Abstract: This invention relates to a potentiometer with a digital display indicating the position of the potentiometer slider. In a known potentiometer of this type, a mechanical multidigit counter is mounted outside the potentiometer housing on the shaft carrying the slider. However, since the counter is mounted on the potentiometer shaft proper, the potentiometer must be inconveniently mounted in an apparatus at a point at which the counter can be read. Another disadvantage of the known potentiometer results from the fact that restrictions exist for the scale of the counter. The present invention provides a potentiometer of the above-specified type which is of simple design and is more versatile than known potentiometers. The advantage of the potentiometer according to this invention is that the display means can be mounted at a point remote from the potentiometer.

Abstract: A miniature relay with four connector pins arranged in a row and which, along with a solenoid coil, an armature, and contacts, are supported in a housing consisting of two portions. The housing is of such a size that the base area is approximately one-eighth that of a 16-contact "DIL" socket, and the four connector pins are spaced to mate with four of the "DIL" contacts, thereby to allow a plurality of relays to be accommodated in a single "DIL" socket.