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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179217 | Electromagnet device A polar electromagnet device has a drive shaft comprising an axis center supported so as to reciprocate in an axis center direction at a center hole of a spool wound with a coil, and a movable iron core attached to a lower end of the drive shaft on the axis center. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8143978 | Electromechanical relay and method of operating same An electromechanical relay employing a movable first magnet and a nearby switching electromagnet is disclosed. The movable first magnet is permanently magnetized with a magnetic moment and has at least a first end. The switching electromagnet, when energized, produc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8072300 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay has a movable block, hinge portions protruding from both sides of the movable block on an axis, having a wide connection portion and a shaft portion, a base block having common contact terminals disposed thereon, and an electromagnetic block... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7423504 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is provided which is capable of reducing a contact bounce at time of closing a contact. The electromagnetic relay is so configured that an opposed angle θ is 0° | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414214 | Contact arrangement for a relay The invention relates to a contact arrangement of a relay with a contact head (11) with a crown (17) which encloses a contact surface (15) and is raised with respect to the contact surface. According to the invention, for increasing the contact ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7372350 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is provided which is small in size and is capable of controlling two circuits of an ordinarily-open contact, which has a large current-carrying capacity and high interrupting capability, and which is excellent in resistance against shock and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350758 | Module for mounting a MEMS device A module for mounting a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a base having a first support and a second support. The second support has a support guide feature. The module also includes a bracket attached to the MEMS device. The bracket has a centra... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323957 | Electro-mechanical relay The electro-mechanical relay comprises a base having a transversal axis and a rocking member operatively connected over the base. The rocking member is pivotable, with reference to the transversal axis, between a first position and a second position. The relay also ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315229 | Electromagnetic relay Provided is an electromagnetic relay which does not require a braided wire for securing a current capacity of a main contact unit. The electromagnetic relay includes a main contact unit inserted into a power supply path to a load and an arc contact unit connected in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7286030 | Electromagnetic relay The present invention relates to an electromagnetic relay comprising: a base comprising at least one printed circuit card, which card has at least two conductor tracks forming respective switch accesses; at least o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268646 | Temperature controlled MEMS resonator and method for controlling resonator frequency There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a temperature compensated microelectromechanical resonator as well as fabricating, manufacturing, providing and/or controlling microelectromechanical reso... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7203073 | Circuit-constituting member and circuit unit A group of bus bars, forming a power circuit, are adhesively bonded to a surface of a control circuit board. Surface-mounting type relay switches are used as a switching unit for the power circuit. Contact-side terminals of each relay switch are mounted on the bus b... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190246 | Ground fault circuit interrupter A ground fault circuit interrupter includes a circuit board, a magnetic relay, and an armature. The circuit board has an opening and the magnetic relay is mounted on a first side of the circuit board and aligned with the opening. The armature assembly is pivotally m... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186120 | Automotive relay and electrical connector box An automotive relay and electrical connector box in which relays provided in the connector box do not include an integrated resistor, but provide for the attachment of a resistor only when a relay is connected to a circuit requiring resistance. When a common relay w... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7151426 | Latching micro magnetic relay packages and methods of packaging A method of forming a hermetically sealed MEMS package includes a step of providing a supporting GaAs substrate with at least one contact for the MEMS device on the surface of the supporting substrate and forming a cantilever on the surface of the supporting substra... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135946 | Electromagnetic relay having at least one relay actuator and a receptacle for relay actuators A double relay is described which has two relay actuators which are inserted into a common receptacle. Each relay actuator has a first fixed contact and a movable contact. Arranged on the receptacle are two second fixed contacts, in each case a second fixed contact ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116193 | Electromagnetic relay A relay is provided that has a base, connecting elements, a magnet system with a coil, a core arranged within the coil, an L-shaped yoke, and a plate-shaped armature, wherein the axis of the coil extends parallel to the first yoke leg, and a second yoke leg is conne... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7075394 | Electromagnetic drive flow controller An electromagnetic drive has a sliding portion and a stator, the stator forming a magnetic circuit in combination with the sliding portion. The stator has an accommodating portion for supporting the sliding portion so the sliding portion can reciprocate inside the a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068125 | Temperature controlled MEMS resonator and method for controlling resonator frequency There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a temperature compensated microelectromechanical resonator as well as fabricating, manufacturing, providing and/or controlling microelectromechanical reso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7046109 | Multi-contact type relay by electromagnet The present invention relates to a multi-contact type relay in which power is supplied to a load through a BCM (Body Control Module) in accordance with a switching signal from an integration switch, and two coils provided in a relay are selectively activated in acco... