Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets inventions 09/08

20080231395 - Electromagnetic relay: An electromagnetic relay is structured such that a base includes a movable contact piece and a fixed contact piece. A movable contact point included in the movable contact piece is connected to and disconnected from a fixed contact point included in the fixed contact piece by operating the movable contact... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080231396 - Electromagnetic relay: An electromagnetic relay is formed by winding a coil around an iron core via a spool, and is structured such that a movable contact piece is driven to open and close a contact point by magnetizing and demagnetizing an electromagnet block arranged in a base, causing a movable iron piece... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080231397 - Electromagnetic relay: The electromagnetic relay of the present invention comprises a base (10), an electromagnet (20) disposed on the base, an armature (30) supported rotatably by the base, a movable spring (40) whose one end has a movable contact (41) and the opposite end is secured to the base, a fixed contact... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080231398 - Electromagnetic relay: An electromagnetic relay includes a base including a fixed contact piece and a movable contact piece. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact point that is moved to contact and be separated from the fixed contact piece at a fixed contact point by driving the movable contact piece. The... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080231399 - Electromagnetic device with displaceable connections: An electromagnetic switching device for controlling a branch includes, in at least one embodiment, a housing with a length in a longitudinal direction, with a first end side, which is oriented at right angles with respect to the longitudinal direction, and with a second end side, which is opposite the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080231400 - Low current switch for motor car anti-theft lock: A switch for starting and stopping at least one operating unit of a motor vehicle configured to cooperate with an anti-theft lock having a stator and a rotor that can be rotated inside the stator and that has at least one permanent magnet secured to the rotor has at least... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080224803 - Switch: A central magnet of a plurality of magnets arranged to be different in polarities is detected by two hall ICs; therefore, reduction in size can be achieved by reducing the number of the magnets; and at the same time, the number of the hall ICs can be maintained and the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080224804 - Magnetic actuating device: The invention relates to a magnetic actuating device containing a reference element and an adjusting element which is movably disposed between first and second end positions with respect to the reference element. The reference and/or adjusting elements contain a magnetizable material. A drive coil is provided for generating a magnetic... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080224805 - Proportional magnet: The invention relates to a proportional magnet, including a winding carried by a coil body, two pole shoes which project into the coil body from opposite sides and which are spaced apart axially from one another, and a gap provided between the pole shoes. The invention further includes a magnet... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080224806 - Material magnetizer systems: A system for improved magnetization of flexible magnetic sheet material, such as magnetic rubber. More particularly, this invention relates to providing a system for magnetization of pre-printed flexible magnetic sheet material.... Agent: Stoneman Volk Patent Group

20080224807 - Horizontal magnet arrangement with radial access: A magnet arrangement comprising a superconducting magnet coil system (M) for generating a magnetic field in the direction of a horizontal z-axis in a working volume (V) disposed along the z-axis about z=0 with at least one radial access to the working volume (V) perpendicular to the z-axis, wherein the... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20080224808 - Ferrofluidic cooling and acoustical noise reduction in magnetic stimulators: A ferrofluid chamber has a housing that is adapted to be coupled to a component that generates a magnetic field of sufficient strength to stimulate anatomical tissue. In addition, a ferrofluid is disposed within the housing for cooling the component.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080218296 - Electrical switching apparatus, and conductor assembly and shunt assembly therefor: A shunt assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus including a conductor assembly having a load conductor and a movable contact assembly with a number of movable contact arms. The movable contact assembly is movable in response to a fault current. The shunt assembly includes a number of flexible... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080218297 - Case for circuit breaker with monolithic door: In a case for a circuit breaker in which a terminal is simply replaceable or mountable according to a wiring method of the circuit breaker, the case comprises a case which accommodates components for breaking a circuit, a terminal block portion which provides a common platform for plural types of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080218298 - Sealed rare earth magnet and method for manufacturing the same: It is an object of the present invention to provide a rare earth magnet that will not decompose due to hydrogen embrittlement when used in a hydrogen gas atmosphere, and furthermore, does not pose the risk of contaminating a reaction bath with the surface treated film of the magnet. The... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080218299 - Method and structure for magnetically-directed, self-assembly of three-dimensional structures: A magnetically directed, self-assembled structure has a first body. The first body includes a single magnet or plurality of magnets disposed thereon to form a spatially variable magnetic field in a first predetermined pattern. A second body has a single magnet or plurality of magnets disposed thereon to form a... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080211607 - Ground fault circuit interrupter device: A ground fault circuit interrupter device is described.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080211608 - Electromagnetic relay: An electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic unit operable so as to generate a magnetic field perpendicular to a bottom wall of a housing when excited such that an actuating plate pivots from a releasing position to a pushing position, where a magnetically-attractable end portion of the actuating plate is attracted... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080211609 - Lever switch: First rotator (25) and second rotator (29) rotating according to a rocking operation of outer lever (23) are provided. Magnetism of magnets (26) and (30) mounted on these rotators are detected by magnetic detecting elements (32) and (33) and output as a detected signal. Control portion (34) detects a rotation... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080211610 - Magnet assembly: A magnet assembly (200) is provided according to the invention. The magnet assembly (200) includes at least one magnet (210), a magnet keeper (220) including a substantially planar magnet receiving face (222) for receiving the at least one magnet (210), and brazing (230) that affixes the at least one magnet... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC