Patents by Inventor Christopher Towers

Christopher Towers 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: 10395860
    Abstract: A transmitter device incorporating a strain gauge proportional push button is disclosed. The transmitter device includes a printed circuit board including one or more electrical components thereon and a proportional push button having a flexible membrane, a dome switch positioned beneath the flexible membrane and attached to the printed circuit board, the dome switch being proximate to the flexible membrane such that depression of the flexible membrane causes the dome switch to snap down and thereby form a closed circuit in the dome switch, and a strain gauge formed on or applied to the printed circuit board and positioned adjacent the dome switch, the strain gauge generating an electrical output proportional to an amount of deflection of the printed circuit board caused by pressure exerted thereon by depression of the flexible membrane and the dome switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Kevin Christopher Towers
  • Publication number: 20190080861
    Abstract: A transmitter device incorporating a strain gauge proportional push button is disclosed. The transmitter device includes a printed circuit board including one or more electrical components thereon and a proportional push button having a flexible membrane, a dome switch positioned beneath the flexible membrane and attached to the printed circuit board, the dome switch being proximate to the flexible membrane such that depression of the flexible membrane causes the dome switch to snap down and thereby form a closed circuit in the dome switch, and a strain gauge formed on or applied to the printed circuit board and positioned adjacent the dome switch, the strain gauge generating an electrical output proportional to an amount of deflection of the printed circuit board caused by pressure exerted thereon by depression of the flexible membrane and the dome switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Kevin Christopher Towers
  • Patent number: 10128062
    Abstract: A transmitter device incorporating a strain gauge proportional push button is disclosed. The transmitter device includes a printed circuit board including one or more electrical components thereon and a proportional push button having a flexible membrane, a dome switch positioned beneath the flexible membrane and attached to the printed circuit board, the dome switch being proximate to the flexible membrane such that depression of the flexible membrane causes the dome switch to snap down and thereby form a closed circuit in the dome switch, and a strain gauge formed on or applied to the printed circuit board and positioned adjacent the dome switch, the strain gauge generating an electrical output proportional to an amount of deflection of the printed circuit board caused by pressure exerted thereon by depression of the flexible membrane and the dome switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Kevin Christopher Towers
  • Publication number: 20170194114
    Abstract: A transmitter device incorporating a strain gauge proportional push button is disclosed. The transmitter device includes a printed circuit board including one or more electrical components thereon and a proportional push button having a flexible membrane, a dome switch positioned beneath the flexible membrane and attached to the printed circuit board, the dome switch being proximate to the flexible membrane such that depression of the flexible membrane causes the dome switch to snap down and thereby form a closed circuit in the dome switch, and a strain gauge formed on or applied to the printed circuit board and positioned adjacent the dome switch, the strain gauge generating an electrical output proportional to an amount of deflection of the printed circuit board caused by pressure exerted thereon by depression of the flexible membrane and the dome switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin Christopher Towers
  • Publication number: 20060119014
    Abstract: A method of producing a container with a desired opening profile. The process of blow molding is used to produce a bottle (10). The bottle (10) has one or more integral dimple (13), posts (15), or hole features, which are in radial alignment. These features may be produced in the molding process or produced in a separate operation once the bottle has been ejected from the mold press. The neck (12) is then trimmed away and the desired opening profile is created. A second part, a door (14), may then be snapped onto the container's radial features to form a hinge (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Towers, William Stiles
  • Publication number: 20050265504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clock recovery circuit for generation of a recovered clock signal from a received data stream using a weighted combination of phase component signals. The clock recovery circuit comprises: a detector to detect the phase of a received data stream; a selector comprising a differential generator arranged to generate at least two related signals in dependence on the detected phase; and a clock signal generator to receive the at least two related signals and select related proportions of two or more of a plurality of phase component signals for combination, thereby to generate a recovered clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Robinson, Christopher Towers