| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074526000 | Stops | 9 |
| 20100005922 | Positive Handle Stop for Switches - The present invention relates generally to handle stops. More particularly, the invention encompasses a positive handle stop for a switch. The positive handle stop for a switch, such as, a safety switch, prevents the handle of a switch from returning to the shipping position once the switch is turned ON. The invention also includes a shipping position for the inventive handle so as to reduce the size of the packaging need to ship the switch apparatus. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100024588 | LEVER LOCKOUT ASSEMBLY - A lever lockout assembly includes a pair of lever supports and a pair of slide supports mounted on a housing. A lever member is rotatably supported by the lever supports. The lever member has a pair of arms separated by a notch. A lockout slide is slidably supported by the slide supports. The lockout slide has a ridge portion and a recess portion. The lockout slide is slidable to a lockout position wherein the ridge portion is received by the notch and the ridge is engagable with the arms to prevent rotation of the lever member. The lockout slide is also slidable to an unlocked position wherein the recess portion is aligned with the notch and the arms are rotatable through the recess portion. A handle projects from an end of the lockout slide. The lockout slide is a rigid bar with a polygonal cross-sectional shape. An edge of the bar forming the ridge portion. The lockout slide includes a pair of detent recess formed in a surface thereof. A detent roller engages the lockout slide, and is releasably received by the detent recess to releasably hold the lockout slide in a selected positions. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20130047778 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device with a greatly strengthened limit structure where damage in the limit structure can be quickly detected and the structure can be easily replaced. The switch device includes a housing; a rotating shaft supported inside the housing and rotatable around its axis; a sway rod outside the housing, which is mounted at the end of the rotating shaft and configured to sway around the rotating axis of the rotating shaft by an external force applied outside the housing; a movable part outside the housing, which is configured to rotate together with the sway rod around the rotating axis of the rotating shaft; and a limit bearing part outside the housing and fixed relative to the housing, when the movable part is abutted on the limit bearing part, the swaying of the sway rod is limited, and the rotating shaft stops rotating. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130192410 | SAFETY ARRANGEMENT - A safety arrangement for a device such as a baby carriage, wheelchair or the like, having an actuator apparatus including first and second relatively displaceable parts movable between a first and second position. When the first part is arranged, in the first position it actuates a brake, and in the second position causing the brake to be in a non-braking state. The actuator is arranged, in the absence of external influence, to adopt the first position. A locking member is releasably attachable to the actuator for locking the first part in the second position, and unlocking of the first part in the second position upon application of a force. The first part is rotatable relative to the second part about a axis for displacement between the first and the second position, and includes a retaining mechanism arranged to connect the locking member to the actuator. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140157943 | ROTATABLE AND STATIONARY GATES FOR MOVEMENT CONTROL - Disclosed are assemblies, systems, devices, methods, and other implementations, including an assembly that includes a moveable mechanical structure (e.g., a lever), and a gate to control movement of the moveable mechanical structure. The gate include a rotatable body, and at least two appendages extending from the rotatable body, including a first appendage configured to stop rotational movement of the gate in a first direction beyond a first angular position when the first appendage contacts a blocking structure, and a second appendage configured to contact the moveable mechanical structure that, when the moveable mechanical structure contacts the second appendage, actuates the gate to cause rotation of the gate. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20150027267 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for controlling the speed of an internal combustion engine comprising a control lever movably associated to a support element, which may be the engine casing or a portion thereof. The control lever is moveable at least between a first position, in which the engine is at a first rotation regime, and a second position, in which the engine is at a second rotation time. A selective locking mechanism is provided that prohibits the control lever from being stably positioned at any (and all) intermediate positions between the first and second positions. In one embodiment, a biasing force generated by the device automatically forces the control lever into one of the first or second positions when the control lever is located in any of the intermediate positions and an actuation force is ceased. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150338873 | VEHICLE FOOT PEDAL STROKE LIMITING TOOL - A vehicle pedal stroke limiting tool is configured for testing applications within a host vehicle which includes a conventional brake, clutch and/or throttle pedal assembly disposed between the operator's seating position and a vehicle cabin bulkhead, wherein the pedal assembly is manually displaced by operator foot action between a released position and an extended position. The pedal stroke limiting tool includes a base member which is temporarily mounted on the foot pad of the pedal assembly for travel therewith. A stop arm is affixed to the base member and is selectively adjustable to extend toward the cabin bulkhead for stopping travel of the pedal assembly before it reaches its extended position. Force and displacement sensors are mounted to the stroke limiting for obtaining test data. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160085258 | SELECTOR LEVER WITH FAILURE INDICATION FEATURES - A selector lever with redundant detent pins and detent plates and a method for using the selector lever to test for a failure of one or more detent pins. The detent plates include a plurality of slots connected by a channel that corresponds to a disengaged position, enabling the detent pin to be moved from one slot to another. The selector lever includes one or more obstructing features in the channels of the detent plates. The selector lever further includes indicators for comparing the location of the shaft with the location of the obstructing features while the slide is in the disengaged position. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085259 | VISUAL FAILURE INDICATION FOR SELECTOR LEVER - A selector lever that comprises a shaft rotatably attached to a pivot and arranged between two detent plates, each of the detent plates having a plurality of slots arranged for receiving a detent pin located on the shaft. Each of the plurality of slots on each of the two detent plates is defined by a radial depth. One or more of the plurality of slots is a failure detection slot having an extended radial depth. When one of the detent pins has failed, the opposing detent pin is allowed to travel into the extended radial depth when placed in the failure detection slot. This action reveals a failure indicator, providing a visual indication that one of the detent pins has failed. | 03-24-2016 |
