Patents by Inventor Kenneth F. Tomerlin

Kenneth F. Tomerlin 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).

  • Multifunction switch assembly for power adjusted vehicle passenger seat
    Patent number: 7525052
    Abstract: A multifunction six-way switch assembly having a plurality of sealed dome type or membrane switches disposed on a circuit board and arranged in pairs such that a single knob actuator may be slidably moved in opposite directions along a first axis for actuating either one of a first pair of membrane switches and slidably moved in opposite directions along a second perpendicular axis for actuating either one of a second and third pair of membrane switches in the same direction for controlling seat adjustment servomotors. Rotation of the single-knob actuator about a third axis normal to the first two axes results in a mutually opposite direction of actuation of the second and third pair of membrane switches. The six-way actuator has only one portion extending externally of the switch housing for attachment of the user knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Novelle, Claus D. Raddatz, Steven J. Long, Kenneth F. Tomerlin
  • Multifunction switch assembly for power adjusted vehicle passenger seat
    Publication number: 20020104742
    Abstract: A multifunction six-way switch assembly having a plurality of sealed dome type or membrane switches disposed on a circuit board and arranged in pairs such that a single knob actuator may be slidably moved in opposite directions along a first axis for actuating either one of a first pair of membrane switches and slidably moved in opposite directions along a second perpendicular axis for actuating either one of a second and third pair of membrane switches in the same direction for controlling seat adjustment servomotors. Rotation of the single-knob actuator about a third axis normal to the first two axes results in a mutually opposite direction of actuation of the second and third pair of membrane switches. The six-way actuator has only one portion extending externally of the switch housing for attachment of the user knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony J. Novelle, Claus D. Raddatz, Steven J. Long, Kenneth F. Tomerlin
  • Transmitter
    Patent number: D813825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Tomerlin, Darryl P. De Wind
  • Transmitter
    Patent number: D843954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Tomerlin, Darryl P. De Wind
  • Transmitter
    Patent number: D898684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Tomerlin, Darryl P. De Wind