Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 07/09

20090188780 - Switch device: A switch device, includes a device main body incorporating a fixed pressure contact portion and includes a fixed sliding contact portion that forms a circuit together with the fixed pressure contact portion, and at least one pair of switches supported on the device main body, each switch comprising an operating... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090188781 - Rubber key device: A rubber key device is provide with a key top member, multiple rubber keys, a click feel generating mechanism and a load transmitting mechanism. When a depression area of the key top member is depressed by a user, the key top member is rotated to depress a top face of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090188779 - Multi-function selecting mechanism: A multi-function selecting mechanism is provided. The multi-function selecting mechanism comprises a toggling feature and a selection mechanism coupled with said toggling feature. The selection mechanism is configured to move about the toggling feature to a first position or move toward the toggling feature to a second position, wherein a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090183978 - Multidirectional switch: A pressure-receiving member that can be moved along an urging axial center, and a compression coil spring for urging the pressure-receiving member in the direction of an engaging body, are provided between the engaging body in an inside end position of an operating rod and a bottom wall part of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090183974 - Drive arrangement having a common drive device for a plurality of switchgears of an electric switching device: A drive configuration includes a common drive device and driver elements. The driver elements interact with drive elements in order to transmit a drive movement generated by the drive device to movable contact pieces of switching poles or switchgears of an electric switching device. At least one of the switching... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090183973 - Vibration switch: The vibration switch includes a housing with a chamber formed thereon and extended in a longitudinal direction. Two attachment means are disposed at two ends of the chamber respectively. Two spring means are received in the chamber and attached to the two attachment means respectively. Two electric contact terminals are... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090183979 - Micromachined mechanical switch: A mechanical switch is arranged to electrically connect a power source to an electrical component. The switch includes a resilient structure, a first electrically conductive element connected to the power source and a second conductive element connected to the electrical component. At least one of the conductive elements is attached... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090183975 - Push-button arrangement and push-button: A push-button arrangement and a push-button. The push-button comprises a fastening sleeve portion having a press portion at a first end thereof and a fastening member at a second end thereof for connecting the push-button to a fastening hole in a fastening plate. The outer surface of the fastening sleeve... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090183976 - Keypad assembly having three-dimensional patterns: A keypad assembly having three-dimensional patterns includes a bottom layer, a light-guiding plate, a pattern layer, a coating layer and a surface layer. The light-guiding plate is overlapped on the bottom layer. The pattern layer is provided on the light-guiding plate. A plurality of three-dimensional patterns is provided on the... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090183977 - Dome contact used in pushbutton switch and method for fabricating same: A dome contact (32) for pushbutton switches (300) includes a diaphragm (33) having a reversible dome portion (331), and a bump (34) projecting from a central portion of a convex surface of the dome portion. A method for fabricating the dome contact includes steps of: providing a diaphragm formed by... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090178913 - Haptic keyboard systems and methods: Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some embodiments, the electrically-deformable material is utilized to impart, to a depressed key or keyboard element, a multi-vectored movement that produces a perceived acceleration of... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, P.s.

20090178911 - Key dome assembly with improved tactile feedback: A dome assembly for use in a keyboard assembly of an electronic device is provided. The dome assembly includes a deflectable dome shaped element having a concave surface terminating at a periphery and a number of elevating members disposed on the element adjacent the periphery and protruding away from the... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090178912 - Multi-directional key and key assembly: A multi-directional key for an electronic device includes a hollow frame a key substrate, a multi-directional key body, and a supporting frame. The hollow frame includes a pair of first opposite parallel bars and a pair of second opposite parallel bars. Perpendicular planes of the first opposite parallel bars and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090178904 - Switch having a complementary diode unit: A diode unit (9) including at least one diode (13) and a pair of terminals (15) is mounted on a switch body (2) having an actuate-able key (6) and at least two terminal points (4). The diode unit (9) is positioned on the exposed end of the key (6) such... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090178905 - Contact element and a contact arrangement: A contact element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the contact element and the contact member includes a body having at least one contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer to be applied against the contact member. The... Agent: Venable LLP

20090178907 - Keypad assembly for electronic device: A keypad assembly includes a pressing surface layer, a pattern layer, an elastic layer, a light guiding layer, and a pressing bottom layer. The pattern layer is under the pressing surface layer. The elastic layer is located between and interlocks the pattern layer and the light guiding layer by adhesive.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090178906 - Keypad panel assembly having arrays of micropores: A keypad panel assembly having arrays of micropores includes a panel body, a shielding layer, a backlight module, and a telecommunication module. The panel body is formed into a plate. The shielding layer is provided on one surface of the panel body. A plurality of micropores are formed on the... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090178908 - Switch structure of automatic external defibrillator: A switch structure of an automatic external defibrillator including a housing member and a flap member for covering the housing member, open and closed states of the flap member and ON and OFF of a switch of the automatic external defibrillator which are associated with each other, the switch structure... Agent: Kimble Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

20090178909 - Key structure: The invention discloses a key structure including a keycap, a base plate, and a support member. The keycap includes a slide part; the base plate includes an engagement part; the support member includes a first end and a second end for engaging the keycap and the base plate. The first... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090178910 - Key structure: The invention discloses a key structure comprising a keycap, a base plate, and a support member. The keycap comprises a slide part; the base plate comprises an engagement part; the support member comprises a slide end and an engagement end, and the support member is used for engaging the keycap... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090173613 - Electronic key: The aim of the invention is to provide a simple and economical embodiment of an electronic key comprising dimensionally stable push buttons (31). To this end, a membrane (21) and a frame (22) are used is a 2K element (20) of a dual-component technology. The soft component of the 2K... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090173614 - Enhanced key structure with combined keycap for a mobile computing device: A key structure assembly is provided for a mobile computing device. The key structure assembly includes a keycap having at least a first segment and a second segment. A first actuation member extends inward into the housing from the first segment of the keycap, and a second actuation member extends... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090173612 - Rotational stabilizer: An in-line electrical conductor switch including a frame, an electrical connection section movably connected to the frame, and a rotational stability device. The frame includes first and second connection sections insulated from each other by an electrical isolation section. The first and second connection sections are configured to connect to... Agent: Harrington & Smith PC

20090173604 - Electrical switching apparatus and tool therefor: A tool is provided to manipulate an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, with respect to a housing structure. The circuit breaker has a mechanical interface. The tool includes an actuating mechanism having a plurality of segments and joints, which movably connect the segments. One segment is engageable... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090173606 - Keyboard: A keyboard includes a printed circuit board, a light guide sheet, a keypad member and a light shield. The printed circuit board has a plurality of light-emitting devices. The light guide sheet is disposed over the printed circuit board to receive the light output from the light-emitting devices. The keypad... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090173605 - Keycap for guiding light laterally and keypad panel having the same: A keycap is made of a light-transmitting material. The bottom of the keycap has a light-entering surface. A light-exiting surface extends from one side of the light-entering surface and intersects therewith. A connecting surface is formed between the light-entering surface and the light-exiting surface. The connecting surface is covered by... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090173607 - Thin keymat module with a reflection structure: A thin keymat module with a reflection structure includes a circuit board with a plurality of elastic conductive elements, a mirror reflection sheet, a transparent elastic layer, a keymat layer and a light-emitting unit. The mirror reflection sheet is disposed on the circuit board, evenly corresponding to the elastic conductive... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090173608 - Light-guide sheet, movable contact unit and switch using the same: A light-guide sheet includes a light transmissive film substrate, and luminescent protrusions formed at predetermined points on the substrate. At least one of the substrate and each of the luminescent protrusions is colored to a color tone that absorbs yellow light more than blue light. Alternatively, a reflective layer colored... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090173609 - Process for keycaps capable of guiding light laterally: A process for keycaps includes the steps of: providing a light-transmitting material; making the light-transmitting material into a keycap body, the keycap body having a light-entering surface, one side of the light-entering surface extending to form a light-exiting surface intersecting with the light-entering surface, a connecting surface being formed between... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090173610 - System and methods for electronic device keyboard illumination: A keyboard may be generally illuminated while also providing for key-specific illumination of one or more particular keys. The keyboard may be generally illuminated using any configuration of any number of suitable illumination sources. The keyboard may selectively illuminate any key or keys together with or apart from the general... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090173611 - Compact operating mechanism for medium and high voltage switchgear: Operating mechanism for medium and high voltage switchgear, in which a rotatable main shaft is coupled to a switch, and a rocker plate is rotatable with the main shaft, the main shaft being arranged to open and close said switch by tilting the rocker plate. The rocker plate constitutes a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090166169 - Key-press structure and a method for making the same: In one aspect, a key-press structure comprises a frame and a plurality of keys disposed in said frame. Said frame comprises a main portion and two reflecting portions. The main portion has two opposite sides and the two reflecting portions are disposed on the two opposite sides of the main... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090166168 - Grounding switch: A valley section is provided between a high-voltage arc contact and a high-voltage main contact. Because of the presence of the valley section, resistance between contacts is reduced while a moving arc contact makes contact with the high-voltage arc contact and then slides up to making contact with the high-voltage... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090166160 - Multi-level micro-switch: The present invention relates to a multi-level micro-switch comprising a housing and a fixed supporting cylinder disposed in the center of the housing and extending upwards along the axis of the housing, wherein a plurality of multi-level supporting cylinders are sequentially and flexibly contained in the fixed supporting cylinder. The... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090166161 - Power circuit-switching device: A power circuit-switching device is proposed, which includes: a frame body; at least an electric control unit having a control member, provided with a plurality of first positioning portions and first coupling portions; and at least an operative element having an operating face and a coupling face opposite to the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090166162 - Contact actuating mechanism for switching device: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a contact actuating mechanism is provided with a rotary contact to make and break electrical contacts. An operating knob is connected an operating lever and to a connecting link through a U-shaped pin. The operating lever is engaged with a lock lever.... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20090166163 - Push switch: A push switch includes a base board disposed in a bottom wall of a switch housing, a switch knob which projects or retracts from the switch housing so as to separate or have contact relative to the base board, a partition for zoning an inside portion of the switching housing... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090166164 - Button assembly: A button assembly for pressing a switch in a computer bezel includes a button connected to an arm. A cutout is defined in the computer bezel. The button is inserted in the cutout, and the arm is pivotably mounted on the computer bezel. A pressing portion extends outward from a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090166165 - Push button switch cover member: A silicone rubber composition having such selective adhesiveness that shows high adhesion to an organic material than to a molding die is bonded to a sheet of the organic material and is vulcanized and cured in the mold. Thus, an elastomer keypad of double-layer structure is produced in which an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090166166 - Switch device: A spherical portion of a shaft is provided with engagement projection portions at two locations to be arranged by intervals of 90° in the rotational circumferential direction and there is provided a guide portion including limiting faces for being engaged to the engagement projection portions to lock a swing motion... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090166167 - Spring arrangement for spring drive unit and spring drive unit comprising spring arrangement: The invention describes a spring arrangement for spring drive unit, which spring arrangement comprises a spring, a pullrod connected at a first pullrod end to a first spring end of the spring and connected at an opposite second pullrod end to a rotary shaft of the spring drive unit, a... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC