Contact Patents (Class 200/238)
  • Patent number: 11688565
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a ground fault circuit breaker protector for wrong wiring power-off protection, and belongs to the technical field of ground fault circuit breaker protectors. The ground fault circuit breaker protector includes two conductors fixedly mounted inside a shell. One of the conductors is a power input end; and a line output end is electrically connected to a load output end through a transfer relay and forms the other conductor. The ground fault circuit breaker protector further includes a reset mechanism and a movement arm. By means of pressing the RESET push rod, the push rod is locked on the sliding block by the buckle; under the elastic action of the first springs and the second spring, the sliding block pushes the movement arm to contact the line output end and the load output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jiangang Chen, Xiaobo Zheng
  • Patent number: 10225920
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printed circuit board structure with at least one dielectric insulating layer and at least one conductive layer, in which within the at least one insulating layer, a layer made of a dielectric thermally conductive material is provided that is located at least in the vicinity of, or in contact with, an inner conductor arrangement. Another thermally conductive layer, preferably an electrically conductive metal layer, can be provided in the immediate vicinity of, or in contact with, the layer made of a dielectric thermally conductive material. It is also possible for an at least thermally conductive, preferably electrically conductive feedthrough to pass from a conductor section lying on the outside of the printed circuit board into the inside of the printed circuit board, at least into the vicinity of the layer made of a dielectric thermally conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Kasper, Gernot Schulz, Ravi Hanyal Shivarudrappa, Markus Maier
  • Patent number: 10181569
    Abstract: An improved switching material for forming a composite article over a substrate is disclosed. A first volume of nanotubes is combined with a second volume of nanoscopic particles in a predefined ration relative to the first volume of nanotubes to form a mixture. This mixture can then be deposited over a substrate as a relatively thick composite article via a spin coating process. The composite article may possess improved switching properties over that of a nanotube-only switching article. A method for forming substantially uniform nanoscopic particles of carbon, which contains one or more allotropes of carbon, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliodor G. Ghenciu, Thomas Rueckes, Thierry Yao, J. Thomas Kocab
  • Patent number: 9755170
    Abstract: An improved switching material for forming a composite article over a substrate is disclosed. A first volume of nanotubes is combined with a second volume of nanoscopic particles in a predefined ration relative to the first volume of nanotubes to form a mixture. This mixture can then be deposited over a substrate as a relatively thick composite article via a spin coating process. The composite article may possess improved switching properties over that of a nanotube-only switching article. A method for forming substantially uniform nanoscopic particles of carbon, which contains one or more allotropes of carbon, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliodor G. Ghenciu, Thomas Rueckes, Thierry Yao, J. Thomas Kocab
  • Patent number: 9704658
    Abstract: A contact assembly is for a vacuum switching apparatus. The vacuum switching apparatus includes a vacuum envelope. The vacuum envelope has an interior. The contact assembly includes: a number of electrical contacts located in the interior of the vacuum envelope, at least one electrical contact having a hole; and a number of electrodes each engaging a corresponding one of the number of electrical contacts, at least one electrode including a base and a protrusion. The protrusion extends from the base into the hole of the electrical contact in order to secure the electrical contact to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yucheng Li, Wangpei Li, Jun Yan, Xuefei Chen
  • Patent number: 8963029
    Abstract: A conductor assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing having an interior and an exterior. The conductor assembly includes a first conductor member, a second conductor member, and a plurality of fasteners, such as rivets, mechanically fastening and electrically connecting the first conductor member to the second conductor member. The first conductor member is made from a first material, such as copper, and the second conductor member is made from a second different material, such as aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James G. Maloney, Wilbert E. Lindsay, Michael J. Erb
  • Publication number: 20140151200
    Abstract: A conductor assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing having an interior and an exterior. The conductor assembly includes a first conductor member, a second conductor member, and a plurality of fasteners, such as rivets, mechanically fastening and electrically connecting the first conductor member to the second conductor member. The first conductor member is made from a first material, such as copper, and the second conductor member is made from a second different material, such as aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James G. Maloney, Wilbert E. Lindsay, Michael J. Erb
  • Patent number: 8730655
    Abstract: A side key connection device of a mobile terminal simplifies a connection structure between a side key and a main circuit board. The mobile terminal includes a side key and a row and column terminal pad. The mobile terminal also includes a side key connection device installed between the side key and the row and column terminal pad. The side key connection device is electrically connected to the side key and the row and column terminal pad. Thereby, by simplifying a connection structure of a side key, a key cost, an assembly process, and a surface mounting cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Tae Kim, Min Chul Lee, Hee Kyoung Park
  • Publication number: 20140131182
    Abstract: A floating contact assembly is provided. The floating contact assembly includes a substantially rigid first conductive member, a flexible conductive shunt, and a substantially rigid second conductive member. The flexible conductive shunt is coupled to, and is in electrical communication with, the first conductive member. The second conductive member is coupled to, and is in electrical communication with, the flexible conductive shunt. In this configuration, the second conductive member “floats” within the first conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brad Robert Leccia
  • Publication number: 20140131183
    Abstract: An electrical switching device for medium or high voltage circuits having at least a nominal contact arrangement, wherein the nominal contact arrangement includes at least a first nominal contact including a plurality of contact fingers forming a finger cage concentric with respect to a longitudinal axis, wherein the contact fingers are separated from one another by empty slots extending up to a free end of the contact fingers. The empty slots include first and second empty slots, wherein the second empty slots are shorter than the first empty slots, and wherein the contact fingers are grouped in groups, with the contact fingers of each group being separated by second empty slots and the contact fingers of adjacent groups being separated by first empty slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Francesco Pisu, Helmut Heiermeier, Jadran Kostovic, Jakub Korbel, Luca Lienhard, Reto Karrer, Timothy Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20140116861
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a movable contact arm capable of securing a revolution radius to a closed position of the movable contact arm such that adhesive materials on the shaft due to arc scattering materials can be removed with no installation of additional elements, and a movable contact arm according to the present disclosure may comprise an adhesive material removal portion formed on a lateral surface at which a contact of the movable contact arm is located, and configured to minimize a contact area with adhesive materials so as to remove the adhesive materials due to an arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20140015563
    Abstract: A trace structure for a touch panel having a transparent substrate with a touch sensing region and a border region surrounding the touch sensing region, the trace structure including: a plurality of traces disposed on the transparent substrate and within the border region; a plurality of bonding pads disposed in the border region of the transparent substrate, wherein each bonding pad has a first side and a second side, and the first side of each bonding pad is connected to a corresponding trace of the plurality of traces; and at least two trace extending portions extended toward an outer edge of the border region from the second side of two of the plurality of bonding pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Hung-Chen KAO, Yu-Sheng LIN, Chia-Feng TENG
  • Publication number: 20130240337
    Abstract: A contact mechanism includes a current path having a 360° winding formed by a plurality conductor sections and having an axis that is perpendicular to a plane in which a rotary contact body is movable. The conductor sections include a first section with a first current conductor that extends to a fixed contact. A second conductor section extends through the fixed and rotary contacts. A third conductor section extends through the rotary contact. A final, conductor section, including a second current conductor, extends to the rotary contact body and runs parallel and in close proximity to the first current conductor. Each of the first and second current conductors are substantially parallel to the rotary contact body in the closed position and are formed as straight and rigid busbars having a length corresponding at least to a length of a contact arm of the rotary contact body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Volker Heins, Kurt Haendler
  • Publication number: 20130242450
    Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus, such as a subminiature circuit breaker, includes a housing assembly, separable contacts, an operating mechanism having an actuator device and a latching assembly, a first trip device for tripping open the separable contacts in response to an overcurrent condition, and a second trip device for tripping open the separable contacts in response to an arc fault, a ground fault or a remotely transmitted signal. The subminiature circuit breaker includes a reset solenoid and a trip solenoid. The resent solenoid is coupled to the actuator device, and includes a coil operable to electrically reset the separable contacts. The trip solenoid is coupled to the latching assembly, and includes a coil operable to move the catch lever, thereby electrically tripping open the separable contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Wellington Mills, James Michael Mccormick, Richard George Benshoff, Steven Christopher Schmalz
  • Publication number: 20130228433
    Abstract: Force concentrator techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having a plurality of conductors, a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate and configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input; and a force concentrator layer disposed proximal to the flexible contact layer on a side opposite the sensor substrate. The force concentrator layer has a pad disposed thereon that is configured to cause pressure applied to the force concentrator layer to be channeled through the pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy C. Shaw, Jim Tom Belesiu, Sharon Drasnin, Christopher Harry Stoumbos, Paul Henry Dietz, Dennis J. Mathias, Rob Huala
