Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 04/09

20090107824 - Input panel and portable electronic device using the same: An input panel for a portable electronic device including a switch sheet, a touch-sensing sheet and an interposing sheet is provided. The switch sheet includes a circuit board and at least one dome switch. The circuit board has at least one contact pad, and the dome switch is disposed on... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090107823 - Light-emitting keyboard: A light-emitting keyboard includes an upper cover with a plurality of keystrokes, a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to a connector via a cable, a lower cover, and an electric luminescent (EL) plate connected to the PCB via a transformer. The transformer is configured for receiving power from the PCB.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090107825 - Annular multi-instruction switch: The preset invention includes a circuit board wired to connect at least one common terminal and a plurality of signal terminals to form multiple instruction switches and an annular click member. Each of the instruction switches has an elastic contact element built with a return force. The circuit board has... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090107826 - Navigation key of electronic device: An electronic device includes a circuit board and a navigation key arranged on the circuit board. The circuit board forms a number of switches thereon. The navigation key includes a key cap, a frame, and a number of elastic connecting arms The key cap includes an annular operating portion configured... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090107828 - Keyboard with five-direction keys for portable electronic apparatus: A keyboard with five-direction keys is used for a portable electronic apparatus. The keyboard includes a casing with a plurality of openings; and a plurality of keys arranged on the casing in array fashion. Four pattern areas are printed on four diagonal corners of each opening. A legend is printed... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090107811 - Electrical switch system for use with vehicular transmissions: A linear vehicle transmission switch (10) has first and second interfitting housing members (12, 14) each having an electrically conductive lead frame (12m) insert molded in electrically insulative material and formed with exposed segments (12f) of lead frame material along linear tracks. An elongated actuator (16) is slidably received in... Agent: Russell E. Baumann Sensata Technologies, Inc.

20090107812 - Electrical connection through a substrate to a microelectromechanical device: An electrical through-connection, or via, that passes through a substrate to a bus on a first surface of the substrate. The via may be configured with an interlock such that the electrically conductive core of the via is constrained to thermally expand towards the second surface, away from the bus,... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090107813 - System and method for avoiding contact stiction in micro-electromechanical system based switch: A system that includes micro-electromechanical system switching circuitry, such as may be made up of a plurality of micro-electromechanical switches, is provided. The plurality of micro-electromechanical switches may generally operate in a closed switching condition during system operation. A controller is coupled to the electromechanical switching circuitry. The controller may... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090107814 - Methods and apparatus for reducing bounce between relay contacts: A relay assembly includes a coil and a stationary contact having a first contact surface. At least a portion of the first contact surface defines a wiping contact surface. The relay assembly also includes a movable contact having a second contact surface defining a contact area that engages the first... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20090107815 - Privacy-enabled keypad: A privacy-enabled keypad comprising: a keypad; an opaque shield upstanding around the keypad for restricting viewing of the keypad to a user of the keypad; and at least one illumination source disposed on a portion of the shield facing the keypad, and oriented to illuminate the keypad. A public access... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20090107816 - Illuminated key-pad assembly: For a cell-phone or PDA, the rows of key-caps include respective light-strips, which pick up light from respective LEDs surface-mounted on the PCB. The light-strips are sandwiched between the key-caps and the key-switch actuators (whereby the light-strips move with the keys when the keys are depressed). Sockets for receiving the... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090107817 - Push button switch with a display device: A push button switch with a display device comprises a switching body 16 including a case 1 having an opening part 1A on the upper side thereof and a case cover 13 covering the case 1, a switching element 10 provided within the switching body 16, and a plunger 12... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090107818 - Light directing structure for instruction switches: A light directing structure for instruction switches includes an instruction switch, a control element coupled on the perimeter of the instruction switch that is made from a light directing material and has an installation opening to hold the instruction switch, and a circuit board which is electrically connected to the... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090107819 - Secondary handle assembly and method for actuating a circuit breaker: A secondary handle assembly for a circuit breaker includes an actuator shaft for actuating a circuit breaker. The actuator shaft extends through a circuit breaker cabinet and terminates at a primary handle assembly. The secondary handle assembly further includes a hub that intern has a handle extending from the hub.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090107820 - Switching device: An electrical switch device including a housing having an actuator cap movably mounted thereon and a plurality of contact switches disposed therein. The cap is operable to engage the contact switches within the housing to activate the switches in a selected sequence.... Agent: Andreas Michel

