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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442895 | Electric switch An electrical switch has a common contact body and a first selective contact body and a second selective contact body. A contactor is connected mechanically and in an electrically conducting manner to the common contact body. The contactor comprises an elastic, elec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7316592 | Electrostatic discharge enhanced charge contact design The present invention is directed to an electrical contact that incorporates a movable metal connection component such as a contact pin. The metal connection component is mounted within an insulating body. An electrically conducting path, from a contact head of the ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7253371 | Normally closed (on) switch with an on-off fixed structure A normally closed (on) switch with an on-off fixed structure comprises at the center a seat having a sleeve inside which a push part and an elastic component; a top cover provided on the seat, of which the center is formed with a piercing hole corresponding to the s... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7180025 | Push switch A push-button switch includes a fixed member having a first fixed contact strip disposed on the inner surface of the fixed member and a second fixed contact strip disposed on the inner surface of the fixed member and opposite the first fixed contact strip; a control... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160043 | Keyboard having lighting device A keyboard includes a housing having a number of cavities to slidably receive shanks of a number of key pads, and a light device for lighting the key pads. The lighting device includes a number of light members engaged in the shanks of the key pads, the housing incl... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7126073 | Intermittent connection device An intermittent contact connector device including a frame having a first frame section movably connected to a second frame section; two electrical contacts connected to the second frame section, and an electrical shorting member connected to the first frame section... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7102094 | Switch The switch is comprised of a case, a first fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at the bottom surface of the case at one end with the other end being outside of the case, a second fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at a side surfa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083434 | Electrical apparatus with compliant pins An improved electrical apparatus concludes a manually actuatable electrical device which is disposed on a printed circuit board and has a manually movable control element. A plurality of electrical current conducting compliant pins extend into engagement with conduc... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6998556 | Switching device A switching device includes a casing having two opposite lateral walls, two spaced-apart terminal plates secured in a bottom wall of the casing, and a slide unit. The lateral walls respectively have opposite guide faces that extend downwardly and inclinedly toward e... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974918 | Rocker switch An apparatus (10) includes spaced contacts (40). A rocking contact (50) has first and second arms (52 and 54) in electrical contact with each other and is supported for rocking movement in opposite first and second directions. The ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6930261 | Switch for vehicle A vehicle switch is capable of properly switching on/off electrical connection between fixed contacts. The fixed contacts of the switch are oppositely disposed on a substrate so as to be parallel to a moving direction of a moveable piece. A barrier constituted by a ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910439 | Vehicle meter Provided is a vehicular meter, which can suppress the complication of structures of peripheral parts, when an operation shaft and an elastic member are to be supported, thereby to realize the cost reduction. The vehicular meter comprises: an indication element D3... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6483061 | Triple pole safety switch and connector The present invention is directed to three pole plunger switch assembly. The assembly includes a three pole plunger switch and a mating connector. The plunger switch includes a switch housing for supporting components of the plunger switch and a plunger e... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6466118 | Overlay electrical conductor for a magnetically coupled pushbutton switch A magnetically coupled pushbutton switch has a coupler magnet layer that normally holds an electrically conductive magnetic armature spaced from a substrate layer. An overlay having an overlay electrical conductor formed thereon covers the pushbutton swit... | 10/15/2002 |
| 5973284 | Push button switch assembly with snap action movable bridging contact A push-button switch for use in electronic devices is provided which reduces stress on contact parts. A C-shaped elastic member is secured at one end to a bottom wall of a switch casing and engages a movable member at its other end. The movable member in ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5803242 | Switch connecting structure Switch connecting structures include a housing having an insertion hole, and an operation lever slidably mounted in the housing. The operation lever includes a push member protruding from said housing. A resilient contact plate is carried by the operation... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5617074 | Child finder A child finder basically consists of a transmitter which is concealingly attachable to a child's body and which sends a signal to a conventional receiver so that the child's location can be continually monitored. The transmitter will typically be carried ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5278370 | Push switch A push switch includes a sideway U-shaped spring element positioned in a recess of a holder which is precision-formed of plastic resin by molding while keeping upper and lower sections of the U-shaped spring element compressed. The lower section of the sp... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5201410 | Push-button switches Push-button switches are provided with a housing having opposed pairs of side walls defining an interior space, and an opposed pair of fixed contact members. A push-button assembly is received within the interior space of the housing for reciprocal moveme... | 04/13/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4952762 | Keyboard switch A keyboard switch capable of minimizing the number of parts to reduce manufacturing costs and giving an operator a light touch during its operation. The keyboard switch includes an actuator arranged in a frame for pressing a membrane switch. The actuator ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4894499 | Electric push-button switch The electric push-button switch comprises a housing portion and a linearly moveable push-button portion. Guide columns at the housing portion and the push-button portion attain accurate linear guiding and rotational positioning of the push-button portion.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4818828 | Electronic keyboard A full sized electronic keyboard with full travel keybuttons provides switches for controlling an electronic typewriter or for controlling other devices. The keyboard has a structure designed for reducing part count and switch component part size and for ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4616112 | Electrical switch having arc-protected contacts An electrical switch comprises a dielectric base member having parallel stationary contact assemblies provided with aligned contact segments, each of the contact segments including an exposed contact section and a dielectric section. A spring-biased movab... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4613853 | X-Y Input device An X-Y input device known as a "mouse" includes at least one switch lever having a control end exposed through an upper case and an opposite end staked on the upper case. An annular holder for the rotatable ball of the mouse is secured to a lower case and... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4538040 | Electrical switch means particularly adapted to GFCI test and reset switches A pair of separate electrical switches are disclosed, each including a fixed contact supported by and electrically connected to a printed circuit board, and a movable contact comprising a deflectable portion of a strip of springy, conducting material. A s... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4514609 | Pushbutton switch having leaf-shaped contact spring A pushbutton switch is provided comprising a leaf spring with slotted leaf ends for forming a double contact and a fixed contact arranged transversely in relation thereto. The slotted spring ends, in the direction of the leaf spring axis, are provided wit... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4496803 | Data entry switch A new and improved switch incorporating an integral contact and return spring element for use in data entry keyboards is disclosed. The unitary contact and return spring element includes a spring member and a contact member. At rest, only the spring membe... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4373123 | Studded mounting structure for switch The mounting structure includes a block having a bore therein and a stud thereon, their axes being substantially parallel. A leaf spring switch has two leaf springs carried by a body having a pair of bores. The surfaces of the block and the body are in ju... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4188518 | Miniature electrical push button contactor The invention concerns a miniature electrical push button contactor including a base carrying fixed contacts and having a cap which is formed integrally with the push button and which has a movable contact in the form of a thin disc which effects a wiping... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4161637 | Pushbutton switch A pushbutton switch with an actuating bar which has movable switch contacts connected thereto so as to be movable therewith, and is axially movable in a switch housing against the thrust of a return spring. The actuating bar has associated therewith a loc... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4119821 | Normally closed switch A switch case has a top provided with a central opening in which slides the stem of a plunger that has a foot inside the case. A bridging contact spring has a central portion engaging the foot and has free end portions extending away from opposite sides o... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4099037 | Key board switch assembly having canti-levered leaf spring contact assembly on common conductive frame A push button panel having twelve push buttons arranged in three columns of four push buttons per column. A push button panel of the type described wherein a common signal is connected to the unique combination of two out of seven circuit paths when a giv... | 07/04/1978 |
| 3934104 | Push-button switch A push-button electric switch particularly adapted for use in printed circuit boards in which the base member has a plurality of terminals thereon and the actuating plunger may incorporate one or more bridging contact members which cooperate with the term... | 01/20/1976 |
