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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262528 | Motor unit including integrated motor and speed reduction mechanism In a motor unit integrating a motor and a drive control section, the drive control section has a stack structure in which two circuit component containing sections are arranged three-dimensionally with a bus bar being arranged between both containing sections. A pri... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243858 | Damper and an assembly therewith A damper that is mounted to a printed circuit board of an automobile's climate control system includes a tactile feel and torque control mechanism for the user as the user controls the temperature and climate within the interior of an automobile. The damper incorpor... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6064011 | Appliance timer having an auxiliary switching assembly for increasing switching capacity and associated method A timer for controlling an appliance includes a housing. The timer also includes a camstack having a plurality of cam surfaces defined therein. The plurality of cam surfaces are positioned within the housing. The timer further includes a switch block whic... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6011325 | Rotary switch with redundant contacts A rotary switch for providing deicing power to the heaters of a helicopter rotor includes a conductive rotor with conductive protrusions located thereon. Conductive fingers are arranged such that a pair of conductive fingers are in electrical communicatio... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5747760 | Timer with improved geneva drive mechanism An electrical timer is provided having an electrical motor connected to a first geneva drive gear via a gear train. The geneva drive gear engages a geneva wheel and is coupled to a cam via a clutch joining the geneva wheel and the cam. The clutch may prov... | 05/05/1998 |
| 4877926 | Actuator of an air conditioner of a vehicle An actuator for an air-conditioner for use in a vehicle includes an actuator housing for accommodating a motor, a reduction gear unit and a position-detecting unit. The motor has a shaft extending therefrom with a worm gear fixed to the shaft. The reducti... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4795867 | Motor actuator for air conditioning system A motor actuator for an air conditioning system comprising a driving motor and an output shaft rotated by a driving force from the driving motor. At least one moveable contact is mounted on a contact mounting member rotatable together with the output shaf... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4595808 | Electromechanical switch A hardened electromechanical switch is disclosed. When appropriate electrical contacts and pick-offs are aligned, four switches close. The possible number of switch combinations selectable are 4095 based upon a base eight counting system. The switch has a... | 06/17/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4251878 | Switching device for battery powered alarm clock In a battery powered alarm clock, an alarm switching device comprises at least one detecting wheel whose phase is set in accordance with the desired alarm time, at least one detecting switch which is closed when the phase of the time wheel of the clock co... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4214134 | Time detecting switch for alarm clock A time detecting switch for an alarm clock comprises phase detecting type slide switches between rotatable coaxially mounted pairs of time wheels and detecting wheels which are rotated to the phases corresponding to an alarm signalling time according to a... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4197436 | Timer mechanism A timer mechanism for a clock which has a manually settable rotatable timer drum. A pair of complementarily arranged semicircular contacts which are electrically insulated from each other are adapted to actuate the timer when electrically connected to eac... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4149045 | Automatic controller An automatic controller comprising a supporting structure, a plurality of adjustable contacts, and a selector mounted for movement on the supporting structure for sequentially engaging each of the contents. The adjustable contacts are mounted on the suppo... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4079581 | Alarm device for clocks An alarm device of a clock has an alarm time detection mechanism coacting with the time wheels of the clock for detecting a preset alarm time and sound an audible alarm. The audible alarm is terminated in response to manual depression of a call time sette... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4045627 | Switching mechanism for alarming time detection in an alarming device An electrical switch device for detecting preset alarm times in an alarming device comprises a one-piece switch part connected to and rotatable with a rotationally driven time wheel, and first and second fixed switch parts electrically insulated from each... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4004408 | Mechanical improvement on an electric alarm clock There is provided an alarm clock of the type which produces an electric signal and which operates in conjunction with an auxiliary device. The clock comprises first circuit means having first switch means for producing and cancelling the signal, and secon... | 01/25/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3987430 | Programmed control unit A programmed control unit is provided which is capable of controlling one or more pieces of electrical equipment, and of turning such equipment on and off automatically at pre-established times which may change from day-to-day. The programmed control unit... | 10/19/1976 |
