Patents by Inventor Gunter Dilly

Gunter Dilly 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: 5833048
    Abstract: Rocker switch, especially for vehicles, with a spring-loaded rocker lever serving as actuator enclosed in a housing. In the housing at least one switch unit (14) strikes connection contacts (9, 17). In order to achieve a rocker switch which has a small number of individual parts and a narrow switch angle, switch unit (14) is designed as a one arm swing lever (15) which activates the connection contact associated with it (17) via a snap contact (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Gunter Dilly
  • Patent number: 5577605
    Abstract: Rotational switch, in particular gear box switches, comprising a housing carrying terminals (9), the housing being provided with fixed contacts (10) arranged concentrically with one another in two parallel planes (11,12), and a contact bridge (13) electrically connecting the fixed contacts (10), characterized in that, in each plane (11, 12) the fixed contacts (10) consist of at least one printed pattern (14) which patterns in each plane (11, 12) are sprayed on contact carriers (15) equipped with distancing pieces (17) and adapting elements (18). The contact carriers (15) cooperate with a contact module (16), and contact bridge (13) is held via spring loading in a switching member (22) which rotates in the housing (1). The contact bridge (13) thereby slides within the contact volume (2) formed by the distancing piece (17) of the contact carrier (15), over the exposed contact surfaces (21) of the printed pattern (14) which are oriented towards the contact volume (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Gunter Dilly, Herrmann Mahr, Gerd Rudolph