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US3344253A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Relay having improved armature and mobile contact assembly

Assignee: Jennings Radio Manufacturing Corp
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Filing: 1965-02-15
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Granted: 1967-09-26
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Expires: 1985-02-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Clark T Roessler
  • 👤 Ronald V Tetz

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 05:12
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H51/00; H01H51/28

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 186 words
A RELAY COMPRISING AN HERMETICALLY SEALED ENVELOPE CLOSED AT EACH OPPOSITE END, A PLURALITY OF SPACED FIXED CONTACTS WITHIN THE ENVELOPE INTEGRAL WITH SPACED TERMINAL LEADS EXTENDING OUT OF THE ENVELOPE, A MOBILE CONTACT CONDUCTIVELY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE FIXED CONTACTS AND SELECTIVELY MOVABLE INTO OR OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER FIXED CONTACTS TO MAKE OR BREAK A CIRCUIT THROUGH THE CONTACT ON WHICH THE MOVABLE CONTACT IS MOUNTED AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER FIXED CONTACTS, SAID MOBILE CONTACT COMPRISING A RESILIENT METALLIC STRIP DOUBLE UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED SPRING ARMS BIASED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, THE FREE ENDS OF THE SPRING ARMS RESILIENTLY ENGAGING THE FIXED CONTACT ON WHICH THE MOBILE CONTACT IS MOUNTED, AN ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE ENVELOPE ENDS AND INCLUDING A ARMATURE MOUNTED WITHIN THE ENVELOPE AND NORMALLY PIVOTALLY BIASED RESILIENTLY IN ONE DIRECTION AND MEANS OUTSIDE THE ENVELOPE SELECTIVELY OPERABLE TO PIVOT THE ARMATURE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE ARMATURE AND THE MOBILE CONTACT TO EFFECT MOVEMENT OF THE MOBILE CONTACT UPON MOVEMENT OF THE ARMATURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 186 words
A RELAY COMPRISING AN HERMETICALLY SEALED ENVELOPE CLOSED AT EACH OPPOSITE END, A PLURALITY OF SPACED FIXED CONTACTS WITHIN THE ENVELOPE INTEGRAL WITH SPACED TERMINAL LEADS EXTENDING OUT OF THE ENVELOPE, A MOBILE CONTACT CONDUCTIVELY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE FIXED CONTACTS AND SELECTIVELY MOVABLE INTO OR OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER FIXED CONTACTS TO MAKE OR BREAK A CIRCUIT THROUGH THE CONTACT ON WHICH THE MOVABLE CONTACT IS MOUNTED AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER FIXED CONTACTS, SAID MOBILE CONTACT COMPRISING A RESILIENT METALLIC STRIP DOUBLE UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED SPRING ARMS BIASED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, THE FREE ENDS OF THE SPRING ARMS RESILIENTLY ENGAGING THE FIXED CONTACT ON WHICH THE MOBILE CONTACT IS MOUNTED, AN ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE ENVELOPE ENDS AND INCLUDING A ARMATURE MOUNTED WITHIN THE ENVELOPE AND NORMALLY PIVOTALLY BIASED RESILIENTLY IN ONE DIRECTION AND MEANS OUTSIDE THE ENVELOPE SELECTIVELY OPERABLE TO PIVOT THE ARMATURE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE ARMATURE AND THE MOBILE CONTACT TO EFFECT MOVEMENT OF THE MOBILE CONTACT UPON MOVEMENT OF THE ARMATURE.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-09-25 1971-03-27 1971-09-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-09-25 1975-03-27 1975-09-26 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-09-25 1979-03-27 1979-09-26 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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