Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. May

Lawrence A. May 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).

  • REMOTE CONTROL FOR HIGH HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20130265698
    Abstract: A remote control is provided for use in a high humidity environment. More particularly, the remote control includes a foam insert configured to at least substantially fill a space in an interior compartment of the remote control to prevent formation of condensate in the space. The foam insert is also configured to exert a force against a control board in the interior compartment, thereby fixing the control board within the remote control. The remote control housing comprises a pair of enclosures. A plurality of latch components and a polymer bead are provided to cooperatively secure the enclosures to each other, with the bead providing an at least substantially continuous seal between the interior compartment and the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew R. Baum, Owen Dong, Charles V. Edwards, Lawrence A. May, James P. Meagher, Robert D. O'Neil
  • Timing mechanism with improved electrical contacts
    Patent number: 5166481
    Abstract: A timing mechanism having electrical switches opening and closing in response to power driven rotating cams. The electrical switches are composed of fixed and movable electrical contact blades which include electrical contacts carried on the blades. For those blades which are switching currents of two amperes or less (120 VAC) a protuberance on one and/or both the fixed and movable blades may form the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Ross G. Helft, Daniel K. Amonett, Lawrence A. May
  • Detachable abrasive disk
    Patent number: 4988294
    Abstract: Dental mandrels, circular in cross-section, and detachable abrasive disks useful in confined areas of the mouth, in which the disk can be mounted on and demounted from the mandrel using finger pressure, and the disk can optionally be rotated relative to the mandrel when the mandrel is at rest, but the disk is gripped sufficiently firmly when the mandrel is spinning that no slippage of the disk is apparent under dental grinding conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: D. Robert DuBe, Lawrence A. May
  • Dental mandrel and detachable abrasive disk
    Patent number: 4601661
    Abstract: Dental mandrels, circular in cross-section, and detachable abrasive disks useful in confined areas of the mouth, in which the disk can be mounted on and demounted from the mandrel using finger pressure, and the disk can optionally be rotated relative to the mandrel when the mandrel is at rest, but the disk is gripped sufficiently firmly when the mandrel is spinning that no slippage of the disk is apparent under dental grinding conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: D. Robert Du Be, Lawrence A. May