Patents Examined by Iman Malakooti
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Patent number: 11158468Abstract: A drawer type circuit breaker comprises a drawer base and a circuit breaker body, wherein the circuit breaker body is rocked into and out of the drawer base, so that a main circuit of the circuit breaker body and the drawer base is switched on and switched off; a safety baffle is provided between the drawer base and the circuit breaker body to block a drawer base busbar or a bridge type contact of the drawer base; and a front-rear displacement device for the safety baffle to move toward a movement direction of the drawer base is provided on the safety baffle and the drawer base. According to the drawer type circuit breaker of the present invention, the front-rear displacement device is provided on the safety baffle and the drawer base, the safety baffle is displaceable front and back, and the drawer base busbar may penetrate out of the safety baffle.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Inventors: Hongjian Lei, Zhibin Qin, Jiangbo Ge, Pengqi Li
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Patent number: 11152164Abstract: A lock-out pinion can be coupled to a center sump control shaft to rotate therewith. A lock-out slide can include a rack and a blocking cover. A lock-out guide can be coupled to the sump control housing and can form a guide channel. The lock-out slide can be received in the guide channel with the lock-out pinion drivingly coupled to the rack to move the lock-out slide along the guide channel from a lock-out position in which the blocking cover prevents rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft with the driving handle, to an unlocked position in which the blocking cover permits rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft with the driving handle, in response to manual rotation of the center sump control shaft in the center sump opening direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CTB, Inc.Inventors: Nathan W. Strehler, Adam K. Gutwein
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Patent number: 11145479Abstract: An electrical switchgear includes: a housing; at least one first contact mounted in the housing; at least one second contact translationally movable within the housing in a translational movement direction; a switchgear control mechanism having a first rotary element having a first rotation axis and a second rotary element having a second rotation axis; and a link element pivoted on one end thereof to the first rotary element and on an other end thereof to the at least one second contact. The first and the second rotation axes are arranged substantially perpendicular to each other. The second rotation axis is arranged essentially in parallel to the translational movement direction of the at least one second contact. The first and the second rotary elements engage such that a rotation of the second rotary element is transmitted to the first rotary element.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Roger Burkett, Asad Mujawar, Anindita Sarma
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Patent number: 11145475Abstract: A keyboard device includes plural key structures. Each key structure includes a plate assembly, a keycap, a connecting member and a buffering element. The plate assembly has a hollow region. The keycap is located over the plate assembly. The connecting member is connected between the keycap and the plate assembly. The keycap is connected with the connecting member through at least one hook of the keycap. The keycap is movable upwardly or downwardly relative to the plate assembly through the connecting member. The buffering element is installed on the plate assembly. The buffering element is extended in a direction toward the keycap and penetrated through the hollow region of the plate assembly. While the keycap is moved downwardly and the at least one hook of the keycap is contacted with the buffering element, there is the gap between the keycap and the plate assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Ming-Han Wu, Che-Wei Yang, Yi-Wei Chen, Chien-Hung Liu, Chen-Hsuan Hsu
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Patent number: 11139123Abstract: A residual load disconnector switch (1) includes a rotary switch body (23), which includes a contact blade (24, 25, 26, 27), that is rotatable about an axis (A) and is arranged between a feed line connection (20) and a discharge line connection (21), and includes end-side contact surfaces (28, 29, 30, 31) protruding in a radial direction. The contact surfaces, in a closed rotary position (S1) of the rotary switch body (23), are in touching contact with the feed line connection (20) and with the discharge line connection (21). In an open rotary position (S2) of the rotary switch body (23), the contact surfaces are each spaced with respect to the feed line connection (20) and with the discharge line connection (21). The residual load disconnector switch (1) is rotationally limited in one rotational direction for performing switching movements and can be actuated unidirectionally and cyclically.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: WALTER KRAUS GMBHInventor: Olaf Bülter
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Patent number: 11133801Abstract: An operation device includes an operation unit to which a plurality of functions of an operated object are assigned corresponding to a position to be touched by an operation finger, a detection unit that is arranged on at least one plane extended including a plane facing the operation unit to detect the operation finger performing an operation on the operation unit, and a determination unit to determine an instructed function based on a combination of the operation performed on the operation unit and the touch position of the detected operation finger.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventor: Takayuki Adachi
