Patents by Inventor John T. Giles, III

John T. Giles, III 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).

  • Lighted key module assembly
    Patent number: 4445164
    Abstract: An improved lighted key assembly includes ridges located adjacent to the base and a ledge above the base. An LED, supported by the ledge, has leads which are mounted against the ridges so that an intermediate portion of the leads is bent around the bottom of the ridges. When mounted to the printed circuit board of a keyboard, the intermediate portions of the leads are in physical contact with contact pads on the printed circuit board to pass electrical current from the contact pads, through the leads, to the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Cherry Electrical Products Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Giles, III, Mark Hansen
  • Motor control and reversing circuit
    Patent number: 4246520
    Abstract: A motor energizing control and reversing circuit designed to be used on a power seat control in vehicles. The circuit includes a reversible motor that primarily drives suitable gear trains which effect seat movement in a plurality of directions and then momentarily reverses the motor so as to apply moving power to the gear train in an opposite direction to relieve pressure thereon and prevent a locked rotor condition in which the seat could not be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Cherry Electrical Products Corp.
    Inventor: John T. Giles, III