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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354787 | Electrode design and positioning for controlled movement of a moveable electrode and associated support structure A MEMS system including a fixed electrode and a suspended moveable electrode that is controllable over a wide range of motion. In traditional systems where an fixed electrode is positioned under the moveable electrode, the range of motion is limited because the supp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 6911891 | Bistable actuation techniques, mechanisms, and applications A bistable structure provided by the invention is characterized as including a deflection element that has mechanically constrained end points and a compliant span between the end points that is substantially free to deflect between two stable positions when a force... | 06/28/2005 |
| 4371761 | Electric dispatchers An Electric Dispatcher switching system is actuated by an electric clock mechanism and is designed to set in motion automatically, either simultaneously or consecutively, and to stop in the same way, a number of electric appliances or machines. The Electr... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4209675 | Variable duration electric clock timer unit A variable duration clock timer unit which may be adjustably set to energize an electrical circuit for a selected duration for each period of clock operation includes a momentary contact, normally open, switch frictionally mounted at a selected location i... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4000384 | Unlocking mechanism A rotary switch for a timepiece in which a rotatable setting plate made of non-conductive material has fixed thereon a plurality of upstanding projections of equal axial height on a major surface thereof resiliently supporting coaxially thereon on the tip... | 12/28/1976 |
