Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Gaughan

Patrick J. Gaughan 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: 4554618
    Abstract: A combination switch, lamp, and connector assembly for illuminating a glove box compartment includes an insulator having an integral socket portion and an integral connector body portion, a pair of unitary contacts on the insulator extending between the socket and connector body portion, a bulb with a wedge base inserted between bifurcations on the contacts at the socket portion whereby contact is made with the bulb's filament ends and the bulb is held in the insulator, a pair of terminals inserted in the connector body portion from the side of the housing opposite the contacts and engaging leg portions of the contacts to establish electrical continuity, a plunger mounted on the insulator for linear movement from an extended to a depressed position when the glove box door is closed, and a cam on the plunger engageable on a leg portion of one of the contacts to separate that leg portion from the corresponding terminal in the depressed position of the plunger and thereby terminate compartment illumination when
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel V. Bafunno, Gary C. Detter, James D. Ehrhardt, Patrick J. Gaughan, Dale C. Johnson, Richard C. Rowlands