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Electricity: circuit makers and breakers August inventions list 08/09

20090211882 - Rotary encoder and drive apparatus: The present invention simplifies the configuration of a rotary encoder. In the present invention, a plate spring 3, which includes a plurality of arm sections 3BX to 3FX where curving projection sections 3BZ to 3FZ are formed and whose tips are movable contacts 3BX to 3FX, is attached to a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20090211883 - Multi-pole handle lock for circuit breakers: A multi-pole handle lock having a base plate and movable locking plate assembly that is adapted to mount on to at least two circuit breakers. A handle restrictor plate is mounted on the base plate for translational movement while maintaining the circuit breaker handles in the same position as each... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090211884 - Electronic apparatus with a micro-electromechanical switch made of a piezoeletric material: The device improved according to the invention comprises a micro-electromechanical switch (MEMS) with a piezoelectric element connected to a mechanical support on both sides at the edges. The electrode design of this piezoelectric element is characterized by two electrodes mounted on at least one of the surfaces.... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090211885 - Electronic device: The electronic device comprising a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) element at a first side of a substrate (14). The MEMS element comprises a first electrode (101) and a second electrode (11), that is part of a movable element and movable towards and from the first electrode between a first and a... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.l.p.

20090211886 - Switch for electric power tool: A switch for use with an electric power tool equipped with a trigger switch. The trigger switch has first contacts for turning on and off a motor, second contacts for turning on and off a speed controller, and a trigger lever. The first contacts are formed by a first fixed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20090211887 - Moving contact head for tap switches: A moving contact head for tap switches comprises a moving contact head installation plate component (200) rotating with a switch main shaft (100), and a holder-type moving contact head (300) arranged on the moving contact head installation plate component (200). The holder-type moving contact head (300) is divided into two... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20090211888 - Multi-illuminating keyboard back light and method: A keyboard apparatus includes a housing which includes a plurality of key pads spatially disposed within the housing, each of the key pads being depressible upon touch by a user, the plurality of key pads being distributed in a plurality of non-overlapping keyboard regions. Each of the non-overlapping regions includes... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090211889 - Slide operation apparatus and knob therefor: A slide operation apparatus capable of ensuring the operability of a knob and improving the visibility of scales on a panel surface of an electronic instrument, without the need of increasing a widthwise space required for mounting the slide operation apparatus on the panel surface. Scales indicating positions in slide... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20090211890 - External hanging combined vacuum on-load tap switch: The invention relates to an external hanging combined vacuum on-load tap switch, comprising a case, a tap selector, a switching means assembly, a transmission device, and one electric operation mechanism, wherein one lateral side wall of the case is provided with a connecting terminal connected with the coil tap of... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090211891 - Touch panel and driving method of touch panel: A touch panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a number of spacers is provided. The first substrate has an upper surface and a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface. The second substrate is parallel... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090205943 - Panel switch: A panel switch includes an insulating substrate, a resist layer provided on an upper surface of the insulating substrate, a cover sheet, an adhesive layer bonded onto an upper surface of the resist layer, and plural push switches activated upon being pressed via the cover sheet. The resist layer has... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090205934 - Switch lockout device: A lockout device for a switch assembly includes a body and first and second laterally extending pins and a cam member assembled with the body. The laterally extending pins are laterally movable between hole engaging and hole disengaging positions. The cam member is pivotable with respect to the body between... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

20090205936 - Turning direction indicator: A turning direction indicator controls the operation of a light source for turn signals and indicates a turning direction of the vehicle. A plurality of switch contacts are brought into electrical contact with each other, responsive to operation of an operating part. An angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090205937 - Foot switch for electromedical apparatus and method of manufacturing such a foot switch: An actuating device for an electromedical apparatus and in particular a foot switch. The foot switch includes a floor part, at least one pedal part that is tiltably connected to the floor part, and at least one switch element that is actuated by the pedal part. Further, at least the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090205935 - Reed and pressure switching system for use in a lighting system: A dual function switching system for use individually or in combination with a lighting system. Both a reed switch and a pressure switch connect to a lighting system's ballast circuitry and allows manual ON/OFF switching of the light without compromising the water-tight sealed ballast housing. The disclosed switching system also... Agent: Silversky Group LLC

20090205938 - Switching distribution board: The invention relates to a switching distribution board (1), comprising a number of m input contact pairs (2) and n output contact pairs (16), it being possible for an input contact pair (2) to be connected to any desired output contact pair (16) by a mechanical switching mechanism, the mechanical... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090205939 - Moisture resistant push to test button for circuit breakers: A circuit breaker includes a housing forming an opening. A push switch is connected to a test circuit to enable testing of the test circuit in accordance with closing the push switch. A flexible membrane is formed in the opening and configured to form a seal between the housing and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090205940 - Redundant switch: A redundant switch includes a housing and an actuator movable in the housing in two opposing translational directions. A slide is movable in the housing in the same two opposing directions as the actuator and is coupled to the actuator by two antagonistic springs with clearance in both directions of... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090205941 - Multi-pole armature interlock for circuit breakers: A multi-pole circuit breaker and method include at least two breaker modules including circuit breakers therein. The circuit breakers include a moveable arm configured to connect and disconnect contacts therein. The at least two modules including armatures connectable to the moveable arms of each of the at least two modules.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090205942 - Pushbutton switch device: Provided is a pushbutton switch device provided with a switch case in which a depressing member is arranged which, when moved downwards, depresses a switch. Arranged inside the switch case is an operating member which, when depressed, comes into contact with the depressing member to move the depressing member downwards.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200148 - Key sheet: Provided is a key sheet allowing reliable sliding operation input through accurate coordinate position detection and depressing operation input of satisfactory depression operability through clear click feel. Fixation layers are formed at positions under depressing operation portions, and there are no fixation layers in portions around the depressing operation portions... Agent: Cermak Kenealy Vaidya & Nakajima LLP

20090200149 - Operation device for vehicle: An operation device for a vehicle is provided that enables switching over of a plurality of operation menu display screens and switching over of a plurality of function display screens for in-vehicle equipment displayed on a monitor by tilting of an operating knob (30) in eight directions, pivoting of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090200143 - Arrangement for influencing device functions by means of a foot movement: opening an electrical or control circuit. An actuating element can be associated with the switch to initiate its switching functions. The apparatus can also include a means for transmitting foot movements to the actuating element. The switch can be a proximity switch and the actuating element can be mounted such... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090200144 - Microelectromechanical element and electromechanical switch using the same: A microelectromechanical element of a hydrophobic surface structure with a long life and high reliability and an electromechanical switch using the microelectromechanical element are provided. The surface of an electrode has a composite surface structure of a first area made of a first material forming the electrode and a second... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090200145 - Control unit with a monitoring apparatus: A control unit including a monitoring apparatus is disclosed, with the monitoring apparatus having an operating element and an attachment element. In at least one embodiment, the control unit is in two parts and includes an operating unit and switching elements. The required spatial association between the operating unit and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090200146 - Luminous switch and electronic device provided with the same: A luminous switch using an inorganic EL material is provided with a plurality of switch sections so as to reduce acoustic noise. The switch sections are provided with a plurality of protruding parts (112) and a plurality of supporting sections (113) formed on a surface of a structure (101); an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090200147 - Push button switch: A push button switch includes a base part provided with a fixed contact and a snap dome, a light source disposed on a lower surface of the base part, a cover member disposed to cover the base part and having at one side surface an opening, and an operating controller... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090200148 - Key sheet: Provided is a key sheet allowing reliable sliding operation input through accurate coordinate position detection and depressing operation input of satisfactory depression operability through clear click feel. Fixation layers are formed at positions under depressing operation portions, and there are no fixation layers in portions around the depressing operation portions... Agent: Cermak Kenealy Vaidya & Nakajima LLP

20090200149 - Operation device for vehicle: An operation device for a vehicle is provided that enables switching over of a plurality of operation menu display screens and switching over of a plurality of function display screens for in-vehicle equipment displayed on a monitor by tilting of an operating knob (30) in eight directions, pivoting of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090200143 - Arrangement for influencing device functions by means of a foot movement: opening an electrical or control circuit. An actuating element can be associated with the switch to initiate its switching functions. The apparatus can also include a means for transmitting foot movements to the actuating element. The switch can be a proximity switch and the actuating element can be mounted such... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090200144 - Microelectromechanical element and electromechanical switch using the same: A microelectromechanical element of a hydrophobic surface structure with a long life and high reliability and an electromechanical switch using the microelectromechanical element are provided. The surface of an electrode has a composite surface structure of a first area made of a first material forming the electrode and a second... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090200145 - Control unit with a monitoring apparatus: A control unit including a monitoring apparatus is disclosed, with the monitoring apparatus having an operating element and an attachment element. In at least one embodiment, the control unit is in two parts and includes an operating unit and switching elements. The required spatial association between the operating unit and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090200146 - Luminous switch and electronic device provided with the same: A luminous switch using an inorganic EL material is provided with a plurality of switch sections so as to reduce acoustic noise. The switch sections are provided with a plurality of protruding parts (112) and a plurality of supporting sections (113) formed on a surface of a structure (101); an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090200147 - Push button switch: A push button switch includes a base part provided with a fixed contact and a snap dome, a light source disposed on a lower surface of the base part, a cover member disposed to cover the base part and having at one side surface an opening, and an operating controller... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090194404 - Pressing-type input device: A pressing-type input device includes an operation part and pressure sensors that are provided on the lower surface of the operation part. The operation part includes an operation region where the pressure sensors are provided, and an outer region that is formed outside the operation region. An inner portion of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090194395 - Operation device for vehicle: An operation device for a vehicle is provided in which selection/execution means for selecting any one of operation menus related to in-vehicle equipment displayed on a monitor and selecting and executing any one of functions related to the in-vehicle equipment is formed from an operating knob (30) and a plurality... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090194396 - Assembling structure of a quick installation/uninstallation switch: An assembling structure of a quick installation/uninstallation switch, including a layout fixing seat formed with a central opening and a transverse insertion slot intersecting the central opening. A locating member is inserted through the transverse insertion slot. The locating member is formed with a central hole corresponding to the central... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090194403 - Heavy-duty circuit breaker with a housing: A heavy-duty circuit breaker has a housing with a longitudinal housing axis and a contact arrangement disposed in the housing. The contact arrangement is conductively connected to a first electrical lead fed through the housing and a second electrical lead fed through the housing. The housing comprises a first housing... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090194397 - Planar microelectromechanical device having a stopper structure for out-of-plane movements: A microelectromechanical device has a mobile mass that undergoes a movement, in particular a spurious movement, in a first direction in response to an external event; the device moreover has a stopper structure configured so as to stop said spurious movement. In particular, a stopper element is fixedly coupled to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090194398 - Speed ratio shift control device for vehicle, proximate the steering wheel: A vehicle control device including: a support; a steering member mounted mobile relative to the support; and at least one speed ratio shifting member including a base rigidly fixed to the support and having a single end, the at least one speed ratio shifting member including one part mounted mobile... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090194406 - Capacitive occupant classification system: An occupant classification system for a vehicle seat includes an electrode arrangement for being integrated into a seating portion of the seat, which electrode arrangement includes a sensing electrode, a shielding electrode and an insulating layer sandwiched between the sensing electrode and the shielding electrode. The electrode arrangement is provided... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090194399 - Pressure switch structure: In an improved pressure switch structure, a metal casing is provided for sealing and covering the exterior of the pressure switch, such that a wire contact point at an end of the pressure switch is sealed and protected from moisture, and a plug cap in a wire through hole of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090194400 - Seal for electrical switch pad: Methods and apparatus are provided for an electrical assembly. The apparatus comprises a base member comprising a recessed portion and a circumferential flange, the recessed portion adapted to receive an electrical device and the flange having a channel on a first side and a sealing member comprising a retention portion... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090194401 - Light emitting keypad: The present invention provides a light emitting keypad, which can obtain a more uniform light emitting surface and the same effects as or superior effects to conventional light emitting keypads even though a small number of light sources are used as compared with the conventional light emitting keypads, by causing... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20090194402 - Low-profile switch mechanism: A switch mechanism includes a frame, an electrical switch on the frame, a lever extending from the frame alongside the switch and including an activation portion whereupon deflection of the lever, the activation portion bears upon the switch so as to activate the switch A force-transfer device associated with the... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090194405 - Safety switch: A safety switch for affecting the operating state of equipment to which the safety switch is at least indirectly connected. The safety switch includes a configuration, such as a number of contacts, that is arranged to change from a first condition to a second condition depending on whether or not... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf