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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6918316 | Adjustable pedal assembly An adjustable pedal assembly includes a mounting arrangement (1) for attachment to a vehicle structure (37), an accelerator pedal (6), a brake pedal (7), and a clutch pedal (8). The pedals (6, 7, 8) are pivotally supported w... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6779251 | Assembly method for vehicle anti-theft key with resistor An assembly method for a vehicle anti-theft key having an embedded resistor pellet is provided. The resistor pellet includes a flange at one end which abuts one side of the key blade when the opposed end of the pellet is inserted into a through opening formed in the... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6094128 | Overload protected solid state varistors A fail-safe varistor includes either a fail-short or a fail-open device. Both devices include a fusible, electrically conductive material that melts before the varistor fails due to overvoltage. In the fail-open device, the fusible, electrically conductiv... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5907270 | Current-limiting switch A current-limiting switch, with current connections and contacts, at least one of which is movable, having an associated drive, for opening the moving contact when a predefined electric current intensity is exceeded, are provided. The drive is a thermoele... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5192939 | Cleaning device for rotary controls e.g. potentiometers and switches A device for cleaning the contacts of a potentiometer or the like. The potentiometer has an externally threaded cylinder extending outwardly from a panel of an electronic unit and has a concentric rotatable shaft extending therethrough. The shaft has at l... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5144275 | Positioning cylinder, especially for subterranean mining A positioning cylinder assembly for subterranean mining applications has a rotary potentiometer connected through a friction wheel transmission with the spindle of the cylinder which is rotated when the piston is axially displaced therein. The friction wh... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4313349 | Sealed electrical control device for x-ray apparatus A control device has a fixedly mountable frame which has recesses and a fixed shaft extending across the recesses. Flat sided spherical elements having manual levers extending from them are rotatable on the shaft and each element has a sector gear fastene... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4284972 | Vehicle mileage interval detector An apparatus for providing a service reminder when a vehicle has accumulated a predetermined mileage comprises a potentiometer operated by the highest order number wheel of the vehicle odometer to provide an output voltage which changes incrementally with... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4262276 | Adjustable potentiometer control arrangement A handle (12) is pivotally mounted on a support (11) and is connected to a potentiometer (21) by a linkage (24) for selectively varying the resistance of the potentiometer upon manipulation of the handle. The linkage includes a link (25) adjustably connec... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4137516 | Grinding wheel crack detector A grinding wheel is provided around the inside of its hole with a plurality of turns of an electrical conductor weaker in tension than the material of the wheel, the ends of which are brought out to terminals on the surface of the wheel. Incipient cracks ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4123740 | Adjustable potentiometer in an accelerator control An apparatus having an accelerator element has a potentiometer including an inner portion movable relative to an outer portion thereof in response to movement of the accelerator element. Adjusting and support members are interconnected for adjusting the o... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4047145 | Pivotally actuated speed control means of an apparatus An apparatus having an electrical power source and an accelerating element has pivotally actuated control means connected to the accelerating element.... | 09/06/1977 |
