Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 05/09

20090134000 - Switch configuration: A switch configuration for use with a keyboard comprises a plurality of support structures positioned adjacent each other in spaced relation and a plurality of dome switches, with at least one dome switch being coupled to each of the plurality of support structures. A keyboard and mobile communication device incorporate... Agent: Lorri W. Cooper, Esq. Jones Day

20090133994 - Cord switch: A cord switch includes a hollow insulation having a restoring force, a plurality of inner electrode wires provided along an inner surface of the hollow insulation, and an outer electrode provided on an outer surface of the hollow insulation. The outer electrode includes a plurality of outer electrode wires wounded... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090133995 - Inhibitor switch and manufacturing method thereof: An inhibitor switch for detecting a shift position of a select lever is provided with: a terminal block fixed in a transmission case of an automatic transmission; a contact plate provided in the terminal block; an operating portion configured to cooperatively move with the select lever and to move along... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090133996 - Electric switch having an annular stationary contact: An electric switch including a stationary contact that is annular. The switch comprises a gastight enclosure (2), a conductor bar (8) of axis (D), a stationary contact (12) presenting a contact zone (22) of substantially annular shape, a switch element (40), e.g. on the conductor bar, that is movable in... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090133997 - Member for push button switch and method of manufacturing the same: To obtain a member for a push button switch having a natural metallic impression and an upscale impression; enabling a precise arrangement of the push buttons; being capable of being made thinner; and being difficult to get stained, there is provided a member for a push button switch having a... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20090133998 - Switch: The invention relates to a switch for controlling first and second components of an electric circuit. The switch is operable between first and second positions to control the operation of the first of said components and is operable between third and fourth positions to control operation of the second of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090133999 - Key switch arrangement excellent in waterproofing property: A key switch arrangement is able to prevent liquid such as water from entering a membrane sheet and staying therein. The key switch arrangement includes a waterproof sheet arranged above the membrane sheet, a first fixing member arranged in above the waterproof sheet and having a first projection protruding on... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090134002 - Printed circuit board for a mobile device: A printed circuit board is provided for use in a keyboard assembly of a mobile device having a plurality of keys in a key layout. The printed circuit board has a plurality of contacts, such as dome switches, arranged in a contact layout. The contact layout is such that it... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090134001 - Touch panel: A touch panel has an optically transparent upper board having an upper conductive layer formed on its lower face, an optically transparent lower board having a lower conductive layer, which is formed on its upper face and faces to the upper conductive layer with a predetermined gap in between, a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090134003 - Multidirectional operation switch apparatus: In a multidirectional operation switch apparatus, a rotary switch is switched on by rotating a dial, and push switches are switched on by sliding the dial in multidirections by means of a sliding section. The sliding section is made of a single constituting member. The sliding section is provided on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090127078 - Rotary/push-button controller: The invention relates to a rotary/push-button controller having a controller ring (18) which can be rotated about a rotation axis (7) and is arranged such that it can rotate on a holding cylinder (6) which is arranged coaxially within the control ring (18). In this case, the holding cylinder (6)... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090127079 - Lever switch: An operation lever comprises a main section, a cover section and a photoconductor. While the photoconductor is overlaid on the main section, sliding protrusions of the cover section are inserted into guide grooves formed in the periphery of the main section, the cover section is slidingly pushed to insert a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090127080 - Switch apparatus: The present invention aims at achieving the object of keeping a contact housing portion liquid tight sealed and to improve the durability of a switch apparatus. A switch apparatus according tothe present embodiment includes: a switch case 3 including a contact housing portion 25 therein and a shaft hole 27;... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090127088 - Electronic pressure switch with possibility of quick set-up of the main operation parameters: An electronic pressure switch is described comprising an external body (1) provided with a cavity (60), a removable head (6) provided with means (7) for the tight closing of said body (1), a pressure sensor (8) exposed to the pressure of the environment under control, a circuit card (2) provided... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090127089 - Seating detection switch: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090127081 - Mems switch: An object is that contact between an upper switch electrode and a lower switch electrode is not hindered. The present invention relates to a MEMS switch including a substrate; a structural layer with a beam structure in which at least one end is fixed to the substrate; a lower drive... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090127082 - Microfabricated cantilever slider with asymmetric spring constant: Mechanical springs and sliders as used in microfabricated actuators to provide an asymmetric spring constant are described. The asymmetric spring constant provides a propensity for deflection towards one direction, and a propensity for separation (i.e. restoration) towards the other direction. The asymmetry and slider system provides a passive mechanical means... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090127083 - Switching shaft unit for an electrical contact system: A switching shaft unit for an electrical contact system for use in a low-voltage breaker. The switching shaft unit includes a rotary contact moveably disposed, with play, in a switching shaft or a shifting shaft segment, and having a pair of bearing pins. The switching shaft unit further includes at... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090127084 - Illuminated indicator on an input device: An input device includes a base. A keycap is coupled to the base by a key guide structure, wherein the keycap defines an aperture. A flexible illumination guide is coupled to the base and is located immediately adjacent the aperture. An illumination device is coupled to the base and is... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090127085 - Electrical switchgear unit such as a circuit breaker or switch: The present invention relates to an electrical switchgear unit housed in a case and comprising at least one stationary contact and at least one movable contact supported by a contact support shaft, an opening and/or closing mechanism of the movable contact(s) fitted in a support, said mechanism comprising a manual... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090127086 - Touch control device and method thereof: A touch control device and a method thereof are disclosed. A driving voltage is applied to a first conductive layer of the touch control device. A second conductive layer is connected via scanning lines to a scan sensing circuit. To detect the location where a touch or depression occurs, the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090127087 - Safety switch: A switch includes a body with a switch member on a top thereof, an extension extends from an underside of the switch member, and a substantially inverted L-shaped slot is defined through the extension. Two terminals extend through a bottom of the body, in which one of the terminals is... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090120775 - Conductive resin composition, conductive film comprising the same, and resistive-film switch employing the same: The present invention provides a conductive resin composition that comprises a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion, wherein the complex has a conductivity of 0.30 S/cm or more. This composition is preferably used for production of a conductive film having a conducting layer made of the composition, and the resulting... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090120770 - Percussion hand-held power tool with contactless manual switch located in side handle: An electrical hand-held power tool includes an assembly (2) vibrating along a vibration axis (A) during operation of the power tool, at least one, transversely projecting, vibration-decoupled pivotal side handle (3), a manual switch (4) having an actuation element (5) arranged in the side handle (3) and switchingly connectable with... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090120776 - Seating detection switch: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090120777 - Linear pressure switch apparatus and method: A linear pressure switch is described that has two conductors separated by strips of insulation. The conductors are resilient members that can vary in thickness and material along with the insulation to provide a range of switch sensitivities. The switch can include connectors and an attachment mechanism that facilitates the... Agent: Harold G. Furlow

