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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369033 | Rotating type variable resistor The rotating type variable resistor includes a housing; a rotating member disposed to be rotatable in the housing; a ring-shaped support member having a conductive pattern at one surface of the support member and disposed at any one side between the housing and the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7344351 | Electronic boom height sensor A boom position detecting device that detects a boom angle on a work vehicle for a boom that rotates about a pivot. The device includes a boom angle follower and positional sensor. The boom angle follower includes a spring and a follower arm arranged such that the s... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7167075 | Dual design resistor for high voltage conditioning and transmission lines A dual resistor for eliminating the requirement for two different value resistors. The dual resistor includes a conditioning resistor at a high resistance value and a run resistor at a low resistance value. The run resistor can travel inside the conditioning resisto... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7042329 | Rotatable variable resistor with clicking mechanism A rotatable variable resistor with a clicking mechanism includes a rotary unit provided with a rotor and a wiper, and a fixed unit provided with a cover, a resistor substrate, and external terminals. The wiper has an arm segment, a clicking projection and a non-clic... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6744347 | Variable resistor A variable resistor is constructed to reliably seal the space between a rotor and a substrate without insert-molding the substrate into a case, and to be produced at a very low cost. This variable resistor includes a hollow square-prism shaped case which is open at ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6580352 | Manual control apparatus and method The invention relates to a manual control apparatus, such as a control pedal for a drive-by-wire control systems, and similar applications. According to an aspect of the invention, the manual control apparatus comprises a hysteresis mechanism that provide... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6445279 | Variable resistance device A variable resistance device is provided. Instead of a conventional planar-type structure or a three-dimensional structure using an elastic strip, a variable resistance device with a three-dimensional structure using easy-assembling parts, such as a mount... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6054917 | Rotatively driven type electric component with slider actuated by screw drive The present invention relates to a rotatively driven type electric component wherein a slider is moved linearly by rotation of a screw. The rotatively driven type electric component with housings, a drive shaft held by the housings and provided with a scr... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6037856 | Rotating electrical component having rotary lock mechanism of operating shaft A rotating electrical component, in which, on mating surface sides of the flange of the support member and the flange of the operating shaft, on both sides of the center of rotation on the line which passes through the center of rotation of the operating ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6005473 | Rotary operation type variable resistor A rotary operation type variable resistor including a resistor base and a holder, on which a sliding-element supporting member is rotatably retained, are placed in a case provided with only one opening for component insertion. An operating lever is fixedl... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5198793 | Electric control apparatus comprising integral electrical conductors plated on a two-shot molded plastic insulating housing A trigger operated speed control wherein the insulating housing is a two-shot molding having metal conductors plated on one of the molding materials on various external and interior surfaces. Stationary contact elements are secured to respective plated co... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5155465 | Variable resistor with a switching mechanism A variable resistor with a switching function includes arcuate resistive layers and arcuate electrodes arranged alternately on a base plate. A protective layer is formed on the base plate adjacent to a first electrode and between the arcuate resistive lay... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5134383 | Variable resistor A variable resistor includes a sliding member having an arm in contact with a substantially circular arc-shaped resistor provided on a substrate and a driver plate portion from which the arm extends. The sliding member is rotatable by a driver, the center... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5095299 | Potentiometer In a potentiometer applied to the EGR system in automobiles, a relative motion between a printed circuit card and a holder, through which the card is slidably inserted, is blocked to prevent unwanted wear of a resistor on the printed circuit card when the... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5047746 | Potentiometer wiper assembly A wiper assembly for a potentiometer, particularly a rotary potentiometer having a rotor for carrying the wiper assembly along a resistive element, includes a metal plate attached to the rotor. A strip of metal formed integrally with the plate is bent bac... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5039974 | Protective cap for rotatably-adjustable electronic components A protective cap for a rotatably-adjustable electrical component mounted to a PW board in an enclosed electronic control unit. The housing of the electronic control unit has a tuning access hole axially aligned with a tapered lead-in port in the center of... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4935718 | Molded resin casing of electronic part incorporating flexible board A molded resin casing of a rotary- or sliding-type electronic part internally accommodating a board on which are formed electric conductor patterns slidingly contacted by contacts of a slider of the electronic part, wherein a flexible board having the ele... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4801914 | Infinitely variable rotary resistor assembly An infinitely variable rotary resistor assembly has a substantially conventional rotary resistance element 1 mounted for rotation in a housing 2, on rotation of a projecting shaft 4. The resistance element 1 is biased to a predetermined position by spring... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4736184 | Direct connection potentiometer The direct connection potentiometer includes a block of electrically insulative material having two opposite faces and an edge about the perimeter of the faces. An electroresistive track is provided in an arc on the front face of the block, radially space... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4621250 | Rotary potentiometer, particularly for measuring angular position A stationary case has a resistive track. An elastic wiper is carried by a rotor mounted to rotate in the case and able, during operation, to rub against the resistive track, and a spring is placed between the stationary case and the rotor to pull the roto... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4400685 | Control system An electrical contact arm is spring biased against electrical paths by a coil spring which is carried on a hub of a rotating member which also carries the electrical arm. An electrically conductive path is also carried by the rotating member to provide sw... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4192501 | Electric jump rope An electric jump rope having a longitudinally extending member, the longitudinally spaced ends of which are attached to the end portions of a length of a flexible element. Mounted on the member for rotating the flexible element relative to the member is a... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4114131 | Variable resistor A variable resistor for use in electrical and electronic equipment which includes a base plate, a lower stator terminal housed in a circular recess formed in one surface of the base plate, a rotor member having an electrically conductive film layer at its... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3932831 | Variable resistance device A variable resistor including a resistance element, a housing supporting the element, and rotary means including a shaft located within the housing. Means are provided to restrain rotational movement of the rotary means except upon application of a relati... | 01/13/1976 |
