Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 11/07

20070272526 - External operation handle device for a circuit breaker: An external operation handle device is used for a circuit breaker for switching a locker handle to ON and OFF positions. The handle device includes a main body casing for the circuit breaker, a mount base held on the main body casing, a rotary handle grip mounted on the mount... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070272524 - Rotary switch in a motor vehicle: A rotary switch in a motor vehicle comprises a stationary central part and a rotatable outer part. To the rotatable outer part a control part is coupled, which transfers the rotary movement of the outer part directly into a contact unit (16).... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070272525 - Switch and device using the switch: There is provided a novel switch having a function of overcurrent protection. In a switch comprising a conductive movable member (9) and at least two terminals (1, 2, 3) and being switchable by mechanically moving the movable member (9) between a state in which the movable member (9) contacts with... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070272527 - Switching device provided with neutral conductor: A switching device is disclosed which includes a neutral conductor and arranged for opening and closing an electric circuit. The switching device includes a frame, through which the electric circuit's neutral conductor having a first end and a second end passes. The neutral conductor includes a movable middle portion that... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070272528 - Liquid switch: An apparatus comprising a liquid switch. The liquid switch comprises a substrate having a surface with first and second regions thereon and a fluid configured to contact both of the regions. The regions each comprise electrically connected fluid-support-structures, wherein each of the fluid-support-structures have at least one dimension of about... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20070272529 - Integrated circuit with analog connection matrix: Integrated circuit with analog connection matrix. The integrated circuit includes an analog connection matrix having a plurality of analog i/o contacts. The analog i/o contacts have a plurality of electric interconnections with respect to one another through miniaturized relays, in which each miniaturized relay includes a conductive element arranged in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070272530 - Rotating-pressing operation type electronic part and electronic device using this rotating-pressing operation type electronic part: A rotating and pressing operation type electronic component that is reduced in the number of parts and man-hour for assembly and reduced in height dimension and floor surface area, comprising a frame formed of first and second bases, a tubular rotatingly operating body rotatably supported on the inside of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070272531 - Leading auxiliary switch for circuit breaker: A leading auxiliary switch includes an auxiliary switch housing for attachment to a circuit breaker. An operating slide is provided having a sliding edge and being supported so as to be movable in a first sliding direction. A contact carrier is provided supported so as to be movable parallel to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070272532 - Faceplate adapter for mounting a traditional-style load control device with a designer-style faceplate: The present invention provides a means for easily ganging together a traditional-style dimmer switch and a designer-style dimmer switch in a multi-gang designer-style faceplate. Specifically, a faceplate adapter for a load control device according to the present invention comprises a front surface, an adapter opening in the front surface, and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070272533 - Keyboard with wobble prevention structure: A keyboard with a wobble prevention structure, which is substantially a substrate having at least one press key arranged thereon while enabling each press key to be driven to move in a reciprocating manner following a specific direction, and having a plurality of position limit devices disposed on the substrate... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070272534 - Key unit with reinforcing plate: For example, a part of metal reinforcing plate 4 is positively exposed to a position which can be seen from the outside of key unit 1, and various decorations are applied to the exposed part 7 so as to allow it to function as a decorated component. As a location... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070272535 - Wallbox dimmer having a sliding cover plate: A faceplate structure for a load control device comprises a bezel, an operating knob extending through an elongated rectangular opening of the bezel, and a sliding cover plate disposed behind the bezel. The bezel defines side walls and is adapted to be fixed to the load control device. The elongated... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070267280 - Connecting element for connecting two servince devices arranged with their broad sides next to one another: The invention relates to a connecting element for connecting two installation units that are positioned side by side with adjacent broad sides, in particular, circuit-breakers residual-current circuit-breakers or similar, at least one of said units having a narrower module width in relation to the normal module width of an installation... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070267281 - Force switch: A mechanical force switch to be disposed along a longitudinal device axis of a medical device includes an electrically conductive switching piston to form a first electrical contact of the switch, a hollow body, an end stop, a bias device, and an electrically conductive second contact of the switch electrically... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20070267282 - Vehicle occupant sensing system having enclosed sensor assembly: A vehicle occupant sensing system adapted for detecting a condition of a vehicle seat assembly that includes at least one emitter and at least one sensor disposed in spaced relationship to the emitter. The sensor is operable to detect relative distance to the emitter to thereby detect the condition of... Agent: Lear Corporation, Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070267283 - Detent mechanism: A detent mechanism includes: a control member to be operated rotationally; a rotary member including a pair of magnetic poles adapted to rotate in conjunction with the control member; a plurality of electromagnets provided along a rotational path of the magnetic poles of the rotary member; and a detent controller... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070267284 - Micro switch: A micro switch includes a housing, which has bottom terminal slots and an inside locating hole, a side cover hooked on the housing and covering a side opening of the housing, and a common terminal and a normal-open terminal respectively mounted in the bottom terminal slots, the common terminal and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070267285 - Touch panel: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of insulating grooves. The first substrate has a first conductive layer; and a plurality of first electrodes that extend from both ends of the first conductive layer and that have first electrode lead sections. The second substrate... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070261946 - Solid insulated disconnection switch and solid insulated switchgear using the same: P

