Patents Examined by Ahmed Saeed
  • Patent number: 9728327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a suspensible external combined on-load tap changer, including: a switch box, a switch body and a motor mechanism, a top box wall of the switch box being opened with a top opening, a top box cover being mounted on the top opening, wherein the switch body is detachably mounted in the switch box and is entirely lifted in and lifted out by the top opening; and the motor mechanism is connected with the switch body in a driving manner. The switch body in the present invention uses a hoisting structure, and the top box wall of the switch box is opened with a top opening with a size large enough, so that the switch body is directly lifted in and lifted out of the switch box from the top opening, and installation and maintenance are easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HUAMING POWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xu Shen, Riming Xiao
  • Patent number: 9728349
    Abstract: A button structure includes a circuit board, a switch module, a light source module, and a button body. The button body includes a substantially cylindrical shaped light guide member and a pressing member. The light guide member includes a periphery wall having at least one light guide surface. The pressing member is movably mounted in the light guide member and faces the switch module. When the pressing member is pressed, the pressing member activates the switch module and the switch module is activated to control the light source module to irradiate light, so that the light from the light source module enters the light guide member through the at least one light guide surface and is emitted out from a top portion of the periphery wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Huang, Kao-Kuan Su, Min-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9728352
    Abstract: A switch structure and an electronic device using the same are provided. The electronic device has a casing, and the switch structure is disposed at an inner side of the key portion of the casing. The switch structure includes an elastic member, a force transmission member and a strain sensor. The elastic member is connected to the casing. The force transmission member is located inside the casing. The strain sensor is disposed on the elastic member, and the strain sensor and the force transmission member are disposed are two opposite sides of the elastic member respectively. The elastic member is configured to be deformed by the force transmission member when an external force is applied to an outside of the key portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Yu-Jing Liao, Ying-Yen Cheng, Chih-Wei Tu, Hung-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9711302
    Abstract: An operating member including an actuating part movably mounted between a rest position and a switching position, a circuit board with an open contacting portion, a switching mat made of an elastic material disposed adjacent to the circuit board, and at least one contact pill formed on a side of the switching mat facing towards the circuit board, which cooperate in such a way that, in the switching position of the actuating part at the latest, the open contacting portion of the circuit board is closed by the contact pill, and where the switching mat moreover forms at least one tactile-feel dome which is associated with the contact pill, is elastically compressible by actuation of the actuating part in the direction of the switching position and which, in its initial position, defines a unilaterally open hollow volume in the switching mat, in order to cause a tactile feedback on the actuating part, where the contact pill is disposed outside the hollow volume defined by the tactile-feel dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: PREH GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Sauer, Juergen Stanger
  • Patent number: 9707927
    Abstract: A seatbelt buckle apparatus for a motor vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a buckle housing that provides at least part of a structure for selectively coupling a seatbelt latch plate to the apparatus. A switch housing houses at least part of a switch. The switch monitors whether or not the seatbelt latch plate is coupled to the seatbelt buckle apparatus. A switch wire harness is in communication with the switch. A strain relief-guide feature carries and guides a section of the switch wire harness so as to provide strain relief to the switch wire harness when a force is applied to the switch wire harness downstream from the strain relief-guide feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathon Boughner, Jon E. Burrow, Kevin Dewey
  • Patent number: 9711299
    Abstract: A contact-finger-element includes a first contact-portion and a second-contact-portion which are suitable for engaging with a first conducting terminal and with a second conducting-terminal respectively; the first-contact-portion and the second-contact-portion have respective cross-sections including concave ā€œVā€-shaped profiles, each concave ā€œVā€-shaped profile having two straight portions mutually tilted by a respective included angle which is adapted so as to enable the first contact-portion and the second-contact-portion to tangentially contact with a curved surface of the first conducting terminal and of the second conducting terminal respectively at intermediate zones of the respective straight portions. There is also disclosed a tulip-contact assembly comprising a plurality of such contact-finger-elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Gianluca Cortinovis, Ravindra Borse
  • Patent number: 9704668
