Patents by Inventor Joseph E. Coughlin

Joseph E. Coughlin 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: 4924208
    Abstract: An audio indicator is provided for a motor vehicle direction signal circuit of the type including a battery and a turn signal switch connecting the battery to at least one indicator lamp through a set of switchable contacts in a plug-in timer can, and with structure for intermittently opening and closing the contacts to flash the indicator lamps. The audio indicator has an electrically operated sound generating device with a substantially greater series resistance than the indicator lamps, and that is connected in parallel with the contacts of the timer can. When the timer can contacts are closed, the indicator lamps are "on", and current is shorted through the contacts such that the sound generating device is "off". When the timer can contacts are open, the indicator lamps are "off", and substantially all of the voltage from the battery appears across the sound generating device and the sound generating device is "on".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Inventor: Joseph E. Coughlin