Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions 10/09

20090255786 - Circuit breaker with locking mechanism: Disclosed is a circuit breaker with a locking mechanism, which ensures that circuit breaker is switched OFF before applying any trip free locks. Exemplary embodiments include a circuit breaker apparatus, including a lay shaft coupled to circuit breaker contacts, a lay shaft cam coupled to the lay shaft, a lifting... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255787 - Electromechanical interlock for electrical protection devices: An interlock is presented which may be mechanically interconnected with a circuit breaker. The interlock toggles between a locked out position that causes the circuit breaker to trip and prevents closure thereof and a non-locked out position wherein the circuit breaker functions. The interlock includes a frame, a lockout actuator... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255788 - spring discharge mechanism for circuit breaker: A spring discharge mechanism for a circuit breaker is provided. The mechanism includes two linkages for crashing or discharging the circuit breaker compression springs to allow the circuit breaker to be used in either fixed breaker installation or in an installation having a drawout mechanism. The secondary mechanism includes a... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255789 - Draw out circuit breaker assembly having a telescopic racking handle: A draw out circuit breaker assembly which includes a draw out circuit breaker having a plurality of contacts configured for connecting and disconnecting an electrical power source to an electrical load, a breaker cassette including a draw out support plate housing operational components of the draw out circuit breaker, and... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255790 - Racking mechanism for a circuit breaker: Disclosed is a racking mechanism for a drawout circuit breaker including a cross shaft movably positioned in an enclosure and at least one input link in operable communication with the cross shaft via at least one connecting link. At least one racking cam is movably positioned in the enclosure and... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255791 - System and method for indicating a position of an electrical distribution device: A system for indicating a position of an electrical distribution device configured to be racked into an electrically connected condition within an enclosure and racked out to an electrically disconnected condition via a racking mechanism is disclosed. The system includes a rotating indicator having at least a first position and... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255796 - Differential adjustment mechanism for pressure switches: A calibration mechanism for setting the tripping point of a microswitch in a pressure switch has a lower collar fixed to the upper end of the pressure switch push rod, and an upper collar disposed above the lower collar and adapted to actuate the trigger of the microswitch when raised... Agent: Donald V. Tomkins C/o Tomkins Law Office

20090255792 - Contact assembly of circuit breaker: A contact arm assembly including a plurality of substantially parallel plates having a space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates and a plurality of finger assemblies, at least one of the plurality of finger assemblies being pivotally attached to the plurality of substantially parallel plates and being... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090255793 - Thin laminate construction for the creation of tactile feedback: A tactile laminate and a method for generating tactile feedback, wherein the tactile laminate and method provide a flexible laminate for creating a tactile sensation on a desired surface without the need for separate motion generating devices, is disclosed. A tactile laminate includes a first layer having a first conductive... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090255794 - Switching device with a heat pipe: A device for interrupting an electrical alternating current, which is driven by a high voltage, includes contact pieces that are connected to conductors and placed inside a contact housing. The conductors are guided in an at least partially displaceable manner, and the contact pieces can be transferred from a contact... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090255795 - Seesaw switch: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a seesaw switch that has a simple structure with improved opearatability. In order to achieve the purpose, a seesaw switch 1 includes pressing sections each located at corresponding locations of operated sections of a pair of switch elements a rotation operating... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090250328 - Input device with a flexible circuit board and related computer system: An input device includes a body, and a flexible circuit board connected to the body and receivable inside the body. A plurality of keys is disposed on the flexible circuit board. The input device further includes a signal transmission module installed inside the body and electrically connected to the flexible... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090250329 - Touch keypad assembly: A touch keypad assembly (100) includes a main board (10), a metal dome (40) disposed on a predetermined position of the main board, a touchpad layer (30) disposed on the metal dome, a keypad cover (20) disposed over the touchpad layer, and a light guide film (60) disposed between the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090250327 - Steering column module and associated assembly method: The invention proposes a steering column module intended to be mounted on a steering column, in particular of a motor vehicle, including a casing on which is mounted a rotary electrical connector which comprises a rotor and a stator, of the type including an angular indexing sleeve which is moveable... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090242375 - Communication terminal having housing with key buttons coupled thereto: A communication terminal including a housing having elastic key buttons integrally coupled thereto is provided. The housing is configured to define an external appearance of the communication terminal. Each of the key buttons may have one end thereof integrally coupled to the housing and a free end at an opposite... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090242374 - Key switch sheet and key switch module: A key switch sheet has a pressure sensitive adhesive layer for holding a contact spring by adhering to an apex portion of a dome-shaped contact spring at a back surface of a base material sheet. A thickness of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer at a region to be made to... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090242364 - Multiple function inline controller with varying oriented buttons: Methods, apparatus and systems which provide buttons oriented at angles relative to each other as a part of a multiple function switch are disclosed. In one embodiment, the multiple function switch is part of an inline controller that is suitable for use to control features or functions of a portable... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20090242361 - Operatiing mechanism for a switching device: An operating mechanism, for a switch of a switching device disposed in a control cabinet having a door, includes a locking device having a locking element movable between a release position and a locking position. A spring device is configured to bias the locking element toward the release position. A... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090242362 - Unguided ballistic warhead fuse switching device: The invention is an acceleration switch designed to fuse switch unguided ballistic warheads at a specified elevation above land. It houses two spring controlled and inertia responsive electrically conductive pistons, one of which would electrically program the fuse switching acceleration value when advancing, upon sensing peak acceleration (as the reentering... Agent: Dale Jones

