Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 06/09

20090159408 - Active impact protection mechanism: Active cushioning mechanisms that detect imminent impact and activate a damper by driving power from an onboard power supply into an electromagnetic actuator. The electromagnetic actuator transforms the stored electric power into an electromechanical damping force. The actuators may be arranged about the exterior surface of the device, and may... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090159418 - Centrifugal switching device of single-phase induction motor: A centrifugal switching device of a single-phase induction motor includes a centrifuge and pressure switches. The centrifuge includes a centrifugal sleeve, a centrifugal base, shaft coupling blocks, and a spring. The spring is directly fitted on the centrifugal base. Under a centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the motor,... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20090159410 - Mems microswitch having a conductive mechanical stop: A MEMS switch includes a substrate, a movable actuator coupled to the substrate, a substrate contact, a substrate electrode, and a conductive stopper electrically coupled to the movable actuator and structured to prevent the movable actuator from contacting the substrate electrode while allowing the movable actuator to make contact with... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090159409 - Mems microswitch having a dual actuator and shared gate: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a MEMS switch is provided. The MEMS switch includes a substrate, a first and a second actuating element electrically coupled together, an anchor mechanically coupled to the substrate and supporting at least one of the first and second actuating elements, and... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090159411 - Electronic device and operative push button thereof: An electronic device includes a shell defining a space and an opening therein. A fixing pole extends into the space from an inner surface of the shell adjacent to the opening. A circuit board is received in the space, and defines a through hole corresponding to the fixing pole. A... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090159412 - Side key assembly and portable electronic device using the same: A side key assembly (10) and a portable electronic device (200) using the side key assembly (10) is provided. The side key assembly (10) includes a key cover (12), a soft portion (142) and a hard portion (144) that can be firmly adhered to a housing of the portable electronic... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090159413 - Switchgear system: A circuit breaker with electrical contacts adapted to open or close thereby preventing or allowing respectively current to be supplied from one pair of an electrical system to a further part of the electrical system. The circuit breaker is provided with a storage device for storing data indicative of the... Agent: Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Dawson

20090159414 - Lever engagement type electric power source circuit breaker: This invention provides a lever engagement type electric power source circuit breaker in which a connector is not easily deformed and terminals and fuses accommodated inside are not exposed outside. The invention is lever engagement type electric power source circuit breaker includes a service plug including a service plug housing... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090159415 - Toggle-style dimmer apparatus and method: A switch for controlling delivery of electrical current to a light. The switch may include a frame, a controller connected to the frame, and a toggle connected to the frame to pivot through a range of motion having a first extreme and a second extreme, opposite the first extreme. The... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20090159416 - Key button mechanism and an electronic device using the same: A key button mechanism (100) including an operating body (10), a flexible circuit board (20), a fixing device (40), and a mounting assembly (50) is provided. The flexible circuit board engages with the operating body. The fixing device includes a hanging body (42) and a fixing base (44), and the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090159417 - Capacitive overcoat structure of touch panel and touch panel having the same: An organic/inorganic composite structure is provided for serving as an overcoat of a capacitive touch panel. Such structure provides the overcoat with a capacitive property and refraction so that the sensitivity and the transparency of the touch panel are improved. Moreover, the entire thickness of the touch panel is also... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090152081 - Electrical switch, as for controlling a flashlight: An electrical switch may comprise a base having three electrical conductors thereon and an electrically conductive flexible dome adjacent the base. The flexible dome has plural longer legs extending from its dome and in electrical contact with a first conductor, has a shorter leg extending from its dome and overlying... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090152076 - Rotary switching device and file search system using same: The present invention features a rotary switching device and a file search system using the same. In preferred embodiments, the rotary switching device includes a rotary push button, a first switch part, second switch parts, a first contact part, and a second contact part.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090152085 - Mechanical timer switch assembly: A mechanical timer switch assembly for replacing a mechanical on/off toggle switch includes a replacement cover plate having an inner and outer side and adapted to fit over and be attached to a conventional electrical receptacle box. The assembly also includes a mechanical spring actuated rotary timer switch having a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090152077 - Hydraulic control system of vehicle: A hydraulic control system includes a key detector that detects whether an ignition key is in an on state, a control portion that outputs different control signals according to whether the engine is on if the key is on, and a valve, such as a solenoid valve, that controls gear... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152078 - Special provisions for network protector retrofits: A retrofit assembly structured to allow a CM22 type circuit breaker to engage, and be enclosed by, a CMD type circuit breaker tank is provided. The retrofit assembly includes a levering mechanism, a circuit breaker bus assembly having bus support members, and a door handle system structured to allow a... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090152079 - Switching device for an electrical switchgear assembly for energy distribution: A switching device for an electrical switchgear assembly for power distribution includes a grounding function unit including a first moving control element selectably moveable to a first manual operation position and an isolation function unit including a second moving control element selectably to a second manual operation position. The grounding... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090152080 - Brake pedal stop lamp switch: The present invention provides a brake pedal stop lamp switch assembly comprising: a pedal switch plate fixed to a car body, a switch-fixing bracket mounted to the pedal switch plate and having at least one or more fixing-protrusions, a switch assembly linearly moving in a pressing direction in the switch-fixing... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152091 - 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

20090152082 - Appliance button: An appliance button for use in an appliance having a housing, a button opening in the housing and a control structure within the housing includes a button that has a longitudinal axis. A distal end of the button extends outwardly through the button opening in the housing. A button stem... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090152083 - Keypad assembly for electronic device: A keypad assembly (100) includes a first soft layer (10), a stiff layer (20) mounted to the first soft layer, an optical layer (40) located under the stiff layer, and a second soft layer (50) mounted to the optical layer. The first soft layer has at least one protrusion (112)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090152084 - Switch assembly for handheld power tool: The invention originates from a machine tool switching device, in particular for a machine tool (12) for sawing, with a first operational control element (14) having at least one switching function for switching the machine tool (12). It is proposed that the machine tool switching device have at least one... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090152086 - Rotating operation type electronic component, and electronic device including the same: A rotating operation type electronic component has a rotation shaft and a signal generating section. The rotation shaft has a rod-shaped intermediate section, a cylindrical operation section, and a coupling section coupling the upper end of the intermediate section with the operation section. The rotatable operation section covers the upper... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090152087 - Button module having an automatic reset function: A button module adapted for use in an electronic device includes a cover, a button pivotably engaged with the cover, and an elastic plate secured on the cover and attaching to the button. When the button moves relative to the cover from a first position to a second position, the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090152088 - Operating key part: An operating key part (60) includes hinge keys (11), protrusions (12), stoppers (13), a frame (20), and hinges (21), which are molded integrally out of thermoplastic resin. The frame (20) takes the form of a grid or lattice. Each of the hinge keys (11) is positioned in one box of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090152089 - Appliance button: An appliance button for use in an appliance that has a housing, a button opening in the housing and a control structure within the housing. The appliance button includes a push button with a distal end of the push button that extends outwardly through the button opening in the housing.... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090152090 - Movable contact unit and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is movable contact unit 24, of which an upper surface of movable contact 23 made of a conductive metal plate is adhesively fixed to adhesive layer 22 formed on the underside of base film 21, an upper surface of separator 25 is affixed to adhesive layer 22 in a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090145733 - Movable contact unit with light-guiding function and lighted panel switch using the same: The movable contact unit with a light-guiding function has the following structure. An uneven section is formed in a section that is to be lighted on the lower surface of a TPU-made base sheet. A film with a refractive index of light lower than that of the base sheet is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090145734 - Electrical switch element, particularly a relay, with swivelling lever switch mechanism: An electrical switch element, particularly a relay, is provided with an actuator with a switch contact and a switch mechanism. The switch mechanism translates a driving movement of the actuator into a switching movement of the switch contact so that the switch contact is brought into and out of contact... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090145735 - Lever switch device: A lever switch device, includes a lever main body rotatably supported by a body around a predetermined rotation center axis, a first remote shaft rotatably incorporated in the lever main body, and comprising a first operating knob at one end and a first operation portion at another end for operating... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090145736 - Electrical switch with lateral operation and assembly comprising such a switch mounted on a plate: An electrical switch may include a support bearing contacts, at least one elastically deformable release element for establishing an electrical connection between two contacts, an actuation pusher that is configured to be movable relative to the support along an overall horizontal path in the plane of the plate bearing electronic... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090139847 - Control panel assembly for laundry device: A control panel assembly of a laundry device is disclosed, by which a manipulation of buttons (200) is facilitated by improving button configurations of the laundry device. The present invention includes a control panel (100) provided to a front side of a body and a keypad provided to the control... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090139850 - Lever operating device: In the disclosed lever operating device, when an operating lever is tilted in one of the first and second operating surfaces that are substantially orthogonal to each other, a slider supported by a lever support is selectively moved in one of two directions that are substantially orthogonal to each other... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090139843 - Device and method for switching electrical energy: A shutter device is provided for a bypass isolation automatic transfer switch. The shutter device comprises a frame and a shutter that is movably supported by the frame and that is configured to selectively cover and uncover conductors. At least one cam is movably supported by the frame and at... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090139848 - Window: A window, in particular a turn-and-tilt window, comprises a window handle (2) that has a handle (4) for the manual movement, in particular rotation, of a window casement (3) of the window (1), wherein switching elements (19, 23, 24) are provided on the window (1) and/or window handle (2). According... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090139844 - Tunable electrical transient generator for electromagnetic pulser: A dielectric insulated mechanical switch is coupled to a capacitive energy storage arrangement and a pulse forming network. The dielectric insulated mechanical switch is immersed in a dielectric substance. A controller is coupled to the dielectric insulated mechanical switch. The controller is programmed to selectively open and close the dielectric... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090139845 - Auxiliary operating device for an electromechanical switching device: An auxiliary operating device for an electromechanical switching device having an operating mechanism. The auxiliary operating device including an actuating element couplable to the operating mechanism and movable between a first position and a second position, an actuation member movable relative to the actuating element between a third position and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090139846 - Rocker switch and device holder: A rocker switch including a base, a rotary to linear converter mounted on the base, the rotary to linear converter being rotatable by means of at least one knob, and an actuating assembly mounted on the rotary to linear converter and arranged to actuate an electric device when the knob... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20090139849 - Trigger switch: Disclosed a trigger switch including fixed contacts forming main contacts double in series and functioning as a switch for supplying a motor with power and slide plate parts connected to the fixed contacts; and movable contacts provided in an actuator interlocking with an operation part and auxiliary contacts sliding on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.