  • Publication number: 20130037519
    Abstract: A switch device includes first and second contacting portions including first and fixed contacting portions and first and second movable contacting portions, respectively, the first fixed contacting portion and the second fixed contacting portion being configured to be electrically connected to one of a power source and an electronic device while the first movable contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion are configured to be electrically connected to the other of the power source and the electronic device; and first and second electric arc voltage suppression units configured to be electrically connected to the first and second fixed contacting portions and the first and second movable contacting portions for suppressing generation of electric arcs there between, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi Yuba, Daiei Iwamoto, SeungSeok Beak, Koichi Kiryu, Akio Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120255843
    Abstract: A switching arrangement having a plurality of electrical contacts configured for high speed electromechanical power switching applications such as transfer switches and circuit breakers. Contacts that contact one another when closed can include snubber portions or parallel snubber contacts that vary in resistance during sliding contact travel. One snubbering switching arrangement includes a first pair of snubbing contacts in parallel with a first pair of electrical contacts where the snubbing contacts make sliding contact before the electrical contacts when the load is being connected to one power source and a second pair of snubbing contacts in parallel with a second pair of electrical contact where the snubbing contacts make contact before the electrical contacts when the load is being connected to a second power source. One such switching arrangement includes the snubber or snubbing contact formed of a brush of electrically conductive bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Elliot Brooks
  • Publication number: 20120255842
    Abstract: A downhole perforating gun switch is located in the sub housing and has first, second and intermediate contacts, with the intermediate contact located between the first and second contacts. In an initial position, the intermediate and second contacts are in contact with each other, while the intermediate and first contacts are out of contact with each other. A thermoplastic plug is positioned between the intermediate and second contacts. A conductive sleeve or enclosure provides the electrical contact between the intermediate and second contacts. When the switch is subjected to detonation effects from the perforating gun, the second contact, the plug, and the intermediate contact are moved toward the first contact, wherein the first and intermediate contacts contact each other and the intermediate and second contacts are out of contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Kevin D. Runkel
  • Patent number: 8274355
    Abstract: A trip device is disclosed, the device comprising: a power source side heater connected to a power source side of a molded case circuit breaker (MCCB) to receive current; a load side heater connected to a load side of the MCCB to receive the current; and a bimetal including a direct heat unit contacting the power source side heater and an indirect heating unit facing the power source side heater, wherein the bimetal is partially fixed between the power source side heater and the load side heater and is curved when over-current or short-circuited current flows in the MCCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Min Jun
  • Publication number: 20120181153
    Abstract: A switching assembly for interrupting current from an upper terminal to a lower terminal. The switching assembly includes an upper bushing, a lower bushing sealably coupled to the upper bushing, the upper terminal coupled to the upper bushing, at least one lower terminal, and a switching medium positioned within a channel formed within the upper bushing. The lower terminal is electrically coupled to the switching medium. According to some embodiments, one or more of the lower terminals are coupled into one or more lower terminal openings formed within at least one of the upper bushing and the lower bushing. According to some exemplary embodiments, the assembly includes a modular terminal ring positioned between the upper bushing and the lower bushing and sealably coupled to both. The one or more lower terminals are coupled into one or more lower terminal openings formed within a perimeter of the modular terminal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Lloyd Dean Gibson
  • Publication number: 20120006661
    Abstract: An electrical switchgear comprises a front, a back and a switch arrangement. The switch arrangement comprises a terminal arrangement comprising an electrical contact for a bus and an electrical contact for a load connection which are spaced apart along an axial direction; and a device that is driveable into said terminal arrangement to a service position to make an electrical connection between said electrical contact for said load connection and said electrical connection for said bus. The electrical contact for said load connection is located closer to said back of said switchgear than is said electrical contact for said bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Michael H. Abrahamsen, Jon C. Beaver, Robert Yanniello, Chandrakant Z. Tailor, William E. Wilkie, II
  • Publication number: 20110272258
    Abstract: An electrical switching device including a base terminal that extends substantially in an axial direction and has a base contact. The switching device also includes a movable terminal that extends substantially in the axial direction and has a mating contact. The movable and base terminals extend generally parallel to each other and are separated by a field spacing. The movable terminal is selectively movable to and from the base terminal to electrically connect the base and mating contacts at a contact interface. The switching device also includes a magnetic shield that is located between the movable and base terminals within the field spacing. The movable terminal experiences a separation force when current flows through the base and movable terminals in opposite directions. The magnetic shield is configured to reduce the separation force experienced by the movable terminal to facilitate maintaining the contact interface between the base and mating contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Mitchell Eugene Miller
  • Patent number: 8054148
    Abstract: A device for controlling the flow of electric current is provided. The device comprises a first conductor as thin film form; a second conductor switchably coupled to the first conductor to alternate between an electrically connected state with the first conductor and an electrically disconnected state with the first conductor. At least one conductor further comprises an electrical contact, the electrical contact comprising a solid matrix comprising a plurality of pores; and a filler material disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The filler material has a melting point of less than about 575 K. A method to make an electrical contact is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; providing a plurality of pores on the substrate; and disposing a filler material within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The filler material has a melting point of less than about 575 K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Duraiswamy Srinivasan, Reed Roeder Corderman, Christopher Fred Keimel, Somasundaram Gunasekaran, Sudhakar Eddula Reddy, Arun Virupaksha Gowda, Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Om Prakash
  • Patent number: 8035047
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a stationary contact, a plug-on half jaw, and a jaw spring. The plug-on half jaw is electrically coupled to the stationary contact and has a single terminal end for receiving a bus bar. The jaw spring is operatively coupled to the half jaw and has a bridge portion connecting two symmetrical spring legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Rodney D. Raabe, David K. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8008588
    Abstract: A contact switch includes a case, a first contact provided in the case, a second contact provided in the case, an actuator for causing the first contact to contact the second contact, and an oil-repellent agent applied to at least one of an outer edge of the first contact or an outer edge of the second contact The oil-repellent agent includes a fluorine-based polymer. The switch has a simple structure and connects between the contacts reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kaida, Takao Matsui, Hirotaka Nawate
  • Publication number: 20110198203
    Abstract: A circuit interrupter includes a movable contact assembly having a movable contact, a stationary contact assembly, and an operating mechanism. The stationary contact assembly includes a conductor, a first stationary contact disposed on the conductor, and a second stationary contact disposed on the same such conductor proximate the first stationary contact. The first stationary contact has a first contact surface disposed a first distance from the conductor. The second stationary contact has a second contact surface disposed a second distance from the conductor. The second distance is smaller than the first distance. The operating mechanism is structured to move the movable contact assembly and cause the movable contact to engage or disengage from at least the first contact surface of the first stationary contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: ROBERT W. MUELLER, James W. Krieger, Paul A. Merck, Amelia M. Stay, Cathleen M. Clausen, Joshua D. Myers
  • Patent number: 7994443
    Abstract: A first wiring layer 16 is disposed on an insulating film 14 on the lower surface of an upper substrate 15, while a second wiring layer 13three-dimensionally crossing the first wiring layer 16 is provided on the insulating film 12 on a lower substrate 11. A cantilever 17 has one end connected to the first wiring layer 16 and the other end opposed to the second wiring layer 13 with a space therebetween. A thermoplastic sheet 19 is arranged on the upper substrate 15 so as to cover the through-hole 18. The thermoplastic sheet 19 is pressed by a heated pin 20 against the cantilever 17 and deformed so as to maintain the connection between the cantilever 17and the second wiring layer 13, and therefore close the switch 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Octec Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Masami Yakabe, Tetsuya Hasebe, Muneo Harada, Katsuya Okumura
  • Publication number: 20110094862
    Abstract: Techniques for making high voltage connections are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an electrical switch. The electrical switch may comprise a component extending from a first electrical contact to a second electrical contact. The component may also comprise a non-conductive section and a conductive section. In a first mode of operation, at least a portion of the non-conductive section may be positioned between the two electrical contacts to insulate the two electrical contacts. In a second mode of operation, the conductive section may be positioned between the two electrical contacts to connect the two electrical contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas E. MAY, Kasegn D. Tekletsadik, Eric Hermanson, Piotr R. Lubicki, Russell J. Low, Joseph C. Olson, Stephen E. Krause
  • Publication number: 20110084827
    Abstract: A belt lock for a seat belt equipped with a locking mechanism that is arranged in a belt lock housing. The locking mechanism has a component that changes its location from a first end position into a second end position and detects a locking status. In the actuation of the locking mechanism, the component that changes its location interacts with the detector of the locking status. The locking status is detected by an electromechanical switch that is arranged in the vicinity of the component that changes its location and can be actuated upon its movement from the first into the second end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: POLYCONTACT AG
    Inventors: Joshua Lanter, Clau Lombriser
  • Publication number: 20110011709
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electrical switch with a contact system arranged within a housing, which has fixed contact elements and a switch contact element, an operating device for switching action on the contact system, in which, via elastic deformation of the switch contact element, the switch contact element can be brought into a rest position and into a switching position, the fixed contact elements being galvanically separated from each other in the rest position contactless relative to each other and the fixed contact elements being electrically connected to each other in the switching position via the switch contact element, such that the switch contact element has a switching section and a fastening section, the fastening section being spaced from the switching section, the switching section serving for electrical connection of the fixed contact elements and the fastening section guaranteeing reliable fastening of the switch contact element in housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: HUF HULSBECK & FURST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: PETER ULOMEK
  • Publication number: 20100323751
    Abstract: A light guide sheet is adapted to be used with a light emitter. The light guide sheet includes a light-transmissive base, a light inlet section having bonded to a lower surface of the base, and an illumination section for diffusing the light entering into the base. The light inlet section has an upper surface and an edge surface connected to the upper surface. The upper surface of the light inlet section is bonded to the lower surface of the base. Light emitted from the light emitter enters into the edge surface the light inlet section. The light inlet section causes the entering light to enter into the base. The light inlet section has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the base. The light guide sheet provides a movable contact assembly capable of reliably illumination inexpensively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: NAOKI TATEHATA, YOUSUKE CHIKAHISA
  • Publication number: 20100300852
    Abstract: An exemplary switchgear assembly is disclosed with at least one moveable contact piece, in which the moveable contact is connected to a connection piece electrically with a flexible connection means. A connection between the connector strip and the connection piece of the pole part is provided. The connection can have relatively low electrical and thermal resistance. A flexible connection means is connected to the connection piece directly or with an intermediate piece, which can be connected to the connection piece, cohesively or at least unreleasably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Gentsch, Christof Humpert, Till Ruemenapp
  • Publication number: 20100258414
    Abstract: A switch unit (40) is mountable to a distal end of a handpiece of an electrically-activatable surgical tool, such as an ultrasonically-vibratable surgical tool. The switch unit (40) has a generally bullet-shaped outer form with an axial bore (42) through which a waveguide of the tool extends. A resiliently deformable band (1) extends around the switch unit (40) above a polygonal-section contact zone (2), such that fingertip pressure on the band (1) may locally depress the band (1) towards a flat area (12) of the contact zone (2). Switch contacts (11) are mounted to an inner surface of the band (1) opposite a plated circuit (10) located on each flat area (12) so as to form a plurality of switches. A switch to activate the tool is thus easily accessible to a user's fingertip in any orientation of the handpiece in the user's hand. The switch contacts (11) may each comprise a body having an electrical resistance dependent on a pressure exerted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Michael John Radley Young, Stephen Michael Radley Young
  • Publication number: 20100218659
    Abstract: A blade (11), which includes a cutting portion (21) and an insulating portion (22), is used as a blade (11) of a cutting apparatus (10). The cutting portion (21) is made of a metal, and has a blade portion. The insulating portion (22) is formed by an insulating member, and forms a part that adjoins the blade portion in a direction opposite to an advance direction of the blade (11). The cutting apparatus (10) is configured so that, when cutting a current-carrying member (15), the blade (11) advances until the insulating portion (22) contacts cut faces of the current-carrying member (15) after the cutting portion (21) cuts the current-carrying member (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ukon, Teruaki Tsuchiya, Futoshi Okugawa
  • Publication number: 20100175970
