Patents by Inventor Grant R. Connors

Grant R. Connors 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: 4711757
    Abstract: Position indicating device for producing an indication of the position of a displaceable structure, the device including:a plurality of sensing elements extending along a defined path such that each element is associated with a respective location along the defined path, each element being operative to respond to the presence of a position representing member when the member extends from a starting point to the respective location associated with that element, the elements being coupled into respective pairs of elements, with each pair of elements having an output producing a signal only when a single element of its respective pair is responding to the presence of the member; a plurality of signal producing members each operative for producing a signal representing a predetermined logic state in response to a predetermined input signal; and circuit components operatively connecting the outputs to the signal producing members for causing a signal at each output to produce a predetermined input signal at a corr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Michal M. Feilchenfeld, Grant R. Connors