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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188396 | SCADA ready field test switch A monitored SCADA Ready Field Test (FT) Switch is disclosed. The monitored switch relates to the incorporation of a monitoring switch for each switch unit in a FT switch to monitor the position of the corresponding switch unit and the FT switch, generally. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8119944 | Electronic device An electronic device adapted to be mounted on a circuit board is disclosed. A housing is made of an insulative material. The housing includes a first face adapted to oppose the circuit board, a second face and a third face which respectively intersect with the first... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8008589 | Electrical switching device in a motor vehicle having an anti-ESD device An electrical switching device in a motor vehicle includes an anti-ESD device which is formed by a metallic or metal-coated element on a surface of the switching device, with which an earth connection is associated via a defined air gap. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7371984 | Button assembly of dishwasher A button assembly of a dishwasher is provided. The button assembly includes a button portion and a front panel. The button portion has a button head for a user to press and a button body extending down from the button head. A button connecting portion connects a plu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360957 | Thin keypad assemblies and components for electronics devices and methods A keypad assembly, the keypad assembly including a keycap layer 110 having multiple user interface key caps flexibly coupled to a carrier portion, a luminescent layer 120 disposed toward a backside of the plurality of key cap layer, the luminescent lay... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363063 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interference from the keyboard into the radio receiver A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing. Radio frequency (RF) circuitry carried by the circuit board forms a transmitter and receiver. A processor is carried by the circuit board and operative with the RF c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353041 | Mobile wireless communications device having improved RF immunity of audio transducers to electromagnetic interference (EMI) A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor operative with each other. Audio circuitry is carried by the circuit board and an audio transducer assembly,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348511 | Button device for computer bezel A button device for an electronic device, includes a panel defining an opening, a button module, and a switch. The button module has two opposite ends attached to the panel. A button is suspended at a middle of the button module and aligned with the opening of the p... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348510 | Safety switch, and enclosure and electrical connector assembly therefor An electrical connector assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus including an enclosure, separable contacts housed by the enclosure, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The enclosure has a back panel, sid... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342193 | Electronic apparatus with an electrostatic discharging structure An electronic apparatus with an electrostatic discharging structure is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a key cap, a switch component, a discharging conductor, a grounding point and a circuit board. The switch component is mounted on the circuit board. T... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335843 | Computer keyboard backlighting Embodiments of a peripheral backlighting system for keyboards are shown and described, which include one or more light-emitting panels exterior to the keyswitches of the keyboard. The panels are preferably electroluminescent material or light-emitting chemical cells... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328047 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering energy from the display and related methods A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and includes radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. A display connector for an LCD connector is mo... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317170 | Electronic function relay A simple and low-cost electronic function relay is specified, for example an overload relay with a bistable printed circuit board relay module. The relay includes an engagement point for mechanical operation. The relay further includes a separate reset mechanism, wh... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291795 | Flexible printed circuits with many tiny holes A switch or circuit board having a first conductive area on a first side of the board, a second conductive area on a second side of the board, several tiny holes running through the board from the first side to the second side, and a conductive material substantiall... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287432 | Process transmitter with overpressure vent An overpressure vent in a transmitter housing of a process transmitter. The transmitter is configured for coupling to an industrial process and measuring a process variable. The transmitter includes an enclosure having a cavity formed therein. A process coupling is ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7262373 | Multifunctional switch A multifunctional switch having a push button placed on an upper surface, and an operating lever protruding laterally from the side thereof. The push button on the upper surface is used to operate a push switch. The operating lever on the side is used to operate a r... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243851 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering energy from the keyboard A mobile wireless communications device includes a circuit board carried by a housing and having RF circuitry and a processor operative with the RF circuitry. A keyboard is carried by the housing and includes a keypad array circuit. A keypad connector is carried by ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244897 | Opening switch for vehicle doors or trunks An opening switch (1) for vehicle doors or rear hatches comprises an actuator device (5) for activating a microswitch (6) which can be moved between two positions: a first open position in which the actuator device is kept away from the microswi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235752 | Illuminating membrane switch and illuminating keypad using the same An illuminating membrane switch includes an upper membrane sheet and a lower membrane sheet. The lower membrane sheet includes an electroluminescent device and a plurality of lower lead wires disposed on the illuminating surface of the electroluminescent device. An ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7193165 | Operation device for game machine and hand-held game machine A hand-held game machine (10) includes a horizontally-long rectangular housing (12), and the housing is covered with a cover (14) almost entirely. Each of top main surfaces of the housing and the cover has a plane shape of pincushion, and thus, ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190053 | Field device incorporating circuit card assembly as environmental and EMI/RFI shield A field hardened industrial device is described with a housing of the device having electrically conductive walls surrounding a cavity with an open end. An electronics assembly is adapted to fit within the cavity. The device includes a circuit card assembly, which i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187258 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes an elongated movable contact having a contact at one end thereof for flowing a current therethrough and the other end rotatably supported with a holder, and a protection cover made of an insulating material for covering and protecting a mo... