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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7745958 | Tact switch module executing toggling flow and power switching module including the tact switch module A tact switch module is provided. The tact switch module includes a tact switch to control a driving voltage to be supplied to a power supply by sensing an ON input by a user; and a power control unit having a power input port which is connected to the power supply ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7626287 | High voltage loadbreak switch safety indicator A loadbreak, switch safety device mechanism, which provides easily visible, positive alignment and engagement of high-voltage switch loadbreak actuating and trip arms. The apparatus can be easily adapted to various types of high-voltage loadbreak designs. The appara... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7598629 | Control circuit for a remotely controlled circuit breaker Circuit for determining the presence or absence of a remotely controlled circuit beaker connection to a control circuit and the current state of an internal operating device of a remotely controlled circuit breaker connected to a control circuit. ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7535131 | Smart switch A universal switch interface includes a monitored switch having an ON mode and an OFF mode of operation and connected circuitry. The circuitry includes a rising edge sensor coupled to the monitored switch to provide a first timing signal indicative of a rising edge ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7482713 | Switch controller A switch controller is described that permits a single AC load to be controlled by DC signals from multiple switches. In one example of the invention, a switch controller includes a switch-state evaluator that receives DC signals from two or more switches and a load... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7358628 | Configurable circuit and method for detecting the state of a switch A circuit and method are disclosed for monitoring the state of at least one switch. The circuit may include a first circuit, coupled to a switch, for detecting whether the switch is in one of a closed state and an open state and generating a signal having a value ba... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7332835 | Micro-electromechanical system based switching module serially stackable with other such modules to meet a voltage rating MEMS-based switching module, as may be electrically connected to other such modules in a series circuit, to achieve a desired voltage rating is provided. A switching array may be made up of a plurality of such switching modules (e.g., used as building blocks of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310911 | Automatic door opener with magnetic clutch An automatic door opener (10) for opening or closing a door (28) includes a motor (14) driving a drive shaft (50) and an opener arm (18) connected to the door (28) and being responsive to rotation of the drive shaft (50 | 12/25/2007 |
| 7266428 | Irrigation controller water management with temperature budgeting The present invention provides methods for water conservation with AC, DC, or ambient light powered irrigation controllers without the use of complex ET (evapotranspiration) data or ET related service fees. Programming may consist of the operator entering a prelimin... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259945 | Active arc-suppression circuit, system, and method of use An active arc suppression circuit and systems and methods of use to suppress arcing in an electro-mechanical apparatus. The preferred circuit includes an electro-mechanical switch and a solid state shunt switch for temporarily shunting current around the electro-mec... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7196884 | Apparatus and method for detecting the loss of a current transformer connection coupling a current differential relay to an element of a power system Disclosed is an apparatus and method for detecting a loss of a current transformer connection coupling a protective relay to a power system element of a three-phase power system and providing a plurality of secondary current waveforms of the three-phase power system... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190092 | Micro-electromechanical switch performance enhancement In methods and circuits for using associated circuitry to enhance performance of a micro-electromechanical switch, one of the method embodiments is a contact conditioning process including applying a time-varying voltage to the control element of a closed switch. In... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7155603 | Circuit arrangement for detecting the state of at least one electrical switch Circuit arrangement for detecting the state of at least one electrical switch having at least one set input (Set1, Set2, Set3) in each case and at least one sensor output (Sensor1, Sensor2, Sensor3) in each case, each of whi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151234 | Outlet panel for single pin connectors A device for providing electrical power that includes one or more single pin outlets and one or more switches, each of the switches coupled to a respective one of the one or more single pin outlets. The at least one switch is actuatable by insertion of a pin in the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7082019 | Method and apparatus to protect solar cells from electrostatic discharge damage Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for protecting solar cells from cellular degradation caused by an electrostatic discharge pulse. In one embodiment, a diode may bypass current generated from an electrostatic discharge so that the pulse current does not reverse ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7061143 | Actuator unit with a base actuator an additional actuator and control unit An actuator unit includes a base actuator and an additional actuator, via which a useful circuit can be opened and closed. Given proper functioning, the base actuator can be activated by supplying electric energy and deactivated by not supplying electric energy. The... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058478 | Irrigation controller water management with temperature budgeting The present invention provides methods for water conservation with irrigation controllers based upon the ambient temperature and extraterrestrial radiation of a particular geographical area. It receives a preliminary irrigation schedule from the operator and compute... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049714 | Method for determining the condition of a rotary switch In a combination switch having both rotary and pushbutton momentary switches, a method for determining which switch has been selected by a user. The method also includes distinguishing between the selection of a rotary switch from a pushbutton switch. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026822 | High voltage switching matrix for electrical safety compliance test equipment A high voltage switching matrix for selectively connecting a plurality of different voltage/current sources or inputs with a plurality of different outputs includes a common or shared relay for each of the voltage/current sources at the voltage/current source inputs... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021951 | Self-normalling jack with magnetically controlled normal circuit or relay A self-normalling jack with a magnetically controlled normal circuit, switch or relay comprising a pair of receptacles having a sensing means for sensing the insertion of a plug, the sensing means in communication with an electronic normalling circuit, switch or rel... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6995482 | Switching circuit and method therefor A method for providing a current path during switching transitions of a switching circuit while limiting the short circuit current. In one embodiment, a switching circuit includes a passive break-before-make element in series with two switches. An alternate embodime... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6946752 | Input power stabilizing circuit An input power stabilizing circuit, adapted to be disposed between a DC power source and a load to which DC power from the source is to be supplied. Voltage on a capacitor in the input power stabilizing circuit is prevented as much as possible from causing reverse c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6930409 | Electromechanical switching device An electromechanical switching device ensures automatic selected polarity interconnection between terminals of two power sources. A double pole double throw (DPDT) switch has three pairs of contacts. A first pair of leads connect to two pairs of contacts in a manner... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6836029 | Micro-electromechanical switch having a conductive compressible electrode A micro-electro mechanical switch having a restoring force sufficiently large to overcome stiction is described. The switch is provided with a deflectable conductive beam and multiple electrodes coated with an elastically deformable conductive layer. A restoring for... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6807462 | Switchgear cabinet air conditioning device A switchgear cabinet air conditioning device having at least one cooling device, which has a cooling device control and a connected operating device. A simple operability is achieved because the operating device has a server which is assigned to the cooling device c... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6806591 | Method of shutting down a pluggable electrical unit A method of shutting down a pluggable electrical unit in a modular system comprising a base unit and at least one pluggable electrical unit connected via an interface. Each pluggable electrical unit has module electronics and a switch, which is coupled to a mechanic... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6750566 | Bus access unit for a pluggable electrical unit A pluggable electrical unit with module electronics has a bus access unit for electrical connection of the pluggable unit to an electrical base unit. The base unit comprises a power supply, a signal processing means and signal lines for identification, control lines... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6707172 | Self-normalling jack with electronically controlled normal circuit or relay A self-normalling jack with an electronically controlled normal circuit or relay comprising a pair of receptacles having a sensing means for sensing the insertion of a plug, the sensing means in communication with an electronic normalling switch or relay, the electr... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6590303 | Single button MP3 player This invention includes an electronic accessory having a single button that actuates all of its control features. In one embodiment, the accessory is a MP3 player wherein songs are stored on a multimedia card. Once the card has been loaded an inserted, th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6495932 | DC power source unit A DC power source unit includes a main unit that generates DC voltage, and an output cable. The output cable is connected, either integrally or detachably, at one end to the output of the main unit and another end to an adapter plug. The adapter plug is e... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6426572 | Switching function properly-alterable switch unit, and vehicle mounted device control apparatus including the same switch unit The present invention relates to a high-reliability vehicle mounted device control apparatus capable of making a decision about functions of switch units with a simple structure and at a high processing speed and a low cost. Each of the switch units compr... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6232676 | Safety power on/off switching for hot pluggable cards Disclosed is structure and method for supplying and cutting off power to a removable card component of an electrical device, without interfering with supply of power to other components of the device (including other card components), so that the single c... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6111377 | Control device for a multiphase electric motor Control device for a multiphase electric motor (M) comprising firstly two two-directional static switches (IS1, IS2) each associated with a terminal of a shunt contactor (S) installed in parallel, these switches (IS1, IS2, S) being controlled by a control... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5825102 | Fail-safe circuit A fail-safe circuit (10) comprises a storage battery (11) for electrical charges as well as a first charge path (12) which optionally connects the storage battery (11) to a first potential (UL). A second charge path (14) and a third charge path (15) optio... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5789098 | Method of detecting external voltage source for disablement of battery conservation mode in a portable communications device A portable communication device with battery conservation capability is capable of sensing (223) its power source and suppressing a battery conservation circuit depending on an actual voltage determined (225) from an analog-to-digital converter. Two or mo... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5712515 | Power source adaptor A power source adaptor employing a small switch to securely and positively turn on and off the power source, and which can be detachably connected to an electrical apparatus. To avoid the cost and excessive size associated with prior art power source adap... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5699222 | Apparatus and method for programming and reviewing a plurality of parameters of electrical switching device An electrical switching device such as a motor starter includes separable contacts; a coil for operating the separable contacts; two light emitting diode indicators having a plurality of states; a pushbutton switch; and a control circuit responsive to the... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5679986 | Synchronization of switchgear switching to waveform indices There is described method and apparatus to obtain synchronized switching of switchgear. A superposition of forces is used wherein the moving contacts of switchgear driven by a conventional operating mechanism has a secondary force, either opposing or aidi... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5672919 | Low current binary input subsystem Disclosed is a low current binary input subsystem for providing a binary input signal to a data acquisition system. The binary input subsystem monitors the open/close state of a field contact and provides galvanic isolation of noisy field contacts, high n... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5619076 | Method and apparatus for connection and disconnection of batteries to uninterruptible power systems and the like Connection of batteries to the DC bus lines across which capacitors are connected in power systems, such as uninterruptible power systems, is carried out using an auxiliary switch which is controlled to connect the batteries to a DC bus line through a pre... | 04/08/1997 |
