121 |
Non-contact switch devices for use on material handling equipment |
US15393428 |
2016-12-29 |
US10014141B1 |
2018-07-03 |
Wang Zheng; Yang Yanfeng; Qi Xiaobin |
The disclosure provides a non-contact switch device for use on material handling equipment, including a reed switch and a magnet, wherein the non-contact switch device has on and off positions achieved by the presence or absence of magnetic induction between the magnet and the reed switch. The non-contact switch devices are disclosed in the form of a main power switch, an interlock switch, a limit switch. |
122 |
LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL MODULE AND APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME |
US15206236 |
2016-07-09 |
US20180011498A1 |
2018-01-11 |
Timothy D. McCrossen; David M. Williams |
A liquid level control module comprising an elongated tubular housing immersible through a surface of a liquid and into a bulk volume of the liquid, and first, second, and third electrical switches, and first and second floats movable along the tubular housing. The first electrical switch is disposed within a lower portion of the tubular housing, the second electrical switch is disposed within an intermediate portion of the tubular housing, and the third electrical switch is disposed within an upper portion of the tubular housing. Each of the switches has an open state and a closed state. Motion of the first float relative to the first switch changes its state. Motion of the second float relative to the second switch changes its state, and motion of the second float relative to the third switch changes its state. Thus a two-float module may provide three level control signals. |
123 |
Fuse Cutout Monitoring and Indication Device |
US15458575 |
2017-03-14 |
US20170263406A1 |
2017-09-14 |
Craig Hamilton Rosenquist |
A device for monitoring and indicating a fuse tube detachment from a fuse cutout assembly contains a structural body, a tilt switch, a power source, a visual indicator, and an attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism is used to mount the device onto the fuse tube. The tilt switch monitors the position of the fuse tube. More specifically, when the vertical position of the fuse tube changes to the dropped position the tilt switch is triggered. Thus, the visual indicator is illuminated. The illumination aids in the process of discovering the detached fuse tube. In addition to the visual indicator, the device can also be equipped with a wireless communication device and an alarm system. The wireless communication device can be used to provide the exact location of the detached fuse tube. On the other hand, the alarm system can be used to expedite the process of discovering the detached fuse tube. |
124 |
Magnet and actuator |
US15115701 |
2015-01-30 |
US09761396B2 |
2017-09-12 |
Reijo Nätti |
The present invention provides a magnet, which comprises a body having a first and a second section, and a slide arranged to be movable relative to the body between a first and a second position. The slide comprises a permanent magnet, and a first and a second pole piece that are attached to opposite magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnet. The first section comprises a hole that opens into a first cavity of the body, the bottom of the first cavity being delimited at least partly by the second section. The slide is movably arranged in the hole so that the second pole piece is directed towards the bottom of the first cavity, wherein at the first position of the slide, magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet is short-circuited by the first section, and at the second position of the slide, magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet is directed through the first and the second section. |
125 |
Auxiliary relay of electronic contactor |
US15226847 |
2016-08-02 |
US09734970B1 |
2017-08-15 |
Koanho Choi |
Disclosed embodiments relate to an auxiliary relay of an electronic contactor. In some embodiments, an auxiliary relay has its conducting state controlled by a plurality of lead switches, in a non-exposed state of contact parts to the outside. This may prevent dust or foreign materials from clinging to the contact parts. |
126 |
Calibration mechanism for proximity switch |
US14612610 |
2015-02-03 |
US09664536B2 |
2017-05-30 |
Scott Carpenter; Charles C. Bilberry |
A calibration system having an actuator with a rotatable shaft and a switch box housing a proximity switch and a calibration mechanism. The calibration mechanism is coupled to the shaft and includes a base, a target carrier, a driver, and an actuating button having a cam. The base includes a locating magnet, and the target carrier includes a primary magnet and a bias magnet polarized in the same direction as the locating magnet. The driver is shiftable between a first position in which the driver engages the target carrier and a second position disengaged from the target carrier. The cam engages the driver and shifts the driver between the first and second positions. Upon rotation of the shaft, the bias magnet automatically moves to a position aligned with the locating magnet when the driver is in the second position. |
127 |
REED SWITCH APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME |
US15404518 |
2017-01-12 |
US20170124820A1 |
2017-05-04 |
Glendell N. Gilmore |
