Patents by Inventor Oded M. Flascher

Oded M. Flascher 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).

  • Control console for an automobile
    Patent number: 6928350
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a plurality of user appliances is disclosed. The device is ergonomically designed to enforce hand placement and eliminate the problem of finding the correct switch to manipulate. Additionally, the controls on the device have software-defined functions, enabling the functions of a plurality of equipment to be managed from a single device. The device has a hand positioning portion having a first set of user actuatable switches for changing an operation of at least one of the plurality of user appliances. The hand positioning portion is configured to align a user's hand with the first set of user actuatable switches. Additionally, the device has a switch pad portion in juxtaposition with the hand positioning portion having a second set of user actuatable switches for changing an operation of at least one of another of the plurality of user appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Borys Joseph Melnyk, Paul Allen Berneis, Jeff Matson, Oded M. Flascher
  • Control console for an automobile
    Publication number: 20030105568
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a plurality of user appliances is disclosed. The device is ergonomically designed to enforce hand placement and eliminate the problem of finding the correct switch to manipulate. Additionally, the controls on the device have software-defined functions, enabling the functions of a plurality of equipment to be managed from a single device. The device has a hand positioning portion having a first set of user actuatable switches for changing an operation of at least one of the plurality of user appliances. The hand positioning portion is configured to align a user's hand with the first set of user actuatable switches. Additionally, the device has a switch pad portion in juxtaposition with the hand positioning portion having a second set of user actuatable switches for changing an operation of at least one of another of the plurality of user appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Borys Joseph Melnyk, Paul Allen Berneis, Jeff Matson, Oded M. Flascher