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6603378 |
Magnetic switch assembly
An improved magnetic switch ( 10 ) is provided which is designed for use in an alarm circuit ( 52 ) in order to detect relative movement between first and second members such as a door ( 14 ) and...
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6600397 |
Device for controlling an electric appliance, in particular a drier or other electric household appliance
A device for controlling an electric appliance having a door, a main power circuit, and a switch for automatically shutting off the main circuit when the door is opened the switch is a...
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6590763 |
Weatherproof switch assembly
An assembly is provided. The assembly includes a casing having a magnet sensitive switch enclosed therein, and a magnet movably associated with the outside of the casing. The magnet is capable of...
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6577235 |
Adjustable door hinge monitoring device
The invention is in a device for monitoring the position of a swinging door that is mounted on a stationary frame, the device essentially comprises a magnet and magnetic proximity sensor which are...
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6556112 |
Converting a magnetically coupled pushbutton switch for tact switch applications
A magnetically coupled pushbutton switch having hard electrical conductors is discrete and may be used in place of a dome tact switch. The hard electrical conductors of the magnetically coupled...
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6548775 |
Paddle flow monitoring device
A flow sensor has a paddle assembly that is mounted to a housing by opposed pivot posts which extend from the paddle assembly between the paddle and the magnet. The housing has two pivot post clips...
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6549109 |
Magnet-sensible triggering doorbell mechanism
A doorbell mechanism includes a triggering board and a main body of a conventional doorbell. The triggering board has a magnet-sensible device and a decorative doorknocker. The magnet-sensible...
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6545576 |
Switch assemblies
A switch assembly, which is particularly suitable for use in a fruit machine, is constituted by a front part ( 5 ) to be located by an outer face of a glass panel ( 52 ) and a rear part ( 54 ) to...
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6545577 |
Frictionless pen ejector mechanism
An apparatus and a method for locking and removing a pen using electromagnetism are provided. The apparatus includes a pen housing, a DC source, a coil, a first magnetic element attached to the...
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6542058 |
Island switch
A magnetically actuated pushbutton switch has individual switch modules pre-assembled as standalone subassemblies. Each subassembly has a platform with a cavity on its underside. A portion of the...
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6528746 |
Electrical connector system
A connector system, including two electrical connectors configured to mate together; one electrical connector containing a magnetic flux responsive device configured for generating an electrical...
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6509818 |
Smart overlay for electrical switching
A circuit element has a substrate with a set of spaced switch leads thereon and an overlay magnetically retained on the substrate with a shorting strap on the overlay in facing relation with the...
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6486764 |
Rotary position sensor
A rotary position sensor featuring a robust and simply constructed magnetic field assembly which provides a uniform magnetic field in the working air gap for a conventional mangetosensitive device...
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6483436 |
Method and apparatus for sensing skews and disconnects of adjacent movable components
A sensor detects skewed adjacent movable component. The sensor may be used to detect harmful skews of aircraft control surfaces, such as slats or flaps on aircraft wings, which may be caused by an...
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6476699 |
Reed switch unit
A reed switch unit 44 for detecting a liquid level of a reservoir tank 30 of a master cylinder includes a reed switch 11 , including a contact portion 14 sealed in a glass tube 16 , and...
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6466118 |
Overlay electrical conductor for a magnetically coupled pushbutton switch
A magnetically coupled pushbutton switch has a coupler magnet layer that normally holds an electrically conductive magnetic armature spaced from a substrate layer. An overlay having an overlay...
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6449167 |
Method and apparatus for building and testing electronic circuits
A method and system with a magnetically attractive breadboard and associated devices for constructing and testing electronic circuits. The breadboard can comprise a single or multi-layer circuit...
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6404311 |
Magnetic light switch with hermetic glass box
The construction of the invention is composed of a hermetically sealed cylindric glass box filled with inert gas, a broad U-shaped permanent magnet on it; two pairs of galvanized, impermanently...
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6400246 |
Switch with magnetically coupled dual armature
An electrical switch, such as an automotive power window up/down switch, has an electrically conductive dual armature that is normally magnetically held in coupled engagement with a sheet magnet....
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6400267 |
Wireless reed switch-based burglar alarm
A reed switch-based burglar alarm features two reed switches mounted perpendicularly to each other within the alarm enclosure. The orientations of the perpendicular reed switches permit the...
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6392515 |
Magnetic switch with multi-wide actuator
A magnetically actuated switch has a magnet coupler layer spaced from a set of electrodes formed on a substrate. The electrodes include spaced contacts. The coupler layer normally holds a...
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6380499 |
Float sensor employing reed switch
A reed switch in a solid plastic body is positioned by a clip adjacent to a fluid container. A change in fluid level opposite the reed switch moves a magnet connected to a float, turning the reed...
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6380733 |
Latched switching device
So that a device for producing selector positions is easy to operate, the stop positions of which can be taken in securely and largely free of mechanical wear, and so that it is easily adaptable,...
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6369692 |
Directionally sensitive switch
An electrical switch has spaced, facing coupler and carrier layers with a set of electrodes formed on the facing surfaces thereof. There is an aperture in the coupler layer. A conductive armature...
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6359538 |
Bracket assembly for mounting a reed switch and associated magnet
A bracket assembly for mounting a reed switch and associated magnet on an overhead opening door includes first and second interlocking pieces, both of which are stamped from sheet metal that is,...
