| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D317776 |
Electrical rocker switch actuator assembly |
June 25, 1991 |
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| D308963 |
Rocker switch assembly |
July 3, 1990 |
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| D296327 |
Toggle switch with indicator lights |
June 21, 1988 |
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| D296326 |
Toggle switch with indicator lights |
June 21, 1988 |
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| 5566819 |
Push button switch with over center bridge |
October 22, 1996 |
| A resilient bridge of a snap-action switch is normally held in an unactuated position by virtue of one end portion of the bridge bearing against a lobe formed integrally with a manually actuatable and linearly movable plunger. When the plunger is manually depressed toward an actuated |
| 5541377 |
Panel mounted switch and method of assembling same |
July 30, 1996 |
| A switch particularly adapted for mounting to a panel. The switch includes a housing, a hollow post projecting from the housing and extending through an opening in the panel, and a nut adapted to be pushed onto the post and into engagement with the panel. The post receives a switch actua |
| 5237748 |
Method of making a bearing assembly |
August 24, 1993 |
| A bearing assembly having concentrically supported inner and outer relatively rotatable races with a pair of endplates secured to the inner race for limiting relative lateral movement between the races. The endplates are secured to the inner race by solidified metal which is applied |
| 5209420 |
Dual mode reel mounting mechanism |
May 11, 1993 |
| A universal mounting mechanism for selectively suspending a power take-up reel from horizontally and vertically disposed supporting surfaces, the mechanism including a fitting having a shank portion and a head portion and a reversible mounting bracket having a cavity with an aperture loc |
| 5199798 |
Bearing with tapered lands |
April 6, 1993 |
| A bearing assembly having coaxial inner and outer bearing races, a plurality of rolling elements which ride in respective raceways in the inner and outer races, and annular sealing discs interposed between the inner and outer races for defining annular lubricant containing chambers o |
| 5101082 |
Electric power cord take-up reel with automatically operated latch pawl actuated switching mecha |
March 31, 1992 |
| An electric power cord take-up reel having an external housing, a shaft mounted in the housing, and a spool journalled on the shaft for storing a length of electric power cord and spring-biased to rewind a length of cord previously withdrawn from the reel, and supplied with electric curr |
| 5095181 |
Three-position safety rocker |
March 10, 1992 |
| A three-position electrical switch includes a rocker-type actuator adapted to be pivoted within a housing in opposite directions from a neutral position to first and second actuated positions in order to close first and second sets of switch contacts. The actuator carries a latch which |
| 5047598 |
Safety rocker with improved actuator mounting |
September 10, 1991 |
| An electrical switch includes a rocker-type actuator adapted to be pivoted between first and second positions within a housing in order to close and open switch contacts. The actuator slidably supports a latch which normally engages the housing to prevent the actuator from being pivoted |
| 5041706 |
Safety switch with positive mounting retention and prolonged opening characteristics |
August 20, 1991 |
| An electrical switch includes a rocker-type actuator adapted to be pivoted between first and second positions within a housing in order to close and open switch contacts. The actuator slidably supports a latch which normally engages the housing to prevent the actuator from being pivoted |
| 5008503 |
Switch with colored indicator cap |
April 16, 1991 |
| An electrical switch includes a rocker-type actuator molded of plastic and adapted to be pivoted between first and second positions within a housing in order to close and open switch contacts. The actuator includes an enlarged molded head and a separately molded indicator cap which is of |
| 4947009 |
Conscious effort safety switch |
August 7, 1990 |
| A three-position electrical switch includes a rocker-type actuator adapted to be pivoted within a housing in opposite directions from a neutral position to first and second actuated positions in order to close first and second sets of switch contacts. The actuator carries a latch which |
| 4791541 |
Protective cage for a lamp |
December 13, 1988 |
| A single-piece lamp cage molded of plastic and adapted to be secured to a lamp socket to protect the lamp therein. The cage includes stationary and hinged cage sections connected to one another by a living hinge which permits the hinged section to be swung to an open position enabling |
| 4746780 |
One-screw mounting system for ganged components |
May 24, 1988 |
| Inner and outer electrical switches are attached in ganged face-to-face relation to a mounting plate by a screw which extends through two upper alined holes of the switches, by a pin which projects from the plate and into a lower hole of the inner switch, and by an L-shaped locking eleme |
