Patents by Inventor Philip A. Lehman
Philip A. Lehman 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).
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Patent number: 8434811Abstract: This invention relates to a vehicle visor, comprising a visor pivot rod, a carrier on the visor pivot rod, a spring mechanism inside the carrier, and an open channel with a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of the carrier extends into the interior.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Brent D. Rockafellow, Thomas S. Hodgson, Stacy G. Frye, Bryan T. Jones, Philip A. Lehman, Kenneth D. Kreuze
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Publication number: 20110227362Abstract: This invention relates to a vehicle visor, comprising a visor pivot rod, a carrier on the visor pivot rod, a spring mechanism inside the carrier, and an open channel with a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of the carrier extends into the interiorType: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Johnson's Control Technology CompanyInventors: Brent D. Rockafellow, Thomas S. Hodgson, Stacy G. Frye, Bryan T. Jones, Philip A. Lehman, Kenneth D. Kreuze
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Publication number: 20100321944Abstract: A vanity has a mirror and a cover panel that slides between an open position to reveal the mirror and a closed position to conceal the minor. The vanity includes an improved detent mechanism that is usable to maintain the cover panel in the open position, closed position and/or other positions A light source may be provided adjacent the mirror to illuminate an object to be