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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7125159 | Non-defeatable fluorescent adapter for incandescent fixture A fluorescent adapter having a housing including a tip contact compatible with an electrical socket, a threaded ring contact compatible with the electrical socket, the ring contact surrounding the housing and rotatable with the housing when the housing is rotated in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 5532669 | Terminal for high-voltage variable resistor A high-voltage variable resistor includes a terminal fitment having an increased number of edge elements while being simplified in structure and down-sized. A circuit substrate which includes a circuit pattern having a plurality of electrodes and resistor... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5517171 | High-voltage electronic component A high-voltage electronic component including a terminal connection structure capable of connecting a lead wire to a terminal fitment without soldering. An insulating substrate having a resistance element for a variable resistor formed on a front surface ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5508678 | High-voltage variable resistor unit A high-voltage variable resistor unit including a variable resistance circuit board and a fixed resistance circuit board, and capable of being down-sized and exhibiting satisfactory dielectric strength. A variable resistance circuit board which is provide... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5475358 | High-voltage variable resistor unit A high-voltage variable resistor unit capable of simply and positively connecting, to a holder of a high-voltage fixed resistor used as a bleeder resistor, a wire-like terminal inserted into an electrically conductive rubber terminal provided on a side of... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5118993 | Variable voltage regulator A variable voltage regulator for incrementally regulating an input signal. The regulator includes a diode configuration which allows incremental reduction or clamping of an AC or DC input signal. Such a universal diode configuration has widespread use in ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5034720 | Current control apparatus for insertion into battery powered devices Small easily removable insert designed for placement in the battery compartment of a battery powered device (becoming part of the circuit of the device when in place) which includes a current/voltage control means and may have sidewalls and dimensions whi... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4810211 | Head lead terminator A read/write head lead assembly includes a terminator with a housing having a space adapted to receive a plurality of leads into which a plurality of electrically conductive contacts, each having a first portion within the space and a second portion exten... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4672269 | Built-in resistor for a cathode ray tube A structure for a resistor to be built into a cathode ray tube. The built-in resistor divides an applied anode potential into an intermediate focusing potential. The built-in resistor has a main resistor and an additional resistor means. The additional re... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4658234 | Resistor network A resistor network having resistor elements disposed equally spaced apart in parallel relation to each other and one or more insulation substrates to which the resistor elements are rigidly mounted. The substrates and the elements are all enclosed in a re... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4544861 | Rectifier housing for use with light bulbs A rectifier housing for use with light bulbs to extend the life thereof. The housing includes a rigid, non-conductive base with a substantially centrally positioned rectifier element. A resilient, annular connector member is secured to one side of the hou... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4516054 | Lamp protection arrangement A light bulb protection arrangement including a lamp, a socket, and a junction socket having a base portion and a socket portion so as to attach the light bulb to the socket. The junction socket includes a connecting terminal, a first terminal to be conne... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4508994 | Heat-sensitive variable-resistance light socket insert A heat-sensitive variable-resistance insert device for use with a light bulb and socket including: a thin, heat-sensitive variable-resistance wafer and a perimetrical insulation member surrounding the edge of the wafer and electrically insulating it from ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4471339 | High-voltage variable resistor A high-voltage variable resistor including a substrate, a sliding member provided so as to be rotated in sliding contact with the substrate, a casing for accommodating the substrate and sliding member in it, a plurality of connecting terminals connected t... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4402037 | Cathode-ray tube socket substrate A cathode-ray tube socket substrate, which is to be used by being attached to a cathode-ray tube in a color cathode-ray tube display unit such as a color television receiver and the like, is disclosed. The tube socket substrate comprises at least a cathod... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4184141 | Slow socket A unique light-bulb switch socket which can accommodate conventional light bulbs and is actuated by either a pull chain or a pushbutton switch. This socket allows current to build up gradually when the bulb is turned on, rather than abruptly as in convent... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4112336 | Lamp-starting device A lamp-starting device for use in a lamp socket adapted to receive the base of a lamp, the device having a pair of electrically-conductive plates disposed in spaced relation in and electrically insulated from each other by a housing of electrically insula... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4037908 | Strip of light-signal unit shells A strip of light-signal unit shells to be formed into single light-signal units including a flat sheet of conductive material having openings which form continuous longitudinal conductors along two opposite edges of the sheet, continuous transverse conduc... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4005338 | Lamp-starting device A lamp-starting device for use in a lamp socket adapted to receive the base of a lamp, the device having a pair of electrically-conductive plates disposed in spaced relation in and electrically insulated from each other by a housing of electrically insula... | 01/25/1977 |
