81 |
Switch with multiple levers and multiple switch assembly using same |
US878129 |
1992-05-04 |
US5265716A |
1993-11-30 |
Kenji Sawada; Satoshi Terashita; Hiroaki Takahashi |
A seesaw type switch including a switch housing, a first lever pivotably connected to the switch housing about an axis, and a second lever pivotably connected to the switch housing about the axis. The first lever is pivoted independent of the second lever to press a movable contact against a fixed contact, and similarly the second lever is pivoted independent of the first lever to press a movable contact against a fixed contact. Also disclosed is a switch apparatus incorporating three seesaw type switches and includes a pair of interlocking members which are used to actuate two of the switches simultaneously. |
82 |
Switch assembly |
US454142 |
1989-12-21 |
US5128500A |
1992-07-07 |
Klaus Hirschfeld |
A switch assembly for controlling the positioning of motor vehicle seat segments is suggested. THe switch assembly includes switching mechanisms in the form of pre-assembled switch modules which are capable of functioning independently. This creates a switch assembly where the number of different working parts is kept to a minimum. The working parts can be used for movement of the horizontal seat cushion, seat back, and headrest, equally well for both the left and the right vehicle seats. The switch modules are mounted on a printed circuit board which is fitted into a housing. Each printed circuit board is so designed that the switch modules can be inserted from either side. The switch modules each have at least two switch contact systems and are provided with symmetrical connecting means which allow mirror-image arrangement of the switch modules on one or the other side of the printed circuit board. |
83 |
Power seat, improved rotary switch system therefor |
US520928 |
1990-05-09 |
US5038086A |
1991-08-06 |
Moin Ahmed; Joseph J. Umpirowicz |
Operation of eight motors to control two power seats of a vehicle is effected by three rocker arm type switches, one "joy stick" type switch and a seat select switch. Each seat can be moved in ten different directions. |
84 |
Seat switch |
US812426 |
1985-12-23 |
US4695682A |
1987-09-22 |
Ray F. Winogrocki |
A seat switch and system for operating a power seat are disclosed. The seat switch includes a seat bench knob and a seat back knob, each mounted to be displaced by the operator to indicate the desired displacement of the seat bench and seat back. A mechanical connection is provided from the knob to a set of contacts such that the contacts are appropriately displaced relative to a pattern of contact pads. Appropriate signals are generated to indicate the desired motion of the seat based on the contacts engaging the contact pads. These signals are interpreted and appropriate motors actuated to displace the seat to obtain the desired seat positions. |
85 |
Movable element control arrangement |
US403722 |
1982-07-30 |
US4473724A |
1984-09-25 |
Masaru Suzuki |
An improved arrangement for controlling one or more movable element such as seats and side windows mounted in an automobile and the like, which includes a switch holding means having switch holding faces and control switches mounted on the switch holding faces. Each control switch has an operation knob so arranged as to be operated in the directions respectively corresponding to a direction of the respective movement of the movable element. Therefore, it is very easy for a user to operate correctly the control switches without being confused at selection of switch operations. |
86 |
Medical treatment chair |
US799691 |
1977-05-23 |
US4109958A |
1978-08-29 |
Renato Grupelli |
A medical treatment chair, e.g. a dental chair, having a seat portion, a back portion, and manually operable switches mounted on the back portion for electrically controlling the operation of parts of the chair, or medium equipment to be used on a patient on the chair. Mounting locations are provided on the back portion in which respective sets of switches are received. Each switch comprises an actuating element which is pivotable between end switching positions and a neutral position intermediate the end positions, and each actuating element has a convex surface which projects outwardly of the adjacent surface of the chair which surrounds a mounting location in which a set of switches is received. This provides for easy manual manipulation of the switches. |
87 |
Double pole switch |
US3622727D |
1969-12-01 |
US3622727A |
1971-11-23 |
PIGEON DALE W |
The invention relates to double pole contact switches for use on automobile electrically operated systems such as the doors, windows and seats and, more particularly, to double pole contact switches wherein each contact set of the movable contact carrier is made up of a plurality of laminated sheet metal blades, with one blade having a movable contact, and a second blade having an independently movable arcing contact. The arcing contact is arranged and constructed to contact a stationary contact prior to electrical contact being made with the stationary contact by the movable contact. The function of the arcing contact is to extinguish or dissipate any contact arcing that may occur across the movable contact and stationary contact to prevent contact pitting.
