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7999789 Electrical device with a selected orientation for operation  
The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for configuring an electrical device to a selected orientation. Direction information that is indicative of the orientation of the electrical...
7999201 MEMS G-switch device  
A Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) G-switch includes one or more actuators formed between fixed driving stages and moveable driving stages. A proof mass is attached to the moveable driving...
7956302 Hermetically packaged MEMS G-switch  
A hermetically packaged G-switch includes a MEMS structure having a bottom substrate layer, a top device layer and an intermediate oxide layer. A mass disposed in the top device layer is connected...
7934321 Tilt switch employing graphite  
The invention relates to a form of a tilt switch that solves the problem of poor electrical contact, excessive/unpredictable hysteresis, high contact resistance, short life and/or electrical...
7897887 Ball switch in a multiball switch arrangement  
A ball switch for a multi ball-switch arrangement includes a base plate and a metallic circular disk centrally disposed on the base plate. A first electrically-conductive contact track, which is...
7829804 Rolling-ball switch  
A rolling-ball switch is adapted to be fixed on a circuit board, and includes a conductive housing defining a receiving space and having two opposite open ends, two conductive balls disposed...
7767919 Sealed control device with magnetically adjustable control parameter  
A switch including a sealed housing; a magnetic sensor; and a control element configured to modify a control parameter for the switch in response to a signal from the sensor. In some aspects, the...
7753419 Mounting Structure for vehicle crash sensor  
A sensor assembly of a vehicle includes a substantially horizontal protrusion secured to a body portion of the vehicle and extending therefrom in a direction of an impact input and a crash sensor...
7745746 Micromachined mechanical switch  
A mechanical switch is arranged to electrically connect a power source to an electrical component. The switch includes a resilient structure, a first electrically conductive element connected to...
7692110 Tilt switch  
A tilt switch comprises an insulating housing, a cover covering the opening of the housing, three terminals fixed at the bottom of the housing and an electrically conductive ball movably received...
7684106 Compatible MEMS switch architecture  
A method of fabricating a display device includes forming a switch and forming a plurality of display elements in parallel electrical communication with the switch. The switch includes an...
7649150 Sensor having switch function, manufacturing method thereof and electronic device having sensor built therein  
There are provided a sensor which is small, suitable for reflow soldering by automatic cleaning and automatic mounting, can be manufactured in batch, and has a switch function, and a manufacturing...
7633025 Inertial switch using fully released and enclosed conductive contact bridge  
A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switch comprises a trench formed in a substrate. A free moving conductive mass may be formed within the cavity. When the switch is moved or otherwise acted...
7629545 Impact-activated trigger with omni-directional sensor  
An omni directional impact-activated trigger assembly. The trigger comprises a switch mechanism that controls the activation of an operation, such as an electrical circuit, so that movement of the...
7592556 Vibration switch  
The vibration switch includes a housing with a chamber formed thereon and extended in a longitudinal direction. Two attachment means are disposed at two ends of the chamber respectively. Two spring...
7566839 Contact-breaker device, circuit and apparatus comprising the same, and method for assembling contact-breaker device  
A contact-breaker device that can be miniaturized, realize low power consumption and low cost, and generate an irregular pulse current by causing irregular electrical conduction and insulation of a...
7563997 Rolling-ball switch and method of making the same  
A rolling-ball switch includes an insulative casing part having first and second connecting faces and an intermediate through hole, insulative first and second covering parts each having a recessed...
7544910 Vibration sensor built in an object  
A vibration sensor includes casing, substrate, and elastic metal piece; two electrode areas separated by a separation zone being provided on the substrate; a vibration contact being provided on the...
7541551 Method and apparatus for detecting free fall  
A data processing system including a data storage device having data stored on a data storage medium. Within said data processing system, a system electronics is operatively coupled to a sensor and...
7532118 Vibration sensor for boundary fences  
It is an aim of the preferred embodiment, to provide an improved sensor unit that is at least as reliable as two sensor units of the prior art, thereby allowing one unit per fencing unit, i.e. per...
7504598 Control device for an electrical appliance  
An operator control device for an electric heating apparatus comprises a control element, which rotatably and removably rests on a mounting surface and is held by a magnetic retaining force. The...
7504599 Pendulous control valve system electric current embodiment  
A housing containing a rotatable cage for rotatably supporting a spherical flow control valve having a vertically orientated open or filled conduit and an internal bottom weight mass centered on...
7485818 Tilt switch  
A tilt switch includes a base and a cover body. The base includes an upright support having a lower groove, and first and second lower passage holes communicated with the lower groove. An emitter...
7473857 Switch having a rolling conductive ball  
A switch includes a housing defining bottom and top receiving grooves and a chamber, and a plurality of angularly spaced apart terminal rods mounted on the housing. The terminal rods have top and...
7473858 Movement detecting device  
A movement detecting device detects movement, or tilt, of a building facilities component, and controls a desired event through an electrical signal without using mercury. The device includes a...
