"One of the greatest labor saving inventions of today is tomorrow!"
Vincent T. Floss
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 |
| 7305864 | Ball and socket joint for a motor vehicle A ball joint for a motor vehicle includes a housing (6) having a cavity (5), and with a ball pivot (1), which has a pin (2) and a joint ball (3) and which, with its joint ball (3), is mounted in the cavity (5) of the ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7221265 | System for sensing level change in vehicles A system for sensing relative position between chassis (5a, 5b) and axle (3) on a vehicle, which vehicle is provided with a so-called V-rod (1) mounted between the chassis (5a, 5b) and the axle ( | 05/22/2007 |
| 7159890 | Trailer hitch for a motor vehicle A trailer hitch for a motor vehicle includes a towbar (2) having an arm (1) and a ball cup (3) provided with an opening and with a ball pivot (6). The ball pivot (6) has a ball head (4) and a pivot (5) and is mounted ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7046118 | Signal processing circuit board with variable resistor which is hardly declined in the mechanical strength while its variable resistor is not limited to one particular location for the installation A signal processing circuit board includes a board body, a variable electronic element, and a hole. The variable electronic element is mounted in a mounting side of the board body. The variable electronic element has an operating member to control an output outputte... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036233 | Pivot linkage including a non-contact, rotational angle measurement sensor for heavy machinery A pivot linkage including a non-contact, rotational angle measurement magnetoresistive sensor for interconnecting first and second rotating components of heavy equipment or machinery, the pivot joint linkage, including a ball joint or a cylindrical pin joint and the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6909353 | Multi-directional control device A multi-directional control device comprising a base (1) on which is mounted a stick (2) which is maintained in a non-active central position by elastic means (3) and which can be manually inclined to any orientation around said non-active centr... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6879240 | Ball joint with integrated angle sensor A ball-and-socket joint with integrated angle sensor for a motor vehicle, especially for the chassis of the motor vehicle is created. The ball-and-socket joint has a ball-and-socket joint housing (6) provided with a joint opening (7), a ball pivot (... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6874224 | Method for manufacturing a multi-site spare three-phase transformer A three phase transformer circuit is provided that includes a supply side, wherein the supply side is selectably configurable, via the use of se of terminal boards, between a delta connection and a wye connection at a time of use and, a load side, wherein the load s... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6867680 | Dual magnet hall effect switch A dual magnet Hall effect switch for contactless switching is provided. The Hall effect switch includes a magnet carriage and a Hall effect sensor positioned inside a switch housing. The magnet carriage includes two magnets positioned with opposite polarities facing... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6812435 | Operating device for an electrical appliance In an embodiment of the invention an operating device for a glass ceramic hob (25) can be provided and has an operating unit (11). The operating unit (11) has a rotary toggle (12), which is magnetically mounted on a glass ceramic hob (... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6667682 | System and method for using magneto-resistive sensors as dual purpose sensors An integrated dual-purpose sensor is shown. The dual-purpose sensor in one embodiment of the present invention includes a full Wheatstone bridge or a half Wheatstone bridge providing two output measurements. Specifically, the Wheatstone bridge provides tw... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6639544 | Non-contact type potentiometer, actuator, vehicle mounted radar device, and automobile drive control system An actuator, a vehicle mounted radar device, and an automobile drive control system that employ a non-contact type potentiometer to detect a rotation angle of a rotary shaft. The non-contact type potentiometer includes a pair of planar magnets disposed op... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6175296 | Potentiometer provided with giant magnetoresistive effect elements The potentiometer of the present invention includes at least a pair of giant magnetoresistive effect elements, in which the giant magnetoresistive effect elements to be paired are formed on a substrate in a state that the elements are connected mutually e... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5231508 | Hall effect gauge with magnetically-sensitive variable-resistance element A signaling gauge may utilize a magnetically actuated variable resistor made up of a plurality of noncaptivating, magnetically actuated switch elements, each of which is mounted in an influence zone of a path of a magnet carried on an arm of a condition s... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5144274 | Sealed variable resistor The disclosure relates to an improvement of a sealed variable resistor including a variable resistor and an arm member attached to a shaft of the variable resistor enclosed in a sealing container, and rotatably supporting a dial knob about a shaft outside... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4960125 | Device for low-frequency electrotherapy in a humid environment Disclosed is a novel device for low-frequency electrotherapy wherein a moisture proof variable resistor is used to control the output level of a low-frequency diphasic action potential circuit. The diphasic circuit produces a voltage having a pulse width ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4812804 | Controller for electric devices directed to use in bath Disclosed is a novel controller for electric devices directed to use in bath, comprising a moisture- and waterproof container that encloses the main part of an electric device; a magnet movably provided outside the container; a switch means provided insid... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4644315 | Push-button switch In a push-button switch, the switch element is a cantilever (2) of thin silicon strain gauge material with a small magnet (1), e.g. of samarium cobalt alloy at its free end. Adjacent to the free end there is an annular magnet (3), e.g. of plastics materia... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4578624 | Speed setting arrangement for sewing machines A speed setting arrangement for a sewing machine comprises a permanent magnet mounted for unitary rotation with the foot pedal of the sewing machine, and a magnetic sensor including a plurality of magnetoresistors arranged in pairs to form a bridge circui... | 03/25/1986 |