Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
327510000 | Magnetic | 14 |
20090051408 | SWITCH FOR VEHICLES - Provided is a switch for vehicles, which includes an intermittent driving device connected to a control device which opens and closes a switching device based on the magnitude of the magnetism of a magnet mounted on an operating body. Therefore, the supply of power from a battery to a detection device and the control device is intermittently performed at a predetermined period by the intermittent driving device. | 02-26-2009 |
20090051409 | SWITCH FOR VEHICLES - Provided is a switch for vehicles, including a first switching device which performs the electrical connection/disconnection between a battery and a stop lamp and a second switching device connected to a control device which opens and closes the first switching device based on the magnitude of the magnetism of a magnet mounted on an operating body. Various controls such as auto-cruise control and so on as well as the turn on/off of the stop lamp can be simultaneously performed by the one magnet mounted on the operating body of the switch for vehicles. | 02-26-2009 |
20090315613 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a connector. The semiconductor element has a power device of a voltage drive type for controlling an on operation and an off operation of a main current by input of a drive signal. The connector receives the drive signal without making contact with an issuing unit issuing the drive signal, and transmits the drive signal to the semiconductor element. The semiconductor element preferably includes a control unit for converting the drive signal received by the connector into a voltage value, and transmitting the voltage value to the semiconductor element. | 12-24-2009 |
20100007402 | Weatherproof switch for indoor and outdoor information clusters and function switches - A weatherproof switch for use with an information/instrument cluster including a button having a body located adjacent to the information/instrument cluster, the body having a first end and a second end; a magnet substantially disposed within the second end of the body; a sensor located a distance from the magnet to produce a magnetic field of a first strength; and a circuit connecting the sensor to a function of the information/instrument cluster for controlling the function when the first end of the button is operated to increase and decrease the distance between the magnet and the sensor such as to produce magnetic field of a second strength. | 01-14-2010 |
20110037512 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING DIRECTION OF MOTION OF CURRENT CARRIERS - A device and method for manipulating a direction of motion of current carriers are presented. The device comprises a structure containing a two-dimensional gas of current carriers configured to define at least one region of inhomogeneity which is characterized by a substantially varying value of at least one parameter from the following: a spin-orbit coupling constant, density of the spin carriers, and a mobility of the gas. The device may be configured and operable to perform spin manipulation of a flux of the spin carrying current carriers to provide at least one of the following types of deviation of said spin-carrying current carriers: spin dependent refraction, spin dependent reflection and spin dependent diffraction on desired deviation angles of a direction of motion of the spin-carrying current carriers being incident on said at least one region of inhomogeneity. The device may also be configured and operable to allow emission of the current carriers from a diffusive region at one side of the region of inhomogeneity to a ballistic region at the opposite side of the region of inhomogeneity to provide the current carriers propagation in multiple directions in the ballistic region with a wide angular range of these directions. | 02-17-2011 |
20110068853 | Sensor for Electromagnetic Quantities and Method for Measuring Electromagnetic Quantities - A sensor for electromagnetic quantities includes a bistable device whose residence times in the stable states depend on the electromagnetic quantity. The bistable device further includes a switching zone, whose dimension in the direction of a current of charge carriers is smaller than the ballistic mean free path of the charge carriers within the switching zone. An analyzer circuit may be used for generating a sensor output signal depending on the residence times of the bistable device for measuring the electromagnetic quantity. The switching device may be a resonant tunneling diode or a Y-branch nanojunction. | 03-24-2011 |
20110156798 | ALPS GREEN DEVICES CO., LTD. - Magnetoresistive effect elements R | 06-30-2011 |
20130002341 | INPUT APPARATUS WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - The input device has a printed circuit board ( | 01-03-2013 |
20150077172 | EXTERNALLY INDUCED CHARGE PATTERNING USING RECTIFYING DEVICES - A system and method form charge patterns on micro objects. The system and method employ a micro object including a rectifying device. The rectifying device exhibits an asymmetric current-voltage (I-V) response curve. Further, the system and method employ a device external to the micro object to induce the flow of charge through the rectifying device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150091636 | ENERGY-HARVESTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a device includes forming a moveable plate over a substrate. The method further includes forming an energy harvesting coil in the moveable plate. The method further includes forming at least one connector connecting the movable plate with the substrate, wherein a portion of the energy harvesting coil extends along the at least one connector. The method further includes enclosing the movable plate using a capping wafer. | 04-02-2015 |
327511000 | Utilizing Hall effect | 4 |
20080278218 | Operator interface assembly including a Hall effect element and machine using same - A machine having an operator interface for requesting an action from an actuator of the machine includes a movable component of the operator interface. The movable component is movable among at least two positions. One of a magnet and a Hall effect sensor is positioned to move in response to movement of the movable component. The other of the magnet and the Hall effect sensor has a stationary position relative to the movable component. A pulse width modulator is operably coupled to the Hall effect sensor for producing a first pulse width modulated signal. The first pulse width modulated signal is altered in response to movement of one of the Hall effect sensor and the magnet relative to the other. An electronic controller is in communication with the pulse width modulator and the actuator and is configured to actuate the actuator in response to evaluation of the first pulse width modulated signal. | 11-13-2008 |
20090009233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 01-08-2009 |
20130194028 | SPRING, PARTICULARLY FOR A PUSH BUTTON - The invention relates to a spring ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130307609 | Hall Effect Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a Hall effect device that includes a Hall effect region of a first semiconductive type, at least three contacts and a lateral conductive structure. The Hall effect region is formed in or on top of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes an isolation arrangement to isolate the Hall effect region in a lateral direction and in a depth direction from the substrate or other electronic devices in the substrate. The at least three contacts are arranged at a top of the Hall effect region to supply the Hall effect device with electric energy and to provide a Hall effect signal indicative of the magnetic field, wherein the Hall effect signal is generated in a portion of the Hall effect region defined by the at least three contacts. The lateral conductive structure is located between the Hall effect region and the isolation arrangement. | 11-21-2013 |