Patents by Inventor Steven Groben

Steven Groben 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: 5309337
    Abstract: Two, redundant, electrical switches in electrical series between a flashlight's battery and its bulb are simultaneously activated by an angular rotation between two sections of the flashlight's case. To implement one of the switches the functions of (i) force biasing and (ii) electrical conduction between a battery's terminal and the flashlight case are separated. Force biasing between battery and case transpires by a spring and washer which are, in combination, electrically non-conducting. Electrical conduction between battery and case transpires by another, separate, spring that is shorter than the force-biasing spring. Further, and independently, a removable and replaceable combination shock-mounted light bulb and reflector assembly includes (i) a wire-lead miniature light bulb of low inertial mass encapsulated within (ii) a shock-absorbing plastic matrix which is further sleeved in (iii) a strong metal which also presents a reflector surface precision aligned to the bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Inventor: Steven Groben