Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Bettini

Joseph A. Bettini 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).

  • Sealed socket assembly for a plug-in lamp and a method for assembling same
    Patent number: 6039579
    Abstract: A plug-in lamp socket assembly is provided that maintains connections sealed to the environment between the electrical lamp leads, electrical socket contacts and circuits of the circuit carrier. The assembly has a lamp socket member for receiving a lamp in an aligned manner. A cap plate connects to the lamp socket member and is non-removable therefrom. The lamp socket has tabs that require proper alignment of the tabs for insertion into a circuit carrier having circuits molded therein. An O-ring seals the removable connection between the lamp socket, cap plate, assembly and the circuit carrier. The circuit carrier is sealed to the lens housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Tricon Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald C. Paul, Joseph C. Bennett, Joseph A. Bettini, Edward J. Gordon
  • Sealed socket assembly for a plug-in lamp and a method for assembling same
    Patent number: 5800183
    Abstract: A plug-in lamp socket assembly is provided that maintains connections sealed to the environment between the electrical lamp leads, electrical socket contacts and circuits of the circuit carrier. The assembly has a lamp socket member for receiving a lamp in an aligned manner. A cap plate connects to the lamp socket member and is non-removable therefrom. The lamp socket has tabs that require proper alignment of the tabs for insertion into a circuit carrier having circuits molded therein. An O-ring seals the removable connection between the lamp socket, cap plate, assembly and the circuit carrier. The circuit carrier is sealed to the lens housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Tricon Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald C. Paul, Joseph C. Bennett, Joseph A. Bettini, Edward J. Gordon
  • Lamp socket assembly
    Patent number: 5046970
    Abstract: A lamp socket assembly for a wedge-type lamp bulb having latch means for the lamp bulb that is a separate part of the assembly and is insertable from the base of the lamp socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignees: General Motors Corporation, Tricon Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Marie T. Brodner, Jon T. Gale, Donald C. Paul, Joseph A. Bettini