Patents by Inventor James C. McAnulty

James C. McAnulty 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: 4038504
    Abstract: A wafer switch includes a printed circuit board having etched thereon a common ring and a desired number of contacts having parallel sides at an angle to a radius of the common ring, and includes a rotor. The rotor has mounted on one side a blade that bridges between a contact and the common ring accomplishing a switching function. The switch further includes a spacer ring and a wave washer that establish a bearing distance between the rotor and the printed circuit board. Finally, the improved wafer switch includes a snap-in bushing intended to pass through an aperture in the board and an aperture in the rotor. The aperture in the rotor is smaller in diameter than the bushing so that the bushing is frictionally mounted within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: A.C. Nielsen Company
    Inventors: James C. McAnulty, Edwin B. McCarthy