Patents by Inventor Jay Lewis Hinkle

Jay Lewis Hinkle 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).

  • Motor vehicle chassis sensor
    Patent number: 10288529
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis sensor assembly comprising a housing member defining a sensor cartridge slot, a rotatable shaft with a magnet and retained in a sleeve, and a rotatable arm coupled to the shaft. A sensor cartridge is mounted in the slot through the interior of a connector socket and an opening between the slot and the connector socket. A plate on the sensor cartridge covers the opening. The sensor cartridge includes a terminal header and a separate board mounted to the terminal header. The board includes the sensor. Deformable posts on the terminal header and the sensor assembly extend through respective apertures in the board and the terminal header for securing the board and the sensor cartridge to the terminal header and the sensor assembly respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Daryn L. Waite, Jay Lewis Hinkle
  • MOTOR VEHICLE CHASSIS SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150346062
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis sensor assembly comprising a housing member defining a sensor cartridge slot, a rotatable shaft with a magnet and retained in a sleeve, and a rotatable arm coupled to the shaft. A sensor cartridge is mounted in the slot through the interior of a connector socket and an opening between the slot and the connector socket. A plate on the sensor cartridge covers the opening. The sensor cartridge includes a terminal header and a separate board mounted to the terminal header. The board includes the sensor. Deformable posts on the terminal header and the sensor assembly extend through respective apertures in the board and the terminal header for securing the board and the sensor cartridge to the terminal header and the sensor assembly respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Daryn L. Waite, Jay Lewis Hinkle
  • Motor vehicle chassis sensor
    Patent number: 9134200
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis sensor assembly comprising a housing member defining a sensor cartridge slot, a rotatable shaft with a magnet and retained in a sleeve, and a rotatable arm coupled to the shaft. A sensor cartridge is mounted in the slot through the interior of a connector socket and an opening between the slot and the connector socket. A plate on the sensor cartridge covers the opening. The sensor cartridge includes a terminal header and a separate board mounted to the terminal header. The board includes the sensor. Deformable posts on the terminal header and the sensor assembly extend through respective apertures in the board and the terminal header for securing the board and the sensor cartridge to the terminal header and the sensor assembly respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: CTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daryn L. Waite, Jay Lewis Hinkle
  • MOTOR VEHICLE CHASSIS SENSOR
    Publication number: 20140047913
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis sensor assembly comprising a housing member defining a sensor cartridge slot, a rotatable shaft with a magnet and retained in a sleeve, and a rotatable arm coupled to the shaft. A sensor cartridge is mounted in the slot through the interior of a connector socket and an opening between the slot and the connector socket. A plate on the sensor cartridge covers the opening. The sensor cartridge includes a terminal header and a separate board mounted to the terminal header. The board includes the sensor. Deformable posts on the terminal header and the sensor assembly extend through respective apertures in the board and the terminal header for securing the board and the sensor cartridge to the terminal header and the sensor assembly respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: CTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daryn L. Waite, Jay Lewis Hinkle