Patents by Inventor Arthur E. Douglas

Arthur E. Douglas 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: 4772079
    Abstract: The combination of an electronic device to be mounted in a vehicle, such as a cellular car phone, citizen band radio and the like, and a cover assembly for at least partially enclosing a housing for the device wherein the cover assembly includes separable top and bottom sections. Each section has integrally formed attachment means engageable with complementary attachment means formed on the housing. The housing is also provided with a rotatable cam element for engagement with a slot formed in the bottom cover section for releasably locking the cover assembly to the housing. The bottom cover section may also serve as a the mounting frame for securing the device to a support surface in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Arthur E. Douglas, Tye C. Drinkard, Norwood P. Shorter
  • Patent number: 4609785
    Abstract: An improved arrangement for mounting a telephone handset in a plurality of orientations comprises a wedge-shaped mounting plate and cooperating L-shaped handset hanger. The mounting plate is generally square in plan form with a base generally perpendicular to the sides and an inclined upper face. The base and upper face each are provided with four sockets in a back-to-back arrangement, pairs of which share common axes perpendicular to the base. The handset hanger has a pair of rearwardly projecting bosses which mate with a pair of sockets of either face to provide at least five different orientations of the handset hanger with respect to the mounting plate to accommodate differently sloped surfaces upon which the mounting plate may be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tye C. Drinkard, Arthur E. Douglas
  • Patent number: D300630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Culbertson, Tye C. Drinkard, Arthur E. Douglas