Patents by Inventor Claus D. Raddatz

Claus D. Raddatz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7525052
    Abstract: A multifunction six-way switch assembly having a plurality of sealed dome type or membrane switches disposed on a circuit board and arranged in pairs such that a single knob actuator may be slidably moved in opposite directions along a first axis for actuating either one of a first pair of membrane switches and slidably moved in opposite directions along a second perpendicular axis for actuating either one of a second and third pair of membrane switches in the same direction for controlling seat adjustment servomotors. Rotation of the single-knob actuator about a third axis normal to the first two axes results in a mutually opposite direction of actuation of the second and third pair of membrane switches. The six-way actuator has only one portion extending externally of the switch housing for attachment of the user knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Novelle, Claus D. Raddatz, Steven J. Long, Kenneth F. Tomerlin
  • Publication number: 20020104742
    Abstract: A multifunction six-way switch assembly having a plurality of sealed dome type or membrane switches disposed on a circuit board and arranged in pairs such that a single knob actuator may be slidably moved in opposite directions along a first axis for actuating either one of a first pair of membrane switches and slidably moved in opposite directions along a second perpendicular axis for actuating either one of a second and third pair of membrane switches in the same direction for controlling seat adjustment servomotors. Rotation of the single-knob actuator about a third axis normal to the first two axes results in a mutually opposite direction of actuation of the second and third pair of membrane switches. The six-way actuator has only one portion extending externally of the switch housing for attachment of the user knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony J. Novelle, Claus D. Raddatz, Steven J. Long, Kenneth F. Tomerlin
  • Patent number: 5363743
    Abstract: A fluid pressure operated servomotor having a housing shell containing a flexible diaphragm forming a fluid pressure chamber with a port through the housing connectable for receiving a fluid pressure signal. The diaphragm has a rigid insert extending therethrough and sealed thereabout with a cup shape on the interior of the chamber and having a rod pivot surface formed on the exterior side of the diaphragm. A spring inside the chamber has one end registered in the cupped shape to bias the diaphragm insert in one direction. In one embodiment, the insert is shaped to have a rod pivot surface nested in the coils spring such that the rod pivot load resists lateral buckling of the spring; and, in another embodiment, a shroud is formed on the insert about the rod pivot surface for limiting rotation of the insert with respect to the rod end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Claus D. Raddatz, Ronald J. Wojtecki, Norman E. Zerndt