| 4689451 |
Slow make and break action switch |
August 25, 1987 |
| A miniature switch which has reduced susceptibility to welding of contact elements due to high voltage arcing. The switch has parallel resilient spring like current carrying members each having a contact portion mounted adjacent an end thereof. A selectively actuatable switch plunger is |
| 4685184 |
Self-lubricated track-roller bearing and method of constructing the same |
August 11, 1987 |
| A self-lubricating track-roller bearing and the method of manufacturing the same that includes such a bearing with an inner race ring having a liner of self-lubricating material bonded to the outer surface of the inner race ring which is manufactured by the use of such a liner having |
| 4667073 |
Electrical switch with self contained indicating means |
May 19, 1987 |
| An electrical toggle switch with self-contained indicating devices for displaying the operating condition of the switch and the electrical equipment controlled thereby. The switch may be of the single pole double throw type, or the double pole double throw type, operated by a three p |
| 4463228 |
Portable electrical switch and outlet unit |
July 31, 1984 |
| A portable electrical circuit control unit with a key-lockable switch means assembled on a molded base member of insulating material with said unit including an electrical receptacle or outlet for receiving the plug on a conductor from a motor and also including an extension cord for con |
| 4419554 |
Electric switches for receiving unitary internal contact/wire terminal elements |
December 6, 1983 |
| An electric switch having an insulating housing and at least one opening into said housing from outside thereof, with a user inserted wire terminal insertable into said opening from the outside thereof and lockable coincidentally with such insertion, said wire terminal serving a first |
| 4403814 |
Method for locking an anti-friction bearing to a shaft and apparatus for accomplishing the same |
September 13, 1983 |
| The method of locking a shaft within a bearing so that they are concentrically positioned against rotational and axial relative movement, and an apparatus for practicing such method comprising a complete assembly such as a pillow block bearing which includes an axial extension on the |
| 4356368 |
Auxiliary switch assembly for a power contactor |
October 26, 1982 |
| An auxiliary switch assembly for mounting on and operation by a power contactor includes a molded plastic housing cover to be mounted on the contactor by screws which provides a space within the housing for two electrical switches, which for this assembly are standard snap-action swi |
| 4230917 |
Removable-key rocker type switch for two circuits |
October 28, 1980 |
| An electrical rocker switch of the type having a removable actuator key to prevent turning the switch "on" when the key is removed, such switch having a rockable carrier member for operating switching bridge structure, a rocker member mounted cooperatively with said carrier member in a s |
| 4213513 |
Ignition control system with safety switches |
July 22, 1980 |
| A control system for the ignition circuit and carburetor of an internal combustion engine wherein a hand throttle lever is operatively connected to both a spring-urged carburetor lever and to switch means for the ignition circuit to provide normal operation of the engine but principally |
| 4130747 |
Miniature overtravel snap action switch with pivotal cam mounting for the switch blade |
December 19, 1978 |
| A miniature snap action electrical switch has a member fixedly supported in the switch housing which serves both as a common terminal for the switch and a mount for the switch blade structure. The switch blade structure includes the switch blade and a pivotal cam, and the switch blade ha |
| 4012086 |
Shaft mounted bearing for withdrawal over burrs on shaft |
March 15, 1977 |
| The inner race ring of a bearing is locked to a shaft mounted in the bearing by means of a plurality of set screws spaced circumferentially in an axial end portion of such race ring and each impinging on the shaft to raise a burr on the shaft at the nose of the set screw. So that any bur |
| 3969597 |
Key operated electric ground switch |
July 13, 1976 |
| A lockable electric grounding switch comprises a two-piece switch housing which has an upper conductive portion into which a hollow cylindrical insulating portion is inserted, with the two portions secured together. The upper conductive portion has a slot in it for accommodating a key, a |
| 3965316 |
Low force switch mechanism |
June 22, 1976 |
| A low force switch assembly having a single pole, double throw switch action wherein a one-piece contactor having a frame with longitudinal side members, a contact portion, a blade portion, and a pair of auxiliary lever arms are positioned within the switch housing by locating the contac |
| 3931887 |
Packaging structure for items provided on wires or cords |
January 13, 1976 |
| Packaging structure for an assembly of items which are strung on a wire or cord, such as a stringer light assembly which includes a plurality of lamps connected at spaced points to conductors and a support and guard device for each lamp. The packaging structure includes a container havin |
