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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7187264 | Foil-type switching element with improved spacer design A foil-type switching element comprises a first carrier foil and a second carrier foil arranged at a certain distance from each other by means of a spacer 10. The spacer 10 comprises at least one recess 12 defining an active area of the switchin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7170295 | Resistor arrangement, manufacturing method, and measurement circuit The invention relates to a resistor arrangement, especially for current measurement in a vehicle electrical system, with two plate-shaped connection elements separated from each other and a plate-shaped first resistive element, which is arranged between the two conn... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161583 | Input device and method for detecting contact position An input device of the present invention includes a substantially ring-shaped resistor including two pair of electrodes projecting along a Y direction and an X direction orthogonal to the Y direction, a substantially ring-shaped conductor facing the resistor across ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7138978 | Key input device A key input device in which an input key is oscillated with respect to an opposing surface facing a bottom portion thereof and in which depression of the opposing surface with the input key at a normal operating point situated above a contact portion of a board caus... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6977644 | Multi-directional pressure-responsive input device The input device of the invention includes: a lower sheet on which four resistors are formed in a manner that each two of them with a center put in between are placed to face each other circumferentially with a spacing of about 90°; an upper sheet overlying the low... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6794982 | Multidirectional input device and electronic apparatus comprising it A multidirectional input device includes ring-shaped resistance element layer 18, first conductive layer 22 and second conductive layer 23 shaping in arcs corresponding to resistance element layer 18, and knob 14 having ring-shaped... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6067005 | Multi-speed multi-direction analog pointing device A compact, low-cost pad pointing device with improved performance, reliability and durability, having an integrated selection switch, that can be used as a cursor pointing device and selection mechanism for computers, remote controls, web TV, TV guide bro... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5912612 | Multi-speed multi-direction analog pointing device A low-cost pad pointing device with improved performance, reliability and durability, that can be used as a cursor pointing device for computers, remote controls, web TV, TV guide browsers, video games, consumer electronics, industrial controllers, medica... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5629569 | Thermal photocontrol switch circuit A self-configuring photoelectric control circuit for controlling operation of a load based on ambient light. The photocontrol circuit comprises a photocell responsive to ambient light, a heating resistor connected to the photocell, a bimetallic element in... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5563570 | Resistor device for controlling a rotational speed of a motor The present invention relates to a resistor device for controlling a rotational speed of a motor which has no directional property and provides a convenient setting. A resistance unit is positioned which includes at least four connecting points connected ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5550527 | Resistor device for controlling a rotational speed of a motor A resistor device for controlling a rotational speed of a resistance unit and an open-circuit means. A receiving recess is provided to any one side surface of a heat sink vertically affixed to a top surface plate of a housing. A resistance unit, which is ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5334967 | Voltage divider A voltage divider which can be manipulated so as to vary the output voltage thereof, prevents mechanical wear of the voltage divider element, provides continuous contact, and can be sealed so as to prevent interaction with the ambient atmosphere including... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5057964 | Surge protector for telecommunications terminals A surge protector, particularly for protecting components in a telecommunication system, has a thin ceramic substrate on a surface of which is formed a surge protector resistor having a spiral pattern in the form of a double spiral having two parallel res... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4017821 | Circuit assembly as for a T-element A circuit assembly as for an attenuation circuit is constructed upon a glass or ceramic substrate. T-element attenuators are formed on one face of the substrate by a film-circuit technique. Connections to electrodes of the T-element resistances are made b... | 04/12/1977 |