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173205 | Electronic device with manual operation button The invention provides a manual operation button having a large operable area. A manual operation button is composed of a manual operation plane, a holder for assembling the manual operation plane and a stopper for fixing the holder to a casing. The casing has a mou... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161104 | Trip-free PCB mountable relay configuration and method A method and assembly for use with a printed circuit board (PCB), the assembly comprising a relay assembly including a relay housing and a trip free reset assembly mounted within the housing and linked to other relay components mounted within the housing for manuall... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151237 | Control housing and method of manufacturing same A control housing is provided which encases a control board. The housing has a cover and a backing which are fixed together to secure the control board within the housing. The control board includes a plurality of switches, and the housing includes a plurality of co... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141743 | Method and apparatus for protecting a circuit assembly from electrostatic discharge In an embodiment, a method for changing a direction of an electrostatic discharge includes: providing a structure having a path capable of passing an electrostatic discharge, and changing by over about 90° (ninety degrees) a direction of an electrostatic discharge ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137131 | Optical disc drive An optical disc drive including a case in which a circuit board is provided, a tray on which an optical disc is mounted and is installed in the case capable of sliding in and out of the case, a main base coupled to the tray wherein the main base includes, a spindle ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7098417 | Surface pressing button and electronic device including the same An auxiliary supporting frame of an electronic device that has a stopper hole to which a portion of a projection of a surface pressing part is inserted. The stopper hole is open in a direction that a front cover of the surface pressing button is mounted, and a stopp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091437 | Rotary switch A knob module is set on a circuit board of an electric device and comprises: a pedestal fixed on the circuit board with a plurality of interference parts and a pivotally connecting part; a rotative body with a plurality of pivotally connecting bodies corresponding t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7015408 | Switch unit capable of directly illuminating switch operating position A switch unit includes a first sheet member that includes a movable contact. A second sheet member is provided on the first sheet member. The second sheet member includes a light-emitting part and wiring. The wiring supplies power to the light-emitting part. The wir... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009132 | Terminal assembly for vented circuit breaker and circuit breaker incorporating same A circuit breaker vents at least some of the arc gases generated during current interruption from an internal cavity containing separable contacts through a terminal recess vent in a wall in the housing into an external terminal recess. The line side main conductor ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002086 | Switch device A switch device includes: an operating portion made of a synthetic resin and having a conductive plating layer formed thereon, the operating portion configured to be inserted into a hole formed on a housing of an apparatus; and a shielding portion made of a syntheti... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6943310 | Toggle switch apparatus A toggle switch apparatus is disclosed, which includes a toggle mechanism and a plurality of basic switches maintained within a tubular housing. An actuator is associated with at least one spring which together can serve to actuate the plurality of basic switches. A... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6908348 | Box terminal with extended contact surfaces and controlled damage location during high voltage arcing with and without suppression under a magnetic field The present invention relates generally to male to female contact terminals, particularly those in use with associated wire harnesses or cables involved in higher voltage and current carrying vehicle applications. More specifically, the present invention discloses a... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6868259 | Keybutton illuminating device and wireless communication terminal apparatus equipped with the same A keybutton structure that is composed of the casing 18, the shielding case 10 that is provided with metal-type surface treatment, the keybutton 7 and the printed circuit board 8 that is mounted with a light emitting element, in that the ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6610937 | Operating device having static eliminator and electronic apparatus having operating device An operating device having a static eliminator capable of effectively grounding any static electricity surge through a switch operating button to exterior frame members or to ground within an electronic apparatus, and an electronic apparatus having such a... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6437268 | Circuit breaker terminal connector An improved connector comprises a circuit breaker terminal having a cold formed, countersink aperture on a top surface of the breaker terminal and an extruded raised ring on the bottom surface of the breaker terminal. The wire connector is a square-shaped... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6399903 | Multifunctional laminate structure and process A multilayered structural element which is useful for forming housings for electronic devices such as cellular telephones. The multilayered structural element has sequentially attached layers: (a) thin, flexible polymeric outer film layer, (b) an electronic in... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6339200 | Electrostatic insulation for an operating unit for electronic equipment A switch operating unit for a camera is assembled in the switch supporting frame of the front cover thereof and provided with an inner button, an outer button, and a dial for switch operation. Under the buttons and the dial, there is provided a metal supp... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6329891 | High frequency relay A high frequency relay capable of effectively shielding a signal path, yet reducing a number of the parts forming the shield and the associated structure. The relay has a dielectric base mounting three fixed contacts arranged in a line and defined at uppe... | 12/11/2001 |
