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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834283 | PCB mountable switch A switch system for use with a printed circuit board is provided. The switch system includes: a switch base; an anti-overstress member or feature formed in the switch base; a plurality of retention legs formed in the base for retaining a printed circuit board, where... | 11/16/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7148430 | Electronic component mounting structure onto board A rotary electronic component is secured to a board by snap-in engagement of engagement portions provided on mounting portions of the electronic component with respective board engagement portions provided on the board. Terminal plates projecting from a side of the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6388215 | Switch contact configuration A switch which permits the use of high contact spring force without the correspondingly high mechanism actuator force typically needed with a switch which utilizes a high contact spring force.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5587886 | Structure for contact points of a shift switch used in a computer A structure for contact points of a shift switch used in a computer. The structure includes an elastic contact plate disposed under the shift switch and having projecting contact points to contact the corresponding conductive contact portions of the circu... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5475191 | Electrical switch An electrical switch (10) or fused switch for electrical distribution systems has a housing (12, 14); first and second spaced apart straps (16, 18), coupled to the housing; and a pair of opposed blades (22, 24) pivotally coupled to the first strap and str... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5416969 | Sliding contact producing method A sliding contact producing method is provided wherein noble metal balls are easily positioned on a metal plate; the weld strength between the noble metal ball and the metal plate can be obtained sufficiently; and a noble metal mounting jig can be prevent... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5336857 | Roller contact device To achieve a small-sized roller contact device having an increased capacity of current flow, the front and rear roller contacts 4a and 4b are arranged such that they face each other with the contact portions 1a and 2a of the first and second fixed contact... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5191971 | Multi-position wall mountable control switch with tactile feedback linear actuator A multiple position wall mountable linear slide switch has a wheel disposed between a linearly moveable actuator and a stationary bearing surface for rolling the actuator in a linear path over the bearing surface upon application of an external sliding fo... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5111011 | Mirror control slide switch for automotive vehicles The disclosed slide action selector switch, which is adapted to switch the connections of four push button switches between left and right mirror motors, comprises an insulating plate with an elongated guide flange projecting therefrom and having a T-shap... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5107085 | Clustered push button switches having sheet metal conductors formed with contact tabs Clustered push button switches are provided in a casing having an insulating mounting plate with openings therein for guiding push button shafts which carry U-shaped spring contactors having respective first and second contactor arms. Front and rear sheet... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5064031 | Motor operated actuator with position encoder for stopping actuator at desired position A motor actuator has a rotary member driven by an electric motor and a position encoder for detecting the actuator at a desired position for stopping the motor. The position encoder employs a strategy of arranging a plurality of brush contactors in axiall... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5051552 | Slide selector switch mechanism A slide selector switch mechanism for use within slide switches for controlling electrical circuits includes a detent spring centrally connected to a slide actuator member and to opposite ends of a movable bridging contactor. The detent spring provides co... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4926019 | Moving copper pivot A pivoting electrical connected useable in a molded case circuit breaker including a pair of contact plates for contacting the circular contact member of a contact carrying arm. The pivoting electrical connection provides at least three contact locations ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4831222 | Integrated pad switch An integrated pad switch has conductive contacts that may be embedded in a flexible substrate to form a wiper contact. The flexible substrate is backed by a foamed elastic block and mounted on a driver. The wiper contact moves across the surface of a hybr... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4677265 | Gas-blast circuit breaker The gas-blast circuit breaker preferably provided for switching medium voltage has a housing (1) filled with insulating gas. In this housing (1), two contact members (7, 8) are arranged which can be moved relative to each other along an axis (6), and a fi... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4447688 | Push button switches having improved carriage, contactor and contact constructions A push button switch comprising a noncircular push button, a casing having a noncircular guide opening for the push button, a push button return spring, a carriage member projecting in one lateral direction from the push button and carrying a contactor fa... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4178487 | Switch selector and actuator Disclosed is a switch selector and actuator for use with a telephone repertory dialer and the like where a plurality of contacts are arranged in a row. A rail member is mounted in close proximity to the row of switch contacts and is yieldably biased away ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4123638 | High speed switching device for switch and breaker A high speed switching device constructed in such a way that the casing is formed with a hollow chamber in its inside of the partition wall for separating the poles, and a runner is slidably provided in the hollow chamber, and the runner is made to operat... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4087668 | Electrical contact An electrical contact with a fixed conductor and a movable conductor, comprises a plurality of plate springs, a plurality of contacts, the plate springs and the contacts being mounted into a single unit with an arrangement of those members in a substantia... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4075441 | Slide switch having resilient movable contact arm twisted to provide efficient electrical connection A slide switch having S-shaped movable contact springs which are movably connected to the contact slide, the free legs of the contact springs being provided with contact areas twisted through an angle of at least 1°, so that the switch is substantially c... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4038504 | Rotary, printed circuit wafer switch and method for adjusting A wafer switch includes a printed circuit board having etched thereon a common ring and a desired number of contacts having parallel sides at an angle to a radius of the common ring, and includes a rotor. The rotor has mounted on one side a blade that bri... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4001526 | Alternate action switch An alternate action switch includes a housing defining a cavity within which an actuator is mounted for reciprocal movement between alternate positions wherein slider contacts on the actuator selectively engage fixed contacts supported by the housing with... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3997747 | Circuit interrupter A circuit interrupter characterized by a pair of separable contacts one of which is movable with respect to the other, the movable contact being mounted on an elongated conductor and extending through a tubular conductor with an annular space therebetween... | 12/14/1976 |
