Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Personnel safety or limit control features
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Kaplan, Hal I (Department: 2836)
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Personnel safety or limit control features
C307S328000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07928610
ABSTRACT:
Task—To provide a two-hand switch device that requires only a small load for each operation cycle.Means to Achieve the Task—The device comprises a left hand RF antenna placed in such a position as to enable a communication with the first RFID tag worn on the pre-determined position of the left hand of the worker only when the left hand of the worker is placed in a pre-determined left hand safe position, a right hand RF antenna placed in such a position as to enable a communication with the second RFID tag worn on the pre-determined position of the right hand of the worker only when the right hand of the worker is placed in a pre-determined right hand safe position and an output signal generating means for generating an output signal according to signals received by the left hand RF antenna and the right hand RF antenna.
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Furukawa Hiroaki
Iida Tatsuya
Koshi Toshiki
Shutto Manabu
Tanaka Takashi
Foley & Lardner LLP
Idec Corporation
Kaplan Hal I
Omron Corporation
Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
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