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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093525 | Redundant switch A redundant switch includes a housing, an actuator, and a slide movable in the housing in two opposing directions. The slide is coupled to the actuator by two antagonistic springs. The switch includes a latching track with latching notches. At least two switch units... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7365282 | Pull out air gap switch for wallbox-mounted dimmer A push/pull switch control is incorporated into the surface pattern of a wall box dimmer having a planar face surface. The switch control is finger nail operated and contains a finger nail groove which is accessible on the bottom end surface of the operator so it ca... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355138 | Simplified pushbutton switch A simplified pushbutton switch includes a circuit board which has a signal circuit consisting of a common contact and at least one signal contact, a main bracket which has an anchor end on one end to couple with the circuit board and a force receiving end on another... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339130 | Composite switch A composite switch is provided to output corresponding default signals through two different operation actions. The composite switch includes a housing, a pressing member, a sensor, a first pin, an electrical connection portion, and a metal spring leaf. The sensor i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323646 | Hand and foot switch A hand operable switch includes an operating knob that is movable longitudinally or rotationally about a longitudinal axis of the hand operable switch. The operating knob is accessible from any circumferential location of the hand operable switch. A housing includes... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7241957 | Two-in-one button structure A two-in-one button structure includes a casing, a grounded plate, two signal plates, and two button bodies. The casing has two containing spaces and a plurality of guiding grooves respectively communicating with the two containing spaces. The grounded plate is cont... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238906 | Electrical switch of the normally closed type The invention proposes a switch (10) comprising a casing (12) which carries a pair of fixed contact elements (48), a contact bar (96) which is movable between a rear closure position and a front opening position, and a member (60) ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232965 | Linear motion compensator An linear motion compensator for translating a particular amount of linear movement produced by an input device into a particular amount of linear movement required to properly operate an output device, without causing damage to either the input device or the output... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7202432 | Switch A switch comprises a case having a stationary contact embedded in an inner bottom surface thereof, a lever housed inside the case such that the lever is swingable around one end thereof, and a movable contact having an arm portion and a contact point on a first end ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186940 | Electrical switch An electrical switch includes two fixed contacts and a moving contact supported for movement between an ON position in contact with the fixed contacts and an OFF position out of contact with the fixed contacts, and an operating mechanism for moving the moving contac... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7141749 | Socket switch for light bulb A socket switch for a light bulb comprises a shell, a main body, a grounding unit, a switch unit, an electric conduction unit, wherein a holding chamber is formed inside the shell. The shell has two coupling holes formed thereon. The grounding unit, the switch unit,... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141750 | Switch mechanism provided with switch plate and printer apparatus provided with switch mechanism A switch mechanism includes a switch body including a sensing button placed to protrude from a surface, a switch plate placed to face the sensing button and connected to the switch body, and a coil spring for biasing the switch body. The switch mechanism is formed s... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138594 | Push switch A push switch includes an insulative housing (1), a pair of fixed terminals (2), a moveable contact (3) and an actuator(4). The insulative housing (1) made of insulative material has a base (10), a plurality of periphery wal... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135651 | Detect switch with an improved moveable contact A detect switch (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a first and second fixed terminals (51, 52) retained in the insulative housing, a moveable contact (3), an operator assembly (2) and a cover (4) mounted on the insula... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7067751 | Switch A switch including an insulative plastic case having a cavity formed therein, a metal cover joined to the case to cover over the cavity, and a switching contact section contained in the cavity. In this switch, a surface of the cover opposed to the case has an insula... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057129 | Multi-way synchronous switcher The present invention relates to a multi-way synchronous switcher. The multi-way synchronous switcher comprises a contacting tongue unit and a cam, the contacting tongue unit comprises an upper contacting tongue unit, an intermediate contacting tongue unit and a low... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6989504 | Case with sliding button fastening structure The present invention is to provide a case comprising a structure for fastening a sliding button having a fixing member and a manipulating member together forming an L-shaped member, two spaced ribs provided on an inner surface of the manipulating member above the f... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6967294 | Microswitch A microswitch that is easy to assemble and manufacture. The microswitch of this invention constantly keeps the connecting section of a resilient component for opening/closing an electric switch in contact with the first conductive section of a first conductive termi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6946964 | Safety device Sensor means for monitoring the awareness status of an individual within a monitored environment (50) comprising means (55) for determining the attainment of at least one predetermined condition identifying the requirement for the awareness of an indiv... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935205 | Switch actuator A switch actuator is provided with a rotor in a housing and a third class lever having a cam follower operatively engaged against a cam surface of the rotor. A fulcrum of the lever is provided at a location relative to the rotor, which location is adjustable relativ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6903293 | Switch device having good sense of operational touch even when sliding operating knob or rocking operating knob is attached thereto A switch unit contains a case; a fixed contact members disposed on a bottom wall of the case; conductor plates rockably disposed on the bottom wall; driving bodies disposed on the conductor plates in a rotatable state in which the elevating movement thereof is allow... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903283 | Plunger retention apparatus and method for switch enclosures A switch enclosure apparatus and method are disclosed. An enclosure can be provided, wherein the enclosure comprises a plurality of walls from which a cavity can be formed. A plunger or other actuating mechanism can also be provided comprising one or more key portio... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6737598 | Electrical switch with limited contact arcing An electrical switch is provided that includes a housing having at least one contact retention chamber formed therein. The housing includes an opening in one wall of the contact retention chamber through which an actuator is extended. A contact assembly is movably m... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6630636 | Inhibitor switch To enable to provide an inhibitor switch capable of maintaining an accurate ON/OFF state for a long period of time regardless of wear of a moving contact and having high durability. The inhibitor switch includes a fixed contact and a moving contact; a bas... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6536299 | Shift switch-actuating mechanism for dual mode shift lever unit A shift switch-actuating mechanism for a dual mode shift lever unit is provided, including a shift lever pivotally connected to a pivot shaft supported by a lever housing and a cable block pivotally mounted on the pivot shaft outside the lever housing, th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6494615 | Control device with a snap function and watch fitted therewith A control device with a snap function includes a support (10), a push-button (12) mounted so as to move in translation along an axis on the support, and a spring element (14) which is not secured to the support or to the push-button. The spring element (1... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6483058 | Sealed manual reset switch A double pole, manual reset switch that is sealed from its application environment. The switch comprises a shell and a base assembly including an actuator, terminals and blade/contacts. After the switch actuator is depressed to a "make" position, it must ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6407353 | Trailer breakaway switch assembly and pull-pin actuator therefor A breakaway switch assembly for detecting the unintended separation of a pair of connected vehicles or the like, of the type having a housing enclosure which slidably receives a pin-type actuator that operates an internal switch when pulled from the housi... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6388220 | Illuminated switching device for stabilized illumination to translucent portion of knob An object of the invention is to provide a illuminated switching device comprising a small number of components and capable of giving stabilized illumination to a translucent portion of a knob. For this purpose, the illuminated switching device of the pre... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6329621 | Electric switch apparatus with resilient bent wire contact members An electric switch apparatus includes a stationary base plate (2) and an actuating part (6) carrying an electrical conductor member (8) displaceable between at least two positions relative to the base plate. The base plate carries a plurality of elongate ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6329622 | Oscillating-operation type switch apparatus A small-sized oscillating-operation type switch apparatus where plural switch devices are selectively on-operated by oscillating operation of an operating body. The apparatus has an operating body oscillate-operated by a user, a support member oscillate-m... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6242706 | Microswitch A microswitch is provided with a push lever having a ball at a lower end so as to roll freely. A seesaw contact piece has one side piece to which a movable contact is attached and an opposite side piece to which the ball of the push lever is in constant c... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6222144 | Pushbutton switch A pushbutton switch is formed by: an insulating body molded of an insulating material and into a box-like shape having an opening at on end, a pair of fixed contact pieces to be electrically connected to and disconnected from each other being embedded in ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5969309 | Switch arrangement operable in both slide and push directions and its assembling method A boxlike casing has an opening partly formed on a front wall and a plurality of stationary contacts provided on an inner bottom surface. A slider is installed in the casing and slidable in a predetermined slide direction. The slider has a rod guide porti... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5749458 | Miniature jumper switch with wire contact maker A low profile, push-pull, jumper switch that relies on movement of an electrically-insulating switch housing to make and break the connection between two contact members mounted on the surface of a PCB or other substrate. The only metal used are the two c... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5725088 | Switch for use in electronic devices A stationary terminal 12 and a common terminal 13 are provided on a bottom of an insulating case 11. A pivot 14a is provided on an upper end of common terminal 13. A change-over plate 14 is rotatable about and brought into contact with the pivot 14a. A pr... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5667060 | Diaphragm seal for a high voltage switch environment A diaphragm for the contact insulating housing of a mechanically operated high voltage switch. The diaphragm has a central portion through which the shaft from the mechanical operating mechanism to the movable contact passes. The walls of the diaphragm ab... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5620086 | Miniature jumper switch A low profile, push-pull, jumper switch that relies on movement of the switch housing to make and break the connection between two contact members mounted on the housing. The only metal used are the two contact members, which are cammed into contact by mo... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5434378 | Multi-position switch with switch actuator movement inhibitor assembly A switch inhibitor assembly provided with a multi-position switch is operable for inhibiting movement of an actuator of the switch to a predetermined one of the multiple positions, such as an ON position of a succession of OFF, AUTO and ON positions, of t... | 07/18/1995 |
