Patents by Inventor James M. Krillenberger

James M. Krillenberger 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).

  • Clip for attaching thermostats to pipes
    Patent number: 5307543
    Abstract: A one-piece clip for attaching thermostats to pipes has a peripheral wall that is circumferentially interrupted to define adjacent end portions that are reversely bent into cooperative hooks. The clip has a top portion attachable to a thermostat and an opposite bottom portion that is positionable on the opposite side of a pipe from the thermostat. The clip is resiliently deformable to move the hooks into interengaged relationship and the clip then holds the thermostat against the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated
    Inventor: James M. Krillenberger
  • Switch calibration mechanism
    Patent number: 5297446
    Abstract: A switch calibration mechanism having a cam member that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and that moves along said axis responsive to such rotation. A cam surface on the cam member cooperates with a cam follower on a movable calibrating member to adjust the operating point of a switch during longitudinal movement of the cam member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated
    Inventor: James M. Krillenberger