Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 07/08

20080179170 - Circuit breaker-contactor with a piezo-electric controlled locking: The inventive circuit breaker-contactor (1) comprises a fixed contact, a contact (5) movable (19, 21) with respect to the fixed contact between open and closed positions, means (7) for displacing the movable contact (5) in the closed position thereof, means (9) for displacing the movable contact in the open position.... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20080179171 - Insulator: The disclosure relates to an insulator for positioning an electrical conductor in a gas chamber in a housing of a gas-insulated switchgear assembly, which comprises an electrically insulating disc-shaped carrier element with at least one cutout for passing through an electrical conductor. At least one notch for accommodating a clamp... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080179173 - Keypad and keypad assembly: A keypad and a keypad assembly are disclosed. The keypad includes a light guide layer, inside which light travels and electronic paper which is illuminated by light irradiated from the light guide layer and expresses at least one symbol by reflection of the light.... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080179172 - System for illuminating a keycap on a keyboard: Systems and methods for illuminating a keycap on a keyboard are described. One system comprises a first light source positioned below the keycap on the keyboard and arranged to illuminate a portion of a bottom of the keycap. The system also comprises a second light source, adjacent the first light... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080179174 - Rocker switch: A rocker switch, particularly a window lift switch in a motor vehicle, has a switch housing in which a rocker lever can be adjusted from an initial position, against a restoring force, into a switch-on position. The rocker lever is disposed in the switch housing on one side. In the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080173522 - Combined switch: A main body portion has fixed contacts and houses movable contacts. A lower electrode plate and upper electrode plate serving as the movable contacts are deformed at a time of a pressing operation. The upper electrode plate is contactable to the lower electrode plate and lower electrode plate brings contact... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080173529 - Collapsible keyboard: A collapsible keyboard comprises a first key assembly, a second key assembly rotatably connected to the first key assembly and a third key assembly rotatably connected to the second key assembly. The first key assembly is located between the second and third key assemblies when the collapsible keyboard is in... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080173528 - Panel operator structure for electronic equipment: A panel operator structure having operator units respectively disposed in position relative to operator unit insertion holes, thereby preventing key tops of the operator units from being in contact with the insertion holes. Switches are provided on an upper surface of a base plate and operation unit insertion holes are... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080173523 - Belt lock for a safety belt: In a device for the accommodation and retention of a lock part, in particular a belt lock of a safety belt, with at least one restraint device for the lock part, which has at least one movable latching element that can be brought into a retentive active connection with the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080173524 - Switch: A switch includes a movable portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The movable portion is provided on a substrate and moves with respect to the substrate. The first electrode is provided on the movable portion. The second electrode is able to contact with the first electrode and is... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080173525 - Switch: A switch comprises a room light case, a switch knob arranged inside an aperture portion of the room light case, guide grooves provided on an inner circumferential face of the aperture portion of the room light case, and guide ribs provided on an outer circumferential face of the switch knob.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080173526 - Keypad lighting using polymer light emitting devices: At least one key of a keypad of an electronic device, such as a wireless terminal, includes a polymer light emitting device, also referred to as a polymer LED, thereon. A polymer LED may be on the inner and/or outer surface of the face of the key and may be... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.a.

20080173527 - Switch device: A U-shaped spring member is placed on the outer periphery of a hollow cylindrical part of an operating body. Engaging portions in arm portions upwardly inwardly extending from both ends of the spring member are fitted into holes through the hollow cylindrical part and brought into resilient contact with a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080173530 - Switch unit: In a switch unit, abutting portions are provided on a movable contact in such a manner as to be brought into contact with stepped portion of a switching control element, respectively, so that when the switching control element is operated to rock, the abutting portion elastically ride on the stepped... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080169180 - Unified power window switch for vehicle: The present invention relates to a unified power window switch for a vehicle that can open and close all the windows of the vehicle and further provide a window lock function. The unified power window switch comprises a substrate including on its top surface a rear left (RL) side first... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080169174 - Safety knob switch of shredder: This specification discloses a shredder having a safety knob switch, which is a knob control lock mechanism protruding from its housing. The lock mechanism restricts the switching of the switch. When the switch is in the off position, it is locked and prevented from moving arbitrarily. The lock state is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080169175 - Electrical switching device: An electrical switching device with a quick-action fastening apparatus is disclosed for snapping the switching device onto a top-hat mounting rail in a service distribution panel. The quick-action fastening apparatus comprising at least one movable tab, which is associated with the fastening face of the switching device housing by means... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080169176 - Push-button switch structure with illumination function: A push-button switch structure with an illumination function includes a main frame having a panel disposed at the central area of the main frame and an installing portion disposed on said panel for installing at least one switch; a circuit board connected between the panel and the main frame for... Agent: Yang, Hsiu-ling

