Electricity: electrothermally or thermally actuated switches inventions 05/07

20070120640 - Plug with overload protection and a safety switch: The present invention provides a plug with overload protection and a safety switch. It is comprised of an upper case, a bottom case, two conductive polar plates, two connective plates, two alloy plates, a safety switch, and a return spring. The main features are as follows: the end of one... Agent: Han-ming Lee

20070115089 - Thermal circuit breaker: A switchable thermal circuit breaker (10) has an automatically resettable, current carrying thermostatic disc (14) cantilever mounted in a housing (12) and carries a movable contact (14b) into and out of electrical engagement with a stationary contact (14c). A disc coupling member (16) is pivotally mounted above the disc and... Agent: Sensata Technologies, Inc.

20070109090 - Blade fuse tester having lamp: A handheld device having a lamp for testing and clipping a blade fuse includes a handle having two probes extended therefrom, a clamp formed on one end of the handle, and an indicator for indicating the condition of the fuse. One of the probe is movably disposed on the handle,... Agent: Hdsl

20070096860 - Compact mems thermal device and method of manufacture: A MEMS thermal device is made in a smaller size by decreasing the distance that the two cantilevered portions, a spring cantilever and a latch cantilever, of the device must travel. The smaller distance is accomplished by positioning the two contact surfaces of the spring cantilever and the latch cantilever... Agent: Jaquelin K. Spong

20070096861 - Fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector: A fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector comprising a truck cable, a cable-engaging element, a fuse canister, a canister closure, a fuse contact element, and a flexible gland arranged so that the fuse can be replaced in the fuse in the canister by... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070096862 - Concealed adjustable temperature switch: A concealed adjustable temperature switch includes a fixed plate, an adjusting block threadedly engaged with a screw hole of the fixed plate, a bimetal plate, and a metal plate. Mounted on the adjusting block are upper and lower positioning rings and a fixing ring between the positioning rings. The fixed... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC