Did You Know...
...that on Dec. 15, 1836, the Patent Office was completely destroyed by fire? Lost were some 7,000 models, 9,000 drawings, and 230 books plus all records of patent applications and grants.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026453 | Switch A plurality of vertical bends are provided in a terminal projecting from a switch contact outwardly of a case. With this structure, when the terminal is soldered to a land on a wiring board, a plurality of solder layers are formed between the plurality of bends and ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7326865 | Switching device An electrical switching device including at least one ingoing conductor at least a first and a second outgoing conductor, and an arrangement for connecting and disconnecting the conductors by means of an axial movement. The arrangement includes an axially movable el... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7253370 | Computer button apparatus A computer button apparatus includes a switch (30), an opening (12) defined in a panel (11), a bracket (40) receiving the switch, and a button (20). A plurality of flanges extends from the edges of the opening. A plurality of protr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238902 | Slider The present invention provides a slider which is less likely to cause a drastic change in a contact state such as instantaneous disconnection. The slider according to the present invention has teeth 13 of a comb shaped like a narrow sheet being rectangular in... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7188599 | Sump for cooling package air intake housing of an agricultural machine An apparatus is configured for supplying air to a cooling package for an internal combustion engine that powers an agricultural machine. The apparatus includes an air intake housing defining an air intake opening and a sump. The sump has a wall and a port. A gating ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7151233 | Contact system A contact system needs comparatively little overall space. that the contact system includes a spring element acting on the contact holder, fabricated from an electrically nonconducting material. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148433 | Reversing switch mechanism A reversing switch mechanism includes a housing defining contact cavities and a trough, contacts received in the contact cavities, and a slide member received in the trough and engaging the contacts. The slide member includes conductive elements forming conductive p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131863 | Method of simplifying placement of jumpers using templates Each of a plurality of jumper templates is configured to fit over a jumper block. Each jumper template contains a set of jumpers disposed to connect to pin pairs on the jumper block and thereby set the jumper block to one of a permissible setting for the jumper bloc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133296 | Portable USB storage device A portable USB storage device includes a case, a USB port, and a control device. The case contains therein a data storage. The USB port can be inputted into the case in a sliding motion. The control device selectively controls a location of the USB port to keep the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122756 | Push switch A push switch includes an operating body, a case, a return spring, and a light source. The operating body is controlled by push operation, includes a through-hole in the center and a display portion at the upper edge of the through-hole, and supports a movable conta... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7102094 | Switch The switch is comprised of a case, a first fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at the bottom surface of the case at one end with the other end being outside of the case, a second fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at a side surfa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102092 | Power window switch apparatus A power window switch apparatus includes: a switch body; a operating knob pivotally supported by the switch body; a first stopper that is provided to the switch body and restricts a rotation of the operating knob to a first predetermined angle; and a second stopper ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082265 | Electronic device and camera An electronic device comprises a terminal, an armature which can contact the terminal, a knob member which moves between a first position and a second position, sliding the armature on the terminal, a first energizing member which energizes the knob member in the di... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7049531 | Modular electrical component with electrical circuit selector assembly A circuit selector assembly including an electrical conductor, an electrical contact, a first spring beam connected to the electrical contact and a second spring beam connected to the electrical contact. The second spring beam biases the electrical contact to a firs... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022931 | Slide switch assemblies A slide switch assembly comprises a housing and a slider having traveling contacts which define exposed contact faces. An accommodation section is formed in the housing to receive the slider and allow the slider to be moved slideably therein. A printed circuit board... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004059 | Hydraulic master cylinder switch A switch adapted to be positioned on the pushrod of a hydraulic cylinder assembly and including a housing adapted to be positioned against an end of the hydraulic cylinder assembly and including a plurality of axially spaced electrical contacts, and a plunger mounte... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999675 | Electronic device and camera An electronic device comprises a terminal, an armature which can contact the terminal, a knob member which moves between a first position and a second position, sliding the armature on the terminal, a first energizing member which energizes the knob member in the di... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979786 | Contact structures for sliding switches A contact structure for a sliding switch includes a conductive stationary contact disposed on a base and a conductive movable contact for electrically contacting the stationary contact. The movable contact is movable along a path between a non-contact position and a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6953204 | Switch assembly for an airbag module attachment A vehicle steering wheel assembly having a molded armature with outwardly extending spokes for mounting on a steering column. Airbag module engagement members extend from an airbag module housing to engage corresponding armature engagement members. The airbag module... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6930268 | On-off electrical switch having quick make-brake spring loaded plunger mechanism A non-fused electrical slide switch. A handle assembly is operatively connected to a base, between on and off positions, and movable relative to a cover. The base has two pair of raised landings rising above four contact strips. Each pair of raised landings are disp... