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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7202427 | Switch contact arrangement comprising a device for increasing a contact-force acting between switch contacts A switch contact arrangement for a power switch is provided with a device for increasing the contact force acting between switch contacts. The device includes a cavity which is made in a stationary conductive element of the switch contact arrangement in such a manne... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7133033 | Actuator for a switch An actuator for a switch, the actuator being movable between on and off positions against an adjustable resilient bias to provide a first signal when said actuator is in said on position and a second signal when said actuator is in said off position. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6884952 | Contact finger for a high-power switchgear A contact finger module for mounting in a high-power switchgear includes at least one contact finger having a contact piece and a flexible contact piece support, which extends along a longitudinal direction and has an attachment end and a contact-making end. The con... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6765166 | Switch contact structure To reduce the number of components for facilitating assembly and parts management, and to ensure prevention of rattling of the movable block, a switch contact structure is disclosed, which comprises a substrate 63, a movable block 67 disposed so as to ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6520699 | Keyboard A user interface device for inputting and outputting information. The user interface device includes a plurality of keys slidably retained within a housing, each key being associated with a plurality of alphanumeric characters or functions. The keys are j... | 02/18/2003 |
| 4926150 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay comprising a hinged armature pivotably supported at a front face of a coil core carrying a relay winding, a switching contact supported on the hinged armature, a fixed counter contact cooperating with the switching contact for act... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4849589 | Contact assembly for a circuit breaker Apparatus for simultaneously applying two independent forces to the contact blades of a movable contact assembly. The contact assembly has three contact blades joined at the base. The circuit breaker mechanism exerts a closing force through a blade carrie... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4692728 | Self-aligning spring mechanism for an electrical switch An electromagnetically operated relay having a spring which compensates for misalignment of a moveable block as shown and described. The movable block reciprocates within said relay housing in response to forces exerted by the electromagnet. The block inc... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4525644 | Piezoelectric-enhanced circuit connection means Materials exhibiting electrostrictive characteristics, such as piezoelectric materials, are used to selectively increase the mechanical engagement forces between two electrical connections for improving the integrity and reliability of their interconnecti... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4227059 | Driving mechanisms for vacuum circuit breakers In a driving mechanism for a vacuum circuit breaker including a movable contact, a stationary contact and bellows permitting reciprocating movement of the movable contact, a bell crank is oscillated by an actuating device to reciprocate a drive bar connec... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4224488 | Electrical switch devices An electrical snap acting switch is calibrated by deforming an unsupported part of a terminal strip which carries a fixed contact after assembly of the switch device, to predetermine the operating point of the switch contacts. Deformation of the fixed con... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4214136 | Electrical switches for control devices such as temperature regulators An electrical snap action switch for use in a temperature regulator has a movable contact assembly consisting of a conductive contact carrying arm movable between fixed stops and cantilevered within the switch housing, the contact arm being parallel to an... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4142081 | Contact system for high-voltage power circuit breakers A contact system for a high-voltage power circuit breaker wherein the contact system includes first and second hollow contacts which have end faces which rest against one another under pressure in the "on" position or condition of the breaker and which se... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4092620 | Electrical connection for the moving contacts of a relay An electrical connection for the moving contacts of a relay in which a connector pin in the header of the relay and the moving contacts are electrically connected by a cantilever spring contact supported on the connector pin, the cantilevered spring conta... | 05/30/1978 |
