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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4992784 | Remote control set A remote control set is provided for two like or similar devices, each of which is adjustable by remote control independently of the other, for example beds in a room. Normally, each operator controls the functions of his/her device by means of his/her re... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4902862 | Keyboard switch device for facilitating removal and replacement of push buttons Push button device having a parallel guide member between a button head and guide. A catch device holds the parallel guide member in a lock-in position so that the button head supporting the parallel guide member can be fitted easily to the guide. In the ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4887520 | Air outlet device In an air outlet device, a closure flap (9) is pivotably mounted in a houg body (1). The closure flap can be tilted in front of an air passage opening (3) by means of an actuating part (14). To avoid the closure flap (9), in its open position, taking up ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4823238 | Air outlet device An air outlet device including an air outlet channel having an open front and being located near an actuating part is provided with a plug base for a lamp behind the actuating part in a light-transmitting acceptance chamber. The lamp is to be replaceable ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4821413 | Method of making electric component In an electric component a plastic sheath encloses conductive connections d leaves their terminal ends exposed. In order to keep the conductive connections at specific distances to the plastic sheath and to guarantee that the conductive connections are no... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4816801 | Variable resistor It should be possible to adjust without difficulty the moment of friction curring during rotation on a variable resistor. A bolt (11) is provided for this purpose for holding a rotating part (13) axially in position with a base component (2). A tap (24) i... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4803323 | Electric manual switching device having environmentally protected components In an electric manual switching device, a printed circuit board is to be protected from environmental influences. For this purpose, a foil continuously extending over the printed circuit board is provided in the switch housing between switching contacts a... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4800466 | Illumination device for a front panel An illumination device for a front panel with illuminated areas, the latter eing illuminated by an incandescent lamp sitting in a connection base located behind the front panel through at least one light guide. The connection base is placed behind the fron... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4790199 | Mechanical control device In a control device, especially for heating and ventilation systems in mo vehicles, comprising a rotatable control knob and a linearly movable setting member, a lever is provided for coupling the knob and member and converting rotational motion of the kn... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4773780 | Keyboard with a metal carrier plate A keyboard with a metal carrier plate and a guide frame for keys to be athed thereto. The guide frame has a base part which is provided with legs. The legs of the guide frame are inserted into openings in the carrier plate. To secure the guide frame to t... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4771262 | Rotary potentiometer drive means A drive means of a rotary potentiometer is arranged to work trouble-free in the case of misalignment between the rotary axis of the rotating body and the rotary axis of the driving member. Teeth are arranged in the rotating, or rotary body, the crests of ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4768230 | Housing for a hand-held remote control transmitter A housing for a hand-held remote control transmitter including a battery, electronic transmission circuit, and a transmission device, including a housing frame having at least one opening for receiving a battery or otherwise accessing the interior of the ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4763101 | Locking slide switch A locking slide switch is adapted to set a resistor depending on the length f travel. A key body has a row of teeth with which a pinion meshes. A locking push-button is provided on the shaft of the pinion. In order to make locking from both sides possible,... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4758185 | Multiple connector A multipoint connector provides a contact support element for holding cont blades staggeredly arranged in two rows of chambers. To simplify the structure of the multipoint connector, the contact support element comprises a first and a second support elem... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4757164 | Pushbutton switch A pushbutton switch comprising a housing within which a pushbutton can move ith respect to a housing socket is described. Within the housing is placed a switch plunger which moves longitudinally and can also pivot through a small angle. A contact bridge, w... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4743722 | Touch contact switch with arched switching film A switch designed to be activated by touch contact has a switching chamber ith contact surfaces on opposite sides thereof. A flexible switching film carries one of the contact surfaces and is arched over one side of the chamber. In order to prevent an incr... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4734918 | Luminous band display device A luminous band display device is shown for the thermometer scale-like diay of the position of a control, e.g., of a turning knob or slide, having a series of luminous segments arranged in a circular or straight pattern. The luminous segments are formed ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4720609 | Pushbutton switch device A pushbutton switch device has a flat carrier having first and second swi contacts and a switch button arrangement for actuation of the first and second switch contacts. In order that the first and second switch contacts are switched in succession, the s... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4702708 | Plug-type connector module carrying a printed circuit board The invention pertains to a plastic plug-type connector module which carr a printed circuit board made of ceramic. A plurality of plug members each have a rear projecting end soldered to a contact member made from a spring material, and have another port... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4701740 | Rheostatic devices The interior of a rheostatic device, such as a throttle-valve position potiometer having a rotor with sliding spring contact and a housing exposing at least one end of the rotor for operation, is sealed off against environmental effects by at least two h... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4685350 | Push-pull cable mounting assembly A device for fixing an end of a shouldered casing containing and guiding a ulling or pressing cable includes a holding block with a recess extending axially into the block and a slot extending axially through and radially into the block and into the recess... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4660019 | Switch with speed control In a switch, for example, for a device such as a drill, a key switches an ectrical switching bridge at the beginning of the key displacement. A variable resistor is adjusted depending on the travel of the key, thereby controlling device speed. In order to... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4656926 | Ventilation control unit for motor vehicles A control unit for setting heating, air conditioning and/or ventilation in otor vehicles is provided. The control unit comprises a body adaptable for insertion into the instrument panel of a motor vehicle, said body having a front panel and a rear carrier ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4658235 | Keyboard printed circuit film and method of fabrication A plurality of switching points are connected in groups to respective teral contact points via conductor strips on a keyboard printer circuit film. In order to achieve suppression of the coupling capacitances with simple means, decoupling resistor strips... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4646206 | Control unit The invention pertains to a control unit, especially for setting heating, oling and/or ventilation systems in motor vehicles. Sliding members are guided between two end positions in an oblong body. Setting members, e.g., louvers or motors, are adjusted by... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4580022 | Keyboard key with means for supporting large key surface An improved key for typing keyboards or other terminal keyboards, which is ubstantially larger than the other keys and large compared with the contact to be actuated. In order to avoid tilting during out-of-center pressing, two shears are provided as a gui... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4568136 | Socket terminal strip A socket terminal strip is provided for receiving a complementary plug st provided with knife contact pins. The socket terminal strip has an insulating body in whose chambers contact members are arranged. A row of webs extending crosswise is positioned l... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4568798 | X-Y Position detector An x-y position detector is shown which comprises a pen and contact plate with a resistive layer formed thereon. Point electrodes are provided on the four sides of the resistive layer. The materials of the resistive layer and the pen are selected such tha... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4555533 | Bonding assistant for a support material A bonding assistant for a support material consists of an organic binder ch comprises a mixture of a saturated polyester and an isophorone diisocyanate containing masked isocyanate groups apart from OH groups, said mixture being present in a proportion o... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4555745 | Thick-film capacitor manufactured by printed-circuit techniques A thick-film capacitor and a printed circuit are described, this capacitor being designed for implementation by printed-circuit technology, while the printed circuit contains capacitors of this type, together with the associated conducting paths. The capa... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4531793 | Multipole edge strip connector A multipole edge connector for the electrical connection of strip contact rfaces of a flexible flat ribbon cable with the congruent edge contact surfaces of a printed circuit board having the same modular dimensions. The edge connector consists of a clamp... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4516027 | Infrared detector Contactlessly operating detectors which are accommodated in a casing provided with a window and which exploit the pyroelectric effect (FIG. 1) are being increasingly used for radiation and temperature measurement. In particular for applications in the inf... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4493959 | Keyboard with improved key design permitting tilting about either side In a keyboard comprising keys (1) arranged in recesses of a supporting pl (2) and electric contacts of a contact plate (6) disposed below the keys (1) a tilting axis is provided between the key (1) and the supporting plate (2). In order to ensure symmetr... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4456229 | Pig-charging apparatus for a hot-chamber pressure-diecasting machine An automatic pig-charging apparatus for hot-chamber pressure-diecasting machines is described, which enable small parts to be manufactured e.g., a Zamak alloy especially under mass production conditions. Excessive fluctuations of the level of the liquid m... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4442055 | Process for the manufacture of a contact mat A process for the manufacture of a contact mat suitable for a keyboard or ypad is described. This contact mat is produced by the injection-moulding process and consists of a sheet-like composite body made of an electrically non-conductive two-component si... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4431876 | Key switch A key switch comprises a casing, at least one key slide guided in the cas against the force of a spring and at least one J-shaped leaf spring having a long spring arm and a short spring arm connected to the long arm by a curved intermediate part, the lea... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4431253 | Coaxial plug connector A coaxial plug connector has a supporting body made of plastic material, re being retained therein at least one contact sleeve made of metal and provided with a terminal, the contact sleeve constituting an outer contact and embracing an insulating body h... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4419639 | Key assembly A key assembly for receiving units employed in communications engineering, articularly for television receivers, comprises a plurality of mutually releasable depressible keys adapted to switch on storable, selectively adjustable electrical values supplied ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4408346 | Key assembly A key assembly for receiving devices employed in communication engineering, particularly for broadcasting and television receivers, comprises a casing provided with mutually releasable keys in the form of press buttons adapted to switch on storable, selec... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4310824 | Rotary variable resistor The invention concerns a variable resistor of modular design comprising a using, a resistance element retained in the housing by means of a detent fastener and having a resistance guide way mounted on a carrier, and with terminal contact surfaces on exten... | 01/12/1982 |
