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An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7294796 | Switch device, data-processing apparatus and playback apparatus A playback apparatus is provided, which comprises a switch device (200) that gives the user good feeling of operating. A tape-shaped switch (500) is provided on a base part (410), extending along the circumference of the base part (410). ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7161138 | Electrical product and tilting control device thereof An electrical product and a tilting control device thereof are provided. The tilting control device comprises a shell body, a light source, at least a transparent box, an opaque element, a plurality of photo-sensing units and a logic circuit. The light source is dis... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7132936 | Angular rate sensor A sensor for measuring yaw rate or roll rate of an automotive vehicle comprises a freely rotating inertial disk and an angular rate sensor responsive to the rotation of the inertial disk relative to a housing. In one embodiment the inertial disk presents an alternat... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115824 | Tilt switch and system A tilt switch has an electrical terminal on its top end and an electrical terminal on its bottom end. It comprises a conductive can with an opening on the top end side serving as the electrical terminal on the bottom end and a conductive cap covering the opening of ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6849814 | Adjustable three-axis gravity switch A gravity-type sensor device comprising a switch which monitors the position of an object over a three dimensional pathway which extends dimensionally about all three orthogonal axes where the object may be tilted, rotated or inverted, as well as translated through ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6786294 | Device for determining the load on a vehicle occupant A method and vehicle occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle, in which the webbing movement of a seat belt wound on a belt reel 1 caused by the body of the belted-in vehicle occupant is scanned and corresponding measurement data are fed to an evaluating... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6741170 | Apparatus for monitoring rotation of an object about an axis A sensor (36) for monitoring rotation of an object (16) about an axis (20) comprises a switch member (40) that is urged into a neutral position and is movable relative to the object (16). A direction of movement of the switch membe... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6682098 | Method of determining the load on a vehicle occupant The load acting on the body of a belted-in vehicle occupant restrained by a seat belt is determined by providing electrical signals from occupant restraint device sensors. The electrical signals are then evaluated with an evaluating device, wherein the mo... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6642461 | Deceleration impact detector for use in automotive vehicle A deceleration impact detector for detecting a vehicle collision or the like is composed of a rotor having an eccentric gravity center, a spring biasing the rotor to its initial position, a cam connected to rotor, and a pair of contacts consisting of a mo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6518751 | Magnetoresistive rollover sensor A vehicle rollover sensor 10 is provided, including a movable member free 12 free to rotate about a single axis 14. The movable member 12 includes an inertial mass 18. A magnet 22 is mounted to the movable member 12. The vehicle rollover sensor 10 further... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6486422 | Three-axis gravity switch A three-axis gravity switch having a curved chamber with a spherical inner wall and a spherical outer wall which retains a gravity responsive member such as a ball of liquid mercury, the chamber having a three-dimensional sensing pathway defined on at lea... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6455790 | Three-axis torus shaped gravity switch A three-axis gravity switch having a curved chamber in the shape of a 360 degree torus having a circular cross-section which retains a gravity responsive member such as a ball of liquid mercury, the chamber having a three-dimensional sensing pathway defin... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452121 | Three-axis gravity switch having a hemispherical chamber A three-axis gravity switch having a curved chamber with an inner wall in the shape of a convex hemisphere and an outer wall in the shape of a concave hemisphere which retains a gravity responsive member such as a ball of liquid mercury, the chamber havin... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6448517 | Three-axis magnetic gravity switch A three-axis gravity switch having a curved chamber with an inner wall in the shape of a convex hemisphere, an electrically conductive outer wall in the shape of a concave hemisphere, a magnet disposed within the inner wall which retains a gravity respons... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6281456 | Three-axis gravity switch A three-axis gravity switch having a curved chamber to retain a gravity responsive member such as a ball of liquid mercury, the chamber having a three-dimensional pathway defined on at least one of its walls, where the gravity responsive member and pathwa... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6087951 | Magnetic accelerometer A magnetic accelerometer detects the sharp lateral rocking movements of an unbalanced spinning tub of a washing machine. The accelerometer has a fixed and a movable magnet that are disposed at a rest position in spaced, magnetic attraction to each other. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5610337 | Method of measuring the amplitude and frequency of an acceleration A digital accelerometer manufactured from arrays 11a-11e of micro-mechanical sensing elements 12. The sensing elements 12 of different arrays 11a-11e are designed for detecting acceleration in a particular rotational or translational direction, such that ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5400008 | Location marker A location marker includes a casing, a switch assembly and a lens enclosing a flashable strobe lamp. The location marker is powered by batteries and an electronic circuit that converts the battery voltage to a trigger voltage for illumination of the strob... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5034582 | Momentary rotating mercury switch A device for the detection of rotation having a hollow, pillbox shaped cylinder, a solid baffle positioned within the cylinder for directing the flow of mercury, at least two metal contacts within the cylinder, a non-mercury center rod contact, and mercur... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4958096 | Governor and motor assembly A governor and motor assembly of a fractional horsepower electric motor adapted to control the efficient operation of the motor utilizing simple structural components. The governor is responsive to the centrifugal forces of the rotating rotor shaft of the... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4745994 | Angular deceleration sensor An angular deceleration sensor adapted for sensing by the overrunning of a flywheel an angular deceleration in excess of a predetermined value of a detected subject which rotates in a fixed direction. A clutch is interposed between the flywheel and a driv... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4528851 | Force responsive device A device is provided for use in measuring acceleration and deceleration of a rotating body. The device includes a housing having wall means which define an endless flow path. The housing is rotatable about an axis which passes through the center of or is ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4520286 | Appliance driven by an electric motor An electrically driven appliance such as a citrus press comprises a drivable tool; a self-starting single-phase synchronous motor including a diametrically magnetized permanent-magnet rotor forming a rotor field and positioned between two stator poles for... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4503298 | Wheel motion indicator A device for sensing wheel rotation includes a cylindrical casing with a frusto-conical bottom end which defines a ramp for a steel ball in the casing; a shaft connected to the casing top for rotation by a vehicle wheel to cause the ball to ride up the ra... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4320317 | Motor overload safety device A rotor of a motor has a bearing mounted thereon, the bearing having a tab which is urged in one direction by the fluid friction of the lubricant in the bearing, the tab being urged against a spring, the tab actuating a micro-switch. The force exerted by ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4122334 | Illumination control apparatus for compensating solar light Illumination control apparatus for supplementing light from solar radiation with light from an artificial light source to compensate for periods of insufficient levels of solar light to maintain a desired illumination level within an interior space compri... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4119819 | Fluid activated velocity switch A member mounted for limited rotation having a conduit coaxially connected to the member for directing a stream of air to the member, which stream is deflected radially outwardly and tangentially away from the member to cause rotation in a first direction... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4100382 | Permanent magnet latch for speed switching device A speed switch for a motor has an electrically conductive disc which rotates with the rotor of the motor. A drag member adjacent the disc is mounted for limited pivotal movement and has a permanent magnet linked magnetically with the disc to cause electro... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4093835 | Rotation sensor switch A protective device to provide a warning if a piece of rotating machinery slows or stops comprises a pair of hinged weights disposed to rotate on a rotating shaft of the equipment. When the equipment is rotating, the weights remain in a plane essentially ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4063052 | Inertia switch having a variable operating threshold An improved inertia switch having a variable threshold and operating time comprises a flywheel, a driving member, electrical contact elements carried respectively by the driving member and the flywheel and return means coupled between the driving member a... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4054764 | Speed responsive switching device An overspeed switching mechanism for a motor has an electrically conductive rotor driven by the motor, a movable drag mechanism having a permanent magnet structure linked magnetically with the rotor for movement of the mechanism through electromagnetic in... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4027316 | Apparatus for delayed firing of electronic flash units or the like The synchronizing switch for an electronic flash unit, which is connected to the body of a photographic camera through the medium of an adapter, is closed with a variable delay following the actuation of camera release by way of an impeller which is mount... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4015695 | Anti-skid control system A device for controlling skidding on roadway surfaces comprising anti-skid control means for regulating and controlling the braking system of the said vehicles; the said device being automatically responsive to changes in the drag in the said braking syst... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3953691 | Inertia switch for detecting impending locking of a rotary member, such as a vehicle wheel An inertia switch for detecting impending locking of a rotaty member, such as a vehicle wheel, and having a variable deceleration detection threshold has a flywheel rotatable on a shaft adapted to be driven by the rotary member, a flywheel drive element o... | 04/27/1976 |
