258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-335.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 335 Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:01:14 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20100066472/description.html

Application Number:  20100066472

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventors:  Viala, Bernard; Orlando, Bastien

The inductive micro-device comprises a rectilinear solenoid winding comprising a plurality of disjointed rectangular turns each having predetermined dimensions. At least one of the dimensions of the turns is variable and is determined individually for each turn according to the position of the turn along the winding and to predetermined magnetic characteristics of the winding, in particular a homogeneous magnetic field and/or an optimum quality factor. Said variable dimension of the turns is ...
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Application Number:  20100066471

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventors:  Nagura, Hiroshi; Ito, Takashi; Takeyama, Masaki

An electromagnetic relay includes a housing having an accommodating space therein, a magnet coil in the accommodating space to generate electromagnetic force when energized, a moving contact disposed in the accommodating space and driven by the coil, a fixed contact in the accommodating space, the moving contact engaged with or disengaged from the fixed contact as a result of whether the moving contact is driven or not, a breathing hole formed in the housing to communicate between the ...
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Application Number:  20100066470

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventor:  Harmon, Jason Edward

A circuit interrupter trip apparatus operably connected to an operating mechanism of a circuit interrupter includes a sensor and a switch operably connected and responsive to the sensor. The switch is positioned such that the sensor changes the operating state of the switch in response to detection of a predetermined electrical condition, such as an electrical fault. A controller is operably connected to the switch and is configured to activate the operating mechanism in response to a change in ...
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Application Number:  20100066469

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventors:  Ziemann, Andreas; Sattler, Guido

A domestic appliance for treating laundered articles including a container for receiving laundered articles, which can be introduced into the container via a loading opening that can be closed by a door, and a door contact switch that is actuated as a function of a door position in order to interrupt a treatment process of the laundered articles, wherein the door contact switch is arranged on a substrate, which supports electronic control devices of the domestic ...
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Application Number:  20100066468

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventors:  Yuba, Takashi; Takano, Satoshi; Saso, Hirofumi; Iwamoto, Daiei

An electromagnetic relay includes a coil, an armature that is electromagnetically attracted by the coil when current flows through the coil, two fixed contacts, a movable spring disposed to be movable to the fixed contacts, a conductive plate that is connected to the movable spring and including two movable contacts. The movable contacts are brought in contact with the fixed contacts respectively via the movable spring by the armature attracted by the coil. When the fixed contacts and the ...
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Application Number:  20100060396

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Mikl, Rudolf; Mader, Leopold

A coil former for an electromagnetic relay is configured to receive a core and a coil winding. The coil former includes a first coil flange, a second coil flange, and a cylindrical winding area for fixing a coil winding arranged between the first and second coil flange, wherein at least one of the coil flanges is shaped such that at least a portion of one coil flange sits flush with the winding area of the coil former in a region of a periphery of the coil former. Also, a coil body for an ...
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Application Number:  20100060395

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventor:  Nedelcu, Eugen

Disclosed is a free air magnetic circuit and speaker in which no pole piece is used. A magnet layer is located between a top plate and a back plate with a gap defined essentially in the center thereof. Into the gap, a wire coil attached to a diaphragm may be inserted. A magnet flux passes between the top and back plates. In some embodiments, the interior edge of each of the metal plates tapers toward the gap, and the magnet layer extends past the peripheral edge of each of the metal plates so ...
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Application Number:  20100060394

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Nagura, Hiroshi; Ito, Takashi; Takeyama, Masaki

An electromagnetic relay includes a case, a base, a magnet coil, a movable member driven by electromagnetic force of the coil, a moving contact, a fixed contact engaged with or disengaged from the moving contact, a fixed contact holding member fixed to the base with the holding member passing therethrough and having a load circuit terminal, and a magnet applying Lorentz force to arc generated between the fixed contact and the moving contact. The case includes a guide part on its region with ...
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Application Number:  20100060393

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Joo, Hyun Woo; Tak, Sung Jun; Ryu, Jae Seop; Lee, Jong Hyuk

An electromagnetic linear actuator is disclosed that is capable of providing a large driving force adequately used for a high-voltage circuit breaker due to simplified structure and reduced manufacturing cost, the actuator comprising: stators each facing the other about an axle; a mover disposed with a moving core and a moving coil wrapping the moving core to magnetize the moving core during conduction, and capable of linearly and axially moving an interior of the stator; and permanent magnets, ...
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Application Number:  20100060392

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Cho, Hyun Kil; Kim, Yeong Bong

A relay comprises: a solenoid; a hermetically sealed chamber mounted at a lower end thereof with a cylinder into which a center portion of the spool is inserted, mounted at an upper end thereof with a pair of stationary terminals each provided at a stationary contact point and filled therein with insulating gas to be coupled at an upper portion of the spool; an insulation member insulating the chamber and the stationary terminals; a movable unit including a shaft, a conductive movable terminal, ...
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Application Number:  20100059258

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Wang, Zhaoan; Yang, Xu; Wang, Jianing; Yuan, Bob; Chen, Qiaoliang

The present invention relates to switched-mode power supply module and discloses a ferrite mosaic and a magnetic core structure for passive substrate for switched-mode power supply module. The ferrite mosaic includes a supporting plate and numbers of ferrite units stuck on the supporting plate, with each ferrite unit being rectangular. Wherein the ferrite mosaic comprises air-gaps defined between the ferrite units and ferrite glue polymer composites cured in air-gaps, and the magnetic core ...
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Application Number:  20100057225

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Allcock, David John; Mazereeuw, Jeffrey Glenn

A protection relay with integrated communications may include a protective relay portion to perform protective relay operations associated with a load operatively connected to the protection relay, and a communications server portion to perform communications operations as an independently operating communications ...
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Application Number:  20100052834

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  FENG, Chu-Hsiang

A magnetic coupler includes a first body, a second body and a plurality of magnetic elements. The first body has a first front side and a first backside. The first front side is formed with a plurality of positioning slots. The second body has a second front side and a second backside. The second backside is mounted on the first front side. The second body is formed with a plurality of positioning holes penetrating through the second body. Each magnetic element has a first portion and a second ...
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Application Number:  20100052833

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Zezulka, Václav; Straka, Pavel; Soukup, Václav

In forming magnetic blocks, a first permanent magnet may be lowered to the bottom of an upwardly open vessel, the vessel may be already filled or may be then filled with liquid and, while forcefully maintaining the first permanent magnet in that position, further permanent magnets are gradually inserted into the vessel in a direction perpendicular to their resulting joint contact surfaces, where the adjacent surfaces of the superimposed permanent magnets have an opposite polarity, while during ...
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Application Number:  20100052832

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Wang, Richard

A permanent electromagnetic indexing apparatus includes a chassis, a carrier pivoted to the chassis, and a plurality of magnetic sets. Each of the magnetic sets includes a first permanent magnet, a magnetic-conductive member, a second permanent magnet, and a magnetizing coil. Each of the first permanent magnets is mounted to the magnetic-conductive member. Each of the magnetic-conductive members is mounted onto the second permanent magnet. Each of the magnetizing coils surrounds the second ...
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Application Number:  20100052831

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Takano, Satoshi

A relay includes a base, a switch built into the base, a first terminal that is built into the base, is connected to one end of the switch, and is provided on a first face of the base, a second terminal that is built into the base, is connected to the other end of the switch, and is provided on the first face, and a third terminal that is connected to the first terminal in the base, and is provided on a second face facing with the first face. A terminal connected to the second terminal in the ...
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Application Number:  20100052830

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Shinoura, Tatsuo

A high frequency relay has at least two drive terminal units arranged at an outer peripheral brim portion of at least two regions of three regions divided from a plane region of a base with a signal line. The base may be a plane triangle, plane square, plane hexagon, or a plane ...
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Application Number:  20100052829

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Anand, Pradeep Kumar; Butland, Geoffrey Freeman; Karra, Rajani

A circuit breaker closing actuator and a method of operation is provided. The closing actuator is disposed to communicate and receive signals from a trip unit. The trip unit includes a communications to transmit and receive data and signals from a remote location. The trip unit transmits a signal to the closing actuator in response to receiving a closing signal from the remote location. The closing actuator validates the signal and activates a driving circuit if the signal is validated. The ...
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Application Number:  20100052828

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Eckert, Gunther; Vierling, Winfried; Weber, Christoph

In line circuit breakers with a combined overcurrent/short-circuit current tripping device, tripping should take place in a well defined manner in the case of an overcurrent and in the case of a short-circuit current. For this purpose, gaps (A, B) need to be set precisely. If the housing is made from a cost-effective housing material such as thermosetting plastic it is subject to shrinkage. As a result, the mentioned gaps may change. An armature (24) is mounted in such a way that it ...
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Application Number:  20100046133

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventor:  SUZUKI, Hirohisa

A relay device includes mechanical relays, a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a relay drive circuit. The relay includes a coil, a moving contact whose position changes according to whether the coil is energized, a load terminal conductive to the contact and connected to the first bar, and a coil terminal connected to the coil and second bar. The first bar includes a loading circuit. A current flows to an external load through the loading circuit opened/closed when the position of the ...
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Application Number:  20100045416

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Fullerton, Larry W.; Roberts, Mark D.; Richards, James L.

An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation ...
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Application Number:  20100045415

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Fullerton, Larry W.; Roberts, Mark D.; Richards, James L.

An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation ...
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Application Number:  20100045414

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Fullerton, Larry W.; Roberts, Mark D.; Richards, James L.

An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation ...
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Application Number:  20100045413

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Fullerton, Larry W.; Roberts, Mark D.; Richards, James L.

An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation ...
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Application Number:  20100045412

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Fullerton, Larry W.; Richards, James L.; Roberts, Mark D.

An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation ...
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Application Number:  20100045411

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Kobayashi, Hiroya; Kuniyoshi, Futoshi

An R-T-B based sintered magnet includes both a light rare-earth element R_L (which is at least one of Nd and Pr) and a heavy rare-earth element R_H (which is at least one of Dy and Tb) and Nd₂Fe₁₄B type crystals as a main phase. The magnet has a first region, which includes either the heavy rare-earth element R_H in a relatively low concentration or no heavy rare-earth elements R_H at all, and a second region, which includes the ...
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Application Number:  20100045410

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Klaeser, Marion; Schneider, Theo; Beckenbach, Max; Lott, Bernd; Eisele, Matthias; Leys, Pauline

A planar-helical undulator for emitting 360° electrically variable photo radiation, including a first coil and a second coil disposed relative to an undulator axis, an axis of the first coil and an axis of the second coil and the undulator axis being parallel to each other, and the undulator axis forming a portion of a synchrotron beam axis. Further, each of the first and second coils includes a helical section and a planar section. The windings of each respective section are connected in ...
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Application Number:  20100045409

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventor:  Timinger, Holger

A superconductive magnet system with a super conductive magnet is provided with a cooling system. A thermal switch is configured to thermally (de)couple the superconductive magnet from/to the cooling system so that the magnet can be decoupled from the cooling system e.g. in the event of a ...
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Application Number:  20100045130

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Hull, John R.; Strasik, Michael

Methods and systems provide pulsed-power to a load utilizing high temperature superconductors (HTS) within multiple pulsed-power devices. According to embodiments described herein, each pulsed-power device includes a HTS mounted on a rotor and an armature coil mounted on a stator. The rotor is positioned to allow a magnetic field within the HTS to induce a voltage in the armature coil when the rotor is rotating and to allow a magnetic field created by passing current through the armature coil ...
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Application Number:  20100044163

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Krebs, Werner; Tandler, Peter; Ludwig, Johann; Schiel, Christoph; Neumann, Han-Jürgen; Ottmann, Swen; Schmidt, Barbara

An equalizing tank for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, with a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part, and with a device for monitoring the fluid level in the equalizing tank, the device including a switching unit which is fastened to the housing and has a plug-in connector and a contact carrier, a portion of which projects into a guide pipe which extends into an interior space of the tank, and a sensor element or switching element which is arranged on the ...
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