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5416293 Shock sensor including a compound housing and magnetically operated reed switch  
A shock sensor has a housing with two portions. A first portion resiliently engages a reed switch which has staple formed leads. A second portion extends adjacent one of the reed switch leads and...
5416456 Magnetic switch assemblies for home security systems  
Apparatus for detecting the opened and closed state of a window as a component of a home security system comprising of a window having a peripheral frame defining an opening with a lower sill...
5412361 Solderless flushmount security proximity switches and methods of constructing and utilizing same  
A security proximity switch used in burglar alarms comprising a magnet portion and a signal generating portion. The signal generating portion comprises a reed switch having a device for quickly and...
5391845 Inertia sensor  
A sensor for automatically triggering safety devices in motor vehicles, the sensor has a housing having a housing recess with a base and a tilting body located in the housing recess, the tilting...
5378865 Multi-directional shock sensor  
A housing has a vertical subframe in which is mounted one or more reed switches. A magnet is mounted to a carriage which is mounted about the reed switch by a two-degree-of-freedom joint. The...
5373125 Switch assembly  
A tilt switch assembly (100) includes a hall-effect device (102) for determining if a magnet (110) which is placed within a housing (112) has tilted a predetermined amount causing the hall-effect...
5373124 Acceleration switch  
An acceleration switch has a housing having a housing recess, an elongated tilting body located in the housing recess and operating as a seismic mass, a magnetic system, and a reed switch. The...
5326945 Shock sensor  
To detect an impact due to a shock with high precision and stability, a shock sensor is employed which provides a sufficiently long closure interval of a contact of a reed switch (1) enough to...
5325078 Gravity actuated magnetic switch  
A switch assembly which is switchable between on and off positions in response to the tilting of the assembly. The switch assembly includes a magnet which is retained within a housing for...
5311068 Solid-state energy meter with time-of-use rate scheduling and load control circuit  
The present invention comprises, in one embodiment, a load control apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling the supply of power to a load. The control unit has a first state and a second...
5293523 Unidirectional magnetic proximity detector  
Assembly for unidirectional magnetic proximity detecting wherein a magnet is used in conjunction with a permeable plate for absorbing magnetic flux and a reed type switch. The switch contacts...
5283593 Ink reservoir for ink printer means having a means to prevent unauthorized refilling  
A replaceable ink reservoir for an ink printer [means comprises a means to] prevent unauthorized refilling and includes[. This means can be composed of] a magnetic contact element [(13)] arranged...
5283402 Acceleration sensor with magnetic operated reed switch  
A switch assembly has a magnet (26) mounted for in the vicinity of a reed switch (20). A weight (29) is movable in a direction generally perpendicular to the magnet (26), and is connected thereto...
5266839 Adapter for asynchronous devices  
A synchronizing circuit includes two switches for synchronizing the feeding of documents of a document feeder to the insert path of an insertion machine which is operative in accordance with a...
5256839 Tilt switch responsive to acceleration or deceleration  
An economical and accurate tilt switch, which incorporates a reed switch, a small disc shaped magnet, and an enclosed track in which the magnet is allowed to roll just enough to affect the contacts...
5233323 Defeat resistant interlock/monitoring system  
Four magnetically actuable reed switches are configured in a unique biasing configuration and physical arrangement for providing a defeat resistant interlock/monitoring system with minimal...
5212357 Extended minimum dwell shock sensor  
A shock sensor achieving the advantages of extended minimum dwell and extended total dwell employs a reed switch in a housing mounted coaxial to the reed switch. The shock sensor employs a magnet...
5198789 Logic level electrical interlock device  
A logic level interlock device for an electrical contactor having an armature carrying separable contacts is provided. The interlock includes a plunger which is movable with the armature as the...
5194706 Shock sensor with a magnetically operated reed switch  
A shock sensor has a housing defining an axially extending bore, a reed switch is centered within the bore by means of its axially extending leads and a transverse section of the housing which has...
5179602 Magnetically operated fiber optic switch for controlling light transmission  
A switching device which uses a pivotable switching element carrying a first magnet and a movable component carrying a second magnet mounted adjacent thereto, the north and south poles of the...
5172089 Pool pump fail safe switch  
A fluid detection device designed to detect the presence of fluids in a flowing or non-flowing state and having the ability to energize or de-energize large current devices such as a swimming pool...
5159305 Magnet responsive variable differential switching apparatus  
A variable differential switching apparatus comprising first structure for forming first and second magnetic fields presented sequentially along a travel path, the first field being stronger than...
5155311 Float switch assembly for submersible pump  
A magnetically actuated float switch assembly for use with a submersible pump, comprises a float rod with two spaced stops, a movable float carried by the rod which moves between the stops in...
5155460 Switch housing with magnetic roller plunger  
A plunger-operated switch assembly, useful for sensing the presence of a movable object such as a door or window, in which a magnetic reed contact is actuated by a magnet in the form of a disk-like...
5138373 Copier or printer component position floating magnetic actuator  
In a copier or printer a magnetic switch system is often used to indicate or signal the separation, mating, alignment or docking of components movable relative to one another, by the actuation or...