20090107821 - Push switch: A push switch includes a housing having a top opening and a recessed section at a lower part, a push-type switch contact placed on an inner bottom face of the recessed section, an operating unit having an operating section at an upper part and a flange section at a lower... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090107822 - Switch assembly for vehicle: A sunroof switch assembly for a vehicle includes a switch housing, a push switch, a first tilting switch, and a second tilting switch. The switch housing is installed in a cabin of the vehicle and has a plurality of contacts for respective operations of a sunroof. The push switch is... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090107827 - Electrical volume control using contacts on rotatable connector, and method: Electronic equipment control of a parameter of electronic equipment includes contacts on relatively movable connectors to provide control output for the electronic equipment, a connector member connects electrically with a further connector members, and a direction decoder receives inputs from the contacts representing relative motion between the further connector member... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090107829 - Capacitive touch switch: A capacitive touch switch for an operator control panel of an electrical domestic appliance includes a panel, a sensor area disposed in the panel, a printed circuit board disposed at a distance behind the panel, and a capacitive sensor element which is disposed between the panel and the printed circuit... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090101484 - Anti-theft battery switch box system: An anti-theft battery switchbox system, comprising: an ignition coil; a cutoff switch electrically connected to the ignition coil; a battery in electrical communication with the cutoff switch; and the cutoff switch selectively electrically couples the battery to the ignition coil. A remote control module in wireless communication with the cutoff... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20090101485 - Pushbutton switch mounting structure: A pushbutton switch is provided with: a switch case; a switch body fixed to the switch case; an elastic sealing body that is formed of an elastic material and covers and seals the switch body; a cap member that is formed of a hard material and is detachably mounted at... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090101486 - Triggering structure: A triggering structure provided in a housing includes a circuit body, a pillar, an elastic part, a light-emitting part, and a power supply unit. Part of the pillar in the housing is exposed. When being pushed with an external force to draw back to the inside of housing, the pillar... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090101487 - Module molding touch module: An in-mould molding touch module includes a flexible printed circuit having a touch control circuit, and a molding flexible film. The flexible film contains integratedly the flexible printed circuit by an in-mould injecting mode. The flexible film has an outer surface for touch control. The outer surface is configured for... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090101488 - Touch panel: A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer and at least two separate electrodes. The substrate has a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface opposite to the first substrate surface. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube structure formed on the first substrate surface. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090101489 - In-mould molding touch module and method for manufacturing the same: An in-mould molding touch module includes a plastic film, a touch circuit and a molding rind. The plastic film includes an inner surface and an outer surface for handling and touching. At least one region of the inner surface and a corresponding region of the outer surface define a touch... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090095605 - Switch assembly and earphone set with the same: A switch assembly and an earphone set having the same. The switch assembly includes a first plate in which a board is mounted, a second plate installed opposite the first plate, a connection member provided between the first and second plates so as to resiliently connect the first and second... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090095611 - Electrical switch with multiple switching channels: An electrical switch with multiple switching channels may include a frame, a panel with which a pointing element comes into contact. The electrical switch may have a location element which locates the point of contact of the pointing element on the panel which may include a plurality of switching elements.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090095614 - Click apparatus: At both of the upper and lower faces of flange section (24A) of rotation body (24) rotatably retained between lower case (21) and upper case (23) opposed to each other via inner case (22), inner concavo-convex section (25) and outer concavo-convex section (26) are provided at point-symmetric positions on concentric... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090095602 - Electric hand control, especially for electrically adjustable hospital and care beds: An electric hand control, especially for electrically adjustable hospital and care beds comprising a number of activation switches (3;3a,3b), and a number of locking switches (9, 10;11;13, 14), which can be activated by means of a locking element (7) by which means the circuit for the activation switches (3;3a,3b) is... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090095603 - Keyless ignition: An engine start system for use with a ground engaging vehicle, the system including an input device, a processing circuit, a display and an engine controller unit. The input device produces a signal when depressed, the signal initiates the application of electrical power to the engine start system. The processing... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090095610 - Method and device for maintenance of high-voltage switchgear with voltage: Method for maintenance of high-voltage switchgear/fuses in an installation, which method is performed while the switchgear/installation is under operation/voltage. It is further provided a device for carrying out the method, which device includes screening plates 20A-C, which screening plates are provided with manoeuvring means 22 and 25, fastening means 23... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090095604 - Oxidative opening switch assembly and methods: Embodiments of the invention are related to oxidative opening switches and related methods, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a switch assembly including a first terminal, a second terminal, and an oxidative switch element in electrical communication with the first terminal and the second terminal, the switch... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20090095606 - Programmable display switch: A programmable graphical display switch that provides users with a simple means of controlling other devices and for customizing how that control is initiated and communicated to the user.... Agent: Steve Galipeau Rory Briski

20090095607 - Switch: A switch of the present invention has a light guide part having optical transparency formed between a light emitting device, which is arranged at an end of a light guide sheet, and a lower surface of the end of the light guide sheet, so that the light from the light... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090095608 - Switching mechanism for swallowable medical device: A switching mechanism has first and second contacts, an elastic member, and a stopper. The first and second contacts are electrically connectable with each other. The operation of the first circuit is switched by electrically connecting the first and second contacts. The stopper maintains the elastic member in an elastically... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090095609 - Sliding contact switch: An electrical sliding contact switch having a housing in which a common contact body and at least one selective contact body having a contact surface are arranged. A sliding area including electrically insulating material is arranged adjacent to the contact area of the selective contact body. A contactor that is... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090095612 - Movable contact assembly and switch using the same: A movable contact assembly includes a light guiding sheet which is light transmittable, and a movable contact provided on the light guiding sheet. The light guiding sheet has a portion having the movable contact provided thereon and a portion having plural grooves provided therein. The grooves constitute a light inlet... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090095613 - Key button, key assembly using the key button and portable electronic device using the keypad assembly: A portable electronic device (10) is provided. The portable electronic device includes the keypad assembly (20). The keypad assembly includes key buttons (30 or 60). Each key button includes a key portion (32 or 62), a supporting portion (34 or 66), a switching portion (35 or 64), a pad portion... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090090609 - Rotating dual switching mechanism: The present invention provides a rotating dual switching mechanism comprising: a first switch (12) having an activator (14) movable between an “on” state and an “off” state, said activator (14) being located on a rotation axis (A); a second switch (16) having an activator (18) also movable between an “on”... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090090608 - Electrical receptical: An electrical receptacle includes a switch having an open state and a closed state; an electrical socket that receives an electrical plug; an electrical interface that directly couples to electrical wires and conductively carries current to the switch; a user interface having an input device that receives user commands, and... Agent: Kathleen Van Dyne

20090090604 - Method and apparatus for sensing contact position: A device for sensing the position of a contact carrier of a contact includes a housing, a sensor supported by the housing and a latch that is movable by the contact carrier. The latch has a latch member located in proximity to the sensor and that is generally non-reflective. The... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090090605 - Touch switch for electrical appliances and electrical appliance provided with such switch: A touch switch for an electrical appliance having a capacitive flat electrode, a light source, a transparent cover and a printed circuit board connected to the electrode is disclosed. The light source is mounted on a face of the printed circuit board opposite the transparent cover and the printed circuit... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090090606 - Emergency stop device: An emergency stop device includes a first member and a second member. The first member is provided with a magnet and the second member is provided with a screw to be attracted by the magnet for temporary combination of the first member and the second member. The first member is... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090090607 - Push-button switch and electronic apparatus having the same: To prevent the local heating of an electronic apparatus chassis, there is provided a push button switch (10), which comprises a substrate (11) having a first contacting part (11a) and a second contacting part (11b) operable to be brought into electrical conduction with the first contacting part (11a), and a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090090610 - Pushbutton for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (eph): Disclosed is a pushbutton (5), especially for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (EPH) in road vehicles, which is connected to evaluation electronics (ECU) (6) via connecting cables (1 to 4). In order to detect switching processes and/or faults, the input resistance of the pushbutton (5) between the connecting points (7,... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090090611 - Capacitive touch switch and domestic appliance provided with such switch: A capacitive touch switch having a printed circuit board and capacitive electrode provided on a surface of the printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board is interposed between a transparent planar light guide and the electrode, the planar light guide being attached to a first face of a... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090084663 - Command device with switching element monitoring: An embodiment of the invention relates to an electrical installation unit for making contact with electrical loads, wherein the installation unit has at least two contact elements. In at least one embodiment, an installation unit is disclosed in which an electrical connection provided between the two contact elements is necessarily... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090084664 - Method of sequentially actuating power supply switches including a neutrally connected switch: An interlock assembly for use with a pair of aligned multiple switch assemblies configured to control the supply of electrical power to an electrical panel. Each multiple switch assembly includes a two-pole transfer switch for a pair of “hot” conductors, and a single-pole transfer switch for a neutral connection. The... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090084665 - 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.