Patents Assigned to Orion Industries
  • Patent number: 5065449
    Abstract: A diversity receiving apparatus includes first and second antennas and circuitry for selecting one antenna or the other. Control circuitry analyzes signal strength received from the selected antenna and determines when the antennas should be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Orion Industries
    Inventors: Robert T. Gordon, Michael W. Evans, Samuel A. Leslie
  • Patent number: 4132091
    Abstract: A fuel cap is provided for threaded engagement with a vehicle fuel tank inlet in which a locking mechanism employs a key to move a lug from a stable locking position to an unstable unlocking position. The key may be immediately removed and the fuel cap may be threadably disengaged from the inlet and thereafter reengaged therewith once fuel has been introduced into the tank. The key need not be employed to lock the fuel cap, since once manipulation of the fuel cap to threadably engage the cap with the fuel inlet is initiated, the lug is moved from the unstable unlocking position to a stable locking position. The cap may thereafter not be threadably disengaged from the fuel tank inlet unless a key is employed to again shift the lug to the unstable unlocking position. A clutch mechanism is employed to prevent overtightening of the cap and consequent damage to the cap or fuel tank inlet, yet allow sufficient tightening to effectuate a vapor tight seal between the cap and the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: Orion Industries
    Inventors: Ernesto M. Aro, Donald J. Shanklin