Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 10/08

20080257704 - Compound operation input device: A compound operation input device includes: an first operating body that can be pressed in a direction substantially orthogonal to a circuit board; an second operating body of annular shape, disposed around the first operating body and substantially parallel to the circuit board, tilt operable, and rotatably operable; a first... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080257693 - Switch device and lens-fitted photo film unit: A lens-fitted photo film unit includes a front cover which covers an outside of a main body. A flash light source is secured to the main body. A sliding mechanism for switching is kept slidable on the main body, for generating a signal to actuate the flash light source. A... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080257703 - Diverter switch, a method for operating such a switch and use of such a switch: The invention relates to a diverter switch with an operating member and an electric circuit. The electric circuit has a main branch (1) and a resistance branch (2) connected in parallel with the main branch (1). Each branch comprises a contact (11, 21) and a vacuum switch (12, 22). The... Agent: Venable LLP

20080257694 - Breaker racking tool: Disclosed is a racking tool for use with a breaker having a frontwardly-projecting racking screw, the screw being rotatable, about a frontwardly-orientated screw axis, between connected and disconnected positions. The racking tool comprises: a gripping tool that, in use, engages said screw and is rotatable about the screw axis to... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080257695 - Air-electrical switch: A combined electrical switch and pneumatic valve device is provided in which the device controls the electrical switch and pneumatic valve simultaneously. In an exemplary embodiment, the device is used for a tire repair system.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080257708 - Variable differential adjustor: A variable differential adjustor for a fluid pressure-actuated switch, with the fluid, in the preferred form of the invention, being air. The restrictor has a restrictor housing having a passage through which a pressure source has a portion which passes on its way to a pressure-actuated switch. A restrictor is... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080257696 - Contact block: The present invention includes a contact block for a safety switch that has a support structure and a pair of electrical contacts that are fixed in position on the support structure. The contact block includes a contact block plunger provided with a bridging contact. The bridging contact extends through the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20080257697 - Selection member coupling apparatus for clothing handler and coupling method thereof: Disclosed are a selection member coupling apparatus for a clothing handler and a coupling method thereof. The selection member coupling apparatus for the clothing handler includes a selection member, a selection member guiding member for guiding an operation of the selection member by having a front surface to which the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080257699 - Keypad assembly: A keypad assembly for radiating light to a key button using a light conductive plate is provided. The keypad assembly having a key pad with key buttons includes: a light conductive plate for advancing light emitted through a side surface thereof into the inside thereof and for radiating light to... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080257698 - System and method for illuminating a keyboard or keypad input device: An illuminated keyboard has at least one key carried by a support structure and operable to close an electrical contact on being depressed from above, the at least one key having a translucent top surface, a hollow space under the translucent top surface, and an opening into the hollow space... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080257700 - Combination switch: A combination switch is provided for a high-speed oven, the oven having a door. The combination switch has a rotatable cam (40) that is rotated when the door of the oven is moved between a closed position and an open position. The cam (40) has at least one lobe (50,... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080257701 - Multifunctional rotary switch: A multifunctional rotary switch for operating an electronic device is providing having a roller with an axis of rotation. The roller has a bidirectional rotational mode of operation where the roller rotates in both a clockwise and counter clockwise direction around the axis, a translational mode of operation where the... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20080257702 - Electrical switching apparatus, and latch assembly and latch engagement control mechanism therefor: A latch engagement control mechanism is provided for a latch assembly of a circuit breaker including a housing, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism having a pole shaft, and at least one link coupled to the pole shaft. The latch assembly includes a pivot member cooperable with such link. The... Agent: Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20080257705 - Push-switch: A push switch includes a movable contact, and a drive body. The movable contact includes an annular part with a circular central hole and four leg parts inclined and extruded downward from the outer circumferential end of the annular part by way of a deflection part, formed in a shape... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080257706 - In-molded capacitive switch: An article of manufacture having an in-molded capacitive switch and method of making the same are shown and described. In one disclosed method, a conductive ink sensing zone is printed on a film. The film is formed to a desired shape and put in an injection mold. A molten plastic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080257707 - Touch sensor switch: A touch sensor switch for easily taking out an output of a touch sensor with high reliability. Push-type switching elements 2A, 2B, and 2C are mounted on a printed circuit board 1, a rubber dome 3 is provided with expanded portions 30A, 30B, and 30C for housing the switching elements... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080257704 - Compound operation input device: A compound operation input device includes: an first operating body that can be pressed in a direction substantially orthogonal to a circuit board; an second operating body of annular shape, disposed around the first operating body and substantially parallel to the circuit board, tilt operable, and rotatably operable; a first... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080257693 - Switch device and lens-fitted photo film unit: A lens-fitted photo film unit includes a front cover which covers an outside of a main body. A flash light source is secured to the main body. A sliding mechanism for switching is kept slidable on the main body, for generating a signal to actuate the flash light source. A... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080257703 - Diverter switch, a method for operating such a switch and use of such a switch: The invention relates to a diverter switch with an operating member and an electric circuit. The electric circuit has a main branch (1) and a resistance branch (2) connected in parallel with the main branch (1). Each branch comprises a contact (11, 21) and a vacuum switch (12, 22). The... Agent: Venable LLP

20080257694 - Breaker racking tool: Disclosed is a racking tool for use with a breaker having a frontwardly-projecting racking screw, the screw being rotatable, about a frontwardly-orientated screw axis, between connected and disconnected positions. The racking tool comprises: a gripping tool that, in use, engages said screw and is rotatable about the screw axis to... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080257695 - Air-electrical switch: A combined electrical switch and pneumatic valve device is provided in which the device controls the electrical switch and pneumatic valve simultaneously. In an exemplary embodiment, the device is used for a tire repair system.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080257708 - Variable differential adjustor: A variable differential adjustor for a fluid pressure-actuated switch, with the fluid, in the preferred form of the invention, being air. The restrictor has a restrictor housing having a passage through which a pressure source has a portion which passes on its way to a pressure-actuated switch. A restrictor is... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080257696 - Contact block: The present invention includes a contact block for a safety switch that has a support structure and a pair of electrical contacts that are fixed in position on the support structure. The contact block includes a contact block plunger provided with a bridging contact. The bridging contact extends through the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20080257697 - Selection member coupling apparatus for clothing handler and coupling method thereof: Disclosed are a selection member coupling apparatus for a clothing handler and a coupling method thereof. The selection member coupling apparatus for the clothing handler includes a selection member, a selection member guiding member for guiding an operation of the selection member by having a front surface to which the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080257699 - Keypad assembly: A keypad assembly for radiating light to a key button using a light conductive plate is provided. The keypad assembly having a key pad with key buttons includes: a light conductive plate for advancing light emitted through a side surface thereof into the inside thereof and for radiating light to... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080257698 - System and method for illuminating a keyboard or keypad input device: An illuminated keyboard has at least one key carried by a support structure and operable to close an electrical contact on being depressed from above, the at least one key having a translucent top surface, a hollow space under the translucent top surface, and an opening into the hollow space... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080257700 - Combination switch: A combination switch is provided for a high-speed oven, the oven having a door. The combination switch has a rotatable cam (40) that is rotated when the door of the oven is moved between a closed position and an open position. The cam (40) has at least one lobe (50,... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080257701 - Multifunctional rotary switch: A multifunctional rotary switch for operating an electronic device is providing having a roller with an axis of rotation. The roller has a bidirectional rotational mode of operation where the roller rotates in both a clockwise and counter clockwise direction around the axis, a translational mode of operation where the... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20080257702 - Electrical switching apparatus, and latch assembly and latch engagement control mechanism therefor: A latch engagement control mechanism is provided for a latch assembly of a circuit breaker including a housing, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism having a pole shaft, and at least one link coupled to the pole shaft. The latch assembly includes a pivot member cooperable with such link. The... Agent: Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20080257705 - Push-switch: A push switch includes a movable contact, and a drive body. The movable contact includes an annular part with a circular central hole and four leg parts inclined and extruded downward from the outer circumferential end of the annular part by way of a deflection part, formed in a shape... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080257706 - In-molded capacitive switch: An article of manufacture having an in-molded capacitive switch and method of making the same are shown and described. In one disclosed method, a conductive ink sensing zone is printed on a film. The film is formed to a desired shape and put in an injection mold. A molten plastic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080257707 - Touch sensor switch: A touch sensor switch for easily taking out an output of a touch sensor with high reliability. Push-type switching elements 2A, 2B, and 2C are mounted on a printed circuit board 1, a rubber dome 3 is provided with expanded portions 30A, 30B, and 30C for housing the switching elements... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080251365 - Input device: An electronic device, e.g. a mobile telephone, may comprise an input device such as a rocker key device for operating functions in the electronic device. The input device may comprise a switch device with at least one switch pad mounted on a support structure, and an input actuator for actuating... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080251371 - Multi-directional input device: A multi-directional input device includes an operating shaft capable of rotating around a central axis thereof and tilting in multiple directions from the central axis; a rotating body rotating together with the operating shaft to sequentially connect or disconnect a slide contact and a fixed contact; and a plurality of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080251360 - Data setter: At least one plug is selectively fit into the plug-fitting portions 12A1 to 12A8, and then a plurality of kinds of data consisting of five bits configuration are obtainable.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080251361 - Tamper protection device for an electrical switching device, including a protection cap and a retainer for a security seal: A tamper protection device for an electrical switching device including a housing and a panel for at least one control element. The tamper protection device a protection cap configured to prevent unwanted operation or tampering of the control element when in position on the housing and a seal retainer configured... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080251372 - Combination pressure switch: A combination switch includes a pressure switch moveable between open and closed positions in response to a working pressure of a fluid; an unloader valve moveable between open and closed positions; and a mechanical interconnection between the pressure switch and the unloader valve operable to move the unloader valve in... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080251362 - Contact holder: A contact holder is disclosed for a contact system. An embodiment of the contact holder permits a particularly secure contacting with a particularly simple construction. The above is achieved by way of a function integration of spring and support for the moving contact of the contact system in a single... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080251363 - Manual input device: An elevating member is fitted on a rotary shaft of a rotation operating member slidably supported by a base so that it can be elevated, first and second cam members are provided in the rotation operating member, and first and second elastic contact members are provided so as to be... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080251364 - Feedback on input actuator: A user input system for an electronic device including an input actuator adapted to be depressed by a user to input a signal into the electronic device; and an actuator location signaling system adapted to signal location of the input actuator to the user. The actuator location signaling system includes... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080251366 - Locking push-button switch: A locking push-button switch comprises a plunger that is displaceable relative to a component when a force is applied, wherein a latch interacting with a cardioid cam is arranged between the component and the plunger. A friction brake is assigned to the latch.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080251367 - Methods and apparatus for constructing a multi-part switch: Methods and apparatus for providing a switch that includes multiple parts, and is arranged to function after extended periods of being in a depressed state are disclosed. In one embodiment, a multi-part switch includes a first contact, a second contact, and a plate. The first contact is electrically coupled to... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20080251369 - Electronic switch comprising an elastic sheet for horizontally positioning the pushbutton: An electronic switch may include a horizontal bottom plate, a top side of the plate may support at least two electrical contacts. A contactor may be positioned on the top side of the plate and may be elastically deformable to electrically link the at least two electrical contacts. A pushbutton... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080251368 - Input device: An electronic device, e.g. a mobile telephone, may comprise an input device such as a rocker key device for operating functions in the electronic device. The input device may comprise a switch device with at least one switch pad mounted on a support structure, and an input actuator for actuating... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080251370 - Switch device: A switch device is provided with an operation key 3 having a first contact portion 315. The operation key 3 is dislocated in a push direction by a push operation. A base member 4 has a second contact portion 41 and a third contact portion 42 electrically conducted by a... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080245646 - Self-configuring operator control: An operator control assembly including at least one operator control mounted in a panel cover or dashboard with at least one opening for receivably mounting the operator control, and at least one printed circuit board mounted beneath the panel cover. A unique configuration of projecting members on the bottom of... Agent: Deere & Company

20080245650 - Operating element with a central pushbutton: An operating element is provided that has a control knob, which is mounted in a housing, a console, or the like, and can move in a swiveling manner between a home position and multiple switching or contact positions. In order to design the operating element in a simple way, a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080245642 - Low-voltage circuit breaker with sealed interchangeable poles: A low-voltage circuit breaker that comprises: a containment structure; a control mechanism; a plurality of circuit breaking poles, each of which comprises a housing containing a sealed ampoule that in turn contains at least one fixed contact and at least one moving contact, which can be mutually coupled and uncoupled,... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080245643 - Button device: A button device for an electronic device includes a transparent active button (10); a switch module (20) located behind the active button, and a holder (30) for holding the switch module therein fixed in the electronic device. The switch module includes a switch base (22), and an actuatable switch head... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080245644 - Insulating part for a high voltage switch of a metal enclosed circuit breaker system: For reason of the execution as a pressure-gelated casting the insulating part (20) can be manufactured easily with low costs but with high precision. In general a finish-maching of the casting is not required. The integration of the large through-hole (23) and of the small through-holes (24, 25) as well... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080245645 - Three-position apparatus capable of positioning an electrical transfer switch: A multi-position apparatus for use with a system operated in at least three distinct positions. The apparatus comprises (i) a position-selection mechanism, (ii) a first link mechanism and a second link mechanism, each link mechanism being operably coupled with the position-selection mechanism, (iii) a first weight-actuated spring mechanism operably coupled... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080245647 - Two-stage power button: A manually actuated two-stage power button for a computer system is disclosed. The power button includes a living hinge, first and second legs and a spring mechanism. The first and second legs are integrally connected to the living hinge. Portions of the first and second legs are located on one... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080245648 - Electrical switching apparatus and trip actuator assembly therefor: A trip actuator assembly is provided for a circuit breaker including a housing having a mounting surface, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The trip actuator assembly includes a trip actuator cooperable with the operating mechanism, and a... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080245649 - Electrical switching apparatus and trip actuator reset assembly therefor: A trip actuator reset assembly for a circuit breaker includes a cradle assembly, a reset lever, a trip actuator, and a resilient element. The cradle assembly is pivotably coupled to the circuit breaker pole shaft. The reset lever includes first and second ends, and a pivot pivotably coupling the reset... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080237017 - Easy-to-clean keypad device: Keypad devices have become commonplace in everyday life. They are part of our everyday life, in the form of pocket calculators, telephones, remote control devices, and cellular phones. Cleaning these keypad devices is problematic, since they have a large number of actuatable keys, due to the functions to be performed.... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080237018 - Input device and manufacturing method thereof: An input device for constructing an inputting operation unit for various electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the input device are provided. The input device allows push-down inputting operation and position inputting operation using the same operating unit. The input device has a position input sensor provided under a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080237023 - Multidirectional input apparatus and electronic device: Provided is a multidirectional input apparatus. The multidirectional input apparatus includes a pressing operation member including a surface, a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion provided on a first axis on the surface, and a third pressing portion and a fourth pressing portion provided on a second axis... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080236999 - Switch assembly having a mechanically actuated override: A method and apparatus for enabling reverse mow condition in a tractor comprises a switch assembly having an ignition switch that is rotatable through a plurality of positions, a housing for supporting the ignition switch, and an actuator movably located in the housing. The enabling of a reverse mow condition... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080237000 - Micro switch mounting structure and automatic icemaker: A micro switch is mounted onto a mounting base attached to a controller of an automatic icemaker. The micro switch generates a signal for controlling the amount of water to be filled in an ice tray. The micro switch is fixed to the mounting base by the first fixing member... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080237001 - Electrical switching apparatus and interlocking phase barrier therefor: A circuit breaker includes an enclosure with a first side and a second side opposite and distal from the first side. A number of separable contacts are enclosed by the enclosure. An operating mechanism is structured to open and close the separable contacts. A plurality of terminals are electrically interconnected... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080237002 - Contact-type sensor of object: The present invention relates to a contact-type sensor of an object, which is constructed by placing an elastic light material such as a sponge with certain thickness on the surface of the object and plastic membrane switches which are just like the keyboard of a computer are arranged below the... Agent: Daniel J. Hudak Hudak Shunk & Farine

20080237003 - Inertial switch using fully released and enclosed conductive contact bridge: A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switch comprises a trench formed in a substrate. A free moving conductive mass may be formed within the cavity. When the switch is moved or otherwise acted upon my an inertial force to conductive mass makes contact with a pair of electrodes partially covering the trench... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080237004 - Rolling-ball switch and method of making the same: A rolling-ball switch includes an insulative casing part having first and second connecting faces and an intermediate through hole, insulative first and second covering parts each having a recessed inner side that covers the respective connecting face, and two metal plates respectively disposed between the first covering part and the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080237005 - Switching element, method for manufacturing the same, and display device including switching element: A method for manufacturing a switching element which has enough resistance to repeat switching operations and which can be miniaturized and have low power consumption, and a display device including the switching element are provided. The switching element includes a first electrode to which a constant potential is applied, a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080237006 - Electrical switching apparatus and accessory assembly therefor: An accessory assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing. The accessory assembly includes at least one accessory and a mounting member structured to mount such accessory within the housing of the circuit breaker. The mounting member includes at... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080237007 - Electrical switching apparatus, and sub-assembly and auxiliary switch tray therefor: An auxiliary switch tray is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing, an actuating mechanism, and a plurality of auxiliary switches. The housing has a mounting mechanism. The auxiliary switch tray includes a module having first and second sides, and... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080237008 - Dust-proof switch: A dust-proof switch includes a housing inlayed with a plurality of terminals, an inner lid, an outer lid, a dust-proof cover and a shielding. The housing has a body; an accommodating recess is defined in the body. The accommodating recess includes a first cavity and a second cavity. The inner... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080237009 - Sealed switch assembly: A switch assembly includes a circuit board having at least one circuit and a switch mechanism supported by the circuit board. The switch mechanism is operated to close the circuit. A housing sealingly surrounds the circuit board and the switch mechanism. Optionally, the housing may be overmolded around the circuit... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20080237010 - Electrical control device: An electrical device is disclosed for use in a wall box having a series of buttons that can either be rocker buttons or push buttons. These buttons can be supported by springboards formed integral with a support board. The springboards are for biasing the series of buttons. Much of the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C./leviton