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Patent number: 11114254Abstract: A circuit breaker including at least two contact tip that comprise an electrical contact material comprising silver (Ag) and tungsten (W). The contact tip further comprises a graphene material (Gr) additively mixed in Ag as being denoted as AgGr0.3% or AgGr0.5% which is mixed with tungsten (W) to form (AgGr0.3)W50 or (AgGr0.5)W50 called a silver-graphene tungsten composite material.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Hai Chen, Jesus Hernandez
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Patent number: 11114260Abstract: A switch device, having a reset assistant part arranged at the second end of a male leg, and a ram; the reset assistant part being provided with a holding station, both sidewalls of which are each provided with a saddle, both sides of the ram being provided, with a cam matching with the saddle, the ram is hung from the saddle through two cams. Accordingly, a photoelectrical type switch of scissor-leg structure is realized, and the key is enabled to have an obvious stage sense and sound.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Inventor: Jianping Li
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Patent number: 11107651Abstract: A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may include a control unit and a base that may be configured to be mounted over a paddle actuator of an installed mechanical switch. The base may include a frame, a biasing member, and/or a ribbon portion. The frame may be configured to secure the remote control device thereto. The frame may define a rear surface that is configured to abut a bezel of the mechanical switch. The biasing member may be configured to engage a rear surface of a faceplate of the mechanical switch. The ribbon portion may be configured to attach the biasing member to the frame. The ribbon portion may be configured to extend through a gap between the bezel and the faceplate.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Chris Dimberg, Jason C. Killo
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Patent number: 11107649Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate, a connection hook, a keycap, and a connecting member. The substrate has a top surface including an assembly area. The connection hook is disposed on the assembly area and includes a fixed seat fixed on the substrate, a standing portion, and a reinforcement block. The standing portion is extending from the fixed seat and extending in a direction away from the fixed seat. A hook portion is laterally extending from a top end of the standing portion, the hook portion has a bottom edge. The reinforcement block is connected to the standing portion and the bottom edge. The keycap is disposed on the assembly area. The connecting member is connected between the keycap and the assembly area. The connecting member includes a shaft slidably pivoted at the bottom edge. An inner side of the shaft includes an avoidance groove corresponding to the reinforcement block.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Po-Hsin Li
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Patent number: 11107644Abstract: A keyswitch device includes a cap, a board, a first returning member, and a second returning member. The board is disposed opposite to the cap. The first returning member is disposed between the cap and the board and includes a magnet member and a magnetic member for providing a magnetic force. The second returning member is disposed between the cap and the board for providing an elastic force. When the cap is released at a lowest position, the cap moves upward via the elastic member and then arrives and stays at a highest position via the magnetic force.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventor: Ming-Yuan Hsieh
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Patent number: 11107641Abstract: An electric switch of the normally closed type has a housing including a lower part that supports a fixed contact track, an internal contact blade that is resiliently deformable in order to assume a bottom rest position in order to establish an electric switching way, a first high non-stable position, in which the switching track is interrupted, and a second high stable position, in which the electric switching track is interrupted and in which the internal contact blade is locked such as by retractable locking structure, and an actuator to control the deformations of the internal contact blade.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: Philippe Gauthier, Fabrice Valcher, Jocelyn Mayot
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Patent number: 11107611Abstract: Provided are a thermistor element including a conductive intermediate layer containing RuO2 which can have a lower resistance and a thinner profile, whereby the increase in resistance can be suppressed even when peeling of the electrode proceeds; and a method for producing the same. The thermistor element according to the present invention includes: a thermistor body 2 made of a thermistor material; a conductive intermediate layer 4 formed on the thermistor body; and an electrode layer 5 formed on the conductive intermediate layer, wherein the conductive intermediate layer has an aggregation structure of RuO2 particles that are in electrical contact with each other where SiO2 is placed in the gaps in the aggregation structure, and has a thickness of 100 to 1000 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro Yonezawa, Kazutaka Fujiwara
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Patent number: 11107647Abstract: A solid state circuit interrupter provides structures which can manually move an isolation switch of a pole from the ON state to the OFF state without the use of auxiliary power but that advantageously additionally provides an interlock apparatus that avoids manually moving the isolation switch from the ON state to the OFF state until certain conditions exist. One such condition is to ensure that some action is taken, such as by switching a physical interlock between one state and another state. Such a change in state of the physical interlock might additionally result in a change in state of an electronic interlock that would resist the solid state switch being moved to its ON state while the isolation switch is capable of being manually switched to its OFF state. The physical interlock might additionally resist the isolation switch from being manually switched into its ON state.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Andrew L. Gottschalk, Xin Zhou, Robert Michael Slepian, David Arisumi, Santhosh Kumar
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Patent number: 11104278Abstract: A control panel for motor vehicle includes a mount; a printed circuit board, which is fastened on the mount; a facade element, which is assembled on the mount and which covers the printed circuit board; the facade element comprising at least one actionable control key, which is integral with a fixed part of the facade element and which extends above a zone of the printed circuit board; the control key including an end joining the fixed part of the facade element and a mobile free end; the control key includes at its joining end a first protuberance bearing against the mount and/or against the printed circuit board, and includes at its free end a pressing zone provided to be touched by an operator with a view to actuating the control key; the control key also includes a second protuberance arranged between the first protuberance and the pressing zone, said second protuberance having a lesser height than the first protuberance and including at its free end opposite the printed circuit board a bearing surface prType: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Aptiv Technologies LimitedInventor: Andrzej Polak
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Patent number: 11101085Abstract: What is presented is a key module (100) with a cover element (110) and a tappet (105) having a cam nose (135), wherein the tappet (105) is supported to be movable along a movement axis (200) by the cover element (110), wherein the tappet (105) has a cylindrical keycap supporting portion (160) in a passage area (210) in which it projects through the cover element (110) and has at least one rib (170) on a guiding portion (165) adjacent to the an keycap supporting portion (160) on an outside (167). Furthermore, the key module (100) includes a contactor unit (115) formed and arranged to be taken along by the cam nose (135), and a contact piece (120) formed and arranged for establishing electric contact with the contact nose (140).Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Inventor: Eduard Ruff
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Patent number: 11081301Abstract: An assembly includes an electrical switch and an elastically deformable control blade for controlling change of state of its trip member. The control blade comprises: (i) a fixing branch; (ii) an actuation branch which, in the absence of application of an actuation effort, stresses the trip member in the direction of closure of the electrical switch, and (iii) a control branch which can pivot about an axis to provoke tilting of the actuation branch against its elasticity to keep the electrical switch in an open free state. The assembly may include a locking device for locking the control blade in an initial position of delivery of the assembly. The unlocking of the control blade may be provoked automatically upon a first application of an actuation effort on the control blade.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: C&K Components S.A.S.Inventors: Philippe Gauthier, Jocelyn Mayot, Fabrice Valcher, Laurent Kubat
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Patent number: 11081263Abstract: One chip-shaped electronic component 100 of the present invention has a substrate 10, and a termination electrode layer 80 formed on an end face of the substrate 10. The termination electrode layer 80 is made of a mixed material that contains an electrically-conductive substance (a?) (containing carbon (a) as one type of the electrically-conductive substance (a?)), whisker-like particles (b) covered with the electrically-conductive substance (a?), flake-like particles (c) having electroconductivity, and a tetrafunctional hydroxyphenyl type epoxy resin (d) having a molecular weight of 450 or more and less than 800. In addition, a mass ratio of the flake-like particles (c) is 3/7 or more and 9 or less when the whisker-like particles (b) is assumed to be 1.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: PELNOX, LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Iwamura, Yuichi Ishii, Hirokatsu Itou, Naohiro Takashima, Ken Kasashima
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Patent number: 11081298Abstract: A key structure includes a keycap, a guiding structure, a connection member and a base plate. The guiding structure is located below the keycap and includes at least one pivot shaft. The connection member includes a connection groove, and the at least one pivot shaft is connected to the connection groove. The base plate includes at least one fixing member. The connection member envelops the at least one fixing member such that the connection member is fixed to the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chi-Hung Cheng, Chia-Hsin Chen
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Patent number: 11075025Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a connector configured to be electrically and mechanically connectable to an electrical terminal, wherein the connector comprises a resistive material. The connector comprises respective first and second electrical contacts, wherein the resistive material is configured to provide a direct current connection for the flow of electric current between the first and second electrical contacts.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Kim Blomqvist, Harri Lasarov