Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 03/09

20090078546 - Rolling-ball switch: A rolling-ball switch is adapted to be fixed on a circuit board, and includes a conductive housing defining a receiving space and having two opposite open ends, two conductive balls disposed movably in the receiving space, two insulation caps covering respectively the open ends to confine the conductive balls in... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090078547 - Pressure switch employing silicon on insulator (soi) technology: A pressure switch employs semiconductor silicon on insulator (SOI) technology and utilizes a first silicon wafer which has a deflecting diaphragm. Deposited on the wafer is at least one distinct metal contact. Secured to the semiconductor wafer is a glass wafer having a central aperture defining a deflecting region. Positioned... Agent: The Plevy Law Firm

20090078548 - Multi-position pushbutton with integral led and actuator: The present invention relates generally to pushbutton actuators. More particularly, the invention encompasses a pushbutton 2 position twist release switch with integral LED and actuator. The invention also includes a pushbutton 3 position momentary switch with an integral LED and actuator. Another embodiment of the invention relates to a pushbutton... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090078549 - Auxiliary actuating device for an electromechanical switching device: An auxiliary actuating device for an electromechanical switching device. The actuating device including a handle housing rotatably disposed on an actuating shaft coupled to the switching device and engageably coupled to a door coupling handle, an exterior having at least one handle element, and an interior having a plurality of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090078550 - Handle operator linkage with sealing means: The present invention relates generally to linkage means. More particularly, the invention encompasses a handle operator linkage with sealing means. The present invention is also directed to a novel linkage for controlling switches or breakers, and more particularly to a linkage for use as a double throw switch for controlling... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090078551 - Rotary input apparatus: A rotary input apparatus is disclosed. The rotary input apparatus may include a wheel, a cover having a center hole that exposes the wheel to the exterior, and a sheet interposed between the wheel and the cover, where the wheel may include a flange portion formed on a periphery of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090078552 - Key switch and keyboard: A key switch including a base section, a key top, a pair of link members and a switching mechanism. Each link member is provided, at one end region thereof, with a toothed portion meshable with a toothed portion of another link member in a gearing manner and a pivot axle... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090078553 - Cosmetic dome switch: The systems and methods described herein are directed to a switch for use in an electronic device. The switching assembly may include an elastically deformable actuator having a conductive inner surface and a cosmetic outer surface. The actuator may be disposed on an exterior surface of an enclosure that houses... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090078554 - Techniques for making high voltage connections: Techniques for making high voltage connections are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an electrical switch. The electrical switch may comprise a component extending from a first electrical contact to a second electrical contact. The component may also comprise a non-conductive section and a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20090078555 - Bottom actuated switch: The systems and methods described herein are directed to a switch for electronic devices. The systems and methods provide for a switch disposed on a bottom surface of a circuit board enclosed in a housing of an electronic device. The circuit board may include an aperture. An actuating pin of... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090078556 - Over current cut-off switch: An over current cut-off switch has an electric insulating housing, a first conductive foot, a second conductive foot, a reed, an electric wire and a switch button. The housing received upper portions of the first and second conductive feet, the reed and the electric wire. The button is configured on... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090071806 - Off-circuit tap changer device: An off-circuit tap changer device which includes a spring-biased moving contact that is operable to independent flex and roll. The moving contact includes one or more rings which are independently spring biased to a moving contact support. The device also includes a single rod with locking elongated ribs to mate... Agent: James Cai Schein & Cai LLP

20090071804 - Switching device lock out method and apparatus: A system, in certain embodiments, may include a circuit breaker having a housing, a toggle switch coupled to the housing, and an integral lock out coupled to the housing. The integral lock out may include a slide configured to move in a linear direction between a retracted position and an... Agent: Fletcher Yoder Law (for Rockwell Automation)

20090071805 - Ground contact switch for personal navigation system: A ground contact switch system comprises a first object configured to contact a ground surface during a stride, and one or more switches coupled to the first object. An inertial measurement unit can be coupled to the first object. The one or more switches are configured to detect when the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090071807 - Mems switch and method of fabricating the same: A MEMS switch includes a field generator which generates an electric field in a predetermined space, a beam located in the space and made of an electrically conductive material, the beam being flexed downward when subjected to an electrostatic force due to the electric field, the beam being deformed so... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090071808 - Rotary input apparatus: A rotary input apparatus is disclosed. A rotary input apparatus that includes a wheel which inputs information by rotation; a holder which rotatably supports the wheel; a tooth or teeth formed on any one of the wheel and the holder; and a flat spring which is supported by the other... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090071809 - Combined circuit breaker and disconnector for an alternator with actuation by an assembly of a main shaft and secondaries shafts: The invention provides for fitting of an accessory shaft (8) for actuation purposes, which is specifically dedicated to the actuation of one of the two disconnecting interrupters (12, 12a) and to set it in rotation only over a final angle of rotation of a main shaft (1), which is itself... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090071810 - Dairy switch apparatus and method: A switch for use in dairies with reduced cost, improved reliability, and minimal hysteresis. The switch includes a paddle having a first end and a second end. The second end is contacted by another device or animal, and the first end is thereby moved relative to an inductive sensor.... Agent: Smith Law Office

20090071811 - Operating mechanism with adjustment of contact force: An operating mechanism operates a multi-pole circuit breaker assembly. For each circuit breaker in the multi-pole circuit breaker assembly, the following elements are provided: a connection assembly for connection to an operating shaft of the circuit breaker, an actuator for changing between an ON and OFF state of the operating... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090065342 - Dome switch, method of manufacturing the same, and keypad assembly having the same: Provided is a dome switch including soldering pads formed at an upper surface of a circuit board and spaced a certain distance from one another, and a dome switch fixed to the soldering pads at two ends of the dome switch. Since the dome switch is directly fixed to the... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090065331 - Inhibitor switch for automatic transmission: A movable contact board is engaged to a detent plate and the movable contact board is provided with a plurality of support portions, for example, four legs for supporting a stationary contact board and, on the other hand, the stationary contact board is provided with a plurality of guide grooves... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090065332 - Inhibitor switch for automatic transmission: A movable contact board is engaged to a detent plate fixed and fastened to a manual shaft and a shaft support portion for supporting the manual shaft which is a turning center of the detent plate to the stationary contact board is formed integrally with the movable contact board. Therefore,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090065333 - Switch disconnector and switchgear assembly with a switch disconnector: A load disconnecting circuit is disclosed with a housing that has a first housing section, which houses the drive, and has a second housing section, which houses a fixed contact element and a longitudinally extended moving contact element. The second housing section has a longitudinal extension adapted to the moving... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090065334 - Switch: A plurality of vertical bends are provided in a terminal projecting from a switch contact outwardly of a case. With this structure, when the terminal is soldered to a land on a wiring board, a plurality of solder layers are formed between the plurality of bends and the land. The... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090065335 - Multi-functional keypad module for a mobile phone: A multi-functional keypad module for a mobile phone includes a circuit board, a light-emitting element, a soft light-guiding rubber layer, an optical touch layer, and a key layer. The soft light-guiding rubber layer is provided on the circuit board and has a plurality of protrusions each corresponding to the circuit... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090065336 - Reconfigurable switch array using multi-layered film: A switch panel assembly includes a plurality of selectively enabled switches for actuating only those available features. A plurality of available actuateable features are represented on the switch panel by graphics that are hidden in a non-illuminated condition and reveled when backlit. Each of individual switch and corresponding LED are... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090065337 - Keypad device and related input device for an electronic device: A keypad device for an electronic device includes a substrate, a first light-emitting device coupled to the substrate for generating a first colored light source, a second light-emitting device coupled to the substrate for generating a second colored light source different from the first colored light source, a first transparent... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090065338 - Circuit breaker for motor protection and/or line protection: A manually operated circuit breaker for motor protection and/or line protection includes a basic board including a switching mechanism, a contact device, and a main current path. The switching mechanism includes a switching apparatus and a breaker latching mechanism. The circuit breaker includes a manual actuating device disposed in a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090065339 - Extended drive plate rotary handle: The present invention relates generally to a rotary handle. More particularly, the invention encompasses an improved support bracket for a deliberate action rotary handle. The invention further includes an improved support bracket to support an extended drive-plate deliberate action rotary handle, such that to turn on a component, such as,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090065340 - Safety switch: A switch body has a rectangular solid shape. An actuator entrance hole is formed at one of the opposite corner portions of the switch body whereas a cable lead-out port is formed at the other corner portion, whereby the safety switch is increased in the degree of mounting freedom. Thus... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090065341 - Double break disconnect/contact system: The present invention relates generally to a mechanism of a contact system for circuit breakers. More particularly, the invention encompasses a mechanism for a rotary double-break contact system, which enables a direct transfer of torque from stored energy components, such as, springs, to the contact arm in the ON-position (contacts... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090065343 - Device for neutrolising an electric switching unit: The invention relates to a device for neutralising an electric switching unit comprising one or several power poles, each of which is provided with movable contacts (2) separable form fixed contacts (3) and actuatable between opened and closed positions by an actuator for switching-on an electric charge. The inventive device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090065344 - Mat system and method therefor: An apparatus includes a protective covering. An electronics module and a pair of electrodes are disposed within the protective covering. The pair of electrodes is electrically connected to the electronics module. The electrodes are separated by a distance in an open position when unloaded and are configured to contact each... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090057121 - Key base, key sheet and method of forming key base: P

20090057109 - Collision recognition device for a vehicle: A collision recognition device for a vehicle is proposed, comprising a pressure sensor with a first electrode and a second electrode, both having first and second ends, the second end of the first electrode being connected to a first terminal of a first resistor, the second end of the second... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090057110 - Vibration switch: A vibration switch is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the vibration switch includes an electrically insulating housing with a first contact terminal, and an electrically insulating cover with a second contact terminal. The vibration switch also includes a flexible cantilevered member and a metal sheet. The housing includes an opening... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090057111 - Rear seat passenger detection device: A rear seat passenger detection device comprising: a first switch which closes a contact thereof when a front seat door is opened; a second switch which closes a contact thereof when a seatback of a front seat corresponding to the front seat door is inclined and lowered to an angle... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090057125 - Pressure switch with adjustable differential setting: A pressure switch includes a piston that is movably disposed in a sensor housing. The piston moves, in response to a media pressure being applied to a surface thereof, between at least a first piston position and a second piston position. A conical disc spring supplies a non-linear spring force... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090057112 - Switching device with a switching shaft for mounting a rotary contact link and multipole switching device arrangement: A switching device, in particular a circuit breaker, is disclosed including a switching shaft for mounting a rotary contact link with two switching contacts and a pair of fixed contacts, which pair interacts with the rotary contact link, for connection to in each case one current path. The fixed contacts... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090057113 - Waterproof keyboard: A waterproof keyboard comprises: keys, an elastic rubber layer, a circuit board layer, a bottom board, and a sealing layer. The keys are mounted on the bottom board on which a plurality of apertures are disposed, and the sealing layer is disposed under the bottom surface of the bottom board.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090057114 - Push button switch structure: A push button switch includes a switch casing, and a printed circuit board with a switching element disposed thereupon. A push button is disposed in an opening of the switch casing. The push button includes a pushing portion, pushing projection, and an annular wall portion surrounding a periphery of the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090057115 - Illuminated switch: An illumination switch is provided which can satisfactorily shield electromagnetic wave noise caused to emanate from an EL sheet and with which an excellent click feeling can be obtained. The illumination switch (10) is provided with a substrate (11), a switch pattern (12) formed on the substrate (11) and an... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090057116 - Member for push-button switch and method of manufacturing the same: A member for a push-button switch has key top members positioned close to each other through a distance of 1.5 mm or shorter at low cost and with high yield. The member has multiple key top members having resin key top cores and thermoplastic films covering the key top cores... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20090057117 - Button for control panel assembly and clothes handling apparatus having the same: Disclosed are a button for a control panel assembly and a clothes handling apparatus having the same. In a control panel assembly comprising a control panel having button holes to mount a plurality of buttons and a display window, at least one of the buttons comprises a pressing portion having... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090057118 - Extended drive plate deliberate action rotary handle: The present invention relates Generally to a rotary handle. More particularly, the invention encompasses a deliberate action rotary handle. The invention further includes an extended drive-plate deliberate action rotary handle, such that to turn on a component, such as, a circuit breaker, requires a deliberate manual action by the user.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090057119 - Break away base for electrical device: A device and method that contains an electromechanical break away sensor that de-energizes power or stops the flow of electricity to a pole upon a vehicle colliding with the pole or otherwise activation of the sensor. The sensor is omni directional and operates regardless of direction of impact from the... Agent: Law Office Of J. D. Pemberton John D. Pemberton

20090057120 - Switch device: There is provided a switch device including a tubular portion which is provided in a casing and is opened at its upper and lower surfaces; a supporting shaft provided in the tubular portion; a manipulation knob which is mounted to the tubular portion such that it covers the opening in... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090057122 - Trigger switch: Disclosed a trigger switch having an insulative enclosure, a movable contact element and a sliding control device slidably mounted to the insulative enclosure. The insulative enclosure includes a case and a cover. The case has plural terminal subassemblies made of conductive metal members disposed therein. The case has an opening... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090057123 - Clockwise and counterclockwise rotation switching device for power tool: The object is to provide a clockwise and counterclockwise rotation switching device of a power tool capable of effectively suppressing chattering or fusing of an elastic end to improve contact durability. An end part of a fixed contact 4 is formed to be an elastic end 14 deformed by contacting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090057124 - Control and data entry apparatus: A control and data entry device adapted for use in for electronic devices such as portable computers, PDA's, cell phones, MP3 players and the like. The control and data entry device includes a tiltable member or similar structure carrying an electrically conductive member spaced from multiple sense electrodes disposed on... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited