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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110309908 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL INPUT MEMBER AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAVING SAME A multidirectional input member according to the present invention includes a base plate on which a looped sensor that includes a plurality of groups of non-contacting electrodes configured in a loop is formed and an operation plate locating opposite to the base plate. ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110181430 | PRESSURE CONTROL SWITCH, METHOD FOR USING THE SAME AND ALARM SYSTEM USING THE SAME The present disclosure relates to a pressure control switch. The pressure control switch includes a bistable resistance element. The bistable resistance element includes an organic, soft, low-conductivity matrix, and a plurality of high conductivity particles dispersed ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20100313680 | INPUT DEVICE An input device that is capable of sensing how hard a user is pressing when contacted is disclosed. The input device includes a pressure sensing unit generating an electrical signal in accordance with pressure applied on one surface of the pressure sensing unit and a fi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100134236 | SENSOR SHEET The body pressure distribution sensor sheet includes a first sheet, a second sheet, and a plurality of pressure-sensitive regions interposing between the first sheet and the second sheet. The pressure-sensitive regions are arranged in two directions, i.e., a lengthwise ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100102922 | MANUALLY OPERABLE POSITION SENSOR A manually operable position sensor is shown, for providing control signals to an electronic device, such as an audio player. A fabric ribbon (101) has a length substantially longer than its width with insulating yarns and electrically conducting yarns included t... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20090015368 | DATA INPUT DEVICE WITH ENCODING OF ACTIVATION DIRECTION A data input device includes a first electrode structure having a first collector electrode and a first plurality of finger electrodes extending from the first collector electrode and a second electrode structure including a second collector electrode and a second plura... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20070188294 | Resilient material potentiometer A variable resistance device comprises a resistive member having a resistive resilient material. A first conductor is configured to be electrically coupled with the resistive member at a first contact location over a first contact area. A second conductor is configured ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070139156 | Resilient material variable resistor A variable resistance device comprises a resistive member having a resistive resilient material. A first conductor is configured to be electrically coupled with the resistive member at a first contact location over a first contact area. A second conductor is configured ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070063810 | Resilient material variable resistor A variable resistance device comprises a resistive member having a resistive resilient material. A first conductor is configured to be electrically coupled with the resistive member at a first contact location over a first contact area. A second conductor is configured ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060255903 | Flexible switching devices An electronic resistor user interface comprises flexible conductive materials and a flexible variably resistive element capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation and is characterised by textile-form electrodes (10,12), a te... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060250212 | Current control device A current control device is described wherein a pressure conduction composite is compressed and decompressed to alter its conductivity and thereby current conduction through the device. The pressure conduction composite is composed of a nonconductive matrix, a conductiv... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060071751 | Switch A woven fabric switch is provided comprising a woven fabric (41) which divides to form a first layer (44) and a second layer (45) ordinarily spaced apart from each other. The size of the first layer (44) in terms of length between first and s... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050231321 | Driver of piezoelectric actuator To make it possible to sustain a low power consumption for the entire driver in a driver of a piezoelectric actuator, by reducing the number of components and switching the piezoelectric actuator at a high speed. Common resistors Ra and Rb for current limitation are int... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050231322 | Contact plate apparatus for determining the position of a joystick A user input device, such as a joystick, includes a wiper and a contact plate imprinted upon a printed circuit card. An arm, movable about at least one axis of motion is provided. Movement of the arm about an axis imparts relative movement between an associated wiper an... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050225423 | Fast-test printed resistor device with test auxiliary lines A fast-test printed resistor device with test auxiliary lines on a printed circuit substrate is disclosed. The resistor device comprises at least one first printed circuit foil; at least one second printed circuit foil; a first carbon film resistor sheet connected to th... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050156705 | Electronic pressure sensitive transducer apparatus and method for manufacturing same The cost and complexity of an electronic pressure sensitive transducer are decreased by constructing such a transducer directly on a printed circuit board containing support electronics. Conductive traces are formed on the printed circuit board to define a contact area.... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050146414 | Connecting unit including contactor having superior electrical conductivity and resilience, and method for producing the same A connecting unit for establishing a connection with external connecting portions of an electronic device includes a base and a plurality of spiral contactors having a conductive layer and an auxiliary resilient layer. The top face, the bottom face, and both side faces ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050146413 | Electrical devices having adjustable electrical characteristics Electrical devices having tunable electrical characteristics are provided, such as variable resistors, capacitors and inductors. The tunable electrical characteristics are achieved by placing an appropriate material between substrate layers and by controllably applying ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050140493 | Physical quantity sensing element having improved structure suitable for electrical connection and method of fabricating same A physical quantity sensing element according to the invention includes an insulating layer and a sensing layer. The sensing layer is configured to generate an electrical signal as a function of a physical quantity applied thereto and has a surface that includes a first... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050128047 | Pressure-sensitive resistor and pressure-sensitive sensor using the same A pressure-sensitive sensor includes two base films opposite to each other, a pair of electrodes provided on the two base films, and first and second pressure-sensitive resistors provided by two layers on the electrodes to form a predetermined gap therebetween. Further,... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050061643 | Vehicle seat weight sensor A seat weight sensor for detecting the weight of a seat occupant. The weight sensor has a case mounted between a seat pan and a seat member. One or more strain gauge resistors are mounted in the case. The resistors generate an electrical signal in response to the case b... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050040928 | Voltage-compensated resistive touch panel The present invention provides a voltage-compensated resistive touch panel. The panel includes: a rectangle substrate; a uniform resistive surface being uniformly coated on the rectangle substrate; a plurality of resistance elements being formed on the perimeter edges o... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050030150 | Current control device A current control device is described wherein a pressure conduction composite is compressed and decompressed to alter its conductivity and thereby current conduction through the device. The pressure conduction composite is composed of a nonconductive matrix, a conductiv... | 02/10/2005 |
