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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262708 | Fueling station electronic pricing sign Single digit Light Emitting Diode (LED) modules for replacing plastic numerals in a gas station pricing sign. Three or four LED modules represent one fuel price. The LED modules are mounted to a transparent face present on existing signs, and may be mounted on an ex... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7161488 | Method and apparatus for identifying injection syringes A method and device for identifying, testing or clearing a prefilled medicinal syringe in which the syringe is inserted into the test device which reads coding on the syringe and has a display as to whether the syringe is appropriate or not. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7091806 | Reducing effect of magnetic and electromagnetic fields on an implant's magnet and/or electronics An implantable magnet that can freely turn in response to an external magnetic field, thus avoiding torque and demagnetization on the implantable magnet. The implantable magnet can be combined with an electric switching function depending on the orientation of an ex... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7061395 | Locating items with flickering lamps Items, including lost items or items out of place, can be located by attaching flickering LED's to them and moving about with a detector that registers the presence of the desired item or items by decoding the flickers. The flickers can substitute for, or augment, o... | 06/13/2006 |
| 5663712 | Electrical contact position indicator assembly An electrical contact position indicator assembly is operatively coupled to an electrical device, such as a recloser, for indicating the relative position of the contacts of the electrical device, i.e., opened or closed, at any given time during operation... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5497096 | Faulted circuit indictor with three-dimensional display device A faulted circuit indicator with a high visibility spherical display device is disclosed for indicating a fault condition disposed within the display apparatus is a permanent magnet 42 that is in magnetic communication with, and actuated by, an electromag... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5059943 | Control unit for indicating the status of a procedure A control unit for indicating the status of a procedure is provided with a first indicator for indicating that the start of the procedure is imminent, a second indicator for indicating that the procedure has commenced, and a third indicator for indicating... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5055832 | Display element with notched disk A rotor presents bright and dark sides of a flat disk to a viewer. When the bright side is presented this side plus a stationary panel form a bright viewing area. When the dark side is presented the panel is occluded. The edges of the panel and of the dis... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5034737 | Magnetic flex core mechanism and method for making same A flexible electromagnet and a method for producing such are disclosed, the flexible electromagnet having a flexible magnetic core which permits directing the magnetic flux as desired. The core is constructed from a sufficiently flexible material such as ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4949082 | High speed display device Display element has electromagnetic drive and two rotatable vanes which exhibit a display area to the viewer in ON mode and occlude it in OFF mode. Side walls may be used to prevent viewing the display area from the side in the OFF mode.... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4860470 | Single core display device An electromagnetic display device has a rotor rotatable between limiting positions and in said limiting positions to display contrasting faces in the viewing direction. The drive for the rotor uses a permanent magnet mounted on the rotor eccentrically of ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4775862 | Bi-stable electromagnetically operated display member A display member (10) comprising a housing (14) having a chamber (12) with a viewing face (16) and a lamina member (24) movably mounted within the chamber (12) to be movable into a first position in which one face (26) of the member (22) is in face to fac... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4774509 | Reset device for indicator A device for mechanically resetting, by means of a simple manipulation, an optional number of status indicators of the type consisting of an electromagnet with an iron core, a magnetizing winding and some form of permanently magnetized indicating disk cap... | 09/27/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4694289 | Display member A display member (10) comprising a housing (14) having a chamber (12)with a viewing face (16) and a lamina member (24) movably mounted within said chamber (12) to be movable into a first position in which one face (26) of the member (22) in face to face c... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4661813 | Magnetic latching and damping for electromagnetic indicators A binary indicator for providing an indication of a normal or malfunction condition of equipment being monitored, the indicator having a magnetic latching and damping arrangement which ensures that the indicator functions properly under typical random hig... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4652868 | Multi-channel fault monitor using quick-acting interfaces to operate slow-acting indicators An indicator for monitoring a channel fault is located in each channel of a multichannel system. An interface is located between each indicator and channel being monitored to assure a response of the indicator under circumstances that a fault signal in th... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4566210 | Display device A display device has lever mounted display members with their members on one end movable from exposed to eclipsed position to provide a variable display and permanent magnets on the other end to provide for control of the lever by magnetizable cores locat... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4531318 | Display or indicating element with bent core A thin disk contrastingly colored on opposite sides is rotatably mounted to rotate about its diameter. A permanent magnet on the disk allows the disk to be driven by a pair of reversibly magnetizable cores. One of the cores is bent to provide a stop which... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4525634 | Alternating current switching device A switching circuit provides multi-way control of the connection of a relatively high current load to a source of power by the momentary closing of any one of a number of switches at remote locations. A control current in the milliampere range is fed to t... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4514730 | Pipeline monitoring apparatus An apparatus is described for providing a visual display of the presence or absence of a change from the normal to the abnormal in the condition of a pipeline, for example an adverse change in the current supply to the pipeline for cathodic corrosion cont... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4466042 | Trip indicator assembly for electronic circuit breaker Trip indicator electromagnets of the permanent magnet type for use in a high amperage molded case circuit breaker under control of the long time delay and the short time delay or instantaneous circuits respectively for indicating the nature of a fault cur... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4401959 | Magnetically actuated indicator A magnetically actuated indicator which includes an elongated housing and an elongated core having a first asymmetric axial extremity mounted for (a) sliding axial movement and (b) rotation about the axis thereof. At least one elongated winding is dispose... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4393362 | Electromagnetic indicator having a rotor disposable in discrete positions An electromagnetic indicator has a stator carrying a stationary reversibly magnetizable core, and a rotor including a display disk and rotary cylindrical magnet. The magnet is permanently magnetized with two poles each angularly spaced apart less than 180... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4243978 | Display or indicating device with magnetic stop A rotatable display or indicating element mounts a permanent magnet and is rotated greater than 90° and less than 180° between mechanical stops by an exterior pole piece of reversible polarity. A small permanent magnet adjacent the pole piece is designe... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4150356 | Indication apparatus An indication apparatus which detects a plurality of abnormal conditions occurring in a motor vehicle particularly in an automobile, and indicates an indicium corresponding to one of the abnormal conditions. When at least one of a plurality of sensors det... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4132986 | Electromagnetic indicator An indicator flag is movable alternately into one of a plurality of display positions thereby to provide a distinguishable visual indication in each position. The indicator flag carried by a movable assembly is actuated by electromagnetic means and the mo... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4115769 | Damping means for indicators A binary indicator including a pair of indicator discs mounted along a common axis has means for damping rotational movement of a resetting structure in one direction following movement imparted to the resetting structure in the other direction for purpos... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4040382 | Indicator for relay or the like An indicator for an electrical device such as a relay or the like is disclosed for indicating the condition of the contacts in the relay or similar device having a contact operator element movable inwardly with respect to the casing when the relay is oper... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4016534 | Indicator device for automobiles An indicator device for vehicles such as an automobile car which can show locations in a predetermined priority sequence if there is something wrong with various functions of the car, and comprises a plurality of indicating elements superposed in layers, ... | 04/05/1977 |
