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Class 200/19.07 - Rotary


Subclass of Class 200 - Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Definition: Subject matter in which a rotating contact cooperates with
No. of patents: 19
Last issue date: 01/22/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7320363Energized slip ring assembly
A slip ring assembly including a slip ring and an electrical contact assembly. The slip ring defines a circumference and an electrical contact groove extending around the circumference of the slip ring. The electrical contact assembly preferably includes a plurality...
01/22/2008
7247219Rotary impulse sealer
The invention is a rotatable cylindrical roll for heat sealing heat sealable materials that includes a heating zone for sealing the material and a cooling zone for supporting the newly formed seal. The device comprises a conductive zone and a resistive zone that are...
07/24/2007
7006761Control device for DC motors
In order to design as inexpensively as possible a control device for DC motors which are provided with a commutator for feeding their motor windings which has at least four sliding contacts, this device comprising a modulation stage which generates at least one cont...
02/28/2006
6862482Appliance control system with LED operation indicators
An appliance controller includes a plurality of LEDs that are configured annularly about a control knob of the appliance controller. The LEDs are operated so as to indicate status of the operation of the appliance when the appliance is in a run mode. In one form, th...
03/01/2005
6856841Appliance control system with solid state appliance controller
A solid state appliance controller includes circuitry formed on a circuit board, the circuitry defining a voltage trace in communication with a voltage source, a first state trace, and a second state trace. The first and second state traces are in communication with...
02/15/2005
6756549Power control apparatus
A rotating terminal (16) has a circumferential outer peripheral surface (21a, 24a) having its center disposed at an axis (13, 21b) of rotation of the rotating terminal, and has electrically conductive areas and non-el...
06/29/2004
6609266Wiper motor
A wiper motor suitably applied to the wiper apparatus possible to solve a difference in the wiping range caused by the difference in the operation speed of the wiper blade by the wiper linkage used with an eccentric mechanism, which is provided with a sem...
08/26/2003
6188332Apparatus for magnetically transfering control information from a rotary knob
An apparatus for magnetically transferring control information from a rotary knob with a knob mounted in a manner which facilitates rotation, a magnetic material about the circumference of the knob with alternating field lines perpendicular to the directi...
02/13/2001
5745057Adjustment operating apparatus
An adjustment operating apparatus for adjusting an adjusting object, such as sound volume, through an operation by the user which includes an operation device for adjusting an adjusting object so as to increase or decrease through an operation and for inp...
04/28/1998
5380965Electromechanical pulse generator
An electromechanical pulse gereator having a purely mechanical mode of operation for microelectronic equipment, e.g. volume control in hearing aids, consisting of a housing formed by a fixed base portion in which a shaft is fixedly mounted and a timing wh...
01/10/1995
5194704Mechanically operating electrical pulse generator
A mechanically operating pulse for generating electrical pulses dependent upon the rotation of direction of rotary shaft. The pulse generator includes a gear rim having internal toothing driven by the rotary shaft, a radially and generally deflectable swi...
03/16/1993
5084597Drum switch construction
An electrical switch including a frame defined by a base and two opposing end walls extending substantially perpendicular from the base, and a spindle journalled in the line holes in the end walls to allow for oscillatory movement of the spindle. A plural...
01/28/1992
4935739Encoder
An encoder device encodes angular position in the form of electrical signals in dependence on the position of a rotatable member in relation to a series of discrete fixed contacts disposed about the axis of rotation of a rotatable member. A series of disc...
06/19/1990
4916264Rotary switch
This relates to a rotary switch and rotary valve assembly for a multiple work station machine wherein the work stations rotate and are sequentially presented to an operating position. There may be a high voltage switch and two low voltage switches with th...
04/10/1990
4830048Rotary switch and valve assembly
This relates to a rotary switch and rotary valve assembly for a multiple work station machine wherein the work stations rotate and are sequentially presented to an operating position. There may be a high voltage and two low voltage switches with the switc...
05/16/1989
4700026Wiper home position stop device
A wiper driving unit for driving a wiper for a vehicle such as a motor vehicle includes: a driving gear driven by a motor, for driving the wiper; and a clutch member formed of a conductive resilient plate, rotatably supported and rotatable together with t...
10/13/1987
4609794Printed circuit switch for windshield wiper motor
A switch includes three blade contact terminals against which is biased a rotating printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is rotationally moveable with respect to the blade contacts and has conductive elements on a first side of the printed circ...
09/02/1986
4271336Electrical slip ring and brush ring assembly
An electrical current transfer assembly includes a slip ring and a brush ring having an annular array of contact elements engaging the slip ring as one ring rotates with respect to the other, the brush ring being divided into a plurality of equal sectors ...
06/02/1981
4224068Method of making distributor rotor electrode containing dielectric bodies for suppressing radio frequency interference
This invention relates to an improved method of making a distributor rotor electrode wherein dielectric particles are dispersed in an electrically conductive metal matrix for suppressing radio frequency intereference. More particularly, the invention rela...
09/23/1980
 
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