20090242363 - Pressure switch: The present invention relates to a type of pressure switch, particularly a type of pressure switch having a hand-controlled device, using a control rod on the hand control device to directly drive a second driving plate to move up and down, thereby to effortlessly open and close a release valve... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20090242365 - Swinging lead switch for an electronic device: An electronic device such as a light device or a voice device which has two electrodes; one of the electrodes electrically couples to a freely swinging lead. A first terminal of a power supply couples to a first electrode of the device, a second terminal is configured in a position... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090242366 - Side entry circuit breaker: A circuit breaker enables selective left, right or a combination of both side connection to a power conductor, such as a cable or wire. Side connection eliminates the need for large radius U-bends of the power conductor that is normally required when using top connection circuit breakers. An electrically non-conductive... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090242367 - Method of monitoring the position of a movable part of an electrical switch apparatus: A device for monitoring a position of a movable portion mounted on a casing of a switching electrical apparatus, the movable portion configured to adopt at least two determined positions. The device includes a permanent magnet and a reader including an antenna to interchange data without contact by electromagnetic coupling... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090242368 - Non-backlighted illuminating keypad: A non-backlighted illuminating keypad includes a keypad panel, a light gathering layer, an electronic ink layer, a first elastic layer and a switch board. The keypad panel includes a carrier and a plurality of keycaps arranged on the carrier. The light gathering layer is arranged on a bottom surface of... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090242369 - Keyboard assembly and electronic device using the same: A keyboard assembly (30) includes a keyboard (31) having two opposite surfaces and an light-penetrating board (35). The keyboard (31) is configured for obstructing light from transmittal therethrough and is made of opaque material. One surface of the keyboard (31) defines several keypads (312) thereon. Each keypad (31) defines some... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090242370 - Light-guiding structure, method of manufacturing the same and light-emitting keyboard using the same: A light-guiding structure, a method of manufacturing the same and a light-emitting keyboard using the same are provided. The method of manufacturing the light-guiding structure includes the following steps. Firstly, a reflecting plate is placed on a light-guiding plate. Then, a compress-bond process is performed on the light-guiding plate and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090242371 - Switch comprising a coupling for fixing to an actuating device: A switch is disclosed, especially a position switch including a coupling for fixing a drive head to the base of a locking ring. The switch provides a technical solution to allow for a reliable operation of the switch and to simultaneously guide potentially damaging force effects from the drive head... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090242372 - Full-protection circuit breaker: A full-protection circuit breaker has a line-protection circuit breaker and a residual-current-operated component which can be fitted thereto. A first switching mechanism, located therein, includes a first switching toggle for operation of a first latching mechanism, which is accommodated in the residual-current-operated component. A second switching mechanism, provided in the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090242373 - Service switching device with double-break contacts: An electrical switching device comprises a contact point having two double-break contacts, a contact link having a width, a contact pressure spring exerting a pressure on the contact link, a striker pin configured to act on the contact link counter to the pressure of the contact pressure spring during a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.