7450025 Level/position sensor and related electronic circuitry for interactive toy  
A sensor for use in an interactive electronic device. The sensor is operative to generate a plurality of different output signals corresponding to respective positions of the sensor relative to a...
7434323 Tilt sensor and method of providing the same  
A tilt sensor contains a first electrically conductive element, a second electrically conductive element, an electrically insulative element, and either a plurality of electrically conductive...
7423228 Apparatus for opening an electrical switch responsive to seismic or other event  
Mechanical apparatus is connected to an electrical switch having an on/off button, the apparatus including a button contact member which engages the on/off button and is latched to maintain the...
7411140 Inertial mass detection device  
An inertial mass detection device. An illustrative embodiment of the device includes a generally elongated ball track, at least one pair of spaced-apart switch contacts provided on the ball track,...
7381916 Rolling-ball switch  
A rolling-ball switch includes a casing having two racks. A chamber is defined after a round stage and a sealing groove are fit in the casing. The chamber includes a first contact plate, a second...
7371982 MEMS safety and arming devices having launch and rotation interlocks and method of manufacturing the same  
A device, a Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-Switch (MEMS) safety and arming (S&A) device and a method of manufacturing the MEMS S&A. In one embodiment, the device includes a body and a MEMS shuttle...
7329019 Clothing or footwear illumination system having electro-luminescent and LED light sources  
An system for illuminating clothing and footwear, utilizing electro-luminescent light strips and LEDs, which are randomly illuminated according to the movement of the person wearing the article(s)....
7325322 Electric park brake inclinometer  
A tilt sensor system (10) is provided comprising a housing (12), a magnetized region (13) within the housing (12), and a magnetized, articulated pendulum (14) magnetically coupled to the magnetized...
7326867 Omnidirectional tilt and vibration sensor  
An omni-directional tilt and vibration sensor contains a first electrically conductive element, a second electrically conductive element, and an electrically insulative element. The electrically...
7323649 Jerking-initiated switch  
A jerking-initiated switch includes two first shank members and two second shank members secured to first and second lateral sides of a base wall of an insulating frame to define a rolling path for...
7315004 Motion-activated electrical switch  
A motion-activated electrical switch has a pair of spaced electrical circuits, each disposed on a support, and an electrical conductor interposed between spaced from and electrically insulated from...
7284432 Acceleration sensitive switch  
An acceleration sensitive switch arrangement (208) includes an acceleration sensitive variable capacitor (200), a detection circuit (202) for detecting a capacitance value of the variable capacitor...
7265680 Object tilt and fall detection apparatus  
An object tilt and fall detection apparatus (30) capable of detecting the tilt and fall of an object by using a disk body (11) rolling according to the tilt of the object, comprising a timer means...
7256360 Rolling-ball switch  
A rolling-ball switch includes a housing, at least two terminal rods, and a conductive ball. The housing defines a chamber, and has a bottom wall provided with at least two through holes. Each...
7246678 Satellite sensor housing  
A satellite sensor assembly includes a plastic sensor housing that is mounted to a vehicle structure comprised of sheet metal. The sensor housing includes a transversely extending tab that is...
7235749 Collision impact detector for use in automotive vehicle  
A collision impact detector detects deceleration of a vehicle caused by its collision with another vehicle or an obstacle. A rotor is rotatably supported on a shaft and biased by a coil spring in a...
7230193 Jerk-initiated switch  
A jerk-initiated switch includes a housing having an inner housing wall which defines an accommodation chamber therein. First and second terminals are disposed to define a switching action enabling...
7202426 Master cylinder position switch  
A clutch assembly having a master cylinder that includes non-contacting position switches is disclosed. The master cylinder controls a slave cylinder that shifts the release bearing of the clutch...
7182493 Automatic dual-control light emitting assembly for vehicle wheels  
An automatic dual-control light emitting assembly for vehicle wheels includes a casing defining a receiving space for receiving at least one battery cell therein; a circuit board having a...
7180019 Capacitive accelerometer or acceleration switch  
An accelerometer or accelerator switch and its method of manufacture are disclosed. The device is fabricated from two substrates: a top substrate having a moveable mass, and a bottom substrate...
7170402 Automatic braking light  
An inertia-activated braking light (1) for attachment to pedal cycles and the like. A display of LEDs (15) is automatically illuminated on deceleration. This is achieved by an inertia mass closing...
7154406 Power tool level indicator  
A power tool includes a leveling mechanism that determines horizontal or vertical planes of the power tool. The leveling mechanism has a housing with a cavity in the housing. A rotating member is...
7145454 Method, apparatus and computer program product for intuitive energy management of a short-range communication transceiver associated with a mobile terminal  
The method, terminal and computer program product determine the acceleration of a mobile terminal associated with the short-range communication transceiver and adjusts the power consumption of the...
7115824 Tilt switch and system  
A tilt switch has an electrical terminal on its top end and an electrical terminal on its bottom end. It comprises a conductive can with an opening on the top end side serving as the electrical...
7106190 Child position monitoring system  
A child position monitoring system for providing a warning to a user that a child being monitored has or is moving. The child position monitoring system includes a motion detection assembly detects...