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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7829807 | Low cost key actuators and other switching device actuators manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Key actuators and other switching devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7795552 | Contact piece member, contactor and contact method In a contactor contact piece members can be arranged at a fine pitch, and a contact can be made surely by a small contact pressure. The contact piece members electrically connect an electronic part to an external circuit. The contact piece member is formed of an ele... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786393 | Coating of MAXmaterial for electrical contact elements An element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the element and the contact member. The element includes a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer applied against the c... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7589290 | Electric contact An electrical contact, especially an electrical contact of a plug connector, includes a metallic substrate on which a contact layer is applied in the form of a gradient layer. The gradient layer is formed by at least two elements of which one is silver and forms a m... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7349223 | Enhanced compliant probe card systems having improved planarity Several embodiments of enhanced integrated circuit probe card and package assemblies are disclosed, which extend the mechanical compliance of both MEMS and thin-film fabricated probes, such that these types of spring probe structures can be used to test one or more ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339127 | Contact piece made of tungsten provided with a corrosion-resistant layer made of a base metal A contact piece is formed by a tungsten overlay soldered onto a support, wherein at least portions of the solder layer and optionally of the support are covered by a layer of a less noble metal than tungsten. The corrosion resistance of the tungsten overlay is consi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335908 | Nanostructures and methods for manufacturing the same A resonant tunneling diode, and other one dimensional electronic, photonic structures, and electromechanical MEMS devices, are formed as a heterostructure in a nanowhisker by forming length segments of the whisker with different materials having different band gaps.... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7264719 | Particles with silver carried and producing method thereof To provide particles for water disinfection which are hard to be suspended and are hard to be diffused in water which is suitable for use of disinfecting water and which are capable of developing disinfection effect fully and method of producing the same. Par... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7204918 | High efficiency plating apparatus and method An improved apparatus for treating plate-like workpieces with a designated chemical solution, including printed circuit boards, includes: (1) a tray for holding the chemical solution, with the tray having an open top which is configured to receive a horizontally-ori... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7161103 | Moveable contact assembly, method of manufacturing the same, and switch using the same A movable contact assembly includes a base sheet made of insulating film, a contact provided under a bottom surface of the base sheet, and a conductive layer comprising silver paste on the base sheet. The silver paste contains 12 wt % to 15 wt % of resin binder and ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7119289 | Push button keypad and knob for motor vehicle control panel The invention relates to a keypad (10) for a control panel, in particular for a motor vehicle instrument system, comprising a front (30) provided with openings (32) through which a number of push-buttons (20) are placed, each positioned f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115825 | Low cost key actuators and other switching device actuators manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Key actuators and other switching devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7079086 | Low cost electromagnetic field absorbing devices manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Electromagnetic absorbing devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base res... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075520 | Key press disambiguation using a keypad of multidirectional keys Multidirectional keys of a reduced keypad are used to disambiguate between multiple symbols associated with a single key. For example, pressing a key identifies a collection of two or more symbols associated with the key and subsequently rocking the key selects one ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7026562 | Protected switch and techniques to manufacture the same Briefly, micromechanical system (MEMS) switches that utilize protective layers to protect electrical contact points. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015406 | Electric contact An electric contact comprises a main body consisting of a copper-based alloy or of stainless steel and a contact layer consisting of a gold-based alloy. The contact layer has a thickness of at least 0.3 μm and consists of gold with a content of 0.5 percent by weigh... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009412 | Massively parallel interface for electronic circuit Several embodiments of massively parallel interface structures are disclosed, which may be used in a wide variety of permanent or temporary applications, such as for interconnecting integrated circuits (ICs) to test and burn-in equipment, for interconnecting modules... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6888978 | Electric-field actuated chromogenic materials based on molecules with a rotating middle segment for applications in photonic switching A molecular system is provided for electric field activated switches, such as optical switches. The molecular system has an electric field induced band gap change that occurs via a molecular conformation change, based on a rotor/stator construction of the molecular ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6875936 | Micromachine switch and its production method A micro-machine switch in accordance with the present invention includes a supporter having a predetermined height relative to a surface of a substrate, a flexible cantilever projecting from the supporter in parallel with a surface of the substrate, and having a dis... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6838627 | Contact element and a contact arrangement An element (20) for making an electric contact to another contact member (19) for enabling an electric current to flow between said element (20) and said contact member comprises a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a con... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6770828 | System and method for electrical contacts and connections in switches and relays A switch assembly for use in an electrical apparatus includes a first contact having a first substrate and a first contact pad. The first contact pad is of copper or of a copper alloy. A second contact has a second substrate and a second contact pad. The second cont... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6437266 | Electrical contact arm assembly for a circuit breaker A contact arm assembly is provided having an electrical contact for making and breaking an electrical current, a contact arm for supporting the electrical contact, and a bond surface on the contact arm that is conditioned for improving the bond between th... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6396012 | Attitude sensing electrical switch An attitude sensing electrical switch uses an electrically conductive powder as the switching medium. The powder has a particle size and shape that enables it to flow smoothly into and out of contact with electrical terminals mounted in the switch. Silver... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6188035 | Electrical contact wear and temperature indicator The design of electrical switches that operate under load (with current flowing) requires replacement of the electrical contact after erosion and wear experienced by arcing and raised temperatures reduce functionality below acceptable limits. A quantity o... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6180900 | Contact key switch and method for its manufacturing the same A contact key switch according to the present invention is a highly reliable contact key switch allowing the prevention of rise of a resistance, easy integral molding, no need of selection of an adhesive and adhesion process for use accomplished by formin... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6049046 | Electric circuit protection device having electrical parts ultrasonically joined using a brazing alloy An electric circuit protection device comprising an interruptable current path for interrupting current flow to a load including trip means for tripping the interruptable current path upon occurrence of a load fault, the interruptable current path compris... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6023036 | Electrical contact wear and temperature indicator The design of electrical switches that operate under load (with current flowing) requires replacement of the electrical contact after erosion and wear experienced by arcing and raised temperatures reduce functionality below acceptable limits. A quantity o... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5941370 | Electrical contact wear The design of electrical switches that operate under load (with current flowing) requires replacement of the electrical contact after erosion and wear experienced by arcing reduce functionality below acceptable limits. A quantity of trace element or compo... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5843567 | Electrical component containing magnetic particles There is disclosed an electrical component having an axial direction and two ends for making electrical contact with another component comprising a plurality of electrically conductive fibers in a matrix, the plurality of the fibers being oriented in the ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5780793 | Safety switch having a carbon fiber conductor A safety switch (1) has a support (2) of an elastomer and a through-going cavity (3). Within the cavity (3) are arranged electrical conductors (4) and (5) which in a rest condition are arranged at a distance (9) from one another. The electrical conductors... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5626948 | Electrical system having a multilayer conductive composition An electrical system including a multi-layer conductive composition is disclosed. The multi-layer conductive composition includes at least a first composition, which may be a bottom composition layer, and a second composition, which may be a top compositi... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5457293 | Inertia or gravity responsive tilt switch A unique geometry is used to amplify the force created by gravity on a tilting mass to substantially increase the resulting contact force in a mechanical tilt switch. In some cases a novel contact surface containing abrasive particles is also used to subs... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5422451 | Electrical contact element An electrical contact element having a core part made of an iron/nickel alloy and a gold/tin alloy applied to a portion of the core part which serves as a solderable connection part. The gold/tin alloy has a tin content of from about 10 to about 40% by we... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5417363 | Process for bonding contacts to a contact base by hard soldering and semifinished product which can be obtained by this process Particularly in the case of contacts consisting of a silver-metal oxide-(AgMeO)-based material which are provided on their the back side with solder, it is noted, upon hard soldering, on a contact base that solder can ascend in undesired manner up to the ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5409519 | Contact material for vacuum valve A contacts material for a vacuum valve including an arc-proof constituent having at least one component selected from the group consisting of tantalum, niobium, tungsten and molybdenum and an auxiliary constituent having at least one component selected fr... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5334809 | Particle enhanced joining of metal surfaces A temporary electrical junction includes a first electrical contact having a first metal surface; a second electrical contact having a second metal surface; and a plurality of particulate cores having a hardness greater than that of the first and second m... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5282310 | Method for manufacturing a fibrillated pultruded electronic component A method for manufacturing a fibrillated pultruded electronic component includes the steps of providing a rod comprising a plurality of conductive fibers embedded in a matrix material, the rod having a first end and a second end. The rod is rotated and a ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5270106 | Fibrillated pultruded electronic component An electronic component for making electrical contact with another component comprising a nonmetallic pultruded composite member having a plurality of small generally circular cross section conductive fibers in a polymer matrix the plurality of fibers bei... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5140114 | Electric contact with base metal An electric contact with a base metal used as a switch wherein the non-welded peripheral portion of the contact is prevented from bow-like bending and from peeling off. The electric contact with a base metal having a contact promoting shape is formed by d... | 08/18/1992 |
