Patents by Inventor Jorge Mendivil

Jorge Mendivil 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).

  • LEVER SWITCH WITH DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110032219
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a lever switch with a display device that is variably displayable of pictures or texts. A lever 18 is configured by disposing an organic light-emitting device 10 in a manner that it is interposed between an operating unit 1 and an operating unit cover 13 and coupling a shaft 14 to the operating unit 1, and a housing 19 is fitted with a bezel 24 so that the lever 18 protrudes from a hole for tilting 24a of the bezel 24, thereby the lever 18 is tiltably disposed. In the housing 19, a printed circuit board 20 is arranged with a photo-interrupter 23 implemented thereon for detecting a tilting motion of the lever 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: NIHON KAIHEIKI INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Aoyama, Isao Okayasu, Seiji Noguchi, Toshio Hayashi, Hitomi Yamaga, Lee Pistor, Gary Wilson, Jani Duffy, Matt Heider, Matt Minton, Jorge Mendivil