Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335846 | Device for controlling a motorized shutter Disclosed is a device (30) for manually controlling the position of switching means which have two extreme positions A and C and an intermediate position B. Said device comprises a crank (5) and a crankpin (6). The invention is characterized by ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7310903 | Accessory devices for firearms An accessory device for a firearm, a preferred embodiment comprising a housing, a light emitter assembly and a battery carried by the housing in circuit for energizing the light emitter assembly when switch actuated, and a tail cap switch device secured to the housi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7265308 | Rocker paddle switch with semi-rigid cam driver There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes semi-rigid spiral wound driver means hav... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7250580 | Switch with shaped face There is disclosed structure which overcomes the deficiencies with respect to prior art devices by providing a wiring device such as a switch having a paddle that pivots about its upper end and is biased to assume the same at rest position when either in its on posi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230199 | Multi-stage button switch A multi-stage button switch includes a body, an elastic element and a compression element. The compression element has an integrated flexible harness arm. The body has a track zone and a harness portion which is formed with a selected geometric shape to define the m... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201409 | Retracting locking mechanism for operable unit in stop position A retracting locking mechanism for an openable unit includes a striker attached to one of the openable unit and a fixed unit, and a catcher attached to the other of the openable unit and the fixed unit. The catcher includes an inner part, and an outer part for housi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7126070 | Rocker paddle switch with flexible cam driver There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes flexible driver means coupled to be driv... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122754 | Rocker paddle switch with articulated cam driver There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes articulated driver means coupled to be d... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105763 | Switch assembly A switch assembly includes an actuator assembly having a slidably supported pushbutton and a switch mechanism switchable between alternate positions. The pushbutton is biased by a return spring between the pushbutton and a retainer. A pin is received within the retu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7034236 | Rocker paddle switch with semi-rigid cam driver There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes semi-rigid spiral wound driver means hav... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030331 | Push switch device In a push switch device, a first latchet tooth is formed to an actuation body composed of an elastomer, a second latchet tooth is formed to a cam follower composed of a synthetic resin material, and the first latchet tooth is meshed with the second latchet tooth by ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022928 | Push-on switch A push-on switch is pushed horizontally to the surface of a printed wiring board used in various electronic apparatuses. The push-on switch is of a surface mounted type, in which only front terminals lead from case can be extended vertically downwardly and soldered ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012200 | Integrated volume control and switch assembly An integral volume control and switch assembly comprising a resilient conductive member serving for switching between a first and second switch state and a resilient tactile member serving for providing a user with a tactile feedback upon change of switch state. The... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009131 | Switch assembly A switch assembly includes switch contacts, a snap action type switch actuation mechanism, a cam block having a cam surface which is engaged by cam follower, and a manually movable push button. Upper and lower force transmitting pins extend in opposite directions fr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002091 | Shaving head cleaner A shaving head cleaner includes a housing defining a receptacle adapted to receive a shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus. A contact member extends from the housing, and is adapted to accommodate an end of the dry shaving apparatus remote from the shaving head.... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002092 | Latch with switch In a latch with a switch, when a movable member is pushed into a housing against a force of a coil spring, the movable member is locked in a pushed-in position by a lock mechanism and a switch is turned on. When the movable member is pushed again into the housing, t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982392 | Water resistant actuating mechanism for plunger type switches A water resistant actuating mechanism for a plunger type limit switch using a bowed spring to activate the plunger of a plunger type switch mounted within an actuating mechanism housing includes a flexible seal for covering the hole or opening in through which the b... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979791 | Rocker paddle switch with articulated cam driver There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes articulated driver means coupled to be d... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979790 | Rocker paddle switch with flexible cam driver There is disclosed a paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the paddle pivots in and out about its upper edge. The switch includes flexible driver means coupled to be driv... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969811 | Foot switch structure of extension cord receptacle An improved foot switch structure of an extension cord receptacle comprises a base. The base has thereon a control switch, wherein the control switch is connected to a power conducting wire. The power conducting wire has one end connected to a power plug and the oth... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6956178 | Switch for roof lights A switch (1) for roof lights (2) has: a supporting frame (3); a push-button (7) slidably mounted on the frame (3); a printed circuit, which is associated to the frame (3) and defines two operative positions for a lamp-bulb; ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953905 | Electrical switch An electrical switch for low to medium wattage applications such as in vehicles, appliances, and the like, includes a flexible, resilient spring member which is operable mechanically to latch the switch in one of two positions while also carrying electrical current ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6875940 | Robust rocker switch mechanism There is disclosed a robust on-off rocker paddle switch operated by pushing on the lower portion of a rocker paddle to turn the switch “on” or “off”. The lower edge of the rocker paddle pivots in and out about its top or upper edge. Bias means urges the lowe... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6818848 | Pushbutton assembly with positioning rod and disk A pushbutton assembly includes a housing and a button slidable with respect to the housing. A passage is formed in the housing which is provided with a projection formed in the passage and a slanted face on top of the projection. A positioning disk is pivotally conn... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6770829 | Control apparatus A control apparatus includes outer housing which encloses a switch assembly and a connector terminal mounting block. The switch assembly includes stationary and movable switch contacts. A push button and actuator link are connected with the movable switch contacts. ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6759615 | Switch device A lock pin (9) is mounted on an operating member (4), with its proximal end portion (9a) fitted therein. A distal end portion (9b) of this lock pin can slide in a cam groove so as to releasably hold the operating member in t... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6747225 | Safety switch A safety switch includes a base having two terminals connected thereto and each terminal has a first contact point and a bimetallic plate is movably received in the base and has two second contact points which are located above the two first contact points. The two ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6710277 | Electrical switch An electrical switch comprising a casing, a fixed contact and a moving contact, and an actuator supported for movement to a first position thereby moving the moving contact into contact with the fixed contact. The actuator is movable to a second position for permitt... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6706987 | Rotary push switch A rotary push switch has upper and lower housings locked together by protuberances along one housing in locking grooves along the other. A return spring and an actuator are in a carrier within the upper housing together with a push button and a movable terminal. A p... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6680449 | Press button switch A press button switch is constructed to include a seesaw switching mechanism for switching the circuit between on/off positions, a spring-supported press button, and a push member pivoted to the spring-supported press button and controlled by the spring-s... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6437270 | Pushbutton switch An electrical switch (10) comprises switch contacts (100, 104) having a closed condition and an open condition. The switch (10) comprises an actuator (40) movable in a first direction (110) in a first stroke to close the contacts (100, 104) and movable in... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6392180 | Press button The present invention relates to a press button which includes a main body, a press element and a push-pull element pivotably connected to the bottom of the press element. A curved crossed slide groove consisting of a plurality of slide rails is disposed ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6362538 | Electrical control popout actuator mechanism An electrical control popout actuator mechanism preferably integrated with a trimmer potentiometer is vertically mounted directly to a printed circuit board. The electrical control popout actuator mechanism has a cam cylinder member, a spring biasing memb... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6335500 | Push button type of switch A push button type switch comprises a body and drive means. The body has a hollow interior portion that is formed as two operation spaces by a spacing portion with a through hole thereon. The two spaces each being arranged with a press element having a pr... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6333476 | Push-button switch The present invention, the objective of which is to provide a push-button switch realized in a way to be held lightly with a small force at the position where the push button is pressed, and obtain a large returning force when the pressing force of the pu... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6288352 | Push-button switch, and operation device and teaching pendant comprising the same A push-button switch provided with a hollow push button, a case supporting it, and a switching mechanism having a first contact disposed within the case and a second contact disposed opposite to the first contact, with one of its ends being inserted into ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6218634 | Switch with integrated flasher relay A switch apparatus having an integrated flasher relay for activation and deactivation of a hazard signaling system particularly for use in automotive vehicles. The actuator has an integral flasher relay that moves with the actuator through the activation ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6207914 | Push-button switch incorporating self-restoring function A push-button switch including a sliding member, a lock pin for locking the sliding member at a certain location, a heart cam including a lock cam along which the lock pin slides, and a movable stopper member, disposed at the heart cam, for holding the lo... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6180904 | Activation keyboard, particularly for motor-vehicle climate controls A keyboard has keys, or buttons, having guide projections which, when the keys are pushed from an operating side, are shoved along guide plates, with motion being restricted by a locator, the locator having two stops which restrict the motion of the keys ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6103983 | System for manually controlling an electric switching member A mechanism for manually controlling an electric switching member includes a control button, a guide for guiding the movement of a moving element of the switching member, and a link which moves longitudinally in the direction of travel of the control butt... | 08/15/2000 |
