of a sound mixer is disclosed to include a switch set, formed of sliding switches with a respective switching lever, a face panel, which has sliding slots arranged in parallel for the passing of the switching levers of the switch set, a track set, which is mounted... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw