Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 01/09

20090026050 - Conductive contact unit: A conductive contact unit includes a conductive contact holder, a conductive contact, and an aligning unit. The conductive contact holder includes a first guiding grooves and a second guiding groove opposite to the first guiding groove, each slidably engaging one edge of the conductive contact. The conductive contact has a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090026055 - Sealed dual plunger switch assembly with simultaneity: A sealed dual plunger switch assembly includes two switch sub-assemblies comprising plunger actuating mechanisms and basic switches. The sub-assemblies can be inserted into an overall enclosure using shims in order to position their operate points in the desired range relative to the enclosure's mounting surface. The enclosure is then sealed... Agent: Bryan Anderson Honeywell International Inc.

20090026051 - Input device for rapid triggering of rolling signals: The present invention includes a wheel mounted onto an electronic device through a holding rack and turnable freely under an external force. The wheel has a click portion to generate signals that consists of concave and convex portions formed radially and equally spaced from one another. A signal generation means... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090026056 - Switches in textile structures: An electronic switch comprises electrodes (6) incorporated in a textile structure (4). The electrodes form contact faces exposed at the surface of the structure, and available for engagement simultaneously by a body part such as a finger (10). The electrical conductivity at the surface of the body part completes an... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn:IPDepartment

20090026059 - Pressure switch: A compact pressure switch that causes little error in the operating point of the switch and that has resistance to dust, water, and chemical solutions is provided. The pressure switch includes a housing (2) formed of a resin having chemical solution resistance, a pressure sensor (3) that detects the pressure... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090026049 - Device for monitoring the flow rate of a medium in a continuous flow device: The subject matter of the present invention is a device for monitoring the flow rate of a medium in a continuous flow device such as a tube, a water distribution system, a heating boiler or the like, comprising a paddle pivotally mounted in a housing and comprising at its end... Agent: Pyle & Piontek Attn: Thomas R. Vigil

20090026060 - Position responsive switch: A position responsive switch. A position responsive switch comprises of a two chamber housing having a first and a second chamber. An aperture is disposed between the two chambers. A first lead wire and a second lead wire extend through the second chamber. A first and second set of contact... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20090026052 - Electric switch: The invention relates to an electrical switch for an electrical appliance, in particular for an electrical tool, such as a drill, a grinder, a saw, a plane, an angle grinder or the like, and having a housing. The switch has a contact system which is located in the housing, and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090026053 - User control interface: The invention relates to a user control interface comprising a plurality of illuminated symbols such as letters, digits and similar characters being arranged for facilitating input commands from a user and being disposed at a defined area forming part of a top layer facing a user during operation. The user... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090026054 - Trigger arrangement with feedback response: A device includes a trigger arrangement activating a function of the device. The trigger arrangement includes a trigger mechanism movable between a first position and a second position. The device also includes a feedback mechanism exerting a force biasing the trigger mechanism to the first position. The feedback mechanism produces... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP/ Motorola

20090026057 - Switch and electronic equipment having the same: A switch according to the present invention has a plurality of protruding parts and a plurality of support sections both of which are formed on a surface of a thin metal sheet by press molding. The switch includes a plurality of switch sections formed by elastic deformable conductors arranged so... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090026058 - Trigger mechanism: A trigger mechanism for an electric power tool, comprises a spring-loaded trigger movable between an foremost position and an rearmost position, an adjuster for adjusting the rearmost position, an electrical switch arranged for closing by the trigger while the trigger is in an intermediate position, and a variable resistor arranged... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090020404 - 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.

