164 results about "PRIMARY CONTACT" patented technology

In a probe card assembly, a series of probe elements can be arrayed on a silicon space transformer. The silicon space transformer can be fabricated with an array of primary contacts in a very tight pitch, comparable to the pitch of a semiconductor device. One preferred primary contact is a resilient spring contact. Conductive elements in the space transformer are routed to second contacts at a more relaxed pitch. In one preferred embodiment, the second contacts are suitable for directly attaching a ribbon cable, which in turn can be connected to provide selective connection to each primary contact. The silicon space transformer is mounted in a fixture that provides for resilient connection to a wafer or device to be tested. This fixture can be adjusted to planarize the primary contacts with the plane of a support probe card board.

The present invention provides a device, system, and method for identifying interconnect cables used in a network and the locations in the network where the interconnect cables are deployed. The identification information may be used to audit, for example, patch panel connections in a computer or communications network. The preferred embodiments include RFID transponders incorporated at the cable ends. An RFID scanner is used to interrogate the transponders, and the retrieved information is stored and acted on as appropriate. In a first embodiment, secondary contacts are used on the network components for mating with primary contacts on the cable ends in order to generate information as to the location where the cable ends are connected. In a second embodiment, memory modules are incorporated in the components for providing information reflective of connection locations.

An ambidextrously operated bolt catch assembly for a firearm facilitates ease of use by either right handed or left handed shooters. The ambidextrous bolt catch assembly includes two levers, one on each side of the firearm, that interact with each other. Each lever has a primary contact surface and a secondary contact surface. By depressing the primary contact surface of either lever, both levers rotate to move the bolt catch assembly from a displaced position to a static position. Conversely, by depressing the secondary contact surface of either lever, both levers rotate to move the bolt catch assembly from a static position to a displaced position.

A contact number encapsulation system is disclosed that is operable to consolidate a plurality of contact numbers associated with a given user into a single contact number. The system includes a call processing application that uses information contained in a SIP message header to determine a list of contact numbers to call. The SIP message header contains a call destination indication that is used by the call processing application to retrieve the list of contact numbers. The list of contact numbers is user defined and may be updated or modified by an account holder at any given time. Once the list of contact numbers is obtained, a simultaneous call module is used to simultaneously call each number contained in the list. As such, the account holder only needs to provide the primary contact number to individuals desiring to reach him/her instead of various numbers that are associated with various locations the account holder may be located.

A method and system for automatically synchronizing a connection to a new contact across a plurality of social networking websites. A repository stores a first user's profile that includes the first user's identifiers for multiple social networking websites (SNs) and the first user's master list of contacts. An alert is presented to the first user, where the alert indicates a request from a second user to establish a connection in a first SN between the first user and the second user. The first user approves the request to establish the connection in the first SN. If a search of the repository finds the second user's profile, then (1) connection(s) between the first user and second user are established in other social networking websites in which said first user participates and (2) the second user is added to the first user's master list of contacts.

Embodiments of the present invention may include systems and methods for monitoring a person's activities. A system may receive an input (2) and may contact a designated party to ensure they are safe or perhaps even confirm they are at a specified location at a specified time. A system may also provide an escalation response (315) in those circumstances where a primary contact is not reached or perhaps where it is directed by a primary contact. Further, a system may provide communications to a primary contact or a user (203) including a plausible excuse for the primary contact to leave an agenda location.

A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals. Thus, the wireless communications network is able to adapt over time to additional components added into the network, or changing environmental conditions in and around the network.

The invention relates to a contact judgment method of spherical particles and triangular meshes in discrete element simulation. The contact judgment method of the spherical particles and the triangular meshes in the discrete element simulation comprises steps of searching neighbor meshes of a target particle to confirm a boundary triangle unit which performs intersecting detection with the target particle; confirming primary contacting information between the target particle and the boundary triangle unit in combination with a symbolic assembly of triangular Voronoi space and center-of-mass coordinates; and judging effectiveness of the primary contacting information, eliminating invalid contacting information and adding the effective contacting information into a contacting linked list to calculate the contact force of particles through a discrete element simulation program. The contact judgment method of the spherical particles and the triangular meshes in the discrete element simulation has the advantages of avoiding respectively building contact judgment algorithms for every kind of basic graphic elements; providing a method for directly positioning an area generating contact to save execution steps of the contact judgment; building judging criteria for eliminating the invalid contact information among multiple contact information; and finally effectively solving the contact judgment problem of the spherical particles and complex geometry boundaries in the discrete element simulation.

An electrical connector and contact includes a contact body having an axial length, a termination section extending from the body, a first primary contact beam extending from the body and spaced from the body by a first axial length, and a sacrificial leading contact beam extending from the body for a second axial length. The second length is greater than the first length, and a distal end of the contact beam is configured to complete or break an energized electrical connection with a mating contact.

A recloser for use with an electrical power distribution system including a circuit interrupter including a primary contact and a movable contact movable relative to the primary contact between a closed position allowing current to pass through the circuit interrupter and an open position separating the contacts and preventing current from passing through the circuit interrupter. An actuator is coupled to the circuit interrupter. The actuator includes a movable shaft coupled to the movable contact of the circuit interrupter for substantially simultaneous movement therewith and without insulation being disposed between the movable contact and the movable shaft. An electronic control is electrically connected to the actuator. The electronic control communicates with the actuator upon occurrence of a fault current to trigger the shaft to move the movable contact of the circuit interrupter from the closed position to the open position and to trigger the shaft to reclose the movable contact from the open position to the closed position upon termination of the fault current.

A shutter assembly is provided for an electrical system including at least one electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, and a plurality of electrical bus members, and a plurality of electrical cable members, and a ground member with a plurality of contacts. Each of the conductors of the circuit breaker is removably coupled to a corresponding primary contact to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the electrical bus members and to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the electrical cable members and to electrically connect the circuit breaker to the ground members. The shutter assembly includes a flexible insulating member movably disposed between the conductors and the primary contacts. The flexible insulating member moves between a first position in which it provides access for the conductors to be coupled to the primary contacts, and a second position in which the flexible insulating member isolates and electrically insulates the bus member conductors from the primary contacts and the cable member conductors (“disconnected”) or isolates and electrically insulates the cable member conductors from the primary contacts and the ground member (“withdrawn”). An electrical switching apparatus and an electrical system employing the shutter assembly are also disclosed.

Disclosed is an end-of-life status alarm indication circuit and method for indicating the failure of the primary contacts of a ground fault circuit interruption (GFCI) device to open when a ground fault circuit is detected by the GFCI device. The GFCI device will protect against the situation where the primary contacts of a GFCI device become welded together and will not open when a ground fault circuit is detected by the device. The alarm indication may be either an audible or visual indication.

The invention discloses a chirography smoothing method of a handwriting input method and the handwriting input method. The chirography smoothing method includes that: primary contact pictures are filled on a touch track according to a first scheduled rule, secondary contact pictures are filled on the touch track between every two contact pictures according to a second scheduled rule, and the touch track is spliced to form a touch track picture through the primary contact pictures and the secondary contact pictures; and in a secondary contact picture located between a former primary contact picture and a latter primary contact picture in two primary contact pictures, the size of the secondary contact picture closer to the former primary contact is adjusted to be close to the size of the former primary contact, the size of the secondary contact picture closer to the latter primary contact is adjusted to be close to the size of the latter primary contact, and the sizes of all the second contact pictures between the former primary contact pictures and the latter primary contact pictures increase progressively, decrease progressively or keep unchanged in sequence.

An adapter for a trailer socket of a trailer coupling for coupling a trailer, wherein the adapter comprises a base body and a primary contact arrangement mounted thereon and comprising a plurality of primary contacts corresponding to a European or German standard, in particular seven primary contacts according to DIN 1724 or thirteen primary contacts according to ISO 11446, for establishing an electric connection to corresponding socket contacts of the trailer socket. The adapter comprises a secondary contact arrangement mounted on the base body with secondary contacts according to a US American standard, so that a trailer plug corresponding to the US American standard can be electrically connected to the secondary contact arrangement for the power supply of a trailer, the secondary contact arrangement and the primary contact arrangement being connected to one another via an electric connection arrangement.

The invention discloses a double-acting conductive rod and double-bellow structure vacuum interrupter and a working method thereof. The vacuum interrupter includes a primary bellow, a secondary bellow, a primary conductive rod, a secondary conductive rod, a primary contact for short-circuit breaking and welded to the primary conductive rod, and a secondary contact for large rated current through-flow and welded to the secondary conductive rod. The vacuum interrupter can maintain the high vacuum inside the vacuum interrupter through the double-bellow sealing structure, and the vacuum interrupter loop resistance is greatly reduced through the double action conductive rods and the double-contact structure; and the rated current level of the vacuum interrupter can be significantly improved without affecting the short-circuit fault current breaking performance of the vacuum interrupter.