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930261 | Switch for vehicle A vehicle switch is capable of properly switching on/off electrical connection between fixed contacts. The fixed contacts of the switch are oppositely disposed on a substrate so as to be parallel to a moving direction of a moveable piece. A barrier constituted by a ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922578 | Integrated poration, harvesting and analysis device, and method therefor An integrated device for poration of biological tissue, harvesting a biological fluid from the tissue, and analysis of the biological fluid. The device comprises a tissue-contacting layer having an electrically or optically heated probe to heat and conduct heat to t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917008 | Microswitch A microswtich that is easy to assemble and manufacture is provided. The microswitch constantly keeps the first conductive section of a resilient component for opening/closing an electrical switch in contact with the first conductive terminal in the main body of the ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910439 | Vehicle meter Provided is a vehicular meter, which can suppress the complication of structures of peripheral parts, when an operation shaft and an elastic member are to be supported, thereby to realize the cost reduction. The vehicular meter comprises: an indication element D3... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6880226 | Method for limiting movement in electrical contactors A method for restricting travel of a moving contact in a lighting contactor is provided. The lighting contactor includes the moving contact and a contact carrier. The method includes the steps of providing a spacer, and a biasing member and positioning the biasing m... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6861595 | Contact block assembly and a method for assembling the same A contact block assembly comprising a pusher having a body portion; a window formed in the body portion; a movable contact positioned within the window; a recess formed in the body portion; a first spring positioned within the recess and abutting the movable contact... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6841744 | Slide switch and manufacturing method of the same A slide switch is fabricated by having a coiled spring, which has coil-end seating portions at both ends totaling ¾ to 1 turn, contained in a case or an operating member such that the operating member is biased by the spring. By virtue of such a configuration, the ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6621018 | Reciprocal switch A reciprocal switch includes a shell with a stopper located therein, a connecting unit located on two sides of the stopper for generating circuit signals, two conducting units having movable contacts located on two sides of the stopper and engaged with an... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6610939 | Switch To make it possible to provide a switch which can adjust ON/OFF switching positions easily and which can suppress wear to enhance the durability, there is provided an inhibitor switch for detecting the shift position of an automatic transmission. From a p... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6278069 | Apparatus and method for supplying power to an electronic system A power supply apparatus is provided, which includes a power supply section, a switch device having at least two microswitches, and a microcontroller. The switch device further includes an assembly holder, and a printed circuit board accommodating the mic... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6121557 | Pole reverser switch with moulded contacts The invention relates to a switch comprising a carrier which is manufactured substantially from plastic and in which fixed contacts are arranged, and a part which is movable relative to the carrier and in which movable contacts are arranged, wherein the f... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6046413 | Switch with lift-off ramp The invention describes a switch, preferably a steering column switch, provided with an actuating member moved across the contact sections rigidly connected to the housing in a substantially pushing way. It is the object of the invention to provide a stee... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6031194 | Slide switch with self cleaning structure including grooves in rectangular substrate A slide switch that can remove foreign particles, such as metallic dust, from its ground terminals. When the movable contact slides toward a stroke end, the power source contact first passes through an end section of the power source terminal before disen... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6005201 | Switch In a switch, the speed at which contacts are separated from each other is increased without depending on the speed at which an operating member is operated, so that an arc is prevented from being generated, to prevent the operating member to be deformed b... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5969309 | Switch arrangement operable in both slide and push directions and its assembling method A boxlike casing has an opening partly formed on a front wall and a plurality of stationary contacts provided on an inner bottom surface. A slider is installed in the casing and slidable in a predetermined slide direction. The slider has a rod guide porti... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5960939 | Position detecting, rotary switch with movable contact-rotor assembly including relative rotary moment inhibiting structure In a position detecting switch, a first movable contact is disposed in a first receptacle formed in a sliding body and is urged toward a casing member by a first spring so as to engage first and second stationary contacts mounted in the casing member when... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5920042 | Seesaw sliding composite motion switch A seesaw sliding composite motion switch is provided. The switch includes at least two switch elements disposed on a printed wiring board, a holder placed on the printed wiring board, and a slider which moves in a sliding manner between the printed wiring... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5898142 | Contact structure of a sliding switch In order to prevent resin around fixed contacts from being carbonized by an arc produced when a movable contact plate is brought into contact with the fixed contacts and separated therefrom, a sliding switch comprises a terminal plate provided with two fi... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5824977 | Slide switch A slide switch includes a moving contact contained within a slider that moves between a plurality of desired stationary contacts. A clicking thruster provided with resiliency by a resilient member such as a spring produces a clicking sensation during swit... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5804786 | Switch operating mechanism An operating mechanism is disclosed for effecting actuation of rheostats, air valves, electric switches and the like using a single spring having a single apex whose movement effect operation of one or more devices. A further mechanism is disclosed for ef... | 09/08/1998 |
