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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124896 | Sliding contact switch An electrical sliding contact switch having a housing in which a common contact body and at least one selective contact body having a contact surface are arranged. A sliding area including electrically insulating material is arranged adjacent to the contact area of ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7750260 | Leading auxiliary switch for circuit breaker A leading auxiliary switch includes an auxiliary switch housing for attachment to a circuit breaker. An operating slide is provided having a sliding edge and being supported so as to be movable in a first sliding direction. A contact carrier is provided supported so... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7728240 | Electrical control device An electrical control device is described. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7401663 | Electric motor driven hand-held tool An electric motor driven hand-held tool, such as a drilling, hammering or screw driving tool having a tool housing within which is located an integrated switch unit (6). The switch unit (6) includes an electronic motor control unit (8), a first ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7339131 | Slide switch apparatus In a slide switch apparatus of the present invention, a click spring movable along a side surface portion of a housing includes an engagement portion that is engaged with a switch lever and can be switched in accordance with the movement along the side surface porti... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7291797 | Tuning structure of a sound mixer A tuning structure of a sound mixer is disclosed to include a switch set, formed of sliding switches with a respective switching lever, a face panel, which has sliding slots arranged in parallel for the passing of the switching levers of the switch set, a track set,... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288731 | Switching device A switching device (2) for a multi-step vehicle transmission (4) having one main transmission part (6) and an auxiliary-section transmission part (10) comprising the switching mechanisms (12, 14, 18, 38) for actuating switching ele... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268697 | Laterally translatable data transmission apparatus A data transmission apparatus having first and second electrical conductors is disclosed. The first and second electrical conductors are disposed within recesses of a first and second complementary surfaces that are magnetically conducting and electrically insulatin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7220929 | Vehicle interior illumination lamp A vehicle interior illumination lamp for mounting at an opening portion formed in a roof panel (interior member) of a vehicle includes a function part including a bulb (light source), and a switch unit for supplying and interrupting electric power relative to the bu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208692 | Operating switch mechanism An operating switch mechanism in an IC recorder having an operating switch button for slide operation includes an IC recorder main body and an operating unit. The operating unit is attached to the main body by fixing a frame member on the operating unit side with a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7174604 | Upright vacuum cleaner with sliding power indicator switch The present invention relates to an upright vacuum cleaner. An upright vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a main body for housing a suction power generating device for sucking air and a filtering device for filtering out foreign substances co... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161102 | Switch device A switch device including a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a lead-out pattern extending from the second fixed contact to the outside of the first fixed contact, and a movable contact disposed on the first fixed contact and formed of a reversing leaf sp... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7078638 | Inhibitor switch An inhibitor switch is joined to a manual shaft inside a mission case which can be readily positioned. The inhibitor switch in which a movable base is interlocked and linked to a manual shaft of an automatic transmission inside a mission case of the automatic transm... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7045728 | Movable contact of slide switch The fourth movable contact of a slide switch includes a first and a second U-shaped contact parts arranged so that opposite ends thereof are coupled to a movable contact main body to form an almost U shape and small contact points are surrounded by larger contact po... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043034 | Loudspeaker with single or dual channel input selector and lockout A dual purpose loudspeaker incorporating at least two audio signal inputs and at least one switch is adapted to receive and reproduce either a single audio signal input or two audio signal inputs according to the position of the switch. A switch slide mechanically l... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028784 | Motor-driven hand-held tool with functional step display A motor-driven hand-held tool includes a housing (4) having a switching recess (6) formed therein, an actuation member (8) displaceably arranged in the switching recess for shifting a functional unit between different functional steps, and and a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030326 | Digital wake-up signal from analog signal transition A digital wake-up signal is generated from an analog switch output by providing an interruption in a conductive ground or switch trace on a printed circuit board in which the ground trace and multiple conductive switch traces are bridged by a moveable contactor resp... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7019226 | Switch contact structure To enable reduction of the number of components and weight, improvement of workability, and reduction of the costs, a switch contact structure is disclosed, which comprises a substrate 65, a movable block 73 disposed so as to be movable along the subst... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012205 | Bezel assembly A bezel assembly includes a bezel (10), a button (20) slidably attached to the bezel from outside, a relaying member (30) resiliently accordingly attached to the bezel from inner side. The bezel is attached on a front plate (80) of an ele... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002085 | Slide switch A slide switch, in particular for an electric small appliance, with a switch slide slidably mounted in a housing and a locking switch that is arranged in the switch slide and is adapted to be locked with the housing or with a member connected with the housing in at ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6930264 | Switch structure of lamp unit A switch structure of a lamp unit mounted at an interior wall member, includes a switch member and a switch knob. The switch member includes a switch lever which slides in a first direction for turning on or off the lamp unit. The switch knob includes an engagement ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6872897 | Switch contact structure To enable reduction of the number of components and weight, improvement of workability, and reduction of the costs, a switch contact structure is disclosed, which comprises a substrate 65, a movable block 73 disposed so as to be movable along the subst... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6838632 | Switch contact device for interrupting high current, high voltage, AC and DC circuits A high voltage switch contact structure capable of interrupting high voltage, high current AC and DC circuits. The contact structure confines the arc created when contacts open to the thin area between two insulating surfaces in intimate contact. This forces the arc... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6831239 | Switch with auxiliary and main contacts Switch with a fixed set of contacts and a movable set of contacts. The fixed set of contacts comprises at least one pair of fixed contacts arranged a distance apart and each having an auxiliary contact part and a main contact part. The movable set of contacts compri... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6700084 | Switch structure with electrical device A switch device is provided, which has a function of preventing reverse flow of current and reducing the number of switch terminals or harnesses. The switch device has a plurality of fixed contacts and a plurality of movable contacts to contact the fixed ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6630636 | Inhibitor switch To enable to provide an inhibitor switch capable of maintaining an accurate ON/OFF state for a long period of time regardless of wear of a moving contact and having high durability. The inhibitor switch includes a fixed contact and a moving contact; a bas... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6495778 | Breakable electric contact device Breakable electric contact device of the type comprising two conducting strips (3, 4) between which an electric contact can be made using a conducting piece (5) in the form of a moving blade, at least one of the faces of which is intended to come into con... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6476399 | System and method for removing contaminant particles relative to an ion beam A system for inhibiting the transport of contaminant particles with an ion beam includes a particle charging system for charging particles within a region through which the ion beam travels. An electric field is generated downstream relative to the charge... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6444102 | Carbon fiber electrical contacts A nonmetallic electrical contact or wiper composed of material such as carbon fiber, in which an electrical signal is transmitted along a length of the carbon fibers. The carbon fibers can be fused or conductively bonded together. The carbon fibers can be... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431894 | Connector having shuntable and configurable contacts A connector (1) provided with at least one power contact (10) for powering at least one contact to be powered (11), situated in the proximity of the power contact, through a socket (18) sliding along the contact to be powered to establish or not a conduct... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6060670 | Slide switch On a terminal base 3, a terminal groove is provided to extend to a sliding direction of a movable contact 10, after a terminal 30 is inserted into the terminal groove 17, fixed on a rear side by caulking. Terminal base 3 has a coupler potion 20 on a rear ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5875884 | Slide switch apparatus A slide switch apparatus having a movable contact and a movable board arranged to prevent chattering between the movable contact and the movable board, even when the slide switch apparatus is immersed in a high temperature oil. The movable contact can be ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5864186 | Slide actuated audio volume control assembly A volume control for in-wall building stereo systems. Specifically, there is a sliding switch coupled between a mounting bracket and a printed circuit board that has components mounted thereon including two multi-tap inductors or transformers. The in-wall... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5708241 | Positioning structure for a sliding type switch assembly A sliding type switch includes a non-conductive housing enclosing chamber. A non-conductive board is securely mounted in an upper portion of the chamber and includes at least three pairs of slots defined therein. At least three pairs of conductive prongs ... | 01/13/1998 |