20090120771 - Active matrix device, method for manufacturing switching element, electro-optical display device, and electronic apparatus: An active matrix device includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode formed at a side adjacent to one of surfaces of the substrate; a switching element, including: a fixed electrode formed so as to correspond to the pixel electrode and coupled with the pixel electrode; a movable electrode formed so as... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090120772 - Active-matrix device, electro-optical display device, and electronic apparatus: An active-matrix device includes a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on a first surface of the substrate; a plurality of switching elements provided to correspond to each of the pixel electrodes, each of the switching elements including a fixed electrode connected to the each pixel electrode, a movable... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090120773 - Method for quenching a fault arc, within a medium-voltage and high-voltage switchgear assembly, as well as shorting device itself: The disclosure relates to a method for quenching a fault arc in a medium-voltage and high-voltage switchgear assembly, in which at least one shorting element is connected between the phases of a three-phase distribution board. In order to allow more reliable fault arc quenching in this case, the disclosure proposes... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090120774 - Dynamically self-stabilizing elastic keyswitch: A dynamically self-stabilizing elastic keyswitch for a key of a keyboard includes a rigid keytop, a thin elastic sheet, and a downward-facing convex rigid key bottom. The rigid keytop has a central axis at least substantially perpendicular to a surface of the rigid keytop. The thin elastic sheet is disposed... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20090114516 - Metallic panel assembly having ripple luster: A metallic panel assembly having a ripple luster includes an elastic layer, an adhesive layer, a metallic keypad panel, an electroplated layer and an ultraviolet curable resin layer. The elastic layer has a carrier. The carrier is provided thereon with a plurality of protrusions. The adhesive layer is provided on... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090114512 - Steering column assembly for vehicle: A steering column assembly includes a light switch and a wiper switch assembled to a column tube of a column shaft via an assembly bracket. The assembly bracket includes a body, to which the light switch and the wiper switch are coupled, and a coupling section, to which a top... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090114513 - Micro electromechanical system (mems) switch: A Micro ElectroMechanical System (MEMS) switch is provided. The MEMS switch includes a ground, a moving unit moveable according to a driving signal, for connecting the input to the output or disconnecting the input from the output, and an electrode unit arranged in the configuration of a protrusion formed on... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090114514 - Illuminated switch device: An illuminated switch device includes: a casing with an open upper side that has a partition wall formed on the inner bottom thereof; light sources that are provided on the inner bottom in a plurality of regions partitioned by the partition wall; an operating body that includes an outer housing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090114515 - Illuminated switch device: Disclosed is an illuminated switch device capable of effectively preventing light leakage between different light sources, thereby obtaining a good lighting quality, while reducing the overall size of the switch device. The illuminated switch device includes: a casing that has an open upper end and a partition wall provided therein... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090114517 - Switch, particularly window lifter switch: In a switch, particularly a window lifter switch, with a housing, a switching rocker which is mounted in the housing and is associated with electrical contacts, and with a button which is likewise mounted in the housing, the button is acted upon elastically so that it is mounted free from... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090114518 - Touch pad structure: A touch pad includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a joining layer. The joining layer joins the first substrate and the second substrate together. The first substrate provides a refection layer at a lateral side or both sides thereof with at least a light emitting component being disposed... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.