20090020398 - Lever switch: A lever witch comprises first and second rotary levers arranged in outer and inner peripheries of the non-rotary lever, a base mounted in a tip end side of the non-rotary lever and a rotary knob supported by a tip end side of the second rotary lever and rotating together therewith.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20090020399 - Electromechanical switch and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is an electromechanical switch and a method of manufacturing the same. The electromechanical switch includes an elastic conductive layer that moves by the application of an electric field, wherein the elastic conductive layer includes at least one layer of graphene.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090020400 - Drive arrangement with a drive device of an electrical switching device and method for operating the drive arrangement: A drive configuration with a drive device is connected via a connecting element to a plurality of moving contact makers of a number of switch poles of an electrical switchgear. The drive device can be disconnected from the moving contact makers by way of a clutch.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090020401 - Button unit for electronic control apparatus of vehicle: A button unit for an electronic control apparatus of a vehicle is disclosed. The button unit comprises a button and a detector. The button comprises a controlling portion which is pivotably coupled to a front panel of the electronic control apparatus, and an extension bar which extends from the controlling... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090020402 - Operating device: An operating device is provided having a supporting member, a button, an elastic member, and a bearing member. The supporting member has an opening which passes through the thickness direction of the supporting member. The button has a shaft and an engaging portion. The shaft is arranged such that the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090020403 - Apparatus for actuating a switch element: An apparatus for actuating a switch element (2) is provided with an operating device (3) that acts upon a tilt member (16) so that the tilt member instantly moves the switch element (2) from a neutral position into a tilted (switched) position. The operating device (3) is mounted pivotally on... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20090014301 - Time delay output apparatus for circuit breaker: A time delay output apparatus for a circuit breaker includes a switch disposed at one side of a main shaft rotatable in directions to open/close a fixed contactor and a movable contactor, and a delay member disposed between the main shaft and the switch so as to operate the switch... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090014291 - Remote racking of horizontally displaceable circuit breakers: A system for remotely racking a horizontally movable circuit breaker includes a motor as well as a transmission connectible to the motor and to a racking screw for moving the circuit breaker. The system further includes a mounting bracket for holding the transmission and a controller for controlling the motor... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090014292 - Control terminal automatic connection apparatus for draw-out type air circuit breaker and air circuit having the same: Disclosed is a control terminal automatic connection apparatus for an air circuit breaker and an air circuit breaker having the same, the apparatus comprising: a cam, a lever having one end portion that can be connected to the cam or separated from the cam and rotatable by the rotation driving... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090014293 - Processed bolt end useful in a turn signal switch assembly: A turn signal switch assembly is constructed having a switch stalk and junction box rotatably coupled using a shoulder bolt. The shoulder bolt has a shoulder area useful for allowing the switch stalk to rotate freely relative to the junction box. The threaded end of the shoulder bolt is turned... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090014294 - Actuating device on a vehicle steering wheel: An actuating device on a vehicle steering wheel includes two shifting buttons which are disposed on an upper side and a lower side of the steering wheel. The shifting buttons are guided together rectilinearly on guide pins during a shifting operation. The guide pins are held in sleeves of a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090014310 - Non-locking switch for filter monitoring: Commercially available filter-monitoring switches suffer from problems related to over sensitivity and reliability. Accordingly, the present inventors have devised, among other things, various embodiments of filter-monitoring switches and related components, subassemblies, methods, and systems. One exemplary filter-monitoring switch includes a diaphragm operably couple to move a conductive element back and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090014296 - Contact configurations for mems relays and mems switches and method for making same: Micro-electromechanical (MEMS) contact configuration is disclosed, comprising a static contact with at least one contact surface and a movable contact with at least one corresponding contact surface. Particularly flat contact surfaces and correspondingly low contact resistance can be achieved, if at least one contact surface plane is formed by a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090014295 - Electromechanical switch, filter using the same, and communication apparatus: An electromechanical switch includes a first beam, a second beam arranged in parallel with the first beam and connected to the first beam through a connecting portion, a first electrode formed so as to have a first gap with respect to the first beam, a voltage applying portion which applies... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090014297 - Switch mechanism usable underwater: A switch mechanism usable underwater including a cover serving as an exterior member, a shaft member displaceable in a longitudinal direction and fitted into a shaft hole having substantially the same cross-sectional area provided in the cover, an O-ring maintaining a water-tight sliding seal between the shaft member and the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090014298 - Frame for circuit breaker: Disclosed is a frame for a circuit breaker, including: a plurality of unit frames having a plurality of inner spaces, and a connection unit coupled between two adjacent unit frames among the unit frames and connecting the two unit frames to each other, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost as well... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090014299 - Service switching device with insulating housing: The disclosure relates to a service switching device with an insulating housing, which has a front-panel side and an opposite fastening side as well as narrow and broad sides connecting the front-panel and the fastening sides, comprising at least one first housing shell and at least one covering part, which... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090014300 - Apparatus for indicating closing operable state for air circuit breaker and air circuit breaker having the same: Disclosed is an apparatus for indicating a closing operable state for an air circuit breaker and an air circuit breaker having the same. The apparatus for indicating a closing operable state for the air circuit breaker comprises a micro switch installed at a switching mechanism providing a driving force for... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

