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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7570146 | Circuit breaker including ambient compensation bimetal holding and releasing arc fault indicator An aircraft circuit breaker includes a housing having an opening, separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the contacts, and a trip mechanism structured to cooperate with the operating mechanism to trip open the operating mechanism. Th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7397339 | Method for ambient temperature compensating thermostat metal actuated electrical devices having a plurality of current ratings A thermally actuated device, such as an electrical circuit breaker (10) is provided with an ambient temperature compensation thermostat metal member (38) selected so that it bends when subjected to changes in temperature and compensates for ambient tem... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372356 | Concealed adjustable temperature switch A concealed adjustable temperature switch includes a fixed plate, an adjusting block threadedly engaged with a screw hole of the fixed plate, a bimetal plate, and a metal plate. Mounted on the adjusting block are upper and lower positioning rings and a fixing ring b... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7324876 | System for remotely controlling energy distribution at local sites A power management system and associated method includes provision of local wireless energy control units at remote sites for controlling power delivery to customer loads, and a central station with a wireless transmitter for broadcasting commands to the wireless en... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7298239 | Thermal protector A thermal protector (1) including two fixed contacts (13A, 13B) provided at the end part of conduction terminal pins (5A, 5B) projecting into a metallic enclosed container (100), a support (6) arranged in a case, an o... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7265652 | Controllable electronic switch A controllable electronic switch for, e.g., controlling power distribution comprises a deformable member such as a bimetal arm that can be deformed to break an electrical path. The deformable member may be anchored at one end and in controllable contact with an elec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6621403 | Overload tripping device for circuit breaker An overload tripping device includes a temperature-compensating bimetal operating as a tripping lever and interposed between an output lever of a differential shifter mechanism linked with a main bimetal and a latch receiver of an opening-and-closing mech... | 09/16/2003 |
| 4633210 | Thermal overload relay with improved response Improved response in an ambient temperature compensated thermal overload relay is obtained by providing a bimetal element (2) wherein the main bimetal section (4) is coupled through a reversed compensating bimetal section (6) to a heat sink mounting base ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4600164 | Safety seat belt system and latch release mechanism used therein An over-the-shoulder automotive safety seat belt system having a latch providing a tensionless comfort setting for the belt during use and having remotely operable thermostat metal means to release the latch and permit automatic belt retraction after use ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4537365 | Safety seat belt system and latch release mechanism used therein An over-the-shoulder automotive safety seat belt system having a latch providing a tensionless comfort setting for the belt during use and having remotely operable thermostat metal means to release the latch and permit automatic belt retraction after use ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4517542 | Voltage and temperature compensated time delay relay A temperature and voltage compensated time delay relay includes first and second bimetallic, contact carrying elements chosen to deflect in a similar manner in accordance with variations in ambient temperature for maintaining the contact gap therebetween ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4502033 | Circuit control device A remotely controlled circuit control device has first and second load contact assemblies movable into circuit engagement and circuit disengagement positions relative to one another in which one load contact assembly is operatively connected to a solenoid... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4486733 | Thermal mechanism with ambient compensating bimetal providing trip force An electrothermal responsive protective mechanism for an electrically powered load wherein the overload tripping force is provided by the cool, ambient temperature compensating bimetal (12) rather than the hot electrically heated bimetal (6) to prevent ov... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4392050 | Rapid response thermal switch for isolated load control A rapid response thermal switch for isolated load control includes a bimetallic switch electrically connected to a controller and operatively connected to a switch follower which controls the operation of a second switch electrically connected to a load s... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4337451 | Electrical switch construction, switch blade subassembly and methods of making the same An electrical switch construction having a housing carrying a thermally cyclable switch blade unit and an adjustable set lever switch blade unit cooperable with the cyclable switch blade unit when the set lever switch blade unit is moved relative to the h... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4206344 | Electric power controllers A power controller for controlling the intermittent supply of current to a load, such as a cooker hotplate, has a pivotally mounted snap switch controlled by a heated bimetal member which is heated in dependence upon the connected power. A compensating bi... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4205292 | Electric time switch An electric time switch mechanism is provided comprising a plurality of units each having an operating thermal expansion member, for example, a bimetallic member. Electrical heating means are provided for the thermal expansion member and a switch is activ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4177443 | Thermal relay and electric range control utilizing the same A thermal relay construction capable of operating a pair of electrical contacts. The thermal relay includes an electrical heater of the self-regulating PTC type which is mounted upon and thermally coupled directly to a bimetal snap disc so that heat gener... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4023131 | Electric circuit breaker with ambient temperature compensating means Electric circuit breaker alternately providing overcurrent and/or over temperature protection by means of temperature responsive bimetal elements, whereby an increase in pressure as between electrical contacts is effected as the temperature may be increas... | 05/10/1977 |
