Did You Know...
...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030587 | Rotary control device for moving vehicle remote control The invention concerns rotary control device for remote control of a moving vehicle, particularly a civil engineering works vehicle, an agricultural implement or a goods handling vehicle comprising two parts rotatably mobile relative to one another about an axis (A)... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7781692 | Switch A switch for controlling first and second components of an electric circuit is proposed. The switch is operable between first and second positions to control the operation of the first of said components and is operable between third and fourth positions to control ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7442893 | Switch device A U-shaped spring member is placed on the outer periphery of a hollow cylindrical part of an operating body. Engaging portions in arm portions upwardly inwardly extending from both ends of the spring member are fitted into holes through the hollow cylindrical part a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7339129 | Spring to actuator bearing mechanism A plastic actuator for a toggle switch has a metal rod embedded therein, with the metal surface partially exposed. This surface of the metal rod functions as a bearing surface for a positioning spring as the actuator is flipped back and forth to turn the switch on a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323650 | Protection mechanism for switch A protection mechanism includes a first member connected to a switch member pivotably connected to an open top of a case so as to lift a bimetallic plate when the switch device is set to an “OFF” status, and a second member that is pivotably connected to an exte... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7288731 | Switching device A switching device (2) for a multi-step vehicle transmission (4) having one main transmission part (6) and an auxiliary-section transmission part (10) comprising the switching mechanisms (12, 14, 18, 38) for actuating switching ele... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285740 | Toggle button structure A button, having two end portions along a particular direction that can be selectively depressed, is supported by a support member. Pins are formed on the support member at locations corresponding to the respective two end portions of the button, the axes of the pin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7208693 | Safety device for dual-circuit switch A switch includes a body with a switch member and two springs are connected to an underside of the switch member. Two identical circuit assemblies are isolated from each other and received in the body. Each circuit assembly has two terminals and a bimetallic plate h... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7164093 | Motor starting switch An electrical switch is disclosed having improved operational characteristics wherein when a operating handle is rotated from an OFF position to an ON position the switch provides slow motion which accelerates as the operating handle is rotated to a full open positi... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7071435 | Toggle switch and method for manufacturing a two-stage toggle switch A toggle switch has a switching rocker having at least one arm and one guide plate that has at least one receptacle, in which at least one activation push rod is movably guided in a linear fashion. The arm of the switching rocker can exert a force on the activation ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7026564 | Paddle switch assembly A rocker switch assembly includes a switch body, a mounting strap, a frame, and a paddle for actuating the switch between an on and an off position. The paddle has a uni-convex cylindrical exterior surface. The rocker switch assembly further includes a faceplate in ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026906 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker has a housing in which two conductive plates, a bimetallic strip and a swing plate with a U-shaped notch are retained, wherein a switch is mounted at the top of the housing. Each conductive plate has an end protruding from a bottom of the body. The... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019243 | Lever switch A lever switch includes a common contact and a fixed contact both prepared on at least an inner bottom face, or any one of inner faces of walls surrounding the inner bottom face, and a movable contact which touches or leaves at least one of the common contact or the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019225 | Depression responsive switch unit A pusher formed of a rubber material, a click plate, a membrane switch which serves as a second step switch, a reinforcing plate, a membrane sheet on which a plurality of first step switches are formed, a key operation base and a knob are sequentially assembled into... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6919519 | Multifunctional switch The present invention relates to a hearing aid multifunctional switch comprising a base part, an externally activable switch arm, and a first and a second set of contact surfaces disposed at a surface of said base part. The first set of contact surfaces is adjacentl... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6903636 | Shock resistant auxiliary switch mechanism and circuit breaker An improved shock resistant auxiliary switch mechanism for a circuit breaker includes a common conductor having a conduction plate that is slidably translatable between electrically conductive contact with first and second conductors. The conduction plate is biased ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6891117 | Modular block switch assembly An improved rocker-type switch has a toggle member pivotably mounted on a central pivot member in a frame of a top housing part joined to a bottom housing part holding switch contacts in a modular block subassembly. A pair of movable contact arms is actuated by spri... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6878889 | Garage door opener security device A device is provided to prevent unauthorized opening of the garage door by interrupting the flow of electrical power to the automatic garage door opener. A power-interrupting switch, suspended from a desired overhead location in the garage, is interposed between the... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6809274 | Four-directional control switch A flange section presses a tip of one of four elastic arms upon tilting of a controlling unit formed of a stick and the flange section. The pressed elastic arm operates one of individual-switches disposed at four corners of a switch case. Each elastic arm extends fr... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6756556 | Oscillating switch An oscillating switch includes: a lower casing; a contact circuit member provided on the lower casing and including a through hole; a rubber switch member provided on the contact circuit member and including a pair of rubber contact portions and a through hole; an u... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6737599 | Motor starting switch A switch for an electric motor which inhibits vibratory noise during operation of the motor. The switch includes a housing with a wall, an electrical terminal, and a flexible switch arm. A control lever is engageable with the switch arm to actuate movement of the sw... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734376 | Electrical switch device for bicycle An electrical switch or operating device is disclosed for controlling/operating an electrically controlled bicycle component. In one embodiment, the operating device controls/operates a bicycle shift device and a bicycle suspension. The operating device has a base p... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6680444 | Structure of a switch for electronic device A structure of an electronic switch is disclosed. The structure of the electronic switch comprises an adjustment groove in the neck portion of the button, a pressing element disposed in the adjustment groove, and an elastic plate area which is defined by ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6613989 | Multi-directional switch and apparatus using the same A multidirectional switch includes (a) a case having a common contact and plural fixed contacts; (b) a contacting unit whose intermediate section is in contact with the common contact, and a tip of an arm extending from the intermediate section faces one ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6570114 | Center contact and rocker arrangement for a single pole double-throw switch An electrical switch includes a stationary center contact located between spaced apart stationary first and second contacts. The contacts are mounted-within the interior of a housing, and a movable-contact member selectively establishes contact between th... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6566619 | Rocker switch with centering torsion spring A rocker switch with a shaft (30) that can be pivoted clockwise or counterclockwise from a neutral position, which reliably returns to the same neutral position without "play", and which is of simple design. A coil spring (25) which extends around the sha... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6552287 | Electrical switch with snap action dome shaped tripper An electrical switch includes a snap dome tripper (36) whose center portion (37) snaps down when depressed by a predetermined amount, and a contact plate (44) with blades (50) that move down against terminals (26) to close the switch when the tripper snap... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6388563 | Modular relay with network communications A modular emergency stop device including a switch unit and a control unit. The switch unit includes a switch which converts from a normal state to an emergency state when an emergency stop is necessary and a housing for the switch. The control unit inclu... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6355893 | Push-button apparatus A push-button apparatus includes a main body having at least two inward walls parallel to each other and a push-button having two outward walls parallel to each other. The push-button is arranged within an inner space defined between the two inward walls ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6355891 | Operating apparatus An operation device is provided with an outer support section 1c which projects towards an outer face of a button 1, an inner support section 1e which projects towards an inner face of said button 1, a maintaining section 5b which is provided on a decorat... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6248966 | Lever switch and method of operating the same A lever switch comprises a box-shaped case 11 with the top open having fixed contact points 12, 13, 14 on the inner bottom surface. A movable contact element 15 made of an elastic metal, formed into an approximately reverse isosceles triangle having an el... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6140597 | Breaker device having an incomplete-connection prevention function A breaker device having tension coil springs that, while moving together with a moving electrode, are extended and contracted, and the resilient restoring force of these springs becomes maximum halfway along a path of movement thereof. When the moving ele... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6114637 | Rocker-type manipulator for selectively operating switches mounted in liquid crystal display apparatus The present invention relates to an improvement made on the structure of a switch manipulator for a liquid-crystal display apparatus. In a liquid-crystal display apparatus includes a liquid-crystal display unit accommodating a liquid-crystal panel and swi... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6037552 | See-saw button device for electronic equipment A see-saw button device for electronic equipment includes rates a box fitted with a button, and a board mounted with switches. The button has two press portions on it. Shafts serving as a see-saw fulcrum of the button are provided along a rib formed at an... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5880419 | Selective switch A selective switch includes a switch housing, and a button cap with two opposite side portions. A contact assembly includes first, second and third conductive members which are all fixed in the switch housing. A helical spring is mounted in the switch hou... | 03/09/1999 |
