Abstract: A top-loading coffeemaker comprises a housing having an open top and two covers pivotable between opened and closed positions. A filter basket can be inserted through a front portion of the open top to be supported above a carafe. A reservoir is located in a rear portion of the top-loading coffeemaker. A conduit extends from an inlet at the front portion of the top-loading coffeemaker to the reservoir. Water poured into the inlet flows through the conduit to the reservoir. A linkage connecting the two covers causes the rear cover to be opened when the front cover is opened, and enables the rear cover to be opened alone.

Abstract: A top-loading coffeemaker comprises a housing having an open top and two covers pivotable between opened and closed positions. A filter basket can be inserted through a front portion of the open top to be supported above a carafe. A reservoir is located in a rear portion of the top-loading coffeemaker. A conduit extends from an inlet at the front portion of the top-loading coffeemaker to the reservoir. Water poured into the inlet flows through the conduit to the reservoir. A linkage connecting the two covers causes the rear cover to be opened when the front cover is opened, and enables the rear cover to be opened alone.

Abstract: A switch, especially for heavy duty vehicle applications, utilizes solid state circuitry and a low voltage, low current touch pad switch, where the switching occurs directly on a printed circuit board and bulky wire terminations are eliminated. The switch includes a rocker, which pivots at its center point fulcrum causing the switch lever, housed inside the switch and attached to the rocker, to move in a particular direction. The configuration of the lever is such that the extending ears on opposite sides press against the elastomer seal and move a carbon contact against the integrated circuit traces on a printed circuit board, completing an electrical circuit. This condition occurs for either directional movement of the rocker. Housed within the lever is a spring-loaded plunger fitted with a roller (wheel) at its end. The roller rests on a predesigned detented ramp located as an integral part of the switch insulator.

Abstract: A switch, especially for heavy duty vehicle applications, utilizes solid state circuitry and a low voltage, low current touch pad switch, where the switching occurs directly on a printed circuit board and bulky wire terminations are eliminated. The switch can be directly coupled to one or more microprocessors without the need to step down the voltage or current. The switch includes a rocker, which when one end of the rocker is pressed, the rocker pivots at its center point fulcrum causing the switch lever, which is housed inside the switch and attached to the rocker, to move in a particular direction. The configuration of the lever is such that the extending ears on opposite sides press against the elastomer seal and move a carbon contact against the integrated circuit traces on a printed circuit board, completing an electrical circuit. This condition occurs for either directional movement of the rocker. Housed within the lever is a spring-loaded plunger fitted with a roller (wheel) at its end.

Abstract: An electronic disconnect circuit protects an electronic device, such as a radio, installed in a motor vehicle from overvoltage condition in which the normal internal protection is inadequate. A normally closed relay includes 2 sets of terminals connected in the ground conductor and in the voltage conductor of the power cable connected to the electronic device. The relay coil is connected through a diode which becomes conductive if the voltage in the ground conductor rises above the voltage in the other conductor, thus protecting the radio or similar electronic device from a reversal of polarity as would occur when a battery charger or similar device is improperly connected to the vehicle. A switching transistor responds to an over voltage condition to turn on the relay coil when an over voltage condition occurs, such as during a high voltage jump start or a high voltage transient condition.

Abstract: An audio-visual system for a motor vehicle includes multiple viewing/listening stations, one station for each passenger. Each station includes a video monitor mounted in the back of the seat immediately in front of the user and includes an audio headphone terminal in a control panel adjacent each viewing station. The control panel includes a multiple position switch, which is connected to a distribution box for switching between multiple program sources for transmission to each viewing station. Accordingly, the user at each viewing station can independently switch between the program sources.