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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7272982 | Gathering data concerning publication usage Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7091436 | Flexible keyboard A flexible data input device including a first textile layer and a second textile layer, which are arranged spaced apart from each other by a spacer. The spacer includes apertures delimiting the active zones of the data input device. The two textile layers are elect... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6642467 | Electrical switch for use in garments A switch suitable for use in garments is provided. The switch comprises an arrangement of at least two electrically conductive contact portions provided in the form of textile fastener components. The textile fastener components may be stud fastener compo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6316846 | Cord switch and pressure sensor In order to provide a cord switch which can securely catch the ON/OFF operations, can cancel an erroneous operation by preventing the contact between electrodes caused by bending of the cord switch, and have a positive sensibility for the pressurization i... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6078014 | Cord switch and pressure sensor In order to provide a cord switch which can reliably carry ON/OFF operations, can cancel an erroneous operation by preventing contact between electrodes caused by bending of the cord switch, and have a positive sensitivity for pressurization in all direct... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6046418 | Drive system for switch, especially relay A switch includes a contact having at least two contact springs and at least one slide for moving the at least two contact springs in opposite directions between an open position and a closed position of the contact. Movement in opposite directions ensure... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6028277 | Dual-gang switch plate with voice recorder A pair of sliding plates engage respective moveable structures such as the actuating lever of an existing wall switch and are housed in a dual-gang or larger cover plate body. A cam, preferably formed on an edge of each sliding plate, engages a cam follow... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5269068 | Protective device for a longitudinally extending machine component A protective device includes at least one pair of conducting wires stretched tightly along a machine component. The wires are guided in cutouts in the partitioning legs of a bellows which at least partially covers the machine component. The shape or a met... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5068504 | Seat cushions and body supports, and fitting instruments for the same A peak pressure sensor, for insertion between a body support pad or the like and an anatomical portion supported thereon, has a envelope, pliable electrically conductive sheets on opposite inner surfaces of the envelope, conductors for connecting each she... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5019679 | Flat switch insertable into a magazine and usable as part of a survey technique for readership of publications A technique for supplying power from a battery to a transmitter included as part of an insert in a magazine which is used to monitor magazine readership. A switch in the insert is open when the magazine is closed to break the circuit to the transmitter. H... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4845320 | Time difference switch A time difference switch turns on and off two electric circuits, under the operation of a common operating member, with an adequate time difference. The section of the switch that defines a step dimension that facilitates the time difference is relatively... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4423296 | Shock and vibration resistant electrical switch First and second counterbalanced contact elements rotate about a common axis so that shock and vibration induced loads produce negligible moments on the contact elements with respect to their axis of rotation. Springs are included and arranged for snap op... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4361743 | Lost motion keyswitch A hollow plunger is slidable vertically in a housing that has an open upper end, but its upward travel is limited to a predetermined elevated position, in which the lower end of the plunger body is spaced above the housing's bottom wall that holds a pair ... | 11/30/1982 |