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038301 | Contact switch for high frequency application A plurality of fixed contacts and signal lines are provided on a fixed substrate. A movable contact which is closed or opened with the fixed contacts is provided on a movable substrate opposed to the fixed substrate. A film thickness of the fixed contacts is made to... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7015778 | Actuator device The actuator device includes a rotation body and a rotation restriction plate. The rotation axis of the rotation body is placed on the rotation axis holding member. The rotation restriction plate is placed on the side opposite the rotation axis holding member with r... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6970060 | Micro relay of which movable contact remains separated from ground contact in non-operating state A micro relay is provided including a movable contact, a stationary contact, and a ground contact opposed to the movable contact. In an operating state, the movable contact touches the ground contact when the movable contact separates from the stationary contact. In... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6958671 | Electrical contactor with positive temperature coefficient resistivity element The present invention provides an electrical contactor for connecting and disconnecting an electrical power source to an electrical device wherein the electrical power source is electrically connected to a line terminal having a line terminal electrical contact and ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949997 | Bi-stable trip-free relay configuration A relay reset assembly for use with a relay including first and second support members and a bi-stable armature forming an armature bearing surface and carried by the first support member for pivotal movement between first and second stable positions when force is a... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950004 | Quadrilateral electromagnetic coil assembly Prior art electromagnetic coil technology in tattoo machines employs a round steel post to alternately repel and attract an armature bar retained by a spring, reciprocally moving a needle bar and attached needle groupings into and out of the skin in the act of tatto... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943653 | Bistable electric switch and relay with a bi-stable electrical switch The invention relates to a bi-stable electric switch comprising a spring (101) that is configured as a bi-stable snap-action spring and carries contact elements (114, 116) on the carrier strip (104) of the spring and comprising at least one driv... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933816 | Relay In one embodiment, a method for reducing signal noise in a relay having pass-through and attenuator circuits which are alternately closed by operation of an armature assembly of the relay is disclosed. In accordance with the method, the armature assembly is provided... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6872902 | MEMS device with integral packaging A MEMS device and method of making same is disclosed. In one embodiment, a micro-switch includes a base assembly comprising a movable structure bearing a contact pad. The base assembly is wafer-scale bonded to a lid assembly comprising an activator and a signal path... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6861599 | Integrated microsprings for speed switches An integrated microspring switch may be provided for relatively high frequency switching applications. A spring arm may be formed over a microspring dimple, which may be hemispherical and hollow in one embodiment. When the spring arm contacts the dimple, the spring ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859122 | Magnetic actuator with short response time Magnetic actuator having a closed magnetic circuit (26) capable of guiding a magnetic flux. The magnetic circuit (26) comprises a fixed magnetic part (30, 31, 32) with a yoke (30) and a mobile part (22), magnetically connected to e... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6853273 | Relay Disclosed herein is a relay having a first circuit, a second circuit, a ground, an electro-magnetic actuator assembly, and an armature assembly. The armature assembly is movable between first and second positions with respect to the first and second circuits, and is... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6847277 | Torsion spring for electro-mechanical switches and a cantilever-type RF micro-electromechanical switch incorporating the torsion spring A torsion spring for an electro-mechanical switch is presented. The torsion spring comprises a set of tines including at least one tine extending from the free end of the armature of a switch. A terminus portion is rotatably suspended between the tines, and includes... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6842097 | Torsion spring for electro-mechanical switches and a cantilever-type RF micro-electromechanical switch incorporating the torsion spring A torsion spring for an electro-mechanical switch is presented. The torsion spring comprises a set of tines including at least one tine extending from the free end of the armature of a switch. A terminus portion is rotatably suspended between the tines, and includes... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6806801 | High frequency relay A high frequency relay has a mounting surface to be mounted on an external element and includes an electromagnet having an iron core and a coil wound around the iron core, stationary terminals to be connected to the external element, contacts formed to be generally ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6794966 | Low noise relay An electromagnetic relay (2) includes noise dampening means (20/32/34), such as an elastomeric insert, a noise dampening composition or mataerial, or a resin located at the juncture between the relay armature (4) and the spring (6), which... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6788176 | Bounce-reduced relay In a relay (1) with two parallel contact springs (2a, 2b) which close or interrupt the electric circuit between a first and a second relay contact (3, 4), whose one end is connected in a conducting fashion to the first relay... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6778046 | Latching micro magnetic relay packages and methods of packaging A method of forming a hermetically sealed MEMS package includes a step of providing a supporting GaAs substrate with at least one contact for the MEMS device on the surface of the supporting substrate and forming a cantilever on the surface of the supporting substra... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6768403 | Torsion spring for electro-mechanical switches and a cantilever-type RF micro-electromechanical switch incorporating the torsion spring A torsion spring for an electro-mechanical switch is presented. The torsion spring comprises a set of tines including at least one tine extending from the free end of the armature of a switch. A terminus portion is rotatably suspended between the tines, and includes... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6750744 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is provided with an iron core (50) which has a virtually J-letter shape on a plan view with one end serving as a support-receiving portion (51) and the other end serving as a magnetic pole portion (52), and a movable iro... | 06/15/2004 |
