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7633363 Relay  
A forcibly guided relay is disclosed, with a housing, whose height is smaller than its width and whose width is smaller than its length. With this, the relay comprises an electromagnetic drive...
7633362 Eddy-current-damped microelectromechanical switch  
A microelectromechanical (MEM) device is disclosed that includes a shuttle suspended for movement above a substrate. A plurality of permanent magnets in the shuttle of the MEM device interact with...
7623010 Electrical switch  
An electrical switch for connecting and breaking a circuit including a connecting and breaking mechanism for connecting and breaking the circuit provided with at least a set of movable contacts and...
7619497 Electrostatic relay  
An electrostatic micro relay, in which the contact gap between moving and fixed contacts may be increased and the reliability and high-performance regarding contacting and separating the moving...
7612639 Relay module and electrical component unit  
There is provided a relay module including: a power lead part connected to a power source; a connector lead part connected to a load; a relay switch interposed between the power lead part and the...
7609136 MEMS microswitch having a conductive mechanical stop  
A MEMS switch includes a substrate, a movable actuator coupled to the substrate, a substrate contact, a substrate electrode, and a conductive stopper electrically coupled to the movable actuator...
7602267 MEMS actuator and relay with horizontal actuation  
A micro-electromechanical (MEMS) actuator and relay are implemented using a copper coil and a magnetic core. The magnetic core includes a base section that lies within the copper coil, and a...
7602266 MEMS actuators and switches  
Microelectromechanical (MEMS) structures and switches employing movable actuators wherein particular ones of which move perpendicular to an underlying substrate and particular others move in a...
7602265 Apparatus for accurate and efficient quality and reliability evaluation of micro electromechanical systems  
The present invention provides multiple test structures for performing reliability and qualification tests on MEMS switch devices. A Test structure for contact and gap characteristic measurements...
7598829 MEMS actuator and relay with vertical actuation  
A micro-electromechanical (MEMS) actuator and relay are implemented using a copper coil and a magnetic core. The magnetic core includes a base section that lies within the copper coil, and a...
7598651 Mechanical meta-materials  
The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation...
7598652 Mechanical meta-materials  
The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation...
7586395 Electrical switching apparatus and trip actuator assembly therefor  
A trip actuator assembly is provided for a circuit breaker including a housing having a mounting surface, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, and an operating mechanism structured to open...
7579934 Power breaker and arrangement for switching electrical currents  
The invention relates to a power breaker for switching electrical loads having a parallelepipedal shape having four longitudinal sides lying in the longitudinal direction (LQ) of the...
7573360 Circuit and method for wetting relay contacts  
A circuit for wetting relay contacts includes a relay having a relay coil, a movable contact and a stationary contact. The movable contact is movable between an open position and a closed position...
7551048 Micro-relay and method of fabricating the same  
A micro-relay includes a first substrate having stationary contacts and a stationary electrode, a second substrate arranged so as to face the first substrate, and a movable plate arranged between...
7546677 Method for fabricating a micro-electromechanical system switch  
A method includes forming a signal line on the substrate so as to have a predetermined opening portion; at least one supporting frame each formed on the substrate at both sides of the signal line;...
7548144 MEMS switch and method of fabricating the same  
A micro electro mechanical system switch and a method of fabricating the micro electro mechanical system switch. The micro electro mechanical system switch includes a substrate, a plurality of...
7548145 Hysteretic MEMS thermal device and method of manufacture  
A MEMS hysteretic thermal device may have a cantilevered beam which bends about one or more points in at least two substantially different directions. In one exemplary embodiment, the MEMS...
7545246 Piezoelectric MEMS switch and method of fabricating the same  
A piezoelectric Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) switch includes a substrate, first and second fixed signal lines symmetrically formed in a spaced-apart relation to each other on the...
7538646 Relay with reduced leakage current  
A relay includes a magnetic system provided with an armature and a contact system provided with a first contact and a moveable second contact. An electrically insulating base plate is arranged...
7538645 Electromagnetic relay  
An electromagnetic relay is provided which enables a coating process with a coating agent even after being mounted on a printed circuit board having undergone reflow heating by preventing invasion...
7535326 Microswitching element  
A microswitching element includes a base substrate, a fixing portion attached to the base substrate, and a movable portion including a fixed end fixed to the fixing portion. The movable portion is...
7528691 Dual substrate electrostatic MEMS switch with hermetic seal and method of manufacture  
Systems and methods for forming an electrostatic MEMS switch include forming a cantilevered beam on a first substrate, forming the electrical contacts on a second substrate, and coupling the two...
7528334 Circuit breaker-contactor with a piezo-electric controlled locking  
The inventive circuit breaker-contactor ( 1 ) comprises a fixed contact, a contact ( 5 ) movable ( 19, 21 ) with respect to the fixed contact between open and closed positions, means ( 7 ) for...
7515023 Micro-switching device and method of manufacturing micro-switching device  
A micro-switching device includes a base substrate and a cantilever fixed to the base substrate via a spacer or anchor portion. The cantilever has an inner surface facing the substrate and an outer...
7504915 Electromagnetic relay  
An electromagnetic block and a movable block are attached onto a base in an inclination attitude. Contact mechanisms press-fitted from above the base are laterally arranged in the inclination...
7501920 Switch device  
A switch device includes: a movable spring that has one end as a fixed end, and the other end as a free end; a substrate that is disposed below the movable spring; a first contact point that is...
7498911 Membrane switch components and designs  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reducing temperature dependency within Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) switches. The two typical designs for such MEMS switches are...
7498912 Electromagnetic relay  
It is intended to provide an electromagnetic relay which resolves problems of large base size and difference in spring constant. In a facing gap defined between a pair of electromagnet units...
7495535 Magnet system with H-shaped armature for a relay  
A magnet system for a bi-stable relay includes a coil, first and second core yoke members, and an armature. The coil has a first polarity state and a second polarity state. Each of the first and...
7486163 Low-voltage micro-switch actuation technique  
An electro-mechanical switch structure includes at least one fixed electrode and a free electrode which is movable in the structure with a voltage potential applied between each fixed electrode and...
7482899 Electromechanical latching relay and method of operating same  
A latching relay employing a movable cantilever with a first permanent magnet and a nearby second magnet is disclosed. The permanent magnet affixed to the cantilever is permanently magnetized along...
7482900 Micro relay  
The micro relay of the present invention comprises a base substrate 3 , an armature block 5 , and a cover 7 . The base substrate 3 has a storage recess 41 for accommodating an...
7477884 Tri-state RF switch  
A tri-state RF MEMS switch includes: a first well formed in a first substrate; a first input signal line and a first output signal line forming a first gap therebetween in the first well; a post...
7474180 Single substrate electromagnetic actuator  
A microvalve which utilizes a low temperature (<300° C.) fabrication process on a single substrate. The valve uses buckling and an electromagnetic actuator to provide a relatively large closing...
7474181 Electromagnetic relay  
To provide a small-sized electromagnetic relay capable of reducing an internal resistance of a contact circuit as much as possible, and also capable of carrying a high current to the relay. The...
7471176 Micro electromechanical system switch  
A micro electromechanical system (MEMS) switch includes a fixed contact ( 24 ) and a moveable contact ( 35 ) on an armature ( 30 ). The switch has electrodes ( 22, 34 ) associated with both the...
7466215 Balanced MEMS switch for next generation communication systems  
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) switch is described. The MEMS switch includes both RF-input and output transmission lines formed on a substrate. An RF armature is anchored to the substrate...
7463125 Microrelays and microrelay fabrication and operating methods  
Microrelays and microrelay fabrication and operating methods providing a microrelay actuator positively controllable between a switch closed position and a switch open position. The microrelays are...
7463126 Micro electromechanical switch and method of manufacturing the same  
A micro electromechanical relay opens and closes an electrical circuit by contact/separation between a fixed contact disposed on a base and a movable contact disposed on an actuator by driving of a...
7453339 Electromechanical switch  
In one aspect, an electromechanical switching device is illustrated. The electromechanical switching device includes a relay with at least one first conductive portion, at least one second...
7446634 MEMS switch and manufacturing method thereof  
A MEMS switch including a substrate at least one fixed electrode formed on top of the substrate and at least one restoring electrode formed on top of the substrate and formed at a lateral surface...
7439834 Electromagnetic relay  
To reduce the internal resistance of small electromagnetic relays of a one-circuit three-contact gap type in order to make it possible to allow large electric currents and at the same time to...
7432788 Microelectromechanical magnetic switches having rotors that rotate into a recess in a substrate  
A magnetic switch includes a substrate having a recess therein. A rotor or rotors are provided on the substrate. The rotor includes a tail portion that overlies the recess, and a head portion that...
7423504 Electromagnetic relay  
An electromagnetic relay is provided which is capable of reducing a contact bounce at time of closing a contact. The electromagnetic relay is so configured that an opposed angle θ is...
7420135 Micro electro-mechanical system switch and method of manufacturing the same  
A micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) switch and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The MEMS switch includes a substrate; signal lines formed on the substrate; main electrodes...
7420447 Latching micro-magnetic switch with improved thermal reliability  
A micro-magnetic switch includes a permanent magnet and a supporting device having contacts coupled thereto and an embedded coil. The supporting device can be positioned proximate to the magnet....
7414500 High-reliability micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) switch apparatus and method  
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) slotline switch includes a slotline transmission line structure defined on top of substrate, a doubly-anchored conductive beam disposed perpendicular to,...
7405641 Micro-electro-mechanical switch  
A micro-electro-mechanical switch is described. The switch comprises a substrate, with a signal transmission portion and an activation portion attached with the substrate. The activation portion...