Patents by Inventor Donald A. Neer

Donald A. Neer 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: 5560707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector that is tamper resistant, yet does not require the use of tools. In one embodiment, a bezel retainer is designed to snap and lock into a lamp housing assembly by using tabs on the bezel retainer that lock into slots molded into the housing. The bezel retainer is maintained in position by a wave spring washer mounted in the housing. Tabs on the wave spring sit in detents on the end of the bezel retainer. The bezel is attached to the end of the bezel retainer and is allowed to rotate freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Grimes Aerospace Company
    Inventor: Donald A. Neer
  • Patent number: 5222801
    Abstract: A reading light, disclosed in the context of an aircraft reading light, includes a lamp which is normally selectively aimable by swiveling a mounting assembly relative to a stationary base held in a panel. A rotatable two-positioned means, such as a ring, permits such swiveling in a first position of the ring and prevents such swiveling in a second position of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Grimes Aerospace Co.
    Inventor: Donald A. Neer
  • Patent number: 4088881
    Abstract: A lighting fixture for attachment to the ceiling of public transportation vehicles such as subway cars, buses, aircraft, or the like includes a light transmitting cover assembly which is particularly adapted to retain and back light low cost sheets of advertising material, such as material printed on vellum or thin paper, while also accommodating conventional car cards or transparencies. The fixture further provides a pivotal mounting arrangement along one marginal edge which provides ease of installation with vehicles of varying ceiling contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Midland-Ross Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Neer, Harold D. Pawlowski