Abstract: A staked terminal rivet system and method configured to mount a switch device onto a printed circuit board is disclosed as an alternative to traditional molded-in or staked-on secondary terminal systems. An electrically conductive rivet functioning as a terminal reduces overall manufacturing costs and provides a higher degree of precision for mounting onto printed circuit boards. This technology has wide ranging applicability, including: industrial machinery and equipment, commercial aviation, test instrumentation, agricultural machinery, process control and medical instrumentation.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus with an illuminated button, the apparatus comprising a first operation button, a second operation button, a first board mounted with a first switch corresponding to the first operation button, wherein a portion of the first board is notched, a second switch corresponding to the second operation button, wherein the second switch is mounted below the notched portion of the first board, and a light source that is mounted below the second operation button.

Abstract: A switch coupling structure includes a cap and a seat that are coupled to form a housing chamber inside to hold switch elements. The cap and seat have a coupling surface. The cap and seat have respectively a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion formed in a mating convex and concave fashion corresponding to the coupling surface. The first and second fastening portions are partly or entirely covered by a bonding material so that they are bonded together without the bonding material overflowing inside or outside the switch. Hence no interference occurs to the switch elements.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat support pan, a seat cushion, a spring biased lever and an operator present switch. Both the lever and the switch are located between the cushion and the pan, effectively integrated within the seat. The lever is movable between upper and lower positions, with its associated spring biasing the lever toward its upper position. The switch is designed and located so that all of its components are housed within the support pan and none of these components extends below or outside of the pan. When the seat is occupied, the occupant's weight depresses the cushion and, in turn, the lever moves against the force of the spring toward its lower position and the switch is actuated. Because the switch is located completely within the seat cushion, the seat assembly's vertical dimension or envelope is minimized and the design of the seat support and/or suspension located below the seat pan is simplified.

Abstract: An electrical disconnect locking device which can be installed at the weather head of a dwelling in order to connect and disconnect electrical flow from a power source to a dwelling. The locking device comprises a housing having rotating plates than can be rotated in a first direction to matingly engage a pair of female couplings such that electrical current flows freely and that can be rotated in a second opposite direction away from the pair of female couplings such that electrical current is disconnected. The locking device includes a unique key member which is configured to engage a rotating shaft which is in connection with the rotating plates. The use of the unique key member prevents unauthorized access to the locking device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a key switch diaphragm capable of obtaining a good click feeling and capable of avoiding contact failure and having a high durability. A key switch diaphragm 30 comprises a thin plate having flexibility and conductivity, and the key switch diaphragm 30 includes a truncated pedestal 16, and a spherical domical portion 18 being raised toward an upper portion of the pedestal 16 on the side of the upper portion of the pedestal 16. The domical portion 18 is provided at its substantially central portion with an outwardly raised portion 32 being raised toward an outer surface of the domical portion 18. An edge of the outwardly raised portion 32 on the side of its inner surface forms a contact 34.

Abstract: A clutch assembly having a master cylinder that includes non-contacting position switches is disclosed. The master cylinder controls a slave cylinder that shifts the release bearing of the clutch system. A cruise control interrupt switch and an ignition system interlock switch are disclosed. The switches may be Hall effect or other non-contacting switches.

Abstract: A multifunction switch for operating a device in a sealed container such as a flashlight includes at least one reed switch mounted at a location on an inner surface of the sealed container. A base plate is provided on an outer surface of the sealed container which has at least three detents. A sliding switch plate having an inner surface is juxtaposed with the outer surface of the base plate. The sliding switch plate inner surface has a securing device for removably securing and retaining the sliding switch in a desired position when the securing device is received by one of the detents. The sliding switch inner surface has at least one magnet mounted therein which operates one or more reed switches when at least one magnet slides over the location of the reed switch. A perimeter face plate is attached to the base plate to hold the sliding switch plate onto the base plate.

Abstract: A pneumatic switch includes a housing which presents external contacts spaced apart to engage a component site on a device such as a circuit board. A pair of components are supported on the switch housing. A flexure mounted armature or vane is biased in one direction to electrically connect one of the pair of mounted components serially between the housing external contacts, while an air flow to the switch displaces the vane to electrically connect the other of the pair of components in series between the external contacts. The electrical leads between each of the pair of components and the external contacts are of equal length. The switch external contacts may also engage the terminals of a component at a circuit site to insert the mounted components alternatively in parallel with the existing component.

