Patents by Inventor H. Dean Geyer

H. Dean Geyer 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: 5430265
    Abstract: An improved handle assembly for actuating an automotive turn signal switch, a windshield wiper switch and a wash fluid switch is provided. The handle assembly includes an internal shaft, an outer tubular member and a housing. The housing is supported or the turn signal switch and houses the windshield wiper switch and the wash fluid switch. The internal shaft extends into the housing to engage and actuate either the wiper switch or the wash fluid switch. The outer tubular member is concentrically disposed about the internal shaft, and a portion of the outer tubular member extends into the housing and engages the switch not engaged by the internal shaft. Both the wash fluid switch and the wiper switch can be independently actuated by independently axially rotating the internal shaft or the outer tubular member. The turn signal switch is actuated by pivoting the internal shaft which in turn pivots the housing supported on the turn signal switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen H. Beattie, H. Dean Geyer