Patents Examined by Lheiren Mae Caroc
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Patent number: 10153119Abstract: A movable contact conductor assembly is provided. The movable contact arm assembly includes an elongated member with a distal tip, a first end, a medial portion, an actuator coupling second component, a primary pivot second component, a secondary pivot second component, a clinch joint second component, a second end, and a proximal tip. During an over-current event the movable contact arm assembly member generates a loop force. A loop force first portion is disposed on a first longitudinal side of the movable contact arm assembly member primary pivot second component, and, a loop force second portion is disposed on a second longitudinal side of the movable contact arm assembly member primary pivot second component.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Aaron Thomas Kozar, Robert Michael Slepian
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Patent number: 10141131Abstract: A panel-type control button, including: a press key base, a press key panel, a switch board and a springback key. The press key panel is snap-fitted on the front surface of the press key base, and one end of the press key panel is rotatably mounted at one end of the press key base. The switch board is located on the back surface of the press key base, and is provided thereon with a switch element. The springback key is located above the switch element of the switch board. When the press key panel is pressed, the press key panel comes into contact with the springback key and triggers the switch element on the switch board, and further controls the opening and closing of the switch element. The springback key provides a springback force for the press key panel to reset.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Qingdao Goertek Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Geng Li
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Patent number: 10121615Abstract: A liquid-cooled heat dissipation apparatus includes a base (10), a telesignaling linkage member (20), a sliding plate (30) and a switch module (40). The telesignaling linkage member (20) is moveably installed on the base (10). The sliding plate (30) is installed corresponding to the telesignaling linkage member (20) and generates a movement along with the telesignaling linkage member (20). The switch module (40) includes a microswitch (41) arranged corresponding to the sliding plate (30) such that the microswitch (41) is operably opened or closed based on the movement of the sliding plate (30). Accordingly, through the opening and closing of the microswitch, the telesignaling monitoring on the functional module state can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
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Patent number: 10121610Abstract: A switch conversion apparatus including an interface device, a mounting plate configured to mount to a toggle switch and including at least one aperture for receiving a toggle arm of a toggle switch, and an actuator plate configured to slidably engage the mounting plate and including at least one aperture for receiving and engaging a toggle arm of a toggle switch when engaged by the interface device so as to transition the state of the switch. Other embodiments of a switch conversion apparatus include one or more mechanical, electrical, and/or pneumatic timers.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Effortless Systems, LLCInventor: Michael S. Mahle
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Patent number: 10121612Abstract: A contact switch including a rail having slot with a first straight section and a second curved section, a toggle unit inside a housing, the toggle unit including an extension unit that slidably engages the slot and at least one contact, a contact unit in the housing including at least one contact, where the toggle unit moves in the housing such that the contacts on the toggle unit engage at least one contact on the stationary unit in the first straight section and the contacts disengage in the second curved section.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: DIAL TOOL INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Mario Pagliuzza, Karel Hauk, Steven Pagliuzza, Daniel Ott
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Patent number: 10109438Abstract: A contact slide unit for a switch unit, where the contact slide unit includes a contact slide with a switching piece displaceably guided therein, and method for mounting the contact slide unit, where the displaceable switching piece is protected on the contact slide against twisting via a separately formed anti-twist stop.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Martin Steinbauer
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Patent number: 10083803Abstract: A click mechanism for a switch includes a button that is operable by a user, a click generation surface formed on the button or a body to which the button is coupled, an urging mechanism, and a pusher pushed against the click generation surface by the urging force of the urging mechanism and slidable on the click generation surface in response to operation of the button. The pusher is configured to apply tactile force to the button when sliding on the click generation surface. The click generation surface includes at least one groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventor: Motoya Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10074495Abstract: The switch case includes a metal plate having a first surface and a second surface that is at a side opposite to the first surface, and a resin case embedding a part of the metal plate. The resin case includes a housing portion having an opening formed on a surface of the resin case. The metal plate includes a terminal portion, a contact portion, and an intermediate portion positioned between the terminal portion and the contact portion. The terminal portion is exposed from the surface of the resin case, and the intermediate portion is embedded in the resin case. The intermediate portion is provided with at least one through-hole penetrating the first surface and the second surface. The contact portion includes a part of the first surface exposed to the housing portion of the resin case. In the at least one through-hole, the hole diameter of the at least one through-hole at the second surface is larger than the hole diameter of the at least one through-hole at the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Sera, Masatsugu Takeuchi, Daisuke Nakata
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Patent number: 10073420Abstract: A switch actuation device for use in connection with electrical switch mechanism having an actuatable structure. The device includes an actuation mechanism in operable communication with the actuatable structure for use in urging the actuatable structure of the electrical switch mechanism from a first position to a second position. An actuatable electrical switch arrangement is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: Ian Blakeman
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Patent number: 10059204Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device (1) for a motor vehicle, with at least one operating control (3) which can be actuated by an operator (4), and with a symbol bearer (18), separate from the operating control (3), for the graphical identification of the at least one operating control (3), wherein the symbol bearer (18) for the operating element (3) has a first and at least one further graphical symbol (25) different therefrom and can be moved relative to the at least one operating control (3) between a first position in which the operating control (3) is identified with the first symbol (25a) and at least one further position in which the operating control (3) is identified with the further symbol (25b).Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventor: Onofrio Intini
