Patents by Inventor Dana P. Scribner

Dana P. Scribner 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).

  • Master disconnect switch with contact weld breaker
    Patent number: 9373453
    Abstract: A switch is described. The switch may have first and second terminals to connect a source of power to a load, a shaft rotatable about a central axis and moveable longitudinally along the central axis, the shaft having a wing extending out orthogonally from the central axis, a contact plate to physically and electrically connect the first and second terminals when the shaft is moved longitudinally along the central axis, and a disengagement ramp to contact the wing when the shaft is rotated about the central axis, the disengagement ramp to force the shaft to move longitudinally along the central axis as the shaft is rotated to move the contact plate away from the first and second terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventor: Dana P. Scribner
  • MASTER DISCONNECT SWITCH WITH CONTACT WELD BREAKER
    Publication number: 20150155117
    Abstract: A switch is described. The switch may have first and second terminals to connect a source of power to a load, a shaft rotatable about a central axis and moveable longitudinally along the central axis, the shaft having a wing extending out orthogonally from the central axis, a contact plate to physically and electrically connect the first and second terminals when the shaft is moved longitudinally along the central axis, and a disengagement ramp to contact the wing when the shaft is rotated about the central axis, the disengagement ramp to force the shaft to move longitudinally along the central axis as the shaft is rotated to move the contact plate away from the first and second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventor: Dana P. Scribner
  • Compatible trailer connection
    Patent number: 5302141
    Abstract: A socket connector which can accommodate a first plug connector or a second plug connector has a cylindrical cavity with a first plurality of socket contacts and a second plurality of socket contacts. The second plurality of socket contacts are shorter than the first plurality of socket contacts. The first plug connector has a number of plug contacts arranged for mating engagement with both the first plurality of socket contacts and the second plurality of socket contacts. The second plug connector contains a number of plug contacts arranged only for mating engagement with the first plurality of socket contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Cole Hersee Company
    Inventors: Michael O'Reilly, Dana P. Scribner