    Abstract: The apparatus allows measuring the presence of damages to the induced circuit (15) of a residual current circuit breaker (200), or of a blocked electromechanical releasing device (11) of residual current circuit breaker (200), and to operate in one qf said two cases a releasing device (20) additional to that (11) of residual current circuit breaker (200). This can be obtained, on the one hand, determining if there is or less a current flow in the induced circuit (15) of the residual current circuit breaker beyond a minimum threshold, or if there is on the other hand a current flow beyond a maximum threshold. The absence of this minimum current in the induced circuit (15) causes the opening of additional releasing device (20). In the latter case, it is possible to obtain this feature by establishing when induced circuit (15) of residual current circuit breaker (200) is flown by a current beyond the maximum threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Giovanni Pieri
  • Publication number: 20090314618
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle fastening detector 40, which detects the existence of seat belt fastening, includes a printed circuit board 41 including a normally-closed contact NC, a normally-opened contact NO, and a common contact COM. A slider 42 electrically connects the normally-closed contact NC and the common contact COM, or the normally-opened contact NO and the common contact COM. The common contact COM is formed on one surface 41 a of the print circuit board 41, and the normally-closed contact NC and the normally-opened contact NO are formed on the other surface 41b of the print circuit board 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Yukinori Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 7611784
    Abstract: A switch assembly for selectively enabling current flow through a segment of a fuel cell stack. The switch assembly includes a first plate including a first non-conductive substrate having a first conductive path therethrough and a second plate including a second non-conductive substrate having a second conductive path therethrough. A first switch is disposed between the first plate and the second plate and is in electrical communication with the first conductive path and the second conductive path. The first switch is operable in an open mode to prohibit current flow between the first conductive path and the second conductive path. The first switch is operable in a closed mode to enable current flow between the first conductive path and the second conductive path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W Murphy
  • Publication number: 20090045039
    Abstract: A first wiring layer 16 is disposed on an insulating film 14 on the lower surface of an upper substrate 15, while a second wiring layer 13 three-dimensionally crossing the first wiring layer 16 is provided on the insulating film 12 on a lower substrate 11. A cantilever 17 has one end connected to the first wiring layer 16 and the other end opposed to the second wiring layer 13 with a space therebetween. A thermoplastic sheet 19 is arranged on the upper substrate 15 so as to cover the through-hole 18. The thermoplastic sheet 19 is pressed by a heated pin 20 against the cantilever 17 and deformed so as to maintain the connection between the cantilever 17 and the second wiring layer 13, and therefore close the switch 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Masami Yakabe, Tetsuya Hasebe, Muneo Harada, Katsuya Okumura
  • Publication number: 20080289938
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a stationary contact, a plug-on half jaw, and a jaw spring. The plug-on half jaw is electrically coupled to the stationary contact and has a single terminal end for receiving a bus bar. The jaw spring is operatively coupled to the half jaw and has a bridge portion connecting two symmetrical spring legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Rodney D. Raabe, David K. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7402770
    Abstract: A microelectronic switch having a substrate layer, an electrically conductive switching layer formed on the substrate layer, an electrically conductive cavity layer formed on the switching layer, an electrically conductive cap layer formed on the cavity layer, the cap layer forming a first electrode and a second electrode that are physically and electrically separated one from another, and which both at least partially overlie the switching layer, and a cavity disposed between the switching layer and the second electrode, where the switching is layer is flexible to make electrical contact with the second electrode by flexing through the cavity upon selective application of an electrical bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Sey-Shing Sun, Hemanshu D. Bhatt, Peter A. Burke, Richard J. Carter
  • Patent number: 7334319
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the breaking ability of vacuum interrupter in the medium- and high-voltage range. Said aim is achieved whereby the contact pieces which may be displaced relative to each other are moved with a relatively high speed during a first phase (S1) of the separation process until about ¼ to ½ of the ultimate separation (extinction stroke Eh) and are brought to the given ultimate separation (isolating stroke Eh) during a second phase (S2) with relatively low speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joerg Kusserow, Roman Renz
  • Patent number: 7248135
    Abstract: A moving arm for a moving contact assembly in a telecommunication system circuit breaker is provided. The circuit breaker has a housing assembly, an operating mechanism, a trip device, and a current path assembly. The current path assembly includes a line conductor assembly having a fixed contact. The operating mechanism is structured to move between an on position, a tripped position, an off position and a reset position. The moving arm assembly also includes a movable contact structured to be disposed on the moving arm. The moving arm has an elongated body with an offset disposed at one end. The offset is structured to displace the movable contact relative to the longitudinal axis of the moving arm body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Mark O. Zindler
  • Patent number: 7012204
    Abstract: A silver contact fixing structure for conductive blades aims at providing a retaining force on a silver contact so that the silver contact is more secure and does not break loose when subject to striking. The silver contact is built in a fastening section formed on a conductive blade. The fastening section has at least two fixing zones connecting to each other and a bucking end adjacent to the fixing zones to increase the retaining force between the silver contact and the conductive blade so that the silver contact does not break loose easily thereby increasing the service life thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chin-Wen Chou
  • Patent number: 6812418
    Abstract: A contact fastened in a contact element by opposite overlaps is provided. The contact is subsequently connected to the contact element with a laser or a special stamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kramski GmbH
    Inventors: Wiestaw Kramski, Joachim Schweizer, Ewald Fretz
  • Publication number: 20040093718
    Abstract: In an actuator of the invention, coils are kept from being displaced along a y-axis direction as projections of coil bobbins are sandwiched between first and second iron cores along the y-axis direction. Also, the coils are kept from being displaced excessively along x- and z-axis directions due to shocks, for instance, as they are fitted in groovelike channels formed in the first and second iron cores. Since two bearings are sandwiched and fixed between third and fourth iron cores along the x-axis direction, the bearings can be easily set on a common axis with high accuracy. It is therefore possible to prevent displacement of the coils during operation of the actuator. Slidable support plates ensure smooth movements of an armature and thereby provide improved reliability even when the distance between the support plates and the first to fourth iron cores is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshie Takeuchi, Nobumoto Tohya, Mitsuru Tsukima, Takafumi Nakagawa, Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Hitoshi Gotou
  • Publication number: 20030230483
    Abstract: A method and apparatus used for the application of plating/coating in a cathodic arc process to improve coating uniformity, deposition rates, quality, cost, packaging, arc triggering, target wear and other improvements is described in the patent. The process improvements utilize a cathode with external current switching to two or more electrical cathode contacts, employment of magnets on the backside of the cathode, a non-mechanical arc initiation trigger, patterned target surfaces, adjustable cathode insulation, current modulation, and new packaging schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Mandar B. Sunthankar, Daniel M. Storey
  • Publication number: 20030196881
    Abstract: A contact fastened in a contact element by opposite overlaps is provided. The contact is subsequently connected to the contact element with a laser or a special stamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Kramski GmbH
    Inventors: Wiestaw Kramski, Joachim Schweizer, Ewald Fretz
  • Publication number: 20030050592
    Abstract: A vacuum control system for a jet injector includes a power source and vacuum pump for creating suction at the injector tip. The injector includes a drive bar to expel medicament into the patient. Before injection the drive bar and an inner barrel are separated from each other, and at the end of the injection the drive bar contacts the inner barrel. A user operable switch that is moveable between an ON position and an OFF position is also provided. The power source, vacuum pump, drive bar, inner barrel and user operable switch are all electrically connected via an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit is configured to activate the vacuum pump when the user operable switch is in the ON position and the drive bar is separated from the inner barrel, and to deactivate the vacuum pump when the drive bar contacts the inner barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: John B. Slate, Michael W. Burk, Lanny A. Gorton
  • Patent number: 6492037
    Abstract: A friction welded joint structure includes friction welded dissimilar first and second metallic materials. The first metallic material has a rigidity greater than the second metallic material. The angle of the first metallic material to a free edge of the first metallic material, at an end portion of a joined surface between the first and second metallic materials, is greater than or equal to 120 degrees or in the range of from 55 degrees to 85 degrees. A reaction layer between the first and second metallic materials is more than zero and less than or equal to 20 &mgr;m. The first metallic material is copper. The second, which has the smaller rigidity, is aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahiko Shindo, Yoshiyasu Itoh, Katsumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6459354
    Abstract: The breaker apparatus is disclosed which comprises a projecting wall standing upright from the base of a breaker body; a pair of plate-shaped fixed electrodes laid on the front and back surfaces of the projecting wall; a recessed plug to be fitted on the projecting wall; a U-shaped movable electrode to be stored in the plug for bringing the both fixed electrodes into conduction by clamping the projecting wall on the front and back surfaces thereof; a fuse storage section for storing a fuse connected to one of the fixed electrodes in the surrounding wall standing upright from the base in parallel with the projecting wall; a cover for covering the opening of the fuse storage section and being fittable to the surrounding wall; an engaging surface formed on the plug and facing in the fitting direction of the plug; and a cover motion stopper provided on the cover for engaging with the engaging surface of the plug with the plug fitted to the projecting wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumoto Konda, Junji Muta, Tatsuya Sumida, Yoshito Oka, Ichiaki Sano