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Patent number: 10062526Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a medium voltage switchgear with interlocking device associated with an actuator drive, which operates a switching element via a mechanical coupling element. The switching drive is movable in two end positions until which the interlocking is active between a freely selectable middle position and a specified end position. In order to keep the interlocking active over a certain range of the actuator travel, the mechanical coupling element includes a force flux element that is rotatable during operation of the drive from OFF to ON. In this way, the region where the interlocking shifts from unlocked to locked can freely be chosen by the shape of the force flux element.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Christian Reuber, Philipp Masmeier
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Patent number: 10049833Abstract: An input device includes an upper cover including a plurality of key openings and a keyboard including a base plate disposed on a back side of the upper cover, and a plurality of key tops provided in a front side of the base plate and inserted in the respective key openings. A plurality of hooks, each of which is disposed between the key tops adjacent to each other at a plurality of points and is provided upright on a back surface of the upper cover, fixes the keyboard to the upper cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hideaki Tachikawa
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Patent number: 10049829Abstract: A switch device includes a casing that includes a recessed bearing portion, a rotatable drive member that includes a shaft portion disposed in the bearing portion, a switch driven by the drive member, and a covering member that includes a pressing structure provided so as to press an upper portion of the shaft portion and that is secured to the casing. The covering member includes an operating portion that faces the drive member such that the operating portion is able to press the drive member and that is formed of an elastically deformable elastic material and a base portion that is secured to the casing, that is formed of a synthetic resin material, and that is integrated with the operating portion. The pressing structure is integrated with the base portion and formed of an elastically deformable elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaki Tanaka
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Patent number: 10043617Abstract: A locking system for a disconnect switch mounted to a utility pole. The locking system includes an attachment assembly mounted to the disconnect switch. The attachment assembly has an attachment body with a groove, and a locking arm disposed within the groove and pivotable between an open configuration and a locked configuration. A trigger mechanism extends through the locking arm and selectively secures the locking arm in the locked configuration. The locking system also has a lock assembly mounted to the attachment assembly, which has a lock body defining a central aperture for receiving a key therein. The lock assembly has a rotatable cam disposed at an end of the central aperture. The cam engages the key upon being rotated thereby. When it rotates, the cam engages the trigger mechanism to selectively secure the locking arm in the locked configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: MOVEX INNOVATION INC.Inventors: Martin Simard, Marc-Andre Lefebvre, Fabien Lavoie, Mario Gauthier
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Patent number: 10037856Abstract: A guard member is for an electrical switching apparatus of an electrical system. The electrical system includes at least one electrical conductor. The electrical switching apparatus has a housing. The guard member includes a base portion structured to receive the electrical conductor, a number of coupling portions extending from the base portion and being structured to be coupled to the housing, and a plurality of petal portions extending from the base portion away from the number of coupling portions. At least one of the petal portions is orientated at an acute angle with respect to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: James Gerard Maloney, Alexis Rodriguez Rodriguez, Luis Enrique Betances Sansur
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Patent number: 10032577Abstract: The present invention provides an illuminated keyboard, including a plurality of keys, a metal plate, a thin film circuit board, and a backlight module. The metal plate includes a plurality of metal domes, disposed below the keys, and correspondingly located above a plurality of electrical contact parts of the thin film circuit board. When a user presses each of the keys downward, the metal dome properly moves downward to get in contact with the corresponding electrical contact part to conduct the electrical contact part and generate a corresponding key signal. The backlight module is disposed below the thin film circuit board, and a plurality of light beams emitted from the backlight module is projected to the keys.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Chen-Hsuan Hsu, Che-Wei Yang
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Patent number: 10032576Abstract: A command and signaling device responsive to movement of an actuating tappet includes a spring element to which the tappet is operatively connected to compress the spring element in response to movement of the tappet. A plurality of contact pads are defined on the surface of a printed circuit board. The spring element has a conical portion that is mounted on the printed circuit board proximate the contact pads, and a cylindrical part to which the tappet is connected. As the tappet movably advances, it drives the spring element into increasingly compressed positions that are sensed by contact of the spring element conical portion with multiple ones of the contact pads so that the spring element provides monitoring contact in a first compression position, a command and messaging signal in a second compression position and return urgency for return movement of the tappet.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Schmelzle, Stephan Spengler
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Patent number: 10032579Abstract: A rocker panel button arrangement having a bezel with an opening. A rocker button is rotatably mounted to the bezel and is located within the aperture. The rocker button is pivotable about an axis between a first position, a second position and a neutral position. The rocker button also includes a viewing surface and a back side. A capacitive film is connected to the back side of the rocker. A chassis is connected and supports the capacitive film and is also connected to and movable with the rocker button. A circuit board is connected to the bezel adjacent the chassis. The circuit board is connected to the bezel in such a manner that the chassis, capacitive film and rocker button may rotate freely near the circuit board. Between the chassis and the circuit board is a rocker actuator that may take several forms.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Arthur Brudzynsky, Orthell LaVount Adams
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Patent number: 10020130Abstract: Provided is a switch with excellent operability. A switch is provided with a plunger, a lower torsion spring in which a biasing direction changes according to the movement of the plunger. The lower torsion spring biases the plunger in a returning direction when the plunger is in a reference position, and biases the plunger in a direction different from the returning direction when the plunger is in an operation position.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Shinya Katsube, Kazuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Otsuka
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Patent number: 10020131Abstract: A tapping arrangement for a transformer, the arrangement comprising a plurality of fixed contacts, a movable rotary contact, a transition rotor with pairs of transition contacts, an interrupter coupling assembly and driving motor(s) are compacted into a single vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Inventors: Jianping Hou, Zheng Chen, Roy Horne, David Simon Fishman, Min Chen