Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets inventions

20090267714 - Switch-state monitoring device: Provision is made for a switch-state monitoring device that not only monitors the state of a switch but also prevents a motor burnout. A switch-state monitoring device for a switch that opens and closes a main circuit by use of a motor is provided with an operating time measuring unit... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090267715 - Electromagnetic relay: An electromagnetic relay capable of smoothly rotating a movable iron member by eliminating the effect of foreign matters produced on the contact surface of the movable iron piece on a core even if the drive voltage of an electromagnetic block is small. The attracting surface (12) of the movable iron... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090267716 - Superconducting magnet: A persistent current switch in a superconducting magnet, includes: a winding part in which a superconducting wire is noninductively wound; a winding-heating heater provided around the winding part; a vessel provided around the winding part with a space; and an anti-convective material provided in the space between the vessel and... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090267717 - Magnetic mat for holding surgical instruments: A magnetic mat for holding surgical instruments. The mat includes a plurality of magnet holders configured to removably receive magnets therein. The magnet holders are connected together using a plurality of links so as to form a two dimensional mat adjustable in size. As a result, the effective magnetic surface... Agent: Shawna J. Shaw

20090261927 - Coupled electromechanical relay and method of operating same: An electromechanical relay employing a movable first permanent magnet and a nearby third electromagnet is disclosed. The movable first magnet is permanently magnetized and has at least a first end. The third electromagnet, when energized, produces a third magnetic field which is primarily perpendicular to the magnetization direction of the... Agent: Jun Shen

20090261928 - Relay: A relay includes a contact point block having a support shaft with both ends spanning a contact point base, a plunger having a movable contact at a lower end thereof, and a movable iron piece configured to drive the plunger and to have a plate spring. The relay also includes... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090261929 - Electromagnetic actuating device being actuated by ac power and held by dc power: The present invention is disclosed by that the power source device is operatively controlled by the switching device to supply AC power to excite the driving coil thereby producing larger electromagnetic effect to obtain actuating force, and after actuation, the power source device being operatively controlled by the switching device... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090261930 - Electromagnetic actuating device capable of partially holding electrification after being actuated in parallel connection: At least two sets of driving coils of the same individual electromagnetic actuating device of the present invention in parallel connection or series and parallel connection to appear relatively lower impedance being actuated to obtain larger actuating force is further manipulated by the switching device to only partially electrified coils... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090261931 - Annular solenoid with axially overlapping electromagnet and armature: An electromagnetic actuator having an annular pole piece and an annular armature with surfaces formed thereon through which a magnetic flux passes. One of the annular pole piece and the annular armature is axially movable relative to the other between a first position, in which the surfaces are spaced axially... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090261932 - Two-component structure adhesive for the adhering of rare earth magnets: Disclosed herein is a two-component structural adhesive based on organic compounds containing radically polymerizable multiple bonds, in particular substituted acrylates and/or methacrylates, which on account of their lack of acids are particularly suited for adhering rare earth permanent magnets based on neodymium-iron-boron.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090256656 - Method and device for line-switching of mems matrix and amdf: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for line-switching in an automated main distribution frame (AMDF) which may solve the problem of contact point damage which may occur during hot switching of micro electromechanical system (MEMS) matrix, and further solve the corresponding problems which may occur... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090256657 - breaker interlock system and method: Disclosed herein is a breaker interlock system. The system includes, a trip unit for a breaker, and a breaker receptive of the trip unit. The breaker is closable when the trip unit is assembled thereto and the breaker is non-closable when the trip unit is not assembled to the breaker.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090256658 - Current path arrangement for a circuit breaker: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a plurality of circuit breaker sub poles, each enclosed within a chamber of the enclosure, and a plurality of arc chutes, each installed on one of the chambers enclosing the circuit breaker sub poles.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090256659 - Circuit breaker with improved close and latch performance: An apparatus includes a plurality of contacts for interrupting current flow when an overcurrent condition occurs, each contact including a mating face displaced at an angle with respect to a pivot point of at least one of the contacts, where the displacement of the mating faces is configured to minimize... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090256660 - Readiness for closing indicator for circuit breakers: Disclosed is a visual and electrical indication on the status of “Readiness to close” (RTC) for circuit breakers. Exemplary embodiments include a circuit breaker apparatus, including a lay shaft coupled to circuit breaker contacts, a lay shaft cam profile coupled to the lay shaft, a trip free plate coupled to... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090256661 - Disconnect mechanism in a power receptacle with ground-fault circuit interruption functions: A disconnect mechanism for a power receptacle, which includes a disconnect block, a locking member slidably coupled to the disconnect block, and an electromagnetic device moveably coupled to the locking member. The disconnect block includes two side arms extending outwards. A pressing plate is disposed above the disconnect block, and... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090256662 - Form c relay and package using same: The improved reed relay package provided a “pseudo” Form C relay that includes two Form A relays with at least one bridge filter element electrically interconnecting the signal outputs thereof to reduce stub capacitance and improve RF performance. As a result, the reed relay package can operate at very high... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20090256663 - Ferromagnetic frame magnet with superconducting coils: A magnetic resonance imaging magnet includes a ferromagnetic frame. A pair of generally toroidal superconducting coil units overlie interfaces of side walls incorporated in the frame. Each coil unit may include a vessel having hollow support extensions extending into recesses in the side walls. The coil units may further include... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090256664 - Solenoid switch and cover: A solenoid includes a support and an electrical winding located at the support. A plunger may be provided that is movable in response to energization of the electrical winding and an actuator may also be provided that is adjustable relative to the plunger and interconnected therewith. The solenoid may further... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090256665 - Vibration-proof holder applicable to communication/navigation devices for vehicle use: A vibration-proof holder applicable to a communications/navigation device for vehicle use is provided, characterized by the use of a gap-detecting unit to detect position variations of the communications/navigation device, and an electromagnetic control unit to adjust magnetic intensity of magnetic bodies fixedly installed in the vehicle, wherein first and second... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090251237 - Electromagnetic drive unit and an electromechanical switching device: An electromechanical switching device, especially a contactor or a multifunctional device including a contactor, includes at least one stationary contact piece, at least one movable contact piece movable to and from the at least one stationary contact piece for opening or closing a current path and an electromagnetic drive unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090251238 - System and method for affecting field emission properties of a field emission structure: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251241 - System and method for attachment of objects: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251239 - System and method for disabling a field emission structure: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251240 - System and method for protecting a field emission structure: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251242 - Field emission system and method: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251247 - Method and system for producing repeating spatial forces: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251244 - System and method for alignment of objects: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251243 - System and method for coding field emission structures: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251246 - System and method for controlling movement of an object: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251245 - System and method for providing a hold force to an object: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251248 - Field structure and method for producing a field structure: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251249 - System and method for manufacturing field emission structures using a ferromagnetic material: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251250 - Interlocking magnetic coupling members: A magnetic coupling member, method, and system including a housing and a first arrangement of a plurality of magnets housed within the housing is disclosed. The first arrangement of magnets is selectively arranged and disposed to provide alignment and detachable engagement with a second arrangement of a plurality of magnets.... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20090251251 - System and method for causing an object to hover over a surface: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251252 - Electromagnetic work holding system: The present disclosure is directed to a work holding system. The work holding system may include a plurality of electromagnets connected to a support structure and configured to fix a magnetic workpiece to the support structure. Further the work holding system may include a controller configured to selectively adjust an... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090251256 - Coded linear magnet arrays in two dimensions: Field emission structures comprising electric or magnetic field sources having magnitudes, polarities, and positions corresponding to a desired spatial force function where a spatial force is created based upon the relative alignment of the field emission structures The magnetic field sources may be arranged according to a code having a... Agent: James Richards

20090251255 - Magnetic force profile system using coded magnet structures: An improved field emission system and method. The invention pertains to field emission structures comprising electric or magnetic field sources having magnitudes, polarities, and positions corresponding to a desired spatial force function where a spatial force is created based upon the relative alignment of the field emission structures and the... Agent: James Richards

20090251253 - System and method for moving an object: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251254 - System and method for producing a hover surface: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251257 - Wiring assembly and method of forming a channel in a wiring assembly for receiving conductor and providing separate regions of conductor contact with the channel: A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method provides a first insulative layer tubular in shape and including a surface... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20090251265 - method for designing magnetic field emissions structures: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251258 - Magnetic helical screw drive: A system can comprise a screw and a nut, which are configured to move relative to each other. Each of the screw and the nut components can comprise one or more magnets configured to exert a repulsive force on one or more magnets of the other component as a result... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090251263 - System and method for configuring a plurality of magnets: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251260 - System and method for controlling field emissions: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251259 - System and method for producing a slide lock mechanism: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251262 - System and method for producing a spatial force: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251264 - System and method for producing repeating spatial forces: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP

20090251261 - System and method for separating attached field emission structures: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties... Agent: Venable LLP