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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7268308 | Isolation switch for power transfer A power system including a power transfer device that prevents a common load from at once being powered by a main and auxiliary power source, and eliminates any possibility of back feeding the main power source from the auxiliary power source. First and second circu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259645 | Vehicle control switch system using jog shuttle Disclosed is a control switch system for a vehicle, using a jog shuttle, by which a driver can rapidly and correctly select and control operation of a sound system in the vehicle even during driving of the vehicle. Since the control switch system uses simple members... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7019238 | Stalk switch A stalk switch having a simplified structure and wide general-purpose applicability is provided. The stalk switch comprises an operating lever 4 manually operated by an operator, a supporting member 2 for rockably supporting the operating lever 4 | 03/28/2006 |
| 6940032 | Method and apparatus for achieving three positions A three position apparatus and method of operation thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes an actuator plate a first spring assembly in operable communication with the actuator plate a second spring assembly in operable communication with the actuator plate a f... | 09/06/2005 |
| 4999598 | Three-position actuating mechanism for transfer switch A three-position actuating mechanism (10) for a transfer switch (11) is disclosed. The transfer switch is movable by the actuator (10) between a contact block (13) corresponding to a normal power source, and a contact block (14) interconnected to a standb... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4901046 | Manually actuated on-off switch with electromagnetic release In a manually actuated on-off switch with electromagnetic release, a component part (9) opening and closing the switch contacts and an actuating member, in particular a rotary control grip (2), are designed as separate parts and for being coupled, noting ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4725801 | Bistable solenoid switch A bistable solenoid switch has a plunger and associated movable contact adapted for controlled reciprocation by a coil and bobbin assembly to either of two stable states not requiring sustained energization of the coil. The movable contact is biased towar... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4573029 | Switch device A switch comprises switch members movable in an operating direction for opening and closing an electric circuit, a solenoid drive for moving the switch members in the operating direction, the solenoid drive comprising an armature having an operating movem... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4277766 | Electric circuit switching device An electric circuit switching device comprises a group of closing contact pairs and a group of breaking contact pairs, each group having stationary contacts arranged circumferentially on an insulating panel, and a switching element; a unit for rotating th... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4162468 | Manually or electrically operable electrical switch An electrical switch wherein the movable contact is resiliently biassed out of engagement with the fixed contact and is movable into engagement with the fixed contact by a rotatable cam. The cam is rotatable by a manual operating member and there is provi... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4156217 | Electromagnetically operable switch An electrical switch having first and second sets of contacts and an operating member which is associated with both sets of contacts such that both sets of contacts can be moved from one of their operative states to the other operative state by a single m... | 05/22/1979 |
