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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8054197 | Speedometer for train crossings An apparatus that indicates the speed of oncoming trains at train crossings comprises a large digital display attached to a drop gate or alternately on a side gate crossing sign for those crossings without a gate. The digital display is surrounded by a large sign in... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7265747 | Optically based operating device for a household appliance An operating element can be used to operate or control a household appliance, for example a cook top heating element. A seven-segment display is arranged beneath a cover in the region of a contact surface. A light source and a light receiver are arranged inside resp... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7199398 | Nitride semiconductor light emitting device having electrode electrically separated into at least two regions A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes at least a substrate, an active layer formed of a nitride semiconductor containing mainly In and Ga, a p-electrode and an n-electrode. At least one of the p-electrode and n-electrode is electrically separated in... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7053786 | Photoelectric switch In a first display mode, a threshold value is numerically displayed on a first display section and the current light reception amount (current value) is numerically displayed on a second display section. In a second display mode, the tolerance value is numerically d... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7015877 | Multi-color segmented display A multi-color segmented LED or other light emitting arrangement display includes specially designed segments such that there are two or more rooms within one segment. When one or more LEDs or light emitting arrangements with different colors are placed in each room ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012542 | Multicolor function indicator light A multicolor function indicator light system is provided for an audio amplifier or similar electronic equipment. A sensor circuit monitors operation of the equipment. An indicator light device has a plurality of different color outputs. A control logic circuit recei... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6906633 | Program-controlled household appliance The optical indicator unit of a program-controlled household appliance includes one or more indicator elements for the display of information in plain text. Each indicator element includes a matrix with 5×8 pixels for the display of a character. Each indicator elem... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6894662 | Photoelectric switch A multifunctional photoelectric switch comprises a display section for displaying a first display information and a second display information. The first display information includes a plurality of items concerning a threshold value and the second display informatio... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6717523 | Photoelectric switch In a first display mode, a threshold value is numerically displayed on a first display section and the current light reception amount (current value) is numerically displayed on a second display section. In a second display mode, the tolerance value is numerically d... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6603404 | Light emitting display device and method of making the same A light emitting display device is provided which can be manufactured from a leadframe and which may be mounted with other such light emitting display devices in close side-by-side relationship. The light emitting display device includes a casing (3) of a... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6580412 | Signal display apparatus and associated method A signal display apparatus has a plurality of shift registers and a selecting circuit. The shift registers receives a first clock and the selecting circuit receives a selecting signal from a data flow according to a second clock, and output enabling signa... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6549179 | LED display assembly Surface mounted LEDs are arrayed in special patterns to provide a relatively high resolution dot-matrix visual display and/or multi-segment character displays. Especially abbreviated solder bonding pads are utilized to obtain a higher density packing of t... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6426616 | Phasing and indicator arrangements for switchgear or the like A phasing and indicator arrangement is provided for switchgear or the like that responds to electrical sources and provides voltage indicator functions, phasing determinations, and self-test features. Phasing provisions are responsive to two or more volta... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6400260 | Apparatus for displaying electrical measurement of distributor of motor vehicle An apparatus for displaying electrical measurement of distributor of motor vehicle comprises a circuit module mounted on distributor. Circuit module comprises at least one display unit, a circuit board, and a plurality of flexible pins wherein pins are el... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6344800 | Vending machine display An improved display module for a vending machine is described. An implementation includes an enhanced display means, an inverter connected to a CLOCK input signal, and a flip-flop connected to the inverter and to a DATA input signal. The inverter and the ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6342833 | Apparatus for displaying electrical measurement of distributor of motor vehicle An apparatus for displaying electrical measurement of distributor of motor vehicle comprises a distributor and a circuit module including at least one display unit and a circuit board in distributor under input and output terminals and electrically connec... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6326947 | Tactile character input in computer-based devices A character entry device in accordance with the invention has a character entry surface. The character entry surface has raised character segment guides upon which characters can be traced by a human user. Sensors are associated with the segment guides to... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6097302 | System and method for monitoring a plural segment light-emitting display A monitoring system for a display unit includes phototransistors for detecting light emitted from a plurality of selectively energizable light-emitting diode (LED) segments in an energized state and for generating a voltage which is representative of the ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6053443 | Display for a fishing reel A fishing reel is provided with a display device. The display device is disposed on an upper surface of the reel main body and displays various kinds of measure information measured by a measuring instrument such as a fishing line length value and various... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5977879 | Display device and an inspection circuit A display device having driving circuits one for each of its light-emitting elements permits easy inspection of the driving circuits. The display device is formed as a fluorescent display tube that has an array of light-emitting units each consisting of a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969628 | Display device for a 7-segment font A display device is disclosed for displaying a character having a font of the "7-segment" type. The display includes segment drivers for activating/deactivating one or various icons from a set of icons formed each by one or various electrically connected ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5751219 | Testing instrument with a display element A testing instrument including a display element and two control paths that are separately activated. The display element has a display field shaped like a lightning bolt or zigzag and has at least three partial display fields which follow successively in... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5559528 | Display having redundant segments Redundant segment display characters are used to provide a fail-safe indication of critical parameters. In one preferred form of the invention, selected segments of a redundant segment character include pairs of segments that are arranged proximate to eac... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5554809 | Process detection apparatus A compact pressure differential/pressure detector is a process detection apparatus for measuring a pressure, a level, a pressure differential of a process fluid. The detector is constructed of a pressure sensing block having sensors for sensing a pressure... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5521986 | Compact data input device A data entry apparatus includes a mosaic display as a template for inputting characters, by a stylus or other device. The displayed mosaic includes a plurality of segments, each represented by a tile area of the template. Inputted characters are recognize... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5184116 | Back-lightable diffusive display sign This relates to a back-lightable display panel for displaying alphanumeric characters and graphics comprising a plurality of mechanically movable elements, each having a dark translucent face and a bright translucent face which are moved from one to the o... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4764765 | Binary display device to aid switch setting A first device having a segmented display for normally displaying information in numeric or alphanumeric form is provided with means to aid the setting of a bank of externally accessible switches on a second device so that they correspond with internal sw... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4752771 | Electronic instrument panel In a color liquid crystal type electronic instrument panel, the quantity of light to be radiated from a background light source is changed in accordance with a color to be displayed. The color liquid crystal type electronic instrument panel is of the type... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4744163 | Seven bar module Electromagnetically actuated rotatable display element uses low coercivity magnetic core drive through cores running parallel to the rotation axes and magnets on the element outside each end of the cores.... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4733231 | System for displaying a segment, primarily for use in a remote-controlled digital display A system for displaying a segment as applicable in particular to remote-controlled digital display. A control circuit energizes two stationary series-connected electromagnets with pulses of the same polarity so as to produce a magnetic field in each elect... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4611897 | Segment indication device A device for indicating characters by selective activation of plural segments is arranged along two vertically adjoining rectangles with a horizontal common side therebetween. The device comprises a first pair of segments and a second pair of segments. Th... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4308528 | Electromechanically driven digital indicating device An electromechanically driven digital indicating device comprising an arrangement of seven flaps electromagnetically movable to one of two defined positions. The flaps are disposed in a housing at one plane thereof so as to form an "8"-shaped figure. The ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4288788 | Electrostatic alpha-numeric display To provide a nonvolatile alpha-numeric display, display segments comprising small electrets are arranged in a supporting panel in a desired format such as a conventional seven-segment display. Each electret segment is pivotably mounted in a window in the ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4237460 | Electro-optic display device A seven segment display device for forming a centered number 1. Six of the segments are disposed on the sides of a quadrangular surface. Each of two long sides of the surface are provided with a pair of segments, with each of the pair of segments includin... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4220948 | Non-electronic character display A sign board comprises an opaque front plate interfacing with a translucent or reflective back plate. Slots in the front plate define the segments of 7-segment characters. Shutters are slideable within the interface to selectively open and close slots for... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4163332 | Matrix display device A matrix display comprises an array of display elements arranged in vertical and horizontal rows. Each element comprises a vane pivotally mounted for movement between stable positions in one of which the vane covers a light-transmissive area contained in ... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4146883 | Display A display device having a plurality of information symbols for each light source such as an LED chip. The upper surface of each LED chip is divided into several light-emitting areas by a patterned array of electrically isolated, spaced electrodes. The LED... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4117478 | Variable character display device A variable character display device includes a base plate on which is a multiplicity of variable segment display mechanisms. Each mechanism comprises a substantially flat display segment carried by a rotatable arm. A magnet secured to the arm is magnetica... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4070668 | Display device A segmental display device includes a window plate having a plurality of segmental openings for indicating selected characters. A plurality of closure members are supported on a rotatable shafts extending in parallel to the plurality of segmental openings... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4064555 | Gasoline pump modification apparatus An apparatus for modification of a gasoline pump is disclosed. This apparatus incorporates electronically driven display numerals. The numerals are supported on a PC board recessed within a housing. They are slanted at an angle approximating 45°. They ar... | 12/20/1977 |
