| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 200537000 | Reciprocating actuator | 28 |
| 200538000 | Push/pull rod | 3 |
| 20110011716 | Devices and methods related to battery modules - The present invention relates to devices that may be used in conjunction with one or more battery modules and related methods. More particularly, the present invention relates to a devices and related methods allowing one to manually disconnect high voltage and high current devices from a system. In one aspect, the present invention provides a mid pack break. The mid pack break is able to manually disconnect high voltage and high current devices from a system. The mid pack break includes a handle, a pin, a first sleeve, and a second sleeve. Force exerted on the handle causes the pin to insert into the first and second sleeves, thereby completing an electrical connection between the first and second sleeves. | 01-20-2011 |
| 200539000 | Specific detent structure | 1 |
| 20080245647 | Two-Stage Power Button - A manually actuated two-stage power button for a computer system is disclosed. The power button includes a living hinge, first and second legs and a spring mechanism. The first and second legs are integrally connected to the living hinge. Portions of the first and second legs are located on one side of a bezel of the computer system. The first and second legs are parallel to each other in an unactuated state, and the first and second legs need to be pinched simultaneously towards each other and are then pushed inward into the bezel in order to actuate the power button. The spring mechanism along with the living hinge can return the first and second legs to the unactuated state after the power button has been actuated. | 10-09-2008 |
| 200540000 | Contact carried by rod | 1 |
| 200541000 | Sliding contact | 1 |
| 20160071668 | PIVOTING ELECTRICAL SWITCH - The embodiments discussed herein relate to electrical switches. Specifically, the embodiments include a pivoting switch that translates a rotational movement of a portion of the pivoting switch into a linear movement for toggling a button. The pivoting switch can include a pin that extends into a bracket in order to define and limit a rotational movement of the pivoting switch. The pivoting switch can further include a switch cavity that can force a knob of the button to move with the pivoting switch. The embodiments can further include an electrical switch having a welded cover plate. The welded cover plate can include arms that extend across and are welded to one or more surfaces of the electrical switch. The welded cover plate provides a more secure retaining mechanism for the electrical switch in order to reduce bending of certain portions of the electrical switch when the electrical switch is toggled. | 03-10-2016 |
| 200543000 | Pull cord | 3 |
| 20090078554 | TECHNIQUES FOR MAKING HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTIONS - 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. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20130146436 | PULL CORD ON HEADRAIL FOR OPERATING A MOTORIZED BLIND - A motorized blind having a pull cord. The pull cord is mechanically connected to an electrical switch in a headrail of the blind, the switch being electrically connected to an electric motor within the headrail. The pull cord also extends outwardly of an end of the headrail and then outwardly and downwardly of the blind through a hole in the front of an end cap on the head rail. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20160111234 | Electric Switching Device - An electric switching device contains a first contact piece and a second contact piece. The first contact piece can be driven by a first kinematic chain. The second contact piece can be driven by a second kinematic chain. The electric switching device contains a first switching point and a second switching point, which are electrically connected in series, the first contact piece being associated with the first switching point and the second contact piece with the second switching point. | 04-21-2016 |
| 200547000 | Slide switch (handle projects perpendicular to motion) | 22 |
| 20130056341 | TERMINAL FOR AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR - A terminal for an electrical switchgear, the terminal comprises a housing arrangement ( | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130098747 | SWITCH DEVICE - There is provided a switch device. Arm springs as movable contacts slide in accordance with a switching operation of a switch knob. The arm springs come into resilient contact and slide on movable contact slide parts. Root parts and mountain parts are formed in the movable contact slide parts and a fixed contact is formed with end edges of bus bars. The bus bars are mounted and fixed to an upper surface of a support part. A cut out part is provided on the upper surface of the support part. The arm springs are formed in the shapes of bars having mountain forms in section fitted to the root parts, and the arm springs are extended in the vertical direction to plate surfaces of the bus bars and arranged to be inclined so that outer side surfaces abut on upper side edges of the fixed contacts. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130126326 | ELECTRIC SWITCH HAVING A SLIDE AND FORMING A SHORT-CIRCUIT OR SELECTOR SWITCH - The present invention relates to an electric switch having a hollow body defining a cavity, an actuator, and a slide mounted in said cavity. Under the action of the actuator, the slide is suitable for passing from a first position, in which at least one conductive portion of the slide is electrically connected via permanent breakable electrical junctions to at least two primary electrically-conductive studs that lead laterally into said cavity to a second position in which at least one of said primary electrically-conductive studs is no longer electrically connected to said conductive portion of the slide. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130175152 | Slide Switch - The slide switch includes a body, a slider, a terminal, and an armature. The slider is slidably held in the body and is pushed by insertion of the object to slidingly move. The terminal is provided with a fixed contact point disposed on a surface, facing the slider, of the body along a sliding movement direction. The armature is attached to the slider and is provided with a moving contact point that slides on a fixed contact point disposition surface of the body in association with sliding movement of the slider. The slider is provided with an engagement part to receive an action of a moving part that moves in the sliding movement direction in association with extraction and insertion of the object, and the engagement part is in shape of generating a free running distance in which the slider does not act even when the moving part acts. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140216912 | MULTI DIRECTION SWITCH HAVING DETECTING MECHANISM - A multi direction switch ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160111233 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SLIDE ACTUATION ON A DEVICE - A slide actuation apparatus includes a bezel configured to maintain a configuration of the slide actuation apparatus. The bezel also includes an opening on an external surface. The slide actuation apparatus also includes an actuator configured to move within a compartment formed by the opening and a sliding rail configured to guide movements of the actuator along a surface of the sliding rail. The sliding rail is compressible downward in response to movement of the actuator along the surface of the sliding rail. The slide actuation apparatus further includes a slide contact configured to make an electrical connection to a flexible circuit and configured to provide a signal of a change to a circuit board of an attached computing device in response to downward compression of the sliding rail. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160189893 | ELECTRICAL SWITCH AND SLIDER ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A slider assembly is for an electrical switch such as, for example, a dimmer switch. The dimmer switch includes a switching member and a housing member. The housing member overlays the switching member and includes an exterior surface, an interior surface, and an elongated slot. The slider assembly includes a slider structured to cooperate with the switching member. The slider includes an interface portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion extends through the elongated slot of the housing member. The interface portion is movably disposed on the exterior surface of the housing member. A shutter is coupled to the slider. The shutter includes a plurality of resilient elements structured to engage the interior surface of the housing member, thereby creating a friction force associated with movement of the slider. | 06-30-2016 |
| 200548000 | Housing and actuator form detent | 7 |
| 20110290630 | SLIDING BUTTON WITH ROTATING SHAFT - An electronic device may have a housing with an opening. A button may be formed within the electronic device. The button may have a button member that is actuated by a user. The button member may translate within an opening in the electronic device housing when actuated by a user. The button may have a shaft that is coupled to the button member by a coupling mechanism. When the button member is laterally translated within the opening, the coupling mechanism may rotate the shaft about its longitudinal axis. The button may be provided with detents using a detent biasing mechanism. The detent biasing mechanism may be based on a spring having grooves that interact with a protrusion on the shaft or a spring-loaded pin that engages recesses in the shaft. A switch mechanism for the button may be formed using traces on the shaft, spring-type switch contacts, and other structures. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120261241 | THIN PROFILE ROTATIONAL SWITCH ASSEMBLIES - Rotational switch assemblies having a thin operational profile are provided for use in electronic devices. Rotational switch assemblies in accordance with embodiments of the invention can include a button, an engagement member, and switch housing. The switch housing includes a radial spring, a post, and at least two contact spring arms. The engagement member includes at least two contact pads and at least two position notches and is mounted to and operable to rotate about the post to one of at least two positions. When the button is moved from one position to another, this movement is translated to the engagement member, which rotates from one position to another, and as the engagement member rotates, the radial spring engages the position notch corresponding to the position of the engagement member, and one of the contact pads engages a corresponding one of the contact spring members for that position. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130026025 | SLIDE SWITCH FOR USE IN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A slide switch capable of enhancing the accuracy of detecting a slide operation position of a slide lever and the operability of the slide lever without increasing the number of components and an installation space for the slide switch. An elastically-deformable click portion is disposed on a line passing through the center of a slide shaft of the slide lever and extending in a sliding direction in which the slide lever slides, moves integrally with the slide lever, and gets over a convex portion formed in a base member to generate a click force. In an accommodation space which accommodates the click portion and a plurality of armature portions, the click portion and one armature portion of the plurality of armature portions are separated from each other by a first partition, and the click portion and the other armature portion are separated from each other by a second partition. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130118882 | SWITCH OPERATION DEVICE - A switch operation device is for switching between two or more speed change modes of a speed change mechanism by switching a position of a component for use in speed change included in the speed change mechanism, and includes: a main member that is movable between two positions in the switch operation device in an operating direction; a click spring for stopping the main member at one of the two positions; a switch spring that switches the position of the component in conjunction with movement of the main member; a first holding member provided in the main member, and holds the click spring; and a second holding member provided in the main member, and holds the switch spring, wherein when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the operating direction, the first holding and second holding members at least partially overlap with each other. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130213786 | HOUSING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic device includes a housing, a first positioning component, a second positioning component, a key switch and a key mechanism. The first and second positioning components are arranged in the housing. The key mechanism is movably secured to the housing and includes an actuating component slidably arranged on an inner surface of the housing and capable of triggering the key switch when sliding relative to the inner surface. The first and second positioning components abut opposite sides of the actuating component for preventing the actuating component from shimmying when the actuating component slides relative to the inner surface. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130248341 | SWITCH - A switch includes a fixed contact fixed in a container in which an insulating gas is filled and a movable contact provided to be reciprocatingly movable with respect to the fixed contact and configured to come into contact with and separate from the fixed contact. The switch further comprises a pin provided in the container and configured to move along an arcuate track. A groove in which the pin is fit and is movable is formed in the movable contact. The groove includes a linear groove linearly extending substantially perpendicularly to a moving direction of the movable contact and substantially in parallel to a plane including the moving track of the pin and an arcuate groove that communicates with the linear groove and overlaps the moving track of the pin. The pin moves in the linear groove, whereby the movable contact reciprocatingly moves. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140291135 | Slide Switch - A slide switch includes a case forming an accommodation space, a first contact disposed in the accommodation space, a second contact disposed in the accommodation space, a third contact disposed in the accommodation space, and a slider fixed to the third contact. The slider is movable between a first position in which the first contact and the second contact are electrically insulated from each other and a second position in which the first contact and the second contact are electrically connected to each other via the third contact. The case includes a projection supporting the third contact in a normal direction of a plane which includes a moving path of the slider in the accommodation space. | 10-02-2014 |
| 200549000 | Contact carried by slide | 8 |
| 200550000 | Sliding contact | 8 |
| 20090078555 | BOTTOM ACTUATED SWITCH - The systems and methods described herein are directed to a switch for electronic devices. The systems and methods provide for a switch disposed on a bottom surface of a circuit board enclosed in a housing of an electronic device. The circuit board may include an aperture. An actuating pin of the switch may extend through the aperture towards the top surface of the circuit board. An external actuator may be coupled to the actuating pin in the aperture on the circuit board. The external actuator may extend out through an opening in the housing for providing a user with access to the switch. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100155215 | SLIDING BUTTON MECHANISM - A sliding button mechanism includes a housing, a button, a connecting member, two resilient elements, and a printed circuit board. The housing defines a sliding slot. The button is slidably received in the sliding slot. The connecting member is secured on the button. Two resilient elements are disposed between the housing and the button provides a resilient force to the button. The printed circuit board is secured in the housing and includes at least two contact areas. The connecting member continuously and simultaneously connects to the two contact areas to achieve a continuous adjustment function. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120255849 | SLIDE SWITCH - A purpose is to provide a slide switch so that the installation space is reduced, and the size and weight of the switch can be reduced with the reduction of the sized of components. Electric wire connecting terminals which include wire connecting parts to be press-contact to electric wires orderly accommodated in an electric wire arranging part of a switch case and fixed contacts which are formed integrally with the wire connecting parts are fixed to the electric wire arranging part so that the fixed contacts covers the electric wires accommodated in the electric wire arranging part. A slider which is supported on the switch case slidably along the arrangement direction of the fixed contacts is arranged on the electric wire arranging part so that a movable connector on the slider is laid over the fixed contacts. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130134028 | ELECTRICAL SWITCH AND CIRCUIT BREAKER - An electrical switch and a circuit breaker are presented herein. The electrical switch includes a graded resistance block comprising a first end having a first electrical resistivity and a second end having an electrical resistivity greater than the first electrical resistivity. The electrical switch further includes a fixed contact electrically coupled to the first end of the graded resistance block, and a sliding contact configured to slide over the graded resistance block. In addition to the components of the electrical switch, the circuit breaker also includes a forcing mechanism to slide the sliding contact over the graded resistance block from the first end to the second end. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130206565 | SLIDING CONTACT SWITCH - An electrical sliding contact switch comprises a contact transmitter element with a first and a second rigidly interconnected sliding contact, which are pressed against a corresponding surface designed for a common sliding section by respective contact areas in the same direction, while there is an insulated segment and a contact segment for each sliding contact within the common sliding section respectively, whereby one insulated segment is slid over by a contact area of sliding contact, when the corresponding other sliding contact is sliding over its contact segment with its contact area, whereby a notch is arranged within the insulating segment which is slid over by a contact area of a sliding contact in case the other sliding contact is sliding over its contact segment. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130233691 | STRUCTURALLY ENHANCED SWITCH ASSEMBLIES - Slide switch assemblies with structural enhancements are provided for use in electronic devices. Slide switch assemblies in accordance with embodiments the invention can include a button, an engagement member, and switch box. The engagement member couples the button to the switch box and translates any movement of the button to the switch box. The switch box is mounted offset with respect to the button because another component such as, for example, a display screen occupies the space that would have been a better mounting position for the switch box. To compensate for the offset, and the added torsion that is applied to the engagement member during button movement events, the engagement member is structurally enhanced. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130248342 | FOIL SWITCH FOR ELECTRIC CURRENTS - A switch arrangement for electric currents, has a switch housing; a switching element slidably received in the switch housing; a foil, having electrically conductive pathways for carrying the electric currents, attached to the housing; and at least two contacts that are to be short-circuited and/or opened. At least one of the contacts is formed by a section of the pathway of the foil. The switching element is movable to short-circuit or open the at least two contacts and has a travel path of ≧ | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140262720 | Sealed Switch Apparatus and Systems and Methods for Using the Same - A sealed switch apparatus and systems and methods for using the same are disclosed. A sealed switch apparatus may include a sealed contact structure and a switch mechanism operable to apply a force to the switch mechanism to trigger a switch event. The sealed contact structure may include a sealing layer operative to seal electrical contacts disposed within the contact structure from external debris and to transfer the force applied from the switch mechanism to at least one of the electrical contacts. The transferred force may deflect that electrical contact to interact with another one of the electrical contacts, and the deflection may provide tactile feedback to a user. | 09-18-2014 |