    Abstract: An input device includes: a switch unit that has a fixed contact and a movable contact placed so as to be movable away from and toward the fixed contact; a rubber member provided so as to be elastically deformable, the rubber member pressing the movable contact; and a slide member placed so as to be movable so that the slide member can press the rubber member. The rubber member has a first load generating part, which presses the movable contact, and a plurality of load adjusting parts disposed so as to enclose the first load generating part. The slide member has a first pressing part, which presses the first load generating part, and a plurality of second pressing parts, which press the plurality of load adjusting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Osako, Ryuichi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Tagawa
  • Patent number: 9704660
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical switching device, which switches stroke-dependently, with extended switching hysteresis, including a switching element with a contact lever, the switching element cooperating with an actuating element movably guided in a holding device. The actuating element has a step-shaped portion for actuating the contact lever of the switching element and the actuating element has an opening in which an engagement element designed as a bolt or a pin engages when a switching action is initiated. The opening provided in the actuating element is formed as an elongated hole, in which the engagement element engages in order to achieve a switching stroke and a defined hysteresis is thus set depending on the design of the elongated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Lothar Wuerfel, Matthias Schmidt, Joachim Bohlaender
  • Patent number: 9697958
    Abstract: A movable contact of a rotary switch, including a pair of contact blades for making an electrical contact to a stationary contact receivable between the contact blades. The movable contact includes a traction member for providing a traction force between the contact blades, wherein the traction member is a unitary piece including two frame portions for framing the pair of contact blades, the traction member including a spring portion for pressing one of the contact blades against the other contact blade, wherein the spring portion is arranged between the two frame portions arranged at a distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Oskari Uitto, Aki Suutarinen
  • Patent number: 9691559
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes: fixed contact points; and a moving contact assembly. The moving contact assembly includes: a shaft; a moving contact that is held in the shaft; and springs that apply torque to the moving contact. The shaft includes: stopping faces that are formed in a direction opposite to the direction in which the moving contact rotates; and guiding faces that are curved from the stopping faces. The moving contact includes: first surfaces that are formed on the radius of rotation of the moving contact; and sliding surfaces that are located at an angle to the first surfaces and slanted toward the center of rotation with respect to the line of action of a tangential force of torque at the points of contact with the guiding faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Hwan Oh
  • Patent number: 9692151
    Abstract: Provided is a switch attached coaxial connector that improves an isolation characteristic between a common terminal and a closed terminal. In a normal state where a coaxial plug is not connected to the switch attached coaxial connector, a movable contact portion biased by a leaf spring piece portion elastically contacts a fixed contact piece portion so that a closed terminal and a common terminal are electrically connected to each other. When the coaxial plug is connected to the switch attached coaxial connector, the movable contact portion moves rearward from the fixed contact piece portion by the plug pin abutting against a plug contact portion so that the contact with respect to the fixed contact piece portion is disconnected and the electrical connection of the common terminal is switched from the closed terminal to the plug pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Kunieda, Katsuhisa Serizawa
  • Patent number: 9691571
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a button. The housing has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and defines a mounting hole passing through the first surface and the second surface. The mounting hole has an inner surface. The button is received in the mounting hole, and includes a metallic keycap and an annular buffer member. The keycap has a peripheral side surface, and defines a receiving groove on the peripheral side surface which extends around the peripheral side surface. The buffer member is composed of flexible material, sleeved on the keycap cap, partially received in the mounting hole, and partially positioned outside of the mounting hole to resist the second surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian-Long Liao, Cong-Cong Wang
  • Patent number: 9685286
    Abstract: There is provided a keyboard device including a plurality of key tops that include magnets and are depressible, an opposing member which is provided to face the plurality of key tops and in which signal lines are wired, and a plurality of openings that is formed corresponding to positions of the magnets when the key tops are pressed in the opposing member. The signal lines are wired while avoiding the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Kimura, Shuichi Chihara, Yasushi Tsuji, Junichiro Misawa, Shingo Harada
  • Patent number: 9685279
