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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7292131 | Heat-sensitive switch and a heat-sensitive switch assembling method A heat-sensitive switch includes a first terminal, a second terminal away from the first terminal, a reverse spring reversing at a set temperature and having an opening part and positioned between the first and second terminals, and a junction spring positioned betw... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7109840 | Protector for electrical apparatus A protector (10) particularly useful for wye-connected three phase electrical motors has a header (12) mounting first and second terminal pins (14) to which L-shaped pin heaters (16) are mounted along with stationary electrical contacts (... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7075403 | Motor protector particularly useful with hermetic electromotive compressors A protector (1) has a metal header (30) that mounts a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32) electrically isolated from one another. A metallic housing (10) is fixed to the header (30) and forms a chamber. A stationa... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060938 | Double-disk assembly for a cigar or cigarette lighter A double-element assembly for a cigar lighter, having a bimetallic disk, and a metal disk that is not bimetallic, the disks being riveted to one another in a center region of each disk. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7026898 | Magnetic actuation of a switching device A control device including a switch with a ferromagnetic armature moving between a first position and a second position. The armature actuates a plunger that causes the switch to snap from an open position to a closed position. An energy-storing member may be positi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026907 | Thermal protector A thermal protector includes a partition wall which encloses an arrangement portion of a movable contact and a fixed contact from three sides. The partition wall is adjacent the contacts in a range that does not inhibit the opening/closing operations of the contacts... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6814720 | Collecting bag A flange for a medical collecting bag having an aperture allowing bodily fluids or exudates to enter the bag. The flange has an inner rim delimiting the aperture therein, and a central area encircling the aperture, which area has a predetermined weakening line patte... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6741158 | Magnetically sensed thermostat control Methods and apparatuses for magnetically detecting a temperature change for thermostat control thereof are disclosed. A thermostat control device can be configured to include at least one bi-metallic strip that is configured to experience a change in angular positio... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6707371 | Magnetic actuation of a switching device A control device including a switch with a ferromagnetic armature moving between a first position and a second position. The armature actuates a plunger that causes the switch to snap from an open position to a closed position. An energy-storing member may be positi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6054916 | Switch having a temperature-dependent switching mechanism A switch has a housing which receives a temperature-dependent switching mechanism and comprises a lower part on whose inner bottom a first countercontact for the switching mechanism is arranged, and a cover part, closing off the lower part, on whose inner... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5847637 | Thermally responsive switch with a magnetic member A thermal protector includes a bimetal plate which is prevented from being vibrated by a magnetic field produced by a transformer or a motor. A member made of magnetic material is disposed in the vicinity of the bimetal plate. The fixed member for loosely... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5550525 | Switch with bimetallic element A single pole double throw thermostatic switch has a pair of fixed contacts on opposite sides of a movable contact. A U-shaped bimetal member having a pair of spaced end portions has one end portion attached to a switchcase and the other end portion carri... | 08/27/1996 |
| 4383231 | Temperature switch having a magnetically soft amorphous metal member A temperature switch includes a housing, a fixed contact positioned in the housing, a movable contact member mounted in the housing carrying a movable contact and urged to first and second positions where the movable contact is in abutment with or displac... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4039993 | Over temperature limit switch The disclosure relates to an over-temperature limit switch for automatically making or breaking an electrical circuit at a predetermined temperature. The actuating force for the switch is provided by a temperature dependent bimetallic spring and the latch... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3947758 | Disc thermostat test system and method The disclosure relates to a system and method whereby bimetallic discs as well as a completed thermostat can be dynamically tested non-destructively. The bimetallic disc can be tested by utilizing its magnetic properties, the magnetic properties of the di... | 03/30/1976 |
