Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Orr

Kenneth J. Orr 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: 5424499
    Abstract: A control device and method of making the same are provided, the control device comprising a rotary switch carried on the component mounting side of a printed circuit board of the control device and having opposed sides with a central opening passing through the opposed sides thereof, and an actuator shaft having a portion thereof disposed in the central opening for operating the rotary switch upon rotation of the shaft, the shaft having structure snap fitting the portion thereof in the central opening of the rotary switch when the portion of the shaft is initially inserted into the central opening by being axially moved from the solder side of the board to the component mounting side of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Orr
  • Patent number: 5332874
    Abstract: A control device and method of making the same are provided, the control device comprising a single movable actuator member having two spaced apart plungers respectively operatively associated with and in axial alignment with movable parts of two switch units and having two actuator buttons thereon respectively in axial alignment with the plungers and the parts of the switch units, the member being pivotally mounted to a support of the control device so that the member actuates only one of the two switch units when the member ms moved to one pivoted position thereof by an axial force applied to the button that is in axial alignment with the part of the one switch unit and actuates only the other of the two switch units when the member is moved to another pivoted position thereof by an axial force applied to the other of the buttons that is in axial alignment with the part of the other switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: RobertShaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Orr, Brian J. Kadwell
  • Patent number: D441154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Roberts, Anthony L. Monetta, Kenneth J. Orr
  • Patent number: D644914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry R. Hoffman, Selin Tansi-Glickman, Kent D. Pilcher, Joel Van Faasen, Gordon Stannis, Kenneth J. Orr
  • Patent number: D651182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: R. David Alderson, Selin Tansi-Glickman, Kent D. Pilcher, Joel Van Faasen, Gordon Stannis, Kenneth J. Orr, Yun Wu
  • Patent number: D657320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry R. Hoffman, Selin Tansi-Glickman, Kent D. Pilcher, Joel Van Faasen, Gordon Stannis, Kenneth J. Orr
  • Patent number: D662885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry R. Hoffman, Michael D. Williams, Selin Tansi-Glickman, Kent D. Pilcher, Joel Van Faasen, Gordon Stannis, Ronald H. Jansen, Adam Kevelos, Nehal P. Shah, Kenneth J. Orr
  • Patent number: D666562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: R. David Alderson, Selin Tansi-Glickman, Kent D. Pilcher, Joel Van Faasen, Gordon Stannis, Kenneth J. Orr, Yun Wu