Patents by Inventor James Patrick Osburn

James Patrick Osburn 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: 4117758
    Abstract: A special circuit arrangement intended for use with electronic organs and the like, and particularly intended for use with electronic organs having playing key operated switches and in which at least a portion of the switches actuated by keys of a keyboard are encoded into binary words during playing.The circuit of the present invention, in particular, is a debouncing circuit which prevents the acceptance by the organ system of a false binary word from the encoder which can be created by the bounce which is inherent in mechanical switches of the type employed for being actuated by the keys of the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: James Patrick Osburn, John William Robinson