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US3265825A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrical relay

Assignee: Grigsby Barton Inc
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Filing: 1964-06-29
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Granted: 1966-08-09
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Expires: 1984-06-29
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Barton William Forbes

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 00:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H51/00; H01H51/28; H01H51/281

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 343 words
IN A RELAY, THE COMBINATION OF A BOBBIN HAVING A HOLLOW CORE AND TWO FLANGES OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE PROJECTING RADIALLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CORE, SAID CORE PROVIDING TWO LONGITUDINAL OPENINGS HAVING AXES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL IN A PLANE EXTENDING GENERALLY DIAGONALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE FLANGES, TWO REED SWITCHES SUPPORTED IN SAID OPENINGS AND EACH HAVING TERMINALS EXTENDING AT OPPOSITE ENDS A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND THE FLANGES, MEANS ON ONE FLANGE DEFINING A RERECESS ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE FLANGE DEFINING A REAND OUTWARDLY FROM ONE OF SAID OPENINGS, ONE OF SAID TERMINALS OF THE ONE OF SAID SWITCHES IN SAID ONE OPENING BEING BENT LATERALLY AND LYING IN SAID RECESS TO ORIENT THE SWITCH ANGULARLY IN THE OPENING, MEANS ON THE OTHER OF SAID FLANGES DEFINING A SECOND RECESS ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE FLANGE EXTENDING RADIALLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID OPENINGS, ONE OF SAID TERMINALS OF THE OTHER OF SAID SWITCHES IN SAID OTHER OPENINGS BEING BENT LATERALLY AND LYING IN SAID SECOND RECESS TO ORIENT THE SWITCH ANGULARLY IN THE OPENING, A WINDING ENCIRCLING SAID CORE AND HAVING LEADS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CORE EXTENDING THROUGH OPENING FORMED IN THE FLANGES AND LOCATED IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EDGES OF THE FLANGES TO FORM WITH SAID TERMINALS DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF CONDUCTING MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM EACH FLANGE, TERMINAL PINS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID WINDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES, AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES ADJACENT SAID TERMINAL PINS, SPACED PORTIONS CONNECTED TO AND BENT UP FROM OPPOSITE END OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION AND LYING AGAINST THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID FLANGES ADJACENT SAID CONDUCTING MEMBERS, AND ELONGATED FLEXIBLE CONDUCTING ELEMENTS EXTENDING ALONG SAID PORTIONS BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS AND THE RESPECTIVE TERMINAL PINS AND CONNECTED INDIVIDUALLY AT OPPOSITE ENDS TO THE PINS AND THE MEMBERS, SAID ENDS HAVING DIFFERENT CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS HAVING DIFFERENT PATTERNS CORRESPONDING TO SAID DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF THE MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM THE RESPECTIVE FLANGES OF SAID BOBBIN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 343 words
IN A RELAY, THE COMBINATION OF A BOBBIN HAVING A HOLLOW CORE AND TWO FLANGES OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE PROJECTING RADIALLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CORE, SAID CORE PROVIDING TWO LONGITUDINAL OPENINGS HAVING AXES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL IN A PLANE EXTENDING GENERALLY DIAGONALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE FLANGES, TWO REED SWITCHES SUPPORTED IN SAID OPENINGS AND EACH HAVING TERMINALS EXTENDING AT OPPOSITE ENDS A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND THE FLANGES, MEANS ON ONE FLANGE DEFINING A RERECESS ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE FLANGE DEFINING A REAND OUTWARDLY FROM ONE OF SAID OPENINGS, ONE OF SAID TERMINALS OF THE ONE OF SAID SWITCHES IN SAID ONE OPENING BEING BENT LATERALLY AND LYING IN SAID RECESS TO ORIENT THE SWITCH ANGULARLY IN THE OPENING, MEANS ON THE OTHER OF SAID FLANGES DEFINING A SECOND RECESS ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE FLANGE EXTENDING RADIALLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID OPENINGS, ONE OF SAID TERMINALS OF THE OTHER OF SAID SWITCHES IN SAID OTHER OPENINGS BEING BENT LATERALLY AND LYING IN SAID SECOND RECESS TO ORIENT THE SWITCH ANGULARLY IN THE OPENING, A WINDING ENCIRCLING SAID CORE AND HAVING LEADS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CORE EXTENDING THROUGH OPENING FORMED IN THE FLANGES AND LOCATED IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EDGES OF THE FLANGES TO FORM WITH SAID TERMINALS DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF CONDUCTING MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM EACH FLANGE, TERMINAL PINS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID WINDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES, AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES ADJACENT SAID TERMINAL PINS, SPACED PORTIONS CONNECTED TO AND BENT UP FROM OPPOSITE END OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION AND LYING AGAINST THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID FLANGES ADJACENT SAID CONDUCTING MEMBERS, AND ELONGATED FLEXIBLE CONDUCTING ELEMENTS EXTENDING ALONG SAID PORTIONS BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS AND THE RESPECTIVE TERMINAL PINS AND CONNECTED INDIVIDUALLY AT OPPOSITE ENDS TO THE PINS AND THE MEMBERS, SAID ENDS HAVING DIFFERENT CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS HAVING DIFFERENT PATTERNS CORRESPONDING TO SAID DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF THE MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM THE RESPECTIVE FLANGES OF SAID BOBBIN.

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