20070261944 - Operating switch mechanism: Provided is an operating switch mechanism having a handle cover with enhanced rigidity. The operating switch mechanism has a chassis 1 in which individual switches 21 and a group switch are exposed from the front side. An indicator hole for passing light is formed in the chassis 1 to at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070261945 - Sealed pushbutton switch: A sealed pushbutton switch (1) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a cavity (25), an actuator (3) movably retained in the insulative housing, a base (8) conglutinated to the insulative housing by glue, a number of fixed contacts (7) assembled to the base, a spring (5) mounted below the actuator,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070256912 - Dial type switch mechanism: A dial type switch mechanism is developed in which an installation space can be made as small as possible. In a dial type switch mechanism 10 furnished with a push type switch part provided in its center, and a dial switch part which operates a dial fitted around the push... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070256914 - Cordless screwdriver: The invention relates to a battery-driven screwdriver comprising a housing (12, 18) provided with a handle (14), an on/off switch (26) and, particularly, a permanently fixed rechargeable battery (40) and charge contact tongues (37) which are associated with the rechargeable battery (40). The battery-driven screwdriver is characterised in that it... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070256913 - Gaming keyboard: An apparatus of a symmetrical computer keyboard providing for use by a single hand and featuring a key matrix with a combination of keys limited to keys frequently used when playing software computer games. The apparatus features keys in a combinatorial straight grid arrangement and radial arrangement; the most frequently... Agent: Mark Manley

20070256915 - Input devices and their use: A touch-sensitive input device has an exposed, continuous surface defining a planar area, and a grid of sense elements coextensive with the area of the exposed surface and responsive to engagement of the exposed surface by an operator to establish a position of said engagement of the exposed surface. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070256916 - Horn switch apparatus for a vehicle steering wheel: A set of horn switch assemblies are mounted on a base plate of a vehicle steering wheel and linked by two continuous electrical conductors that are electrically bridged to activate a horn. Each switch assembly includes an insulator base affixed to the base plate and a deflectable metal blade disposed... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070256918 - Collapsible contact switch: Embodiments of the invention describe a contact switch, which may include a bottom electrode structure including a bottom actuation electrode and a top electrode structure including a top actuation electrode and one or more stoppers able to maintain a predetermined gap between the top electrode and the bottom electrode when... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070256917 - Film actuator based mems device and method: The present invention discloses a Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems (MEMS) device suitable for use in a range of applications from DC, such as switching electrical signal lines, to RF applications such as tunable capacitors and switches. In an embodiment of the invention, the device comprises a bottom substrate and a top substrate... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070256919 - Multi-functional control: According to one embodiment, a multifunctional switch and impulse generator assembly are disclosed that include a fixed base part enclosing an electrical pulse generator means. A rotatable upper part with an actuation knob is included. The electrical pulse generator means is adapted to provide electrical pulses on one or more... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Nixon Peabody LLP.

20070251807 - Rolling-ball switch: A rolling-ball switch includes a casing having two racks. A chamber is defined after a round stage and a sealing groove are fit in the casing. The chamber includes a first contact plate, a second contact plate and a third contact plate on two ends faces thereof and forming a... Agent: Hdsl

20070251808 - Connecting element for producing a connection between service switching devices: The invention relates to a connector element for two installation breakers, adjacently attached with the broad faces thereof in contact, the housings of which are each formed from two dished housing pieces. The connector element comprises an approximately cylindrical base body with a first external diameter, on the front side... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070251809 - Electrodynamically tilting contact system for power circuit breakers: An electrodynamically tilting contact system for power circuit breakers includes an actuating shaft segment, a rotary contact bridge pivotally mounted therein and contact force springs that form components of a tilting snap-action mechanism, which holds the rotary contact bridge in a repulsed position after an electrodynamically effected repulsion of fixed... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070251810 - Turnable keys for a control device: A control device for use on a working surface includes a bottom housing configured to be placed on the working surface; a top housing coupled with the bottom housing, the top housing including at least one key; an actuator disposed between the bottom housing and the top housing and coupled... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP