Patents by Inventor John A. Trine

John A. Trine 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: 5975716
    Abstract: A mounting bar for spacing apart indicator lights used in electronic equipment has a channel bar with a base and a top edge from which spaced apart mounting fingers cantileverly extend. The channel bar, base, and fingers form a cavity within which indicator light modules are frictionally held. The indicator light modules may have extending protrusions which engage the gaps between the mounting fingers. The protrusions may be of the same width between the mounting fingers, or may be wider than the gaps between the mounting fingers for increased frictional retention of the indicator lights within the mounting bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Wilbrecht Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. McSwiggen, John A. Trine
  • Patent number: 4803458
    Abstract: A control switch and potentiometer assembly for use in an in-the-canal type hearing air comprising a miniature single pole, single or double throw, push-pull control switch and rotary potentiometer. The components of the control switch and potentiometer are mounted within a durable thermoplastic resin housing which is anchored within the hearing aid. A single control knob for actuation of the control switch and potentiometer is raised and shaped to permit gripping between the fingertips of the user for removing the hearing aid from the ear canal.The switch contacts and switch wiper are designed such that the process of pulling on the potentiometer control knob to remove the hearing aid will extend the control switch, thereby disengaging a normally closed switch contact and opening a battery powered circuit so as to turn the hearing aid off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Wilbrecht Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Trine, David A. Samdahl, Daryle L. Petersen
  • Patent number: 4803599
    Abstract: A mounting bar assembly for versatile positioning and orientation of indicator lights such as light emitting diodes (LED's). The mounting bars are cut to a desired length to accommodate a desired number of LED's and are cut to provide a plurality of slots at predetermined, spaced LED locations. The connector leads of the LED's are inserted within the slots and adjusted in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of extent of the mounting bar so as to position each LED at a desired height with respect to a printed circuit board or other electrical circuit device to which the leads are connected. The connector leads are malleable, and after being secured to the mounting bar, are bent to any desired configuration so as to support each LED in a particular orientation as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Wilbrecht Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Trine, Daryle L. Petersen
  • Patent number: 4102201
    Abstract: A device and method for collecting selected components of a fluid mixture such as ambient air are disclosed. A chamber formed by wall members and having an open end contains a layer of collecting material on the bottom thereof and a porous layer covering the open end. After this device has been exposed to the fluid mixture for the prescribed time, a solid cap is placed over the open end of the chamber which facilitates introduction and removal of a elutant for subsequent analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John A. Trine, David L. Braun
  • Patent number: 3950980
    Abstract: A device for measuring the presence or time-average amounts of at least one selected gas in a mixture thereof which comprises an enclosure having therewithin at least one substance which interacts with the gas to be monitored. Attenuating means associated with the enclosure regulate gas movement within said enclosure to insure that an essentially placid layer of gas exists between the attenuating means and the reactive substance insuring that the amount of selected gas available to react with the interactive substance is basically a function of the concentration of the gas or gases being measured and its diffusion through the placid layer. The amount of selected gas measured is substantially independent of the velocity and impinging angle of the gas mixture at the interface of the enclosure with the ambient gas mixture. The device is capable of controlling mass uptake and response time without losing velocity and angle independence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: David L. Braun, John A. Trine