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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158901 | Sliding key mechanism capable of being fastened tightly due to interference generated by elastic force and related electronic device The sliding key mechanism includes a main body fixed inside a slot on a housing, a sliding actuator connected to a side of the main body for containing a sliding head of a sliding switch, a key portion connected to the other side of the main body for driving the sli... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143545 | Sliding button mechanism A sliding button mechanism includes a housing, a button, a connecting member, two resilient elements, and a printed circuit board. The housing defines a sliding slot. The button is slidably received in the sliding slot. The connecting member is secured on the button... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8044316 | Slide operation apparatus and knob therefor A slide operation apparatus capable of ensuring the operability of a knob and improving the visibility of scales on a panel surface of an electronic instrument, without the need of increasing a widthwise space required for mounting the slide operation apparatus on t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7800008 | Side key assembly and electronic device using the same A side key assembly is mounted on a housing (60) which comprises a sidewall (610). A socket (62) is formed in the sidewall (610) of the housing. The side key assembly includes a button (70), two switches (80) and the socket.... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7679017 | Switch structure A switch structure includes a switch body, a holding member, a torsion member, and a swinging lever. The switch body includes a base included a front surface and a rear surface, a pushing portion, two fixing portion, each fixing portion defining a guiding slot. The ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7518077 | Slide button and casing using the same An electronic device includes a cover with a housing therein, a base coupled to the cover so as to form a receiving space, a circuit board received in the receiving space, and a slide button mounted to the cover. A bottom of the housing defines a first cutout and a ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7375951 | Load control device having a split enclosure A load control device is operable to receive a first control signal having a first magnitude and to generate a second control signal having a second magnitude. The load control device is adapted to be installed in an electrical wallbox having a barrier. The load con... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7339131 | Slide switch apparatus In a slide switch apparatus of the present invention, a click spring movable along a side surface portion of a housing includes an engagement portion that is engaged with a switch lever and can be switched in accordance with the movement along the side surface porti... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332683 | Dimmer switch module A dimmer switch module removably connects to a wiring module mounted within an electrical box and connected to a power source. The dimmer switch module is configured to control electrical current flowing from the power source to a power sink, such as a light. The di... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7291797 | Tuning structure of a sound mixer A tuning structure of a sound mixer is disclosed to include a switch set, formed of sliding switches with a respective switching lever, a face panel, which has sliding slots arranged in parallel for the passing of the switching levers of the switch set, a track set,... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7259482 | Distance extender and method making use of same A distance extender (100, 200) for increasing a distance between a first device (145) and a second device (150) in electrical communication with the first device includes an electrical cable (130, 230) electrically coupled between the fir... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7208692 | Operating switch mechanism An operating switch mechanism in an IC recorder having an operating switch button for slide operation includes an IC recorder main body and an operating unit. The operating unit is attached to the main body by fixing a frame member on the operating unit side with a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7170022 | Architectural preset rotary and preset slide control and non-preset controls An architectural preset rotary and preset slide control device comprising an N-mode latch mechanically coupled to a switch having a pole and a plurality of receiving terminals. The device further comprises a variable control component that is electrically coupled to... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7122753 | Cover plate with flush slide actuator for electrical devices An in-wall mounted electrical actuation device is covered by a surface mountable cover plate. The cover plate provides a planar surface having a linear groove in it preferably extensive over a full length of the cover plate. Within the linear groove is an aperture. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7078641 | Switch Cell A switch cell for use in opening and closing electrical connections, a multiple cell switch having multiple switch cells, and a method of assembling the same. The switch cell preferably includes one or more contactors in a base and an actuator slidable engaged to th... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7057122 | Multi-mode remote controller A remote controller has a sliding switch which has more than two contacting positions linearly disposed, and a sliding lever to switch among the contacting positions. A slider engaged with the sliding lever and the slider has an angle portion. A first cam piece has ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043034 | Loudspeaker with single or dual channel input selector and lockout A dual purpose loudspeaker incorporating at least two audio signal inputs and at least one switch is adapted to receive and reproduce either a single audio signal input or two audio signal inputs according to the position of the switch. A switch slide mechanically l... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028784 | Motor-driven hand-held tool with functional step display A motor-driven hand-held tool includes a housing (4) having a switching recess (6) formed therein, an actuation member (8) displaceably arranged in the switching recess for shifting a functional unit between different functional steps, and and a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022931 | Slide switch assemblies A slide switch assembly comprises a housing and a slider having traveling contacts which define exposed contact faces. An accommodation section is formed in the housing to receive the slider and allow the slider to be moved slideably therein. A printed circuit board... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012207 | Switch for electric tool To electrically connect switch terminals of a housing and a control member in a switch for an electric tool with ease and to prevent the electric connection from becoming incomplete even when vibration occurs, elastic bodies for maintaining an electric connection ar... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6989504 | Case with sliding button fastening structure The present invention is to provide a case comprising a structure for fastening a sliding button having a fixing member and a manipulating member together forming an L-shaped member, two spaced ribs provided on an inner surface of the manipulating member above the f... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6979786 | Contact structures for sliding switches A contact structure for a sliding switch includes a conductive stationary contact disposed on a base and a conductive movable contact for electrically contacting the stationary contact. The movable contact is movable along a path between a non-contact position and a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6967301 | Architectural preset rotary and preset slide control and non-preset controls An architectural preset rotary and preset slide control device comprising an N-mode latch mechanically coupled to a switch having a pole and a plurality of receiving terminals. The device further comprises a variable control component that is electrically coupled to... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6930268 | On-off electrical switch having quick make-brake spring loaded plunger mechanism A non-fused electrical slide switch. A handle assembly is operatively connected to a base, between on and off positions, and movable relative to a cover. The base has two pair of raised landings rising above four contact strips. Each pair of raised landings are disp... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930264 | Switch structure of lamp unit A switch structure of a lamp unit mounted at an interior wall member, includes a switch member and a switch knob. The switch member includes a switch lever which slides in a first direction for turning on or off the lamp unit. The switch knob includes an engagement ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921871 | Slide switch To enable to restrain a portion only of a resin at a pole board made of the resin to restrain warp or a sink mark, in a slide switch including a pole board 3 made of a resin insert-molded with fixed contacts 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 and a movable bo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6841744 | Slide switch and manufacturing method of the same A slide switch is fabricated by having a coiled spring, which has coil-end seating portions at both ends totaling ¾ to 1 turn, contained in a case or an operating member such that the operating member is biased by the spring. By virtue of such a configuration, the ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6825430 | Electrical switch An electrical slide switch having a housing, four fixed contacts, a switching member supported for limited reciprocating rotary movement, and two moving contacts supported by the switching member for movement into and out of contact with the fixed contacts. An actua... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6797898 | Switching device A switching device having a housing, an indexing bolt, a spring, and guiding ribs. The bolt is mounted in a longitudinal direction in a guide channel of the housing to move axially through the guide channel. The bolt has a tip at a front end. The spring is connected... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6765166 | Switch contact structure To reduce the number of components for facilitating assembly and parts management, and to ensure prevention of rattling of the movable block, a switch contact structure is disclosed, which comprises a substrate 63, a movable block 67 disposed so as to ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6756902 | Doze alerting device A doze alerting device includes a casing, an earplug and an electronic operating circuit. The earplug is insertable into either the left or right ear of a user to locate the casing at a desired angular position. The circuit incorporates an audio generator for genera... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6743997 | Rocker switch A rocker switch for operating a direct current motor includes a base, an actuator, a contactor, and a plurality of contact points. The contact points are made of formed wires extending into the base and having outer walls that form the contact points. The plurality ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6734381 | Wallbox dimmer switch having side-by-side pushbutton and dimmer actuators A wallbox dimmer switch includes an actuator mounting frame having a platform portion that is receivable in a rectangular wallplate opening having standard toggle-type dimensions. The dimmer switch includes a pushbutton actuator for a switch and an adjacently locate... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6706988 | Switch actuating mechanism and electrically controlled device using same An automated device (10) has a curved outer cover (12) through which a switch arm (48) extends. The switch arm is pivotally supported inside the cover and is connected therein by means of a lost motion mechanism (51) to a switch actuator ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6483063 | Electrical switch including a metal heat sink An electrical switch includes a body, three control terminals and a common terminal for external connection and a movable contact for establishing connection between the control terminals and the common terminal. The movable contact has one end acting as ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6459051 | Module for selection of power source A sliding power switch is provided. The switch includes a power interface module having a first power port, a second power port and a third power port. The switch also includes a shunt adapted to engage with the power interface module in a first position ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6380846 | Pull station A pull station for an alarm includes a housing with a handle mounted for sliding movement within the housing. The housing includes a window for a user to access the handle for forcibly sliding the handle in a vertical direction. A latch is rotatably mount... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6376790 | Slide switch When an operation knob 6 is operated to slide along a slide operation surface 7, a spacer 4 to which a connection pipe shaft portion 17 has been fitted is slid together with a contact holder 8 connected to the spacer 4 by means of a connection pin 18 so t... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6313420 | Slide switch A slide switch comprising a case having a slide hole, a slide knob attached slidably to an outer surface of the case, the slide knob having a shaft portion inserted into the slide hole of the case, a shield member disposed between a lower surface of the s... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6281457 | Power switch apparatus of universal serial bus device A power switch apparatus of universal serial bus device for protecting the universal serial bus device from electrical interference between a bus power mode and external power mode comprises a slide switch and socket door. The slide switch encased in the ... | 08/28/2001 |
