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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7079005 | Mechanically buffered contact wiper An electric device contains a medium interposed between first and second electric elements to provide electric continuity between the first element and a defined reference point of the second element throughout a defined range of sliding travel of one of the element... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6369691 | Switch type variable resistor The present invention relates to a switch type variable resistor, including a rotation shaft, a bushing, a housing, a variable resistor portion, and a switch portion. The switch portion includes a switch portion seat, a control plate, an insulating plate,... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5754301 | Potentiometer The potentiometer has a housing in which a carrier plate which supports a resistance strip is disposed. A rotary pin is supported on the housing and has a sliding contact connected to the rotary pin for engaging the resistance strip. The carrier plate is ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5187464 | Extended life potentiometric position transducer A potentiometric position transducer comprises a resistive track movably mounted within a housing. A portion of the resistive track is between two fixed electrical contact points. A third electrical contact is moveable over such portion, corresponding to ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4654625 | Electronic control unit structure To permit external adjustment of a potentiometer (3) having an adjustment head (4), and located within a sealed housing (1), while permitting placement of an adjustment insert (7) from the outside of the housing through a bore (6) thereof, and compensate ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4539546 | Sliding rheostat with slider element having calibration means A sliding rheostat includes two slider supports mounted to a support member between a pair of resistance base plates and in the direction that the slider supports move. Screws are mounted between the corresponding sliders and the support member to adjust ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4377346 | Thermostatic apparatus In an electronic thermostatic circuit, a resistive bridge network is employed to sense the level of the ambient temperature. The bridge includes three legs having fixed resistors and one leg having a temperature sensitive resistor as well as a serially co... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4225844 | Adjustable variable resistance control system A first rotor is fixedly carried by a shaft and a second rotor is loosely carried by the shaft. A coupling means couples the second rotor to the shaft through flanges extending from the rotor and pinching the shaft. The two rotors are then adjusted with r... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4168468 | Radio motor control system A radio control system having a radio-controlled model toy on which a d-c power supply, a receiver and two electric motors are mounted, and a transmitter for maneuvering the radio-controlled model toy, and characterized in that the transmitter is construc... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4081780 | Explosion inhibiting potentiometer assembly and drive mechanism therefor A potentiometer contained within a housing is operated from the outside by means of an operating member which extends inward through an orifice in a housing wall. The operating member engages the potentiometer drive stem with the aid of an O-ring slip clu... | 03/28/1978 |
