Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6573854 | Ergonomic remote control A pistol-shaped television remote control unit, including an infrared light emitting diode (LED) and circuitry for transmitting control signals to an infrared detector in the television receiver, and a microprocessor which retains the last six channels se... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6545629 | FOB command mechanization A key fob for signaling a receiver on a vehicle includes a housing and a transmitter capable of transmitting multiple signals. The signals actuate multiple vehicle devices on the vehicle. Switches to control the signals include at least one dome protrudin... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6476334 | Switch box structure of a ceiling fan The switches of a switch box structure ceiling fan are separated from the ceiling fan, and are placed in a housing which may be mounted at a position that the user can reach, thereby facilitating the user operate the switches which include a lamp source s... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6046415 | Electric switch A multiple electric switch is formed by inserting a plurality of electrical contacts in a plurality of spaced apart holes in a base of electrically non-conductive elastomeric material, in groups of two pairs per group, and mounting a control member in the... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5959268 | Electrical switch having a pair of engaging actuating elements rotational between switching positions An electrical switch is proposed which in addition to its mechanical functional parts and the electrical contact parts influenced by said mechanical functional parts consists of a housing and a first actuating element which is rotatably mounted therein an... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5598918 | Switch for vehicle power window An apparatus (20) for controlling movement of a vehicle power window (22) between a fully open position and a fully closed position. The apparatus (20) comprises an energizable electric motor (66) for, when energized, moving the window (22). A switch asse... | 02/04/1997 |
| 4849590 | Electric switch with counteracting electro-electro-dynamic forces A switch has contacts constructed so that an electro-dynamic force is created by the current flowing through the switch which tends to maintain the switch in a closed state. This force counteracts other electro-dynamic forces which tend to open the switch... | 07/18/1989 |