Abstract: When an operator applies a removing force to turn a switch portion b in a direction C2, a projection a4 abuts against a slope b71 so that the removing force as a reaction is applied to the slope. The removing force is divided into a component working along the slope b71 and a component F working in a same direction as a center axis X. Thus, the removing force is converted into a force F in the same direction as the center axis X. By means of the force F in the same direction as the center axis X, a pushbutton support b6 is moved downward as accordingly moving a movable contacts b9 away from a fixed contacts b12 via a contact shaft b5.

Abstract: A button fastening device with circuit actuating capability includes: a first button part; a second button part engageable releasably with the first button part for fastening articles together; and a circuit actuating unit mounted on at least one of the first and second button parts, adapted to be electrically connected to a circuit, and operable to control circuit states of the circuit through engagement and disengagement of the first and second button parts.

Abstract: A timer for an appliance is activated by the appliance user to display elapsed time on a time display device mounted on and/or integral with the appliance. The timer may be initialized by a separate initialization mechanism or simultaneously with the user activating the appliance itself. Examples of appliances include kitchen appliances such as hand mixers, counter-top mixers, choppers, grinders, and toothbrushes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an information input system for a terminal and a multifunctional button assembly for use in the information input system and methods for operating the same. The multifunctional button assembly can include a lever control button, a rotary button and a switch that can be mounted on a substrate. The multifunctional button assembly of the invention can provide advantages in that since the number of functions provided by the multifunctional button assembly is relatively increased, more functions can be concurrently employed, and a terminal employing the multifunctional button assembly can be manufactured to be light, thin, short and compact.

Abstract: A key structure has a support member that reduces manufacturing costs, assembly costs, and the total height of the manufactured product. The support member is mounted between a base and a key cap. The support member has a first frame and a second frame, which are both formed in a united manner by injection. The first frame has a base portion and a pair of side arms connected with the base. The side arms both have a penetrated transverse pivotal hole formed therein. The second frame is disposed between the side arms and has a pair of pivots protruded respectively from two sides thereof. The pivots are formed and mounted directly in the pivotal holes during ejection molding, and an annular channel is formed for receiving a tubular mold during ejection molding.

Abstract: A switch comprises a first switch element configured to actuate by electrowetting, the first switch element comprising at least two radio frequency contacts and at least two control electrodes. The switch also comprises at least two additional switch elements configured to make and break an electrical connection between the at least two control electrodes of the first switch element.

Abstract: An illuminated doorbell pushbutton assembly includes a pushbutton assembly that uses a light source, or a plurality thereof to illuminate the pushbutton. The assembly also includes a user-adjustable rotating task light that can be used to direct light to a door lock, a dark step, or to provide a light for identifying keys. A reflector is rotated through an arc to direct light to the area desired by the user. The assembly further includes an electrical circuit that enables the assembly to be installed with electromechanical or electronic chimes.

Abstract: In order to protect a central switch of a multi-contact input device to input various kinds of signals by a pressing operation of an operating member to operate the central switch, an inclining operation of the operating member to operates a plurality of peripheral switches provided in the periphery of the central switch. A push rod projects from a body of an operating member toward a pressing side, and the push rod is movable in an axial direction with respect to the body. The push rod is forced toward the projection side by a spring incorporated in the body with the push rod. The force is set such that it is greater than a force required to operate a central switch and that the central switch is not damaged.

Abstract: A remote controller 1 is capable of achieving switching operation even when the user presses substantially any place of a switch. A toilet seat open/close switch 12 has a tiltable member 20 which is tiltably supported at its front lower portion to an upper portion of a main body 2, a switch body 30 which is pressed by the tiltable member 20 when the tiltable member 20 tilts, and a cap 40 which is mounted to the upper portion of the main body 2 such that the cap 40 can be freely displaced in the anteroposterior direction and the vertical direction. The tiltable member 20 is disposed in a cavity 41 formed inside the cap 40. As the cap 40 is pressed from front or from above, the tiltable member 20 is pressed by the cap 40 to tilt, whereby the switch body 30 conducts the switching action.

Abstract: A lever switch for vehicle, which can be produced thin and which operation is easy and ensured is provided. A lever is formed in substantially a linear shape, having at an end thereof an operating part sticking out of a case and at an other end thereof a driving part of which a middle part is movably held in the case, and a resilient push force mechanism composed of a coil spring, a pin and a saving cam is disposed between an end of a driving part of lever and an inside wall of the case, constituting the vehicle lever switch.

Abstract: A multistep switch includes a first input device, a second input device, and a third input device. The first input device is a capacitive type sensor. The second input device is disposed behind the first input device and capable of switching by pressure when the first input device is depressed. The third input device is disposed behind the second input device and capable of switching by pressure when the first input device is depressed and the second input device is depressed.