Electricity: circuit makers and breakers inventions

20090266697 - Handheld device: A pair of side keys disposed on a lateral plate casing of a stationary-side rear case in a cellular phone is coupled with a film sheet that is fabricated in a substantially identical length to the length of the pair of side keys. The pair of side keys is coupled... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090266696 - Sheet-switch module: A sheet-switch module includes a substrate; a plurality of switches formed on the substrate; a light guiding sheet disposed above the plurality of switches and having a plurality of protruding portions formed on a surface thereof facing each of the switches, each of the protruding portions being disposed to face... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090266687 - Ignition switch: A three-position, single-pole, double-throw, rotary ignition switch is disclosed that is water-tight and provides qualitative and quantifiable durability in the presence of high-current loads, even after long use. It withstands a continuous 20 A load, plus an additional occasional 20 A load, when in the “run” position. It withstands an... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20090266695 - Switch for a switchgear assembly for power supply and distribution: A switch for a switching unit for energy supply and distribution includes a first connection and a second connection, each with a cylindrical bolt. The bolts are axially adjacent one another and spaced apart. An annular sleeve with an inner diameter larger than the diameter of the bolts, is arranged... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090266688 - Collapsible contact switch: Embodiments of the invention describe a contact switch, which may include a bottom electrode structure including a bottom actuation electrode and a top electrode structure including a top actuation electrode and one or more stoppers able to maintain a predetermined gap between the top electrode and the bottom electrode when... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090266689 - Electronic device: An electronic device adapted to be mounted on a circuit board is disclosed. A housing is made of an insulative material. The housing includes a first face adapted to oppose the circuit board, a second face and a third face which respectively intersect with the first face. A cover covers... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090266690 - Pushbutton for a hearing device: A pushbutton for a hearing device is provided. The pushbutton includes a probe guided into a housing shell and includes a locking element. The locking element produces a first snap-on connection between the housing shell and the probe when inserted into the probe. As a result, the pushbutton is fixedly... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090266691 - Mobile terminal device: A mobile terminal device includes a movable side housing and a fixed side housing connected to the movable side housing with a connection part. The fixed side housing includes an operation panel in which a plurality of numeric keys are arranged, a light emitting elements that are provided at one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090266692 - Portable electronic device: The present invention has a configuration is one example in which a second body is connected to be rotatable around a rotational axis to a first body. A light emitting element that emits light and a first light guiding member, which propagates light emitted from the light emitting element as... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090266693 - Switching apparatus: A switching apparatus has a frame with a circular notch in its operating surface; a operating handle disposed in the notch, said handle can change from a lower position corresponding to automatic mode to a upper position corresponding to manual mode, and the handle are rotatable in said circular notch... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090266694 - Keypad module for portable electronic devices: A keypad module including at least one key (30) is described. The key (30) includes a keycap (32), a base (34), a supporting member (36), a resisting member (40) and a dome (42). The base includes a pressed portion (341) and a carrier portion (342) connected to the pressed portion.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090266698 - Electronic device: A switch-type electronic device adapted to be mounted on a circuit board is disclosed. A housing is made of an insulative material. The housing includes a first face adapted to oppose the circuit board and a second face intersecting with the first face and formed with a projection. A cover... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20090266699 - Switch structures for use on printed circuit boards: An electrical contact area on a printed circuit board (“PCB”), that would otherwise be subject to abrasion and possibly also corrosion, can be protected by covering it with another, more durable contact structure that is bonded to the first-mentioned contact area using an anistropic conductive adhesive (“ACA”). The more durable... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090266701 - Operating device for an electric appliance comprising contact switches and method for switching on a supplementary heating device: The design and evaluation of sensor elements, such as used in an electric hob, of an operating device is simplified. For this purpose, the sensor elements are configured in such a manner so as to have differently sized sub-area regions. When a finger is placed on a cover above the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090266700 - Switch for a brush wear recording circuit: A switch for a brush wear monitoring recording circuit for monitoring wear of at least one brush, the switch having an open and a closed state, comprises a fixed part including a switch plate having a switch face and a moving part including a capacitive flag disposed on a brush... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090260970 - Keyswitch and keyboard: The invention discloses a keyswitch and a keyboard which applies the keyswitch. The keyswitch includes a scissors-like supporting structure and a keycap. The scissors-like supporting structure includes a first arm member. The first arm member has a first axle. A retaining member is formed at the bottom of the keycap.... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090260969 - Operating device, information processing terminal including the operating device, and assembly method for the operating device and the information processing terminal: An operating device of the present invention has a stacked structure of a contact terminal sheet formed in accordance with a plurality of exposed operation parts and including a plurality of contact terminals for detecting an operation state of each of the operation parts, a flexible cable including a plurality... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090260959 - Electro-mechanical pulse generator: An electromechanical pulse generator and a method of generating electrical pulses are disclosed. The electromechanical pulse generator comprises very few parts and includes an effective mechanism to prevent contact rebound. An upper, user-actuable and rotatable part has a surface with a plurality of projections. A lower part has an electrical... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090260961 - Mems switches with reduced switching voltage and methods of manufacture: MEMS switches and methods of manufacturing MEMS switches is provided. The MEMS switch having at least two cantilevered electrodes having ends which overlap and which are structured and operable to contact one another upon an application of a voltage by at least one fixed electrode.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090260960 - Switch for use in microelectromechanical systems (mems) and mems devices incorporating same: Embodiments of the present invention provide microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switching methods and apparatus having improved performance and lifetime as compared to conventional MEMS switches. In some embodiments, a MEMS switch may include a resilient contact element comprising a beam and a tip configured to wipe a contact surface; and a... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20090260962 - Self-monitoring switch: Methods and apparatus for switching electrical signals are provided herein. In some embodiments a smart switch is provided, the smart switch may include a switch having a wipe capability; a monitor coupled to the switch for monitoring a performance characteristic thereof; and a controller configured to provide a stepped change... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20090260963 - Vehicle switch: A vehicle switch includes a switch unit formed of a wiring board and an operating unit placed over the wiring board, a housing accommodating the wiring board, and a supporting member elastically deformable and placed in the housing for supporting the wiring board. This structure allows preventing switch contacts and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090260964 - Electrical service device: The invention relates to an electric installation device comprising a housing (11) that contains current conductive components, said components being accessible via openings (27; 60, 61) in the housing (11) of the installation device. At least one partition-type insulation barrier consisting of electrically insulating material can be allocated to at... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090260965 - Light-emitting module and keyboard: A keyboard and a light-emitting module therefore are provided. The light-emitting module includes a first light source, a first light guide element, a first reflecting element and a second light source. The first light guide element has a first cavity, and the first light source is disposed in the first... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090260966 - Electrical control device: An electrical device is disclosed for use in a wall box having a series of buttons that can either be rocker buttons or push buttons. These buttons can be supported by springboards formed integral with a support board. The springboards are for biasing the series of buttons. Much of the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090260967 - Switching device: A switching device has an input terminal and an output terminal for connection to electrical conductors, and two switching contacts which, when closed, close a current path between the input terminal and the output terminal. A disconnect device for disconnecting the two switching contacts is operatively connected to a short-circuit... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090260968 - Operation panel and electronic device provided therewith: An operation key 3 is fitted in a guide hole 4 of an operation section cover 2 while making contact with support pieces 12 of a film member 10a. Thus, the support pieces 12 are pressed, widened, and then bent by an operation section 3b, thus sandwiching the operation section... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

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.