5121109 Adjustable set point signalling gauge  
An adjustable signalling gauge may utilize a non-captivating, magnetically actuated switch element which is mounted in an influence zone of the path of a magnet carried by an indicating pointer of...
5086284 Connector having a switching device  
A connector comprising a carrier body with at least two contact elements and a magnetically actuatable switching device. The switching device is arranged to electrically connect or disconnect the...
5072164 Electric motor control unit  
An electric motor control unit for use in a vending machine includes a sealed housing containing an electric motor drivingly connected through an eccentric and a cam follower to a magnetic switch...
5042300 Liquid level sensor  
A self-aligning oil level sensing switch is provided with an elongated float shaped to pass freely through a threaded aperture in the side of an engine crankcase as a switch housing is screwed into...
5028750 Impact sensor  
A magnetic impact sensor for motor vehicles with a safety system such as an airbag or belt tensioner for an occupant restraint system, has a circuit breaker arranged in an electrical trigger...
5019795 Splice block for security system switch  
A splice block for use with a condition responsive security switch is provided. The splice block is generally cylindrical and mounted to the end of the switch with terminals unitarily extending...
5010216 Velocity change sensors  
Various embodiments of sensors are disclosed which contain an inertial mass that is magnetically biased to an initial position. In response to a certain deceleration, the mass is caused to swing...
4999599 Magnetic switch and latch for vehicle accessories  
A magnetic switch assembly for an electrical circuit includes a switch housing with a cavity formed therein and at least one magnetically attractable electrical contact member exposed within the...
4990898 Surface-mount intrusion detection switch housing  
A housing for a surface-mount magnet and magnetically sensitive switch unit pair for use in an intrusion detection device. The switch and magnet units include a generally cylindrical housing member...
4988965 Reed switch holder assembly  
A reed switch holder assembly for detecting the passage of a magnet adjacent the assembly. The assembly includes a reed switch and first and second terminal elements each including a lead-receiving...
4987276 Deceleration switch  
A deceleration switch comprising a support member, a permanent magnet mounted on the support member and displaceable from a first position to a second position by inertia caused by a predetermined...
4975687 Hall effect signalling gauge  
A signalling gauge may utilize a non-captivating, magnetically actuated switch element which is mounted in an influence zone of a path of a magnet carried by an indicating pointer of the gauge. The...
4965416 Acceleration and deceleration sensor  
An acceleration and deceleration sensor includes a housing; first and second elongate cavities formed in the housing and extending parallel to one another; a reed switch disposed in the first...
4959628 Rotating electric switch actuated by fixed magnetic means, usable for a surface cleaning device  
A rotary electrical switch is provide for a portable power operated surface treating device having a fixed handle assembly, a hollow generally cylindrical roller supported for rotation on and...
4933655 Mounting structure of a reed switch for an eddy-current indicator  
Disclosed herein is a mounting structure of a reed switch in an eddy-current-type indicator which can realize to lessen an operation vibration sound of the reed switch. The mounting structure...
4912406 Device for determining position of a railway vehicle by measuring deviation in position of a magnet  
Apparatus including a magnet (10) having at least one degree of freedom w respect to a first member, tangent to the direction of measurement and cooperating with a magnetic portion associated with...
4910634 Interlock switch  
An interlock switch for the service door of a computer. The switch prevents power from being automatically resupplied to the computer if the door is opened while power has been interrupted, even if...
4903010 Intrusion detection switch housing  
A threadably installable intrusion detection unit. The unit has a generally cylindrical housing with an exterior threaded surface and an end portion formed to receive a screw driver. An operative...
4898079 Electric or electronic position sensor device  
The electric and/or electrical sensor or detector device is intended to cooperate with a movable element surrounded by a shell, it comprises an annular clamping collar adapted to be clamped in...
4894499 Electric push-button switch  
The electric push-button switch comprises a housing portion and a linearly moveable push-button portion. Guide columns at the housing portion and the push-button portion attain accurate linear...
4888580 Child protector  
A device is presented which warns parents that their children are being abducted by sounding an alarm. The alarm is wired to a battery and a magnetic switch comprised of two magnets. When the two...
4877927 Extended dwell shock sensing device  
An extended dwell shock sensing device (10) is constructed to operate in two stages. A carriage (34) that includes a magnet (40) is slidably mounted between a first abutment (20) and a second...
4873401 Electromagnetic damped inertia sensor  
A sensor comprising: an inertial mass movable from a first position to a second position in response to a acceleration (deceleration) signal of predetermined amplitude and duration; electrical...
4866426 Magnetic amplifier housing and detector for an improved tamper alarm system  
A magnetic amplifier housing uses a base, dowel and shunt to magnetizable terial to concentrate the magnetic field of a ring magnet through a Hall Effect transistor to provide an improved detector...
4864087 Burglar alarm including a reed relay actuated in response to a vibrating magnet to produce an alarm signal  
The present disclosure is directed to an improved burglar alarm which is mounted on a base having a concaved space for receiving therein a ring-like magnet with an elongated resilient arm,...