20080237012 - Keyboard: The keyboard includes a rubber sheet fixed on key tops of a set of key-switch devices. The rubber sheet elastically urges the key tops upward so that they are borne away from the base of the key-switch devices. The rubber sheet is arranged so as to cover the key-switch devices... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080237011 - Keypad assembly: Disclosed is a keypad assembly including a light guide panel, light, at least one light extracting pattern provided on the light guide panel so that light propagating inside the light guide panel is directed out of the light guide panel, a switch board having at least one switch; and at... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080237013 - Electronic equipment: Electronic equipment of the present invention includes a first housing 2 with an elastically deformable thin-wall portion 25 formed as a part of the front wall, an elastically deformable spacer member 4, and a sub board 5 on which switches 51 are mounted. The spacer member 4 includes a plurality... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080237015 - Catchment mechanism to prevent camshaft over-rotation during closure in a direct-drive stored energy mechanism: A catchment mechanism for an electrical switching apparatus operating mechanism is provided. The catchment mechanism includes a catchment wheel with a radially extending surface, a catchment prop, and a catchment prop reset pin. The catchment wheel rotates with the cam in the closing assembly as the closing springs are being... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080237016 - Positive resetting close latch for closing electrical switching apparatus: A latch assembly for an electrical switching apparatus operating mechanism is provided. The latch assembly is structured so that force from the closing spring is directed along a line extending through the pivot point of a latch prop. A reset assembly for the latch prop is also provided.... Agent: Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20080237014 - Spring driven ram for closing a electrical switching apparatus: An operating mechanism closing assembly for an electrical switching apparatus having a ram assembly structured to engage and move a toggle assembly is provided. The ram assembly includes a ram body that travels over a, preferably, straight path and engages the toggle assembly. The path may be defined by one... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrcial, Inc.

20080237019 - Touch panel and manufacturing method thereof: A first separate area insulated from a top conductive layer and extending in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of top electrodes is provided near an inner periphery of a spacer on a surface of the top substrate where the top conductive layer is provided. And/or a second separate... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080237020 - Switch device having a spacer organizing contact tails: A casing, in which a plurality of contacts are fixed, an operation element which is arranged so as to be able to move in translation in the casing, a conductive dome-like member which is arranged in the casing and which is resiliently deformable under the action of the displacement of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080237021 - Keypad overlay membrane: A keypad overlay membrane provides guidance to a user in selecting an intended key to strike and avoiding striking unintended keys. In one arrangement the overlay membrane is formed by a continuous thin-walled sheet having an outwardly-facing surface and an opposed inwardly-facing surface. Formed into the thin-walled sheet are a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (c/o Intermec)

20080237022 - Cushioning means holding member, and slide switch including the same: k

20080237024 - Rf mems switch with a flexible and free switch membrane: The RF MEMS switch comprising micromechanical switching means that are carried by a substrate (1) and that can be actuated between two positions: a first position (off-state/FIG. 1) and a second position (on-state), and actuation means for actuating the position of the switching means. The micromechanical switching means comprise a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C