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88 |
Multiple position switch |
US57757966 |
1966-09-02 |
US3383477A |
1968-05-14 |
SWISHER WILLIAM F |
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89 |
Pivotable and reciprocating six-way rotary seat adjuster |
US39996464 |
1964-09-29 |
US3288947A |
1966-11-29 |
WANLASS BERT R; ROBERTSON DOUGLAS C B |
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90 |
Seat positioning apparatus |
US62571656 |
1956-12-03 |
US3256033A |
1966-06-14 |
ADAMS DANIEL M; GARVEY LOUIS P |
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91 |
Six-way seat adjuster switch with spring biased centering means and gyrational pivot structure |
US29382063 |
1963-07-09 |
US3223791A |
1965-12-14 |
WANLASS BERT R |
|
92 |
Switch mechanism |
US60848556 |
1956-09-07 |
US2823272A |
1958-02-11 |
ADAMS DANIEL M |
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93 |
Multiple position electrical switch |
US15638521 |
2017-06-30 |
US10141139B2 |
2018-11-27 |
Thierry Burnel; Eric Riffaud |
An electrical switch includes a fixed upper contact, a fixed lower contact, and a mobile contact blade. A fixed support bears the mobile contact blade, and the fixed support includes a front support branch and a rear support branch. Each branch includes a transversely-oriented horizontal notch, in the bottom of which is housed a transverse free edge of a respective front and rear section of the mobile contact blade. The fixed support includes two identical support plates spaced transversely apart. |
94 |
COVER FOR A SWITCH |
US15345743 |
2016-11-08 |
US20180126923A1 |
2018-05-10 |
Eduardo Daniel Mejia Caballero; Omar Antonio Ramirez Pavon; José Rafael Reyes Guerra; José Luis Hernández Guzmán |
A cover for a switch includes a body having a thru-hole for receiving the switch. Retainers supported by the body each have a groove facing the thru-hole and guide surfaces extending upward from an edge of a bottom surface of the retainers to a lower edge of the groove. The outer surface may be contoured and the contoured outer surface may be oblong. The cover may be used in a switch assembly for a vehicle. The switch has a base extending from a surface of the vehicle and first and second flexible members extending outwardly from the base in a normal position. The guide surfaces deflect the flexible members from a normal position during installation of the cover. The flexible member returns to the normal position when the cover is placed such that an upper portion of the flexible member is retained within the groove. |
95 |
Switch device |
US13347372 |
2012-01-10 |
US08674245B2 |
2014-03-18 |
Shinji Komatsu |
A switch device includes a switch shifting a pair of input and output terminals in a housing and a manipulation knob for shifting the switch. The manipulation knob includes a rotating member rotatable to a plurality of rotating positions relative to the housing and a sliding member rotating with the rotating member and slidable along both positive and negative directions at each of the plurality of rotating positions, so that the manipulation knob is interconnected with a rotary shaft member which rotates with the rotating member. The switch gives an output corresponding to each direction according to the sliding of the sliding member in both the positive and negative directions even though the manipulation knob is at any one of the plurality of rotating positions. The rotary shaft member has a shifting unit for driving an external shifting mechanism accompanied by the rotating. |
96 |
Power Seat Switch to Present Simultaneous Activation |
US13760499 |
2013-02-06 |
US20140021023A1 |
2014-01-23 |
Alexandru SALAGEAN |
A switch actuating assembly for an automobile seat has a switch operating member moveable along a first path to operate a first switch associated with a first function and moveable along a second path to operate a second switch associated with a second function. To inhibit operation of both functions simultaneously a guide controls movement of the switch operating member. Guide members act between the switch operating member and the guide so that movement of the switch operating member along one of the paths upon movement of the switch operating member along the other of the paths from a rest position. An interlock is provided between the switch operating members of a pair of switch assemblies so that only one function of one of the switch assemblies can be operated at a time. |
97 |
SLIDE SWITCH DEVICE |
US13611716 |
2012-09-12 |
US20130068598A1 |
2013-03-21 |
Shinya MUTO |
In a slide switch device in which a tactile-feel generation portion generates a tactile feel when a slider is operated to slide via an operation knob, the tactile-feel generation portion includes cam portions formed at a back surface of a flat plate portion of the slider, coil springs held at a guide base, and driving bodies that are elastically urged to the coil springs and are pressed to the cam portions. Elastic arms that elastically contact a guide flat surface of the guide base are provided at the flat plate portion of the slider. The elastic arms and the cam portions are arranged by the same number at positions separated from a shaft portion of the slider. |
98 |
Electric operating device of vehicle seat |
US12515060 |
2007-10-12 |
US08367949B2 |
2013-02-05 |
Satoru Kuno; Toshihide Azuma; Hisato Shimomura; Jun Yashiro; Yukio Kanzaki |
An electric operating device includes an operation member for operating to activate a plurality of electric functions provided at a vehicle seat. The operation member is disposed at a position outside of the vehicle seat allowing operation by a seated person seated on the vehicle seat. The operation member is constructed to be capable of operating to pivot about an axis and operating to move to slide in a diametrical direction. Further, an operation structure for pivoting about the axis for switching a pivoting position of the operation member is configured as an electric function mode switching structure for selecting the electric function as an operational object from the plurality of electric functions. Further, a slide moving operating structure for switching a slide position in the diametrical direction of the operation member is configured as an activation control structure for operating to activate the electric function selected as the operational object. |
99 |
Slide switch structure and power seat switch using the same |
US12722031 |
2010-03-11 |
US08247713B2 |
2012-08-21 |
Shuichi Ui; Toshihide Azuma; Tomonori Sugiura |
A power seat switch includes a structure main body; switches provided in the structure main body; sliders slidably provided in the structure main body and changing over contacts of the switches; and moderation units each including a moderation adjuster fitted into the structure main body and an elastic portion provided on the slider. Each slider includes a shaft and a pair of legs provided on one end of the shaft. The elastic portion is provided to elastically protrude from the one end of the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft. The moderation adjuster includes a moderation groove arranged to be sandwiched between the legs, in contact with the elastic portion, and applying a moderation according to sliding of the slider. |
100 |
Power seat control unit |
US12697467 |
2010-02-01 |
US08232486B2 |
2012-07-31 |
Takushi Ujimoto; Hiroshi Nakahira; Hiroshi Shimase; Tomohiro Kawasaki; Yuuki Kihara |
A power seat control unit has a dial-type switch, a seesaw-type switch and button-type switches. The dial-type switch is ring-shaped, and allows a seat occupant to perform frontward and rearward inclining adjustments of a seat back of a power seat depending on a rotation direction thereof. The seesaw-type switch is inward of the dial-type switch and across a center of the dial-type switch and allows the seat occupant to perform a frontward and rearward displacement adjustments of the seat depending on a pushed position. The button-type switches are inward of the dial-type switch and on both sides of the seesaw-type switch, and allow the seat occupant to perform tilt-up and tilt-down adjustments of a front portion of a seat cushion and lift-up and lift-down adjustments of a rear portion of the seat cushion depending on which button-type manual switch is pushed. |