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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul F. Garneau, East Haven, CT (US);
Charles Z. Krasznai, Fairfield, CT (US);
James P. Sandor, Trumbull, CT (US);
Assignee:
HP Intellectual Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/22 ; A47J 3/708 ; H01H 6/302 ; H01H 7/344 ; H01H 8/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/22 ; A47J 3/708 ; H01H 6/302 ; H01H 7/344 ; H01H 8/306 ;
Abstract
An electric appliance control comprising an electromagnet; an electrical switch assembly; a ferromagnetic section movable with a contact of the switch assembly towards the electromagnet; and a user actuated member adapted to move the ferromagnetic section and the contact towards the electromagnet. When the electromagnet is energized and the ferromagnetic section and contact are moved by the user actuated member to an actuated position, the electromagnet can retain the contact at the actuated position by magnetically holding the ferromagnetic section at the actuated position.