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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369639 | Method and tomography unit for taking tomographic pictures of a beating heart A method and a tomography unit are disclosed for taking tomographic pictures of a patient's beating heart, in particular X-ray CT pictures. In such a method and tomography unit, only detector data or image data of a portion of the cardiac phase from one or more hear... | 05/06/2008 |
| 5844456 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is provided with an electromagnet system with a U-shaped core yoke and an essentially flat armature, which form a working air gap on a longitudinal side underneath the coil winding. One yoke limb lies immediately on the coil windi... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5781089 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay includes a winding, a magnetic core disposed within the winding, and an armature mounted for movement at a first end of the winding. At least one movable circuit contact is operably associated with the armature and movable with re... | 07/14/1998 |
| 4910484 | Electromagnetic relay having silencing effect A relay comprises a yoke, an armature, a movable contact spring having a movable contact, at least one stationary contact mounted thereon, and a core. An air damper is mounted on a free end of the movable spring, or on a free end of the armature, to reduc... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4553117 | Pneumatic timing attachment for an electromagnetic device A timing attachment for a relay which may be programmed to provide an ON DELAY or an OFF DELAY operation of a pair of switches with each switch having either normally open or normally closed contacts. The attachments includes a bellcrank having a lever ar... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4535310 | Pneumatic timing attachment for an electromagnetic device A timing attachment for a relay that is programmable to provide an ON Delay or an OFF Delay operation of a pair of switches having either normally open or normally closed contacts. The attachment includes a housing that is mountable in either of two posit... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4504807 | High inrush current circuit breaker A magnetic circuit breaker has a U-shaped magnetizable plate between the solenoid coil and the plastic spool flange located below the pole piece that is engaged by the armature to trip the breaker. This U-shaped disc diverts some of the instantaneous flux... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4480158 | Time delay switching device A time-delay switching device which includes a pneumatic timer adapted to be triggered by an electromagnet. The switching device includes at least two switches, with each switch including a movable switching element for controlling switching operations in... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4431030 | Fluid timing element, especially a pneumatic timing element for use in household appliances, such as electric toasters A fluid timing element, comprising a nozzle, a needle being at least partly insertable into the nozzle forming a choke gap therebetween, at least one of the nozzle and the needle being axially tapered, the nozzle and the needle being axially movable relat... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4378541 | Time delay switch In a time delay switch comprising: a delay action means comprising an oil dash pot (9) containing a piston (21) of magnetic-flux-responsive substance disposed in an oil-filled cylinder, a magnetic circuit containing a permanent magnet (18) mechanically linked ... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4315231 | High-speed circuit breaker High-speed breaker for an electric circuit, including a fixed contact, movable contact and a movable holder for the movable contact. An actuating rod is reciprocally movable toward and away from the fixed contact between first and second positions. A head... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4303147 | Adjustment for pneumatic timer An adjustment mechanism for a pneumatic timing device, that operates relay contacts with a time delay, in which a needle valve is aligned longitudinally with a bellows and the needle valve is operated by a rotatable adjustment knob that operates a visual ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4256021 | Pneumatic timer with eccentrically disposed valve needle A pneumatic timer for a timing relay is regulated by the axial movement of a valve needle through a chamber formed in the body of the timer. The valve needle forms a tapered valve stem along its longitudinal axis and the valve stem is eccentrically dispos... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4179676 | Time delay relay movement An improved movement for a time delay relay cooperates with an electromagnet and a timer to provide either "On Delay" or "Off Delay" operation of the relay contacts. The movement has an elongated operating plunger that is movable in forward and backward s... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4104602 | Pneumatic timer A pneumatic timer is disclosed which includes a base plate, a vertical frame member consisting of a frame perpendicular to the base plate and a horizontal frame. The horizontal frame portion includes a central opening, the vertical frame portion includes ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4038619 | Pneumatic timer A pneumatic timer translating the external force of an electromagnetic relay or the like into rotational movement of a camshaft to actuate a set of switch contacts. The rotation of the camshaft is retarded in one direction by an adjustable pneumatic one-w... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3944955 | Solenoid switches A solenoid switch, particularly but not exclusively for use in a starter motor supply circuit includes a solenoid coil and at least one fixed contact. An armature is movable relative to the coil in response to energisation of the coil and carries a movabl... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3932826 | Dashpot solenoid A dashpot solenoid is provided having a thin-walled well with a support ring around an accurately sized and shaped slightly reduced mouth portion and an adjustable air metering orifice at the bottom or opposite end. A plunger coated with a polyfluoro hydr... | 01/13/1976 |