A transportable container assembly including a transportable container defining an enclosed interior space and having an opening member cooperatively engaging a mounting frame. The opening member has a closed position and an open position and access to the interior space is permitted in the open position. A localized device or system is attached to the transportable container and is coupled to an electrical power source. A reed switch apparatus coupled to the transportable container communicates the position of the opening member to the localized device or system. The localized device or system provides a localized function depending on the reported position of the opening member. The localized function includes at least one of a group consisting of a local lighting function, local locking mechanism action and local refrigeration system action/function. The localized device or system communicates the position of the opening member to a remote device or system at a location remote from the transportable container. The remote device or system is capable of providing remote monitoring and control functions or actions at the transportable container depending on the communicated position of the opening member. |
128 |
SWITCH STRUCTURE AND EXPLOSION-PROOF DEVICE |
US15139131 |
2016-04-26 |
US20160240331A1 |
2016-08-18 |
Yoshiro HONDA; Takashi WATANABE |
A switch that includes a hermetically sealed container including a container wall separating an inside of the hermetically sealed container from an outside of the hermetically sealed container, a magnetic sensor arranged in the hermetically sealed container and configured to be turned ON/OFF by a magnetic field of a magnet acting from the outside of the hermetically sealed container through the container wall of the hermetically sealed container, and a first magnetic body provided at the container wall of the hermetically sealed container and serving as a path of the magnetic field acting on the magnetic sensor from the magnet. |
129 |
LIQUID SURFACE SENSOR |
US15027040 |
2014-09-09 |
US20160238431A1 |
2016-08-18 |
Naoto SUZUKI |
A liquid surface sensor includes a case fastened to a washer tank, and a float assembled to the case and is movable relative to the case in a vertical direction. The float supports a magnet. The case is provided with a reed switch axle receiving a reed switch that is switched to an off state to an on state when being approached by the magnet. The reed switch axle supports the float to move up and down. The reed switch includes a switch main body, and a conductive film covering an outer surface of the switch main body and extending from a reed is arranged on the switch main body. The conductive film transmits a signal that indicates an on state of a switch or an off state of the switch and is transmitted to the reed. |
130 |
Electromagnetic actuating apparatus, in particular for camshaft adjustment of an internal combustion engine |
US14196397 |
2014-03-04 |
US09305728B2 |
2016-04-05 |
Tsuneo Suzuki; Harald Burkart; Soeren Rosenbaum; Mikhail Revin |
An electromagnetic actuating apparatus with a first armature arrangement axially displaced between a rest and actuating position and connected to a first actuating element. A pole core is brought into magnetic operative connection with the first armature arrangement. An axially oriented coil unit is energized, influencing the magnetic connection between the first pole core and the first armature arrangement, and a second armature arrangement is connected to a second actuating element and axially displaced between a rest and actuating position. A second pole core can be brought into magnetic operative connection with second armature arrangement, its pole core oriented axially to first pole core influencing its magnetic operative connection with second armature arrangement. A permanent magnet unit, the magnet axis is oriented radially and stationary, generates magnetic operative connection both between the first pole core and first armature arrangement and between the second pole core and second armature arrangement. |
131 |
PROXIMITY SENSOR OF AN ASSEMBLY |
US14776753 |
2014-03-31 |
US20160041288A1 |
2016-02-11 |
Ulrich Backes |
A proximity sensor (12) is provided which comprises a magnet (16) and a sensor (18). The sensor (18) is aligned relative to the magnet (16) in such a manner that the direction (E) of maximum sensitivity of the sensor (18) is formed so as to be substantially parallel to the magnet axis (M) extending through the poles (20, 22) of the magnet (16). Further, an assembly unit (10) is provided. |
132 |
Testing a circuit assembly that contains a piezoelectric switch |
US13851758 |
2013-03-27 |
US09140757B2 |
2015-09-22 |
Douglas Hogg; John Echols |
A method of testing a circuit assembly that includes a piezoelectric switch may include driving a DC current into the piezoelectric switch. The method may further include measuring the time interval it takes to develop a predetermined voltage across the piezoelectric switch and comparing the measured time interval with a first predetermined time interval and a second predetermined time interval. The method may include identifying the circuit assembly as defective when the measured time interval is either less than the first predetermined time interval or more than the second predetermined time interval, and otherwise identifying the circuit assembly is operational. |
133 |
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AN ORTHOPEDIC TOOL FOR PARAMETER MEASUREMENT |
US14550711 |
2014-11-21 |
US20150080901A1 |
2015-03-19 |
Marc Stein |
A system for enabling and disabling a medical device. The system includes a cradle having a magnet for generating a magnetic field. The cradle supports and aligns the medical device in a predetermined orientation. Medical device placed in the cradle exposes a magnetic sensitive switch to the magnetic field of the magnet that produces a change in state of the magnetic sensitive switch. Medical device further includes a switch, indicator, logic circuitry, delay circuit, and detect circuit for coupling a power source to electronic circuitry. In a first mode of operation the medical device can be turned on and then turned off. In a second mode of operation the medical device cannot be turned off after being turned on. |
134 |
System and method for activating an isolated device |
US12981773 |
2010-12-30 |
US08928190B2 |
2015-01-06 |
Kyle Karren; Athanasios Gkourlias |
Disclosed is a system and method for controlling the activation of isolated circuitry, and more particularly complete discharge devices for batteries, and similar circuits that are enclosed within sealed housings. |
135 |
ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATING APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR FOR CAMSHAFT ADJUSTMENT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE |
US14196397 |
2014-03-04 |
US20140253265A1 |
2014-09-11 |
Tsuneo SUZUKI; Harald Burkart; Soeren Rosenbaum; Mikhail Revin |
An electromagnetic actuating apparatus with a first armature arrangement axially displaced between a rest and actuating position and connected to a first actuating element. A pole core is brought into magnetic operative connection with the first armature arrangement. An axially oriented coil unit is energized, influencing the magnetic connection between the first pole core and the first armature arrangement, and a second armature arrangement is connected to a second actuating element and axially displaced between a rest and actuating position. A second pole core can be brought into magnetic operative connection with second armature arrangement, its pole core oriented axially to first pole core influencing its magnetic operative connection with second armature arrangement. A permanent magnet unit, the magnet axis is oriented radially and stationary, generates a magnetic operative connection both between the first pole core and first armature arrangement and between the second pole core and second armature arrangement. |
136 |
Float switch |
US13388004 |
2010-06-12 |
US08749191B2 |
2014-06-10 |
Liming Wang |
A float switch includes a floater (106), a float leader (105), a reed pipe detection device and a relay (101). The floater (106) is sleeved on the float leader (105), and can slide freely. The reed pipe detection device comprises a high-level reed pipe (108), a low-level reed pipe (109) and a magnet (107). The float leader (105) is hollow. The high-level reed pipe (108) and the low-level reed pipe (109) are located in a high level and a low level inside the float leader (105) respectively. The magnet (107) is provided inside the floater (106). A motor is controlled by the relay (101) in the float switch. The motor begins to work when the relay (101) is switched on, and the motor stops working when the relay (101) is switched off. The switch has a long service life, high reliability and an excellent waterproof property. The float switch has a simple manufacture and installation process, less fraction defective and condemnation factor, thus further reduces the cost. |
137 |
Magnetic trigger mechanism and associated control method |
US13033281 |
2011-02-23 |
US08729989B2 |
2014-05-20 |
Ching-Tang Chang |
A magnetic trigger mechanism is provided. The magnetic trigger mechanism operates in conjunction with a plurality of magnetic sensors. The magnetic trigger mechanism includes: a magnet; a body, with its one side provided with a recess and its other side located near the plurality of magnetic sensors; and a moveable section, provided in the recess in a movable manner, comprising an accommodating space for restraining the magnet therein. |
138 |
Battery-powered lights and holder for same |
US13076000 |
2011-03-30 |
US08690379B2 |
2014-04-08 |
Robert L. Canella |
A personal light including a battery power source connected in series with a light-emitting diode (LED) light source and a switching mechanism configured for non-contact actuation are disposed within a housing assembly. Linear, or rotational, switch actuation element movement may be employed. A holder for the personal light is also disclosed. |
139 |
SAFETY SWITCH |
US14034722 |
2013-09-24 |
US20140022034A1 |
2014-01-23 |
Derek W. Jones |
A method and apparatus for controlling operation of a safety switch assembly having a number of fixed and movable contacts, a control mechanism that alters the conducting state of the contacts, and a magnetisable member that extends between alternate portions of the safety switch assembly. The safety switch assembly includes a magnetically operable electrical switch that is positioned proximate the magnetisable material such that changes in the magnetic condition of the magnetisable material alter the conducting state of the magnetically operable electrical switch. |
140 |
PROXIMITY SWITCH WITH SNAP LOCK |
US13880161 |
2011-10-21 |
US20130222087A1 |
2013-08-29 |
Troy A. Kloss; Douglas Coe; John William Petty; Cathleen MAry Clausen |
A proximity switch (20, 20A) that snaps quickly and locks between first and second positions of movable electrical contacts (32). A magnet (42) moves a first shaft (26) toward a magnetic target (62) when the target is proximate a sensor end (43) of the switch housing (22). A spring (44) urges the first shaft (26) away from the sensor end. Movement of the first shaft causes a second spring (64) to urge a second shaft (28) in the direction of the first shaft. Next the second shaft is released (52) to move in the direction urged by the second spring. The switch may be adapted to a client cable pin configuration via an adapter plug (80) in the housing with a flexible interconnection circuit (82) folded in a chamber between the adapter plug and leads from fixed electrical contacts (38) of the switch. |