Patents Examined by Lheiren Mae Caroc
  • Switch actuation device
    Patent number: 10073420
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Ian Blakeman
  • Medium voltage switchgear with interlocking device corresponding with the switching drive
    Patent number: 10062526
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christian Reuber, Philipp Masmeier
  • Operating device for a motor vehicle and a steering wheel having an operating device
    Patent number: 10059204
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Onofrio Intini
  • Input device, electronic equipment, and method of manufacturing the input device
    Patent number: 10049833
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachikawa
  • Switch device
    Patent number: 10049829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaki Tanaka
  • Locking system for power line sectioning unit
    Patent number: 10043617
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MOVEX INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Martin Simard, Marc-Andre Lefebvre, Fabien Lavoie, Mario Gauthier
  • Electrical system, and electrical switching apparatus and guard member therefor
    Patent number: 10037856
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: James Gerard Maloney, Alexis Rodriguez Rodriguez, Luis Enrique Betances Sansur
  • Composite rocker button with capacitive sense technology
    Patent number: 10032579
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Arthur Brudzynsky, Orthell LaVount Adams
  • Illuminated keyboard
    Patent number: 10032577
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hsuan Hsu, Che-Wei Yang
  • Operator control and detector device having differentiated signal generation
    Patent number: 10032576
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Schmelzle, Stephan Spengler
  • Transformer tapping arrangement and methods of operation of same
    Patent number: 10020131
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jianping Hou, Zheng Chen, Roy Horne, David Simon Fishman, Min Chen
  • Input apparatus
    Patent number: 10020137
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a pressing part, a spacer, a rotating cam, and a sensor. The pressing part is capable of reciprocating along a first direction. The spacer is disposed in the first direction with respect to pressing part and is capable of reciprocating along the first direction with reciprocation of the pressing part. The rotating cam is disposed at a side of the spacer opposite to the pressing part and rotates in a plane perpendicular to the first direction with reciprocation of the spacer. The sensor detects rotation of the rotating cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitokazu Shitanaka, Hideaki Eto, Naoaki Matsui
  • Key structure and scissors-type connecting member thereof
    Patent number: 10020135
    Abstract: A scissors-type connecting member includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame includes a rotating shaft. The second frame includes a pivot hole, an entrance and a stopper. After the rotating shaft is introduced into the pivot hole through the entrance, the first frame is pivotally coupled to the second frame. The stopper is located near the entrance or arranged between the entrance and the pivot hole. A position of the rotating shaft is limited between the stopper and the pivotal hole by the stopper. Consequently, the scissors-type connecting member is assembled easily, and the stability of connecting a first frame and a second frame of the scissors-type connecting member is enhanced. Moreover, the present invention also provides a key structure with the scissors-type connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Chen Chung, Chien-Hung Liu
  • Contact bridge arrangement for an electrical switching element
    Patent number: 10020129
    Abstract: A contact bridge arrangement for an electrical switch, such as a contactor or a relay, is disclosed. The contact bridge arrangement comprises a contact bridge having a contact bridge body, an actuating member on which the contact bridge is held that is movable with respect to the contact bridge along an actuating direction, the actuating member having a stop and a spring base, and a spring disposed between the spring base and the contact bridge body pressing the stop against the contact bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Kroeker, Peter Sandeck, Udo Gabel, Thomas Haehnel
  • Button mechanism
    Patent number: 10019031
    Abstract: A button mechanism is provided, including a housing, a fixing member fixed on the housing, a moving member movably disposed in the fixing member, a pressing member disposed on the moving member, and a driving module for moving the moving member relative to the fixing member. When the pressing member pushes the moving member to move from an initial position along a first direction to a first position, the driving member moves the moving member from the first position along the first direction to a second position. When the moving member is in the second position, the driving member moves the moving member along a second direction to impact the pressing member, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventor: Chao-Chang Hu
  • Switch
    Patent number: 10020130
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Katsube, Kazuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Otsuka
  • Rotor shaft module for a rotor shaft of a molded-case circuit breaker, rotor shaft for a molded-case circuit breaker, molded-case circuit breaker comprising a rotator shaft, and method for producing a rotor shaft module for a rotor shaft of a molded-case circuit breaker
    Patent number: 10014134
    Abstract: A rotor shaft module for a rotor shaft of a molded-case circuit breaker, includes a module body including an electrically insulating first material, the module body including a receptacle for a contact element of the molded-case circuit breaker. The rotor shaft module includes at least one coupling apparatus for connection to an opposing coupling apparatus of a further rotor shaft module. In addition, disclosed are a rotor shaft for a molded-case circuit breaker includes at least two coupled rotor shaft modules; a molded-case circuit breaker including a rotor shaft; and a method for producing a rotor shaft module for a rotor shaft of a molded-case circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jörg-Uwe Dahl, Erhard Deylitz, Wolfgang Erven, Björn Gehrke, Alexander Kupsch
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 10014132
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing having an opening; a circuit board having a plurality of electrodes, which is provided inside the casing; a contact member having a plurality of contact points corresponding to the electrodes, which is provided so as to seal the opening; and a key unit (press-key unit) having a key operation unit corresponding to the contact points, which is provided to the opening. The key unit (press-key unit) is attached to the opening detachably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hinooka, Chihaya Sakata, Shinichi Tamamoto, Atsushi Tsuchiya
  • Switch assembly and hand-held device
    Patent number: 10008344
    Abstract: A switch assembly is adapted to be disposed in a holding portion of a hand-held device. The switch assembly includes first and second keys, first and second connecting portions, a switch element and a plunger. The first and second keys are exposed on the surface of the holding portion and respectively disposed on the opposite sides thereof. The first and second connecting portions respectively connect the first and second keys and the holding portion. The first and second connecting portions are disposed for allowing the first key having a displacement toward the second key along their connecting direction. The switch element is located inside of the holding portion, and the first key has a first backside toward the second key. The second key has a second backside toward the first key. The plunger is adapted to press and activate the switch element through the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Yu Lin, Hung-Chi Shui, Jen-Tsung Chang
  • Keyswitch
    Patent number: 10008345
    Abstract: A keyswitch includes a board having a first magnetic portion and a pivot portion, a cap, a switch, and a support device including a first support member having first and second bodies connected to each other via an elastic connection arm. The first body has first and second end portions connected to the cap and the pivot portion respectively. The second body has a second magnetic portion and a triggering portion. A U-shaped slot is formed around the triggering portion to make the triggering portion form an elastic cantilever arm extending from the second body. When the cap is pressed to make the second magnetic portion away from the first magnetic portion at a specific distance, the triggering portion triggers the switch. When the cap is released, a magnetic force between the first and second magnetic portions drives the second magnetic portion to approach the first magnetic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: DARFON ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD., DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chien-Shih Hsu