Patents by Inventor Ernest R. Remillard

Ernest R. Remillard 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: 4745820
    Abstract: In combination with a plunger operated device such as a standard pushbutton limit switch (2), an auxiliary rotary actuator (4) having an operating arm (36) attached to a rotary cam(40) having a convex conical cam surface (40c) in contact with a complementary concave conical cam surface (42a) of a reciprocating linear motion cam follower (42), with the cone axes (40d, 42c) being in alignment and offset from the axis of rotation (40e) of the cam. A switch plunger (12) abutting shaft (38) is threaded in a bore (42b) in the cam follower (42) and has a smooth round shaft portion (38b) slidingly guided in a smooth bore (40b) in the cam to be adjustable up or down by a screwdriver slot (38c) in its upper end accessible when the actuating arm (36) mounting screw (46) is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard G. Benshoff, Ernest R. Remillard