    Abstract: A switch has a base comprising a flat circular recess formed on an upper surface thereof, a fixed contact disposed in an inner surface of the flat circular recess, a spring body that has a bellows shape in which a reference form unit is repetitively formed, the spring body being annularly disposed in the flat circular recess of the base, an operating body that has a turning unit fitted turnably in the flat circular recess of the base, and an operating projection provided in an inward surface of the turning unit. When the operating body is turned, the operating projection presses an end portion of the spring body to compress the spring body, which allows a contact to be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 9679733
    Abstract: An actuation system for a switch assembly having at least one switch includes a linear actuator drivable for actuating the switch, and a handle configured for selectively driving the linear actuator. The handle is operable in a first state in which the handle is coupled to the linear actuator such that turning the handle does not drive the linear actuator, and a second state in which the handle is coupled to the linear actuator such that turning the handle drives the linear actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Jessica Ann Dunker
  • Patent number: 9678607
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch technology, and more particularly, to a touch panel and a manufacturing method the same. A touch panel is provided, comprising an inductive electrode layer and a patterned protective layer covering the inductive electrode layer; wherein formative pattern of the patterned protective layer is identical to that of the inductive electrode layer. The present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method for touch panels. A touch panel and a manufacturing method the same are provided in the present disclosure, in which the patterned protective layer is used for covering the inductive electrode layer to isolate the inductive electrode layer from oxygen and overcome the influence of oxygen on the diamond resistance changes of conductive materials under the condition of high-temperature baking, thereby enhancing the accuracy of touch positions recognized by touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Yanjun Xie, Silu Yu, Enshi Shi, Yau-Chen Jiang
  • Patent number: 9679706
    Abstract: A disconnecting device having a plurality of modules for disconnecting an electrical supply line of an intensity higher than 1000 A. Each module includes a tight contact casing (10) having at least one fixed-contact conductive element (12, 14) in contact with a mobile-contact conductive element (20, 26), and a mechanism for interrupting the contact between the fixed-contact element and the mobile-contact element so as to disconnect the supply line; metal connection bars (60, 62, and 64, 66) for connecting to a current input and to a current output; and intermediate conductive elements such as blades (68, 70, et 72, 74) connected to the connection bars and to the casing. At least one of the mobile-contact elements includes a silver pellet fixed to the surface of the element, allowing the contact resistance between the mobile-contact element and the fixed-contact element to be reduced by half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AMC ETEC
    Inventor: Michel Pillet
  • Patent number: 9672994
    Abstract: A device for operating multiple functions includes an operating element and a base. The base has side bearings with guide slots, hinge joints with pivot pins, and an actuator. The operating element is mounted in the guide slots to pivotably be mounted to the side bearings about an axis of rotation to thereby be movable between positions. At least one of the positions is assigned to a switching function. The operating element is mounted to the base on a centered bearing between the side bearings. The operating element is supported on the pivot pins. Upon the operating element being actuated to trigger a switching function, the actuator produces a haptic feedback by generating an actuating force on the operating element which causes the pivot pins to pivot in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation thereby causing the operating element to axially displace along this same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Bleckmann, Corinna Machatzke
  • Patent number: 9666388
    Abstract: A control panel for an appliance includes a tactile switch positioned on a PCB. An elastic spacer sheet is positioned over the PCB, and the tactile switch is disposed within an opening of the elastic spacer sheet. A rigid backer plate is positioned over the elastic spacer sheet, and a plastic film is positioned on the rigid backer plate. A related method for forming a control panel for an appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Aaron Weaver, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • Patent number: 9666384
    Abstract: A portable actuator system enables the remote operation of electrical disconnect switches with a portable actuator device that is temporarily installed at the disconnect switch location. An embodiment, among others, of the portable actuator device has an electric motor having a drive shaft that can be controlled to rotate about a longitudinal axis. The actuator device also has elongated movable first and second arms that are controlled by the drive shaft. The first arm engages and moves the disconnect handle in a first rotational direction so that the disconnect handle is switched to the open position. The second arm engages and moves the disconnect handle in a second rotational direction so that the disconnect handle is switched to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: MARTEK LIMITED
    Inventors: Charles Mark McClung, Russell Richard Safreed, III