Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5933310 | Circuit breaker with wide operational current range A breaker circuit for disconnecting a surge arrestor is operable over a wide range of current values. A spring-tensioned conductor connects a first potential to a first terminal of the arrestor while a second terminal of the arrestor communicates with a s... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5539371 | Fuseless breaking switch A fuseless breaking switch comprises essentially a casing, an alloy blade, first, second, and the third conductive plate, a spring blade and an adjusting screw. The switching on (off) of the button allows a closed (open) circuit through the alloy blade an... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5276422 | Surge absorber A surge absorber in which a thermal response switch is inserted in an input line at the input side of a surge absorbing element. The switch includes a conductive spring piece and a conductive hook piece. The base end of the conductive spring piece is fixe... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5262748 | Fuseless breaking switch A fuseless breaking switch comprising essentially a casing, an alloy plate, a first and a second prong, and a spring blade. The switching on of the button allows a closed circuit through the alloy plate and the prongs. An overload of current will cause th... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5101186 | Circuit breaker utilizing deformable section blade An improved low-cost circuit breaker mechanism is provided which dispenses with the complicated and costly conventional use of latch mechanisms for realizing the tripping action. The circuit breaker mechanism essentially comprises an input electrical term... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4713643 | Low loss circuit breaker and actuator mechanism therefor There is disclosed a low loss circuit breaker including a housing, two exterior contacts, a pivotable arm, a means for biasing, a bifurcated member and a shape memory alloy element. The pivotable arm has a latching portion and a contact portion with the c... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4635021 | Automatic overload tripper An automatic overload tripper which uses a push button to press a bent bimetal strip down against a spring which assures that a hook at an end of the bimetal strip can keep good electrical contact with a contact plate, and the hook can trip automatically ... | 01/06/1987 |