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6344782 |
Dry type vacuum cleaner/sander switching adapter
A dry type vacuum cleaner/sander switching adapter is constructed to include a pneumatic control unit and a relay air. When operating the sander, compressed air passes to the sander through the...
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6335498 |
Shock sensor employing a spring coil for self-test
A reed switch based shock sensor provides for passing electrical current through the coil spring used to bias the shock sensing magnetic mass. The spring is wrapped around the reed switch, allowing...
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6329893 |
Buckle with non-contact buckle switch
A buckle is provided with a non-contact buckle switch to find an engagement condition with a tongue. When a lock member of the buckle is disposed in a locking position, a magnetic field produced by...
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6329618 |
Reed switch with shock sensing mass within the glass capsule
A shock sensor has a shock sensing magnetic mass that rides on the inside of a glass tube that is sealed about a reed switch. The reed switch has a first stop positioned so that the shock sensing...
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6313724 |
Multifaceted balanced magnetic proximity sensor
An apparatus and method of proximity switch/sensor based generally on a balanceable magnetic pole array. The magnetic pole array contains at least four poles with optional ferromagnetic shunt(s)....
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6304177 |
Switching assembly for an exit alarm lock
A switching assembly for use with an exit alarm lock. The switching assembly uses two reed switches which must both be closed for the alarm horn to sound. An arm/disarm switch is operated by a...
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6292074 |
Switch unit
A reed switch unit 44 for detecting a liquid level in a reservoir 30 of a master cylinder which comprises a reed switch 11 including a contact part 14 which is sealingly contained in a glass tube...
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6278347 |
Switch for the control of a shut-off of a belt lock
The present invention concerns a switch device for verifying the locking position of an automobile seatbelt lock having at least two switch elements whose switch condition can be determined, as...
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6262646 |
Island switch
A magnetically actuated pushbutton switch has individual switch modules pre-assembled as standalone subassemblies. Each subassembly has a platform with a cavity on its underside. A portion of the...
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6246307 |
Magnetic switch
A magnetically activated switch includes a flexible metallic strip on the inside of a sealed encasement, having first and second ends. The first end provides for an electrical contact and extends...
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6246319 |
Lever bar activation detecting structure
Lever bar activation detecting structure including a lever bar and a lever bar pivot seat with which the lever bar is pivotally connected. A magnet and a magnetic switch are respectively disposed...
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6236295 |
Hazardous environment pressure-sensing switch
A pressure-sensing switch assembly has an electrical region and a gasoline vapor system pressure region separated by a vapor and liquid impermeable wall, without sealing or flexible membrane...
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6229420 |
Proximity switches with mechanical decoupling of connection pins and connection insert
A proximity switch including a connector insert (4) and connection pins (4) are not securely connected to one another. Apart from a potting compound which fills the housing, the connection pins are...
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6225885 |
Switch device
A switch device includes two contactors. Each contactor respectively includes at least two conductors, a magnet, and a coil spring. The conductors are connected to a power source via a powered...
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6184764 |
Pendulum mass acceleration sensor
A bidirectional shock sensor has a housing mounted directly to a printed circuit board. The housing contains a switch or sensor embedded in the housing and is connected by leads to the circuit...
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6175290 |
Contactless stalk mounted control switch
A contactless control switch (20) for a vehicle for actuating a system between an open and a first closed circuit position is disclosed. The switch includes a housing (22) and a pivot assembly (24)...
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6154107 |
Inhibitor switch with rattle preventing structure
An inhibitor switch comprises a movable board (1) having a movable arm (1b) carrying a permanent magnet (4) and being rotatable in accordance with a selected position of an automatic transmission,...
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6150808 |
Switching apparatus having magnetoresistive elements for detecting a plurality of manually selected switching position
A switching apparatus is provided which may be used for power window control systems of automotive vehicles. The switching apparatus includes an operating knob, a magnet, a magnetoresistive...
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6137387 |
Magnetically-retained armature retainer for electrical switches
An armature retainer for a magnetic switch retains an armature adjacent an internal surface of a carrier sheet with electrodes thereon forming switch contacts. The retainer includes a polishing...
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6130593 |
Switch panel having a magnetically-retained overlay
An electrical switch has a substrate with at least one pair of spaced switch contacts arranged to be shorted by an electrically conductive armature. The armature defines a central axis with first...
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6127910 |
Hermetically sealed proximity switch
A magnetic proximity switch comprises an elongated, substantially cylindrical body which houses a switching circuit, said switching circuit closing when a magnetic target passes within a certain...
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6121864 |
Security switch and method for installation thereof
An electrical switch includes a magnetically actuated switch (16), such as a reed switch, and a permanent magnet (10). A path defining arrangement (14) is mechanically coupled (by track follower...
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6097272 |
Contactless switch
A contactless switch (20) for actuating a system between an open circuit position and a closed circuit position is disclosed. The switch includes a housing (22) and a linear actuator (34) disposed...
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6091238 |
Variable output electrical device
The present invention incorporates a system for varying the output signal and regulating the power consumed by an electrical device. It achieves its purpose by moving a magnet relative to a Hall...
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6079367 |
Animal training apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for training an animal and confining the animal to a defined area includes a magnetically actuated switch. The apparatus further includes a housing removably attached to the...
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