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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7924124 | Electrical switching device comprising magnetic displacement elements for a switching element Electrical switching device, especially a high-frequency switching device, with at least one oblong electrical switching element, which is arranged with one contact end between two fixed-contact elements spaced a transverse distance from one another and can be moved... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7354118 | Control valve system A pneumatic brake system that includes at least one pneumatic latching valve; a single device, such as a solenoid, for providing momentary pilot signals to pneumatic latching valve; a source of pressurized supply air in communication with the pneumatic latching valv... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354292 | Low profile latching connector and pull tab for unlatching same A small, low-profile plug connector for use with electronic devices provides a latching member with a pair of hooks that engage mating holes in a guide frame, and which can be easily delatched from the guide frame or opposing connector or housing. The hooks lock the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339774 | Automatic battery disconnect system A safety battery disconnect system for disconnecting a vehicle battery from the electrical system of the vehicle when an impact exceeding a predetermined magnitude is detected while maintaining electrical power input from the battery to selected portions of the vehi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325743 | Housing for hand held scanner A housing for a hand-held scanner has an upper surface having a front portion and a rear portion, a lower surface having a front portion and a rear portion, side surfaces between the upper and lower surfaces and a first groove in the lower surface between the front ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325781 | Automatic bathroom flushers with modular design A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7298236 | Circuit breaker electromagnetic tripping device A circuit breaker electromagnetic tripping device in which the contact between the movable contacts and the stationary contacts is stable and well, and the tripping does not tend to fail is disclosed. In one embodiment, the circuit breaker device comprises a casing,... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7238045 | Battery-securing structure with setting-cleared elements A battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements for being integrally assembled and welded onto a main board is provided. The battery securing structure comprises al insulation body, a first elastic structure, a second elastic structure, and a plurality of... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236071 | Medium voltage vacuum contactor A medium voltage vacuum contactor comprising for each pole, a vacuum envelope which contains a fixed contact and a corresponding movable contact; and actuating means providing the energy required to move the movable contacts, characterized in that said actuating mea... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213370 | Window regulator A closure assembly for a motor vehicle includes a closure member, a guide track and a carrier operably secured to the guide track for movement along the guide track and carrying the closure member therewith. A rack has a plurality of teeth and extends along the guid... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7188822 | Enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7170375 | Permanent-magnet ground fault circuit interrupter plug and its permanent-magnet mechanism therein A permanent-magnet ground fault circuit interrupter plug with self-diagnosing function having an enclosure and a permanent-magnet mechanism encased in the enclosure. In one embodiment, the permanent-magnet mechanism includes a frame assembly having a crossbeam, a fr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156363 | Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7069941 | Electronic faucets for long-term operation An electronic faucet (10) mounted on a countertop (12) includes a housing, at least one fluid inlet line (24a, 24b) extending into the housing, a fluid outlet (46) from the housing, a solenoid (142, 143) for op... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7049915 | Bistable magnetic actuator An actuator is described having two fixed magnetic structures, and a mobile magnetic part able to move towards either one of the two ends of the magnetic structures. The actuator can be in the form of a microactuator, and can be used in the fabrication of microrelay... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6992256 | External disconnect mechanism integrated with an electrical system enclosure A disconnect mechanism for an electrical system that is integrated with the enclosure of the system, yet includes an external handle for closing and opening the electrical circuit. The invention utilizes the system's circuit breaker to switch the current on or off, ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6948697 | Apparatus and method for controlling fluid flow An actuator base, bobbin, and pole piece form a pocket for an armature that a flexible membrane encloses to form an armature chamber filled with an incompressible fluid. The membrane protects the armature from exposure to corrosive fluids flowing in a conduit. Condu... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941934 | Purge valve including an annular permanent magnet linear actuator A purge valve includes an aperture, a member, and an actuator. The aperture defines a portion of a vapor flow path that extends between a first port that communicates vapor with a fuel vapor collection canister and a second port that communicates vapor with an intak... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6768405 | Switching device A switching device of low power consumption type, in which magnetic pole portions 37c of a pair of iron cores 37 constructing an electromagnet block 30 are individually arranged on the bottom face of a sealing case 41. The other en... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6677842 | Load disconnecting switch especially for use in motor vehicles A load-disconnecting switch has a permanent-magnetic holding circuit. A coil (5), upon excitation thereof, generates a magnetic flux that is opposite to the magnetic flux of the permanent magnet (9). The armature (6) is biassed to an open position by an a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6538541 | Bistable contactor A bistable contactor comprises at least two concentrically arranged coils, an armature that is movable relative to the coils, a permanent magnet that is stationary relative to the coils, and a spring element. The armature includes contacts for opening and... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6424244 | Magnetic switch The invention relates to a magnetic switch having a yoke which has the shape of a rotationally symmetrical cup on the base of which is arranged a permanent magnet. The flux of the permanent magnet is conducted via a core, which has a radial core flange, t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6351199 | Position sensor for latching solenoid valve The invention is directed to an improved position sensor for a latching solenoid (15). In the preferred embodiment, the solenoid has a permanent magnet (16), a coil (18) adapted to be selectively energized by either a positive or negative current, a first... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6262648 | Electromagnetic actuator Electromagnetic actuator for moving a contact into a switched-on or switched-off state, comprising a contact-actuating rod which is displaceable in the longitudinal direction between a first position, corresponding to the switched-off state, and a second ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6150909 | Electromagnetic switching device An electromagnetic switchgear unit has an electromagnetic drive appliance which acts as an auxiliary magnet system and by means of which the contact force is first increased on the occurrence of a short-circuit current, before the contacts are abruptly to... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6137387 | Magnetically-retained armature retainer for electrical switches An armature retainer for a magnetic switch retains an armature adjacent an internal surface of a carrier sheet with electrodes thereon forming switch contacts. The retainer includes a polishing pad, a backing layer and openings for the armature to reside ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6121862 | Magnetic flux concentrator shield for use in overload relay A magnetic flux concentrator shield is disclosed for use with magnetic flux sensors in an overload relay for multiple pole electromagnetic contactor applications. The magnetic flux concentrating shield has slotted layers of laminated members. The layers h... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6097246 | Current limiting breaking device using electromagnetic repulsion coil The present invention includes a first switch 4a, a second switch 4b and a capacitor 4d. The first switch 4a normally in a closed state is connected in series between a power source 1 and load, and opens when an accident builds up. The second switch 4b no... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6084281 | Planar magnetic motor and magnetic microactuator comprising a motor of this type Planar magnetic motor (100), characterized by the fact that it comprises a plurality of magnetic poles (111, 121) made of a ferromagnetic material placed at the center of planar coils (110, 120) constituted by at least one layer of turns produced on the s... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6040751 | Battery section switch The battery section switch is switched between a terminal post and a main circuit using a contact arrangement. The contact arrangement can be locked in its closed position via a toggle spring device that acts directly on a free end of a contact spring. Th... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6005459 | Switching device A switching device providing highly-reliable, frictionless, adjustment-free operation is described. Comprised of a comparatively small number of moving parts, the various aspects of the invention offer compact, cost-effective, reliable alternatives to the... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5986528 | Electrical switching device An electrical switching device prevents moving contacts from welding to stationary contacts in a switching device. This is achieved using an auxiliary magnet system in the main current path, which system produces a contact pressure force corresponding to ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5982259 | Contactor and controller for a contactor A contactor comprises first and second armatures which are urged towards contact-making positions by first and second windings, respectively. Each of the armatures displaces the other armature from its contact-making position when moving towards its own c... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5952903 | Operation of residual current devices A push button residual current device employs a single push button to perform setting and testing operations. Over a first part of the down stroke of the push button a test trip is initiated which causes the device to trip if it is properly functioning. W... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5933063 | Ground fault circuit interrupter A ground fault circuit interrupter has a pair of stationary contacts and a pair of movable contacts mounted in a housing. Also included is an electromagnetic coil mounted in the housing for generating an electromagnetic field. The interrupter also has a p... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5912604 | Molded pole automatic circuit recloser with bistable electromagnetic actuator An electromagnetic actuator and an automatic recloser incorporating such actuator are disclosed. The actuator is shown to include a housing, a permanent magnet member, a coil, an armature, mounted to move axially within the housing between first and secon... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5909166 | Safety switch A safety switch includes a spring-biased locking pin which is displaceable axially inside a switch housing by a lifting magnet against the biasing force of the spring to switch a switching element between a blocking position and a release position, and a ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5889454 | Electromagnetic relay and method of manufacture thereof An electromagnetic relay and methods for its manufacture are provided. The relay has a coil body with flanges and with at least one winding disposed between the flanges. A rod-shaped core is respectively arranged axially inside each winding. The yoke is s... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5886604 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker having superior shock and vibration resistance is provided. The circuit breaker has a handle pivoted from an off position to an on position. The circuit is closed by bringing a movable contact point into contact with a fixed contact poin... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5883557 | Magnetically latching solenoid apparatus A magnetically latching solenoid apparatus is characterized by a non-magnetic armature carrying a permanent magnet having poles aligned with the throw axis of the device. The poles of the magnet are substantially aligned with corresponding pole pieces and... | 03/16/1999 |