20080169177 - Sensing mechanism and electronic apparatus having the same: An electronic apparatus has a sensing mechanism and is disposed to a circuit board having a sensing switch, including a receptacle housing having an opening disposed at one side thereof, the opening having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion having a stopping end portion; an action... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080169178 - Tap changer: The invention relates to a tap-changer for low power switching on a step transformer. Said tap-changer is closed on the top by a tap-changer head which comprises a head flange wherein a drive shaft, which is guided from the outside, is mounted. An upper gear step and a hand wheel... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080169179 - Switch actuator: A switch activator includes a tongue including a first end and a second end and a surrounding portion. The tongue is joined to the surrounding portion at the first end and has a pressing point adjacent the second end. The tongue may be joined by glue, a heat stake or... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20080164132 - Button input device using e-paper: Provided is a button input device using electronic paper (E-paper). The button input device includes: a button including a transparent window and at least one base portion downwardly protruding from an outer edge of the window; the E-paper including a display region disposed under the window, and at least one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080164131 - Keyswitch and keyoard: The invention discloses a keyswitch for preventing itself from being damaged by the entrance of water and for increasing its lifetime. The keyswitch includes a substrate, a switch, a supporting device, a deformable shielding and a keycap. The switch is mounted on the substrate. The supporting device has an upper... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080164129 - Safety switch mounting: A mounting arrangement includes a first mounting that is attachable to a first support structure and configured to cooperate with one of a safety switch and a safety switch actuator and a second mounting configured to cooperate with the other of the safety switch and the safety switch actuator. The... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20080164134 - Snap action mechanism and pressure switch using snap action mechanism: A pressure switch includes an external force transmission mechanism for separating a cover from a housing. The cover and the external force transmission mechanism defines a first pressure chamber, and the housing and the external force transmission mechanism defines a second pressure chamber. In the second pressure chamber, a movable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080164130 - Electromechanical switching device: An electromechanical switching device, a switching device arrangement and an electric connection module are disclosed. In order to make it easier to connect an electromechanical switching device, a switching device is provided with a base body, and with a connection module that can be connected to the base body and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080164133 - Dome-shaped contact and multi-step operation electrical switch incorporating the same: Therefore, since the pressing force is temporarily reduced when one dome portion is depressed, a click feel can be provided. Since the pressing force varies with the dome portions, a multi-step operation can be achieved. In addition, since the elastic plate has a plurality of dome portions and a plurality... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20080156622 - Method and apparatus for detecting free fall: A data processing system including a data storage device having data stored on a data storage medium. Within said data processing system, a system electronics is operatively coupled to a sensor and to said data storage device. When the sensor senses a change in gravitational or inertial acceleration of said... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080156623 - Safety lockout system for interrupting unintentional flow of electrical current controlled by a safety switch: A safety lockout system deactivates a safety switch to interrupt unintentional electrical current flow or signals controlled by a safety switch which is used on door-like closures. The switch generally comprises two components: one mounted on a moveable closure and the other mounted on an adjacent fixed member, such as... Agent: Bernard J. Cantor

20080156624 - Micro switch device and manufacturing method: A micro switch device includes a switch substrate, an electrostatic cover which is separated from the switch substrate, and a bezel which limits a movable area of the electrostatic cover. An input terminal, an output terminal, a first driving electrode, and a second driving electrode are formed on the switch... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080156625 - Switch contact with a weight-reduced contact spring: In an electrical switch, in particular an electrical microswitch, has at least one electrical contact designed as a hollow-shape section of a component of an electrically conducting material. In this electrical switch, the occurrence of vibrations with the introduction onto an opposing contact is prevented.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080156626 - Actuating device: The invention relates to an actuating device for closing and/or opening a movable part (2) of a motor vehicle, in particular a door, a rear flap or the like, with a housing (3), and a rotatably mounted touch element (4) which, upon actuation, acts on a switch (6) arranged behind... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080156627 - Electrical switch: An electrical switch has a fixed contact and a moving contact arranged for movement between an ON position in contact with the fixed contact and an OFF position out of contact with the fixed contact, and an operating member for operating the moving contact. A spring co-acts between the operating... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080156628 - Switch apparatus: A door mirror retraction switch apparatus is configured to include a switch case, an insulator in which an actuator is disposed movably which is provided in an interior of the switch case in such a manner as to be surrounded by the switch case, and a lock mechanism, and a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080156629 - Electrical switching device: A switch having an actuating handle, a restoring mechanism, a contact carrier, and a rocker. The handle is rotatable to be movable upward and downward and moves downward in response to being actuated. The restoring mechanism is movable upward and downward and is biased to move upward. The handle forces... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.