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20090014303 - Multi-stage detector: A multi-stage detector capable of accurately detecting an input operations in steps. Since the vertical lengths of a plurality of displacement press members (137) and (138) displaceably supported on an up-and-down operation member (131) and downwardly energized by a press biasing mechanism (139) are different from each other. When the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090014304 - Key sheet: A thin-film-like key sheet covering pushbutton switches is equipped with a plurality of key tops constituting operating pushbuttons, and a film-like base sheet on an upper surface of which the key tops are placed, in which a depression load is small, and no interference with the adjacent key tops and... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090014305 - Sheet switch module: A sheet switch module includes a circuit board (20) provided with a fixed contact (22) thereon, a light source (30), a movable contact (26) to face the fixed contact (22), a sheet (28) to hold the movable contact (26) on the circuit board, a key top (46) disposed to face... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090014306 - Status indication for emergency stop push button: An emergency push-button includes a housing that, in turn, includes at least one guide surface and an actuator supported by the housing. The actuator may be reciprocable along a generally linear axis between an actuated position and a released position. The actuator has at least one indicator window located thereon.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090014307 - Switch: A spring member is provided in a switch having a lever to receive a pushing force from outside, by bringing an arch-part formed at the left end of the spring member into resilient contact with the bottom surface of the lever, in addition to the movable contact, the spring member... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090014308 - Push-button switch: The invention provides a lateral pushing type push-button switch which is small and thin, and in which a movable-contact depressing stroke that is longer than that in the prior art can be ensured without increasing the height of the switch. In the lateral pushing type push-button switch of the invention,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090014309 - Initializing a capacitive sensing switch for a wireless device: An apparatus, system, and method that initialize a capacitive sensing switch and detects a pushed button are described. The apparatus comprises a keypad, a logic component, an initialization threshold, a measured capacitive value, and a processor. The keypad is disposed on the wireless device and comprises at least one capacitive... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20090008233 - Compound operation input device: A compound operation input device includes a case; an operating member for pushing operation, tilting operation and rotating operation, having a push button for pushing operation and a rotary knob for rotating operation; an operation support portion for supporting the operating member in a pushingly, tiltingly and rotatingly operable manner;... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090008226 - Motion switch: There is provided a mechanical motion switch whose structure is simple, which is a microminiature, which can be used for a long time even in a such a severe environment as a high temperature state, and whose reliability is high. A ceramic-made pedestal of an approximately rectangular shape is fixed... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090008227 - Motion switch: An ultracompact, highly reliable mechanical type motion switch is provided which can be used for long periods of time even in severe environments such as in a high-temperature state. A motion switch has a bottomed cylindrical metallic case and a lower cover which is pressed fitted and secured in the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090008228 - Power saving device for power source: The present invention teaches a power saving device comprising a power saving circuit, said power saving circuit comprises a microprocessor (U1), an infrared receiving module, a relay, an AC-DC power source, a setup key, wherein said U1 is connected to a buzzer (SP1) via a triode (Q1), and to the... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090008229 - Contact system for a short-circuiting device in a medium-voltage or high-voltage switchboard plant: A contact system for a short-circuiting device for a switchboard, the contact system including at least one fixed contact piece connected to a main voltage source. The contact system also includes at least one moving contact piece and an insulating screen penetrable using the at least one moving contact piece... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090008230 - Switch: A switch includes a base, a support terminal assembled in the base, a movable contact piece made of a belt-like electroconductive material bent into a substantial J-shape in section, a plunger vertically movably accommodated in an internal space, and a coil spring turnably supported by the plunger. The movable contact... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090008231 - Switch actuation device, interlock mechanism, and image forming apparatus: A switch actuation device includes a first actuation portion driven by a first moving member and a second actuation portion driven by a second moving member. The switch actuation device further includes a first lever, a second lever, and an actuator. The first actuation portion contacts the second lever to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090008232 - Modular safety switching system and method: A modular safety switching system (10) with at least one output module (14) and a central control unit (28), which is connected to all output modules (14) via a bus (22). The output module (14) receives input data of at least one sensor (16) or switch (16a) and has at... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090008234 - Input device and an electronic device comprising an input device: An input device including a support structure, such as a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and a switch device, e.g. a switch dome, mounted on the support structure. The switch device may be configured to provide tactile feedback to a user upon depression of the switch device by a finger of... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090000927 - On-load tap changer with an energy storage mechanism: The invention relates to an on-load tap changer having an energy storage mechanism for changing over, without any interruptions, between different winding taps of a tap-changing transformer on load. According to the invention, the energy storage mechanism has one or more compression springs, which are tensioned at the beginning of... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090000924 - Integrated ignition and key switch: An ignition and key switch assembly for a motorcycle includes a cover having a front surface, a rear surface, a first cover portion and a second cover portion, an ignition coil located in the first cover portion, the ignition coil being held in the first cover portion by a protective... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090000925 - circuit breaker cradle with an interlock system and a method of using the same: A cradle and a method for adapting a circuit breaker for mounting in a switchgear cabinet having a bus bar system. The cradle includes a frame to which a racking apparatus and a locking apparatus are mounted. The racking apparatus is operable to move the cradle into and out of... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20090000926 - Lockable shutter for withdrawable racks of low-voltage power circuit breakers: Withdrawable racks for power circuit breakers should be reliably switched. To this end, the movement of the plates of a shutter in the withdrawable rack can be blocked so that the shutter is not permitted to open unintentionally. In a special embodiment, the opening mechanism for the plates can have... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090000928 - Electric micro-contactor for a circuit card and electric switch comprising one such micro-contactor: An electrical microcontact for printed circuit boards is adapted to make an electrical contact between two associated connecting areas of a circuit board. The microcontact includes a metal plate having a generally U-shaped first portion each of the branches whereof has at its end reflow areas adapted to be connected... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090000929 - Illuminated switch: An illuminated switch includes an operation knob that includes an operation surface, a light source that emits light beams using a predetermined direction as an optical axis, and a first light guide member that is provided in the operation knob and guides the light beams emitted from the light source... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090000930 - Electrical switching and/or actuating element with a visual display: To modify an electrical switching and/or setting element (1) with a rotary switch (4) as handle, in such a way that it can be used in a broader range of applications, particularly with feedback in the form of information issued to the operator, it is proposed to arrange, in the... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090000931 - Switch assembly constructions: Electronic devices are provided with switch assembly input components that can have adhesives adhered to the side and/or bottom surfaces of support plates for retaining switches between the adhesives and the tops of the support plates. The switch assembly input components can include buttons with one or more absorption elements... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090000932 - Keyboard and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a keyboard includes a keyboard base, a plurality of keytops arranged on the keyboard base, and a plurality of keytop support sections which are made of a synthetic resin, and each of which supports the keytop so that the keytop can ascend and descend with respect... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090000933 - Circuit breaker subassembly apparatus: A circuit breaker subassembly is disclosed. The subassembly includes a base, an operating mechanism, a one-piece non-conductive rotor disposed within the base, and a plurality of sets of contact arms supported by the rotor. The rotor is disposed in operable connection with the operating mechanism and includes a rotational degree... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090000934 - Method of manufacturing panel switch and panel switch: A panel switch and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The panel switch includes insulating films and a base layer having a stationary contact. Each insulating film includes an adhesive layer, and an apex portion of a moving contact adhered to the adhesive layer. The insulating films are... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090000935 - Push-button switch: The present invention relates to a push-button switch comprising: a box-like supporting structure (2) defining an inner chamber (8), the box-like structure (2) having at least one opening (9) communicating with the inner room (8) and having an opening axis (Z-Z); a push-button (21) to be matched with the supporting... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20090000936 - Key with variable position capability: A device may include a key having a key head and an actuator configured to move and to change a position of the key head when the actuator moves, where the actuator is configured to change the position of the key head to a first key position, and when the... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090000937 - Miniature switch and battery holder: A miniature switch module includes a battery harness attached to a circuit board. A diaphragm or pushbutton type switch and a battery are sandwiched between the retainer and circuit board.... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP