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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7714246 | Key button, key assembly using the key button and portable electronic device using the keypad assembly A portable electronic device (10) is provided. The portable electronic device includes the keypad assembly (20). The keypad assembly includes key buttons (30 or 60). Each key button includes a key portion (32 or 62), a suppo... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7615717 | Switch A switch (100) comprises a dielectric housing (1), a number of stationary contacts (2) disposed in the housing (1), a moveable contact (3) and a slide element (4) movably mounted in the housing (1), a spring (5... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7564004 | Switch device A switch device includes a wiring board having a cutout provided therein, a land provided on an upper surface of the wiring board around the cutout, and a switch. The switch includes a lever, a switch contact activated upon the lever being moved in a predetermined d... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7498538 | Sliding contact switch An electrical contact assembly includes an electrical terminal, a push button, and a contact member adapted to be in electrical contact with the electrical terminal when the push button is compressed. The contact member has a first contact portion forming a first an... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7442895 | Electric switch An electrical switch has a common contact body and a first selective contact body and a second selective contact body. A contactor is connected mechanically and in an electrically conducting manner to the common contact body. The contactor comprises an elastic, elec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7347461 | Door handle actuated electronic egress system An electronic egress system includes at least one door, each door having a handle defining an interior area, an actuator and an exit control assembly including a switch assembly located substantially within the handle's interior. The handle is movable relative to th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7288735 | Switching device The conductors are shaped into a flat shape and a part of the conductors is exposed from the recess portion formed in a part of the insulator respectively to constitute fixed contacts. Therefore, there is no necessity to bend the conductors and thus a bending error ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7170022 | Architectural preset rotary and preset slide control and non-preset controls An architectural preset rotary and preset slide control device comprising an N-mode latch mechanically coupled to a switch having a pole and a plurality of receiving terminals. The device further comprises a variable control component that is electrically coupled to... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148440 | Stackable switch A stackable switch assembly includes a base switch housing having switch components therein, an intermediate switch housing having second switch components therein, with the intermediate switch housing mechanically engaged with the base switch housing, and a cover m... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7122756 | Push switch A push switch includes an operating body, a case, a return spring, and a light source. The operating body is controlled by push operation, includes a through-hole in the center and a display portion at the upper edge of the through-hole, and supports a movable conta... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7102094 | Switch The switch is comprised of a case, a first fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at the bottom surface of the case at one end with the other end being outside of the case, a second fixing terminal formed with a contact section exposed at a side surfa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052330 | Electrical connector having conductive contacts An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (4), an insulative carrier (1), a spring (3) and a pair of conductive contacts (2). The insulative housing has a base (41) and a periphery wall enclosing therearound and define... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6967301 | Architectural preset rotary and preset slide control and non-preset controls An architectural preset rotary and preset slide control device comprising an N-mode latch mechanically coupled to a switch having a pole and a plurality of receiving terminals. The device further comprises a variable control component that is electrically coupled to... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6917008 | Microswitch A microswtich that is easy to assemble and manufacture is provided. The microswitch constantly keeps the first conductive section of a resilient component for opening/closing an electrical switch in contact with the first conductive terminal in the main body of the ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6525285 | Lever switch and detecting device using same A lever switch includes a case, and a stationary contact, common contact, movable contact and lever which are disposed in the case. The movable contact is made up of elastic metal and includes a stationary portion, contact portion, and a curved portion lo... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6244908 | Switch within a data connector jack The data connector of the present invention securably receives at least two distinct types of mating connector plugs having different contact arrangements. The data connector includes a housing having a mating connector receiving cavity partially defined ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5667062 | Push switch The push switch of the invention includes: a case including a plurality of contact terminals placed on an inner bottom surface thereof and a contact member that includes a plurality of conductive protruding portions which come into contact with the plural... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5606234 | Electrically powered hand tool with potentiometer and process for adjusting the potentiometer In known electrically operated handheld machine tools, a potentiometer serving to control output must be balanced so that a desired tap resistance can be tapped at the potentiometer in a determined adjustment position of the potentiometer. To reduce manuf... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5512723 | Self-cleaning type switch A switch compartment 20R is formed in a switch body 20 of electrically insulating material and opens at the top surface of the body. First and second fixed contact members 23C, 24C are secured to the opposed inner walls of the compartment. The open top of... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5463198 | Switching device There is provided a switching device in which the interval between a normal-close contact and a normal-open contact and the positions thereof can be arbitrarily set without any constraint of a common contact, and which can perform circuit switching at a d... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5422452 | Movable electrical potentiometer contact assembly A movable electrical contact assembly forms a potentiometer and includes at least one strip of electrically conductive material having a significant resistance, a conductive rolling contact device in contact with the strip, a mechanism for moving the roll... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5412170 | Electric switch with sliding bridging contact In an electric switch a good gliding behavior between a bridging contact and metal conductors punched out from a sheet metal blank is achieved. For this purpose the metal conductors have at least one projection extending at least over the entire range of ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5382767 | Push-button switches Push-button switches include a housing which defines an interior space and an opposed pair of longitudinally oriented recessed channels. At least upper regions of the recessed channels are open to said defined interior space. A pair of elongate fixed cont... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5380971 | Dynamic brake switch for motor A power switch is provided for control of the electric motor of a power hand tool, such switch including a shorting bar to achieve a dynamic brake on the motor after the termination of the application of power thereto. In one embodiment of the invention, ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5369238 | Spring-return switch A spring-return switch comprises: a case; a common contact embedded in the inner surface of one of the opposite side walls of the case; a transfer contact embedded in the inner surface of the other side wall opposite to the common contact; a slider suppor... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5262606 | Selectable switch action A push-button switch is provided which includes a base plate having terminals extending therethrough and solderable in a p.c. board. A housing is subsequently snap-assembled with the base plate and carries a push-button member which is reciprocable when m... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5063276 | Pushbutton switch with rotational contact wiping action A plunger axially depressible within a tubular housing against a return spring has a conductive pin contact contained within a helically shaped slot through the plunger to project radially from opposite sides of the plunger. A spring biases the pin toward... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4997999 | Pulse-type switching apparatus and method of operation A miniature ratchet type push button activated electrical switch wherein a first electrical contact is caused to sweep across and briefly contact a second electrical contact upon depression of a push button to transmit an electrical pulse. The rotation is... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4916276 | Push lock mechanism A push lock mechanism including a heart-shaped cam groove, a driving pin adapted to trace in the heart-shaped cam groove, and an axially reciprocatable operation shaft adapted to be locked in a depressed position thereof by cooperation of the heart-shaped... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4906808 | Tease-free switch A tease-free switch includes a plurality of electrical terminals of planar configuration disposed in spaced apart relationship upon an electrically insulating base as well as a generally planar contact plate including at least two electrical contact regio... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4894499 | Electric push-button switch The electric push-button switch comprises a housing portion and a linearly moveable push-button portion. Guide columns at the housing portion and the push-button portion attain accurate linear guiding and rotational positioning of the push-button portion.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4882461 | Subminiature push-button switch A subminiature push-button switch has a pivot block provided below a plunger serving as an actuating member, a shaft provided either on the pivot block at its central portion between the left and right sides thereof or on an upstanding projection provided... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4698465 | Switch A switch comprising a first contact leading to one terminal, a second contact in the form of a coil spring leading to the other terminal via a receiving plate with an elongate protuberance, a wafer receiving the first and second contacts, a case mounted o... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4697052 | Emergency switching apparatus An emergency switching apparatus is provided having an operating button which keeps the trace of its actuation and controls an electric switch. The switch is struck by a piston which is itself driven by a spring which is loaded by the longitudinal movement of ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4476359 | Push-button electrical switch with unitary spiral stem and washer The conventional push-button switch which is generally found on lamps and appliances is constructed so that the depressing the push-button causes a rotary switch motion within the body on the switch. The components which convert the linear motion of the p... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4467160 | Low profile switch A low profile switch key has a base which slidingly supports a pushbutton. The pushbutton is slidingly engaged with a plunger body by a lost motion connection. The plunger body carries cams which control the flexing of contactors to make and break conduct... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4433222 | Miniaturized push button switch A push button switch comprises a switch body defining an enclosure; a support member disposed within the enclosure, a pivotable converter supported by the support member for pivoting between the first and second positions with respect to an imaginary fulc... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4383153 | Locking type push-button switch A miniaturized locking type push-button switch capable of being assembled easily, and consisting of an operating unit, a spring urging the operating unit in a direction opposite to the direction in which the operating unit is pressed, a slide element hold... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4300026 | Electrical switch An electrical switch assembly is shown as having a switch body slidably receiving a resiliently biased manually actuatable plunger which carries a resiliently deflectable member effective for engaging, when said plunger is suitably actuated, a related piv... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4204102 | Electrical switch An electrical switch assembly is shown as having a switch body slidably receiving a resiliently biased manually actuatable plunger which carries a resiliently deflectable member effective for engaging, when said plunger is suitably actuated, a related piv... | 05/20/1980 |
