Patents by Inventor Donald L. Gaines

Donald L. Gaines 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: 4782610
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly for displaying a sign, including a sign frame and one or more lights disposed on the frame, with each light including one or more electrical conductors for conducting electric current thereto from an electric power source. The display assembly includes an electrical conductor associated with the frame and connectable to the electric power source, a light socket interconnectable with the frame and having a socket opening for receiving the light inserted therein, a connector interconnectable with the light socket and having at least one electrical conductor disposed for electrical contact with the electrical conductor on the light when the light is inserted into the light socket and the light socket is interconnected with the conductor. The electrical conductor on the connector is interconnectable in electrical contact with the electrical conductor on the frame in order to establish electrical communication between the light and the electric power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: Marketing Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: David U. Hillstrom, Donald R. Gaines, Donald L. Gaines, John E. Chandler
  • Patent number: 4549504
    Abstract: The temperature controller employs a single thermistor temperature sensor providing an analog signal indicative of engine system temperature. The analog signal is compared with a plurality of separate threshold temperatures to produce a multiplicity of separate temperature signals representing different temperature ranges across the operating temperature spectrum of the engine system. These separate temperature signals are processed through digital logic gating circuitry to provide sequentially occurring outputs on parallel output leads. The sequentially occurring outputs sequentially activate different heat dissipating mechanisms within the engine system to maintain a substantially constant temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Evans Products Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Gaines, Donald L. Gaines