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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7151233 | Contact system A contact system needs comparatively little overall space. that the contact system includes a spring element acting on the contact holder, fabricated from an electrically nonconducting material. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6984796 | Electrical switch assembly An apparatus (10) includes a switch assembly (12). The switch assembly (12) includes a housing (16) and a set of contacts (14) supported by the housing. The set of contacts (14) includes a first contact (20) and a sec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6924449 | Interrupting device for switching apparatus A contact pole interrupting device in an electrical switching apparatus composed of a moving contact holder including a cylindrical contact pressure spring, a slide that moves along a longitudinal axis, and a mobile bridge supporting two mobile contacts. The mobile ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916017 | Vibration damper device The invention relates to a damper device for damping vibration, the device comprising an energy converter device mounted on a baseplate for fixing to a structure, the energy converter device presenting a moving portion suspended by at least one spring. The moving po... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6812418 | Fastening of a contact element A contact fastened in a contact element by opposite overlaps is provided. The contact is subsequently connected to the contact element with a laser or a special stamping. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6624367 | Micromachine switch A control line (16a) and control terminal (3a) are disposed farther away from a signal line (2a) than a position of an electrode (11). This reduces the loss of energy flowing in the signal line opened/closed by a micromachine switch.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6556110 | Switching device with interrupter chamber module An arcing chamber assembly is described having two side walls, a contact compression spring, a contact link, a slide which can be mounted one behind the other in the interior of the arcing chamber assembly, just by stacking them from one side. For this pu... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6392173 | Automatic switchover device for power source In an automatic switchover device for a power source designed to automatically switch over systems for supplying electric power to an electric load in such a manner that electric power output from an engine generator is supplied to the electric load upon ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6267605 | Self positioning, passive MEMS mirror structures Provided is a micro-machine mirror structure with hinges which after being released from a sacrificial layer will result in the mirror structure being lifted out of the plane of the substrate to a fixed defined geometric angle. Stresses in a metal layer o... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5848685 | Photolithographically patterned spring contact A photolithographically patterned spring contact is formed on a substrate and electrically connects contact pads on two devices. The spring contact also compensates for thermal and mechanical variations and other environmental factors. An inherent stress ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5673785 | Micromechanical relay The micromechanical electrostatic relay has, on the one hand, a base substrate with base electrode and a base contact piece and, on the other hand, an armature substrate with an armature spring tongue that is etched free and curved away from the base subs... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5376764 | Three-way switch A three-position floating beam armature switch includes a hollow housing, in which a floating beam armature is resiliently biased toward the closed top of the housing. An operator member is carried by the housing to apply a predetermined force to the arma... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5283406 | Switch with moveable carrier and moveable contacts attached thereto A switch is provided with a moveable contact and contact carrier that significantly facilitates the manufacturing process necessary to make the assembly. The contact carrier is provided with first and second extensions that are generally flexible and asso... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5199554 | Spring contact A spring contact device consists of an insulative case (6) having at least one pair of slots extending upwardly from a bottom thereof and a contact spring (1) which includes a contact portion (3) made by bending upwardly a thick portion of a profile sprin... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5023416 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker in which a movable contactor is held by a holder of electrically insulating material which is rotatably supported through a switching shaft on a casing. The movable contactor is driven by a switching mechanism to be swung about the switc... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4926019 | Moving copper pivot A pivoting electrical connected useable in a molded case circuit breaker including a pair of contact plates for contacting the circular contact member of a contact carrying arm. The pivoting electrical connection provides at least three contact locations ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4789765 | Switch device A switch device comprises a resilient contact member and a support member carrying the contact member. The support member is movable between a first position in which the contact member is in electrically-conductive contact with two conductor elements tha... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4731510 | Circuit-breaker with tripping lever cooperating with movable contact support member having a resilient blade which effects contact opening and closure The support piece of a circuit-breaker's movable contact assembly has a one piece structure including a rigid sole piece carrying the mobile contacts and a resilient blade facing the sole piece, at a distance therefrom, and forming a contact pressure spri... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4694130 | Illuminated pushbutton switch with unitary spring and contact An illuminated pushbutton switch has a translucent button aligned with a lamp, a stationary contact, and a sinuous spring urging the button to its released position, the spring being bifurcated and straddling the lamp to allow a clear illumination path. T... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4677265 | Gas-blast circuit breaker The gas-blast circuit breaker preferably provided for switching medium voltage has a housing (1) filled with insulating gas. In this housing (1), two contact members (7, 8) are arranged which can be moved relative to each other along an axis (6), and a fi... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4668848 | Alignment and centering arrangement for contacts of an interrupting device An alignment and centering arrangement is provided for effecting the self-centering of a first contact assembly and for effecting the self-alignment of the first contact assembly with a second contact assembly as the contact assemblies are positioned toge... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4554427 | Molded case circuit breaker with movable lower electrical contact A molded case circuit breaker includes a movable lower electrical contact having a formed stationary member, a movable contact arm, a pair of electrical contact compression springs, a contact arm compression spring and a contact secured to the upper end o... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4504713 | Push button electrical switch assembly A push button electrical switch assembly including an actuator biased for resilient reciprocation between predetermined axial limits within a housing. A cover on the housing includes a push button movable between predetermined axial limits. The push butto... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4435627 | High tension circuit breaker A high tension circuit breaker which includes a stationary switching mechanism, a second switching mechanism axially movable in a first axial direction, a first and second arcing contact operatively connected to the movable switching mechanism and a stati... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4427858 | Grounding switch The present invention relates to a grounding switch having a fixed switch piece attached to an equipment part to be grounded and a switch piece displacable relative to the fixed switch piece by a drive. The switch pieces partially form a switch-piece over... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4357510 | Switch device for use on circuit board One-piece stamped and formed switch device which is intended for mounting on a circuit board comprises an elongated flat base having mounting tabs or posts extending from its ends. A flange extends from one of the ends in the opposite direction from the d... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4349710 | Door edge for attachment to a train door and the like A door edge including an elongate hollow resiliently flexible body for securement to a door generally in the plane of the door, the body having an outer wall remote from the door of a cross-sectional configuration generally sinuous or corrugated, and a co... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4340860 | Integrated circuit carrier package test probe An IC carrier package test probe including a test probe head which is formed to penetrate into the IC chip cavity of the carrier package and which includes an elastic base having a thin layer of metal foil affixed to the outer face thereof, which foil is ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4295024 | Spring biased energy absorber for vacuum switch contact shafts An improved electrical switch unit is provided having a strategically located, shock-absorbing member which absorbs a large proportion of potentially damaging impact forces developed during switch closing operations and thus preserves the soft metal switc... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4276458 | Switch arrangement with switch contacts which can be changed as desired to normally open or normally closed operation Switch arrangement with switches completely equipped both for normally closed and for normally open operation, in which, by means of an insulating part which can be selectively placed operatively with respect to the contact pieces which cooperate as break... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4144430 | Cantilever spring contact having integral support pin A spring contact which is intended to be mounted on a circuit board comprises an elongated spring blade having a mounting end and an outer or free end. An integral mounting plate extends alongside the blade from the mounting end thereof to an intermediate... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4143254 | Waterproof multiple electrical switch assembly A programmable, reciprocating, multiple electrical switch assembly contained within a waterproof housing. The assembly includes a plurality of discrete electrical switches arranged in a predetermined pattern on a fixed frame. The switches are triggered by... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4132487 | Keyboard switch This invention relates to a keyboard switch or push button transducer for use in keyboards which makes use of the advantages of resistive and capacitive methods of closure. The switch element is comprised of a resilient conductive element attached to a pa... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4087667 | Double-throw contact A double-throw contact assembly, particularly for relay switches, or push button switches of the non-locking type, having a break contact, a make contact, and a pair of flexible contact arms associated therewith. Each contact arm is fixed adjacent one of ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4005298 | Electrically conductive moveable support member for use in electrical switches An electrically conductive moveable support member for use as a contact carrier, contactor or armature support. Such electrically conductive support member is formed of electrically conductive material of sufficient cross section to carry the desired curr... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3946185 | Spring wire contact assembly A subminiature switch structure particularly adapted for cooperation with integrated circuits as may, for example, be employed in an electronic watch including a restrained spring wire manually movable by resilient bending from normal spring loaded engage... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3940578 | Keyboard structure having panel mounted key actuators with electrical component operating element An electronic keyboard has a chassis with keys each utilising a parallel motion linkage to permit movement of an operating member towards an electric circuit element. The main structure of the keys and linkage may be formed as a unitary plastics moulding.... | 02/24/1976 |
