Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Rossell E. Baumann
  • Patent number: 6737952
    Abstract: A combined pressure responsive electrical switch and temperature sensor device (10, 10′) is shown comprising a base member (12) mounting an electrical switch actuatable by a pressure responsive snap-acting disc (16) attached to a port fitting (22) having an elongated temperature sensing portion (22h, 22h′) extending from the fitting within a threaded bore of the fitting adapted to be inserted in the bore of a fluid pressure source nipple (2). A thermistor (24) is disposed at the distal end (22k, 22k′) of the temperature sensing portion and is electrically connected to terminals (14) of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Morin, Alan G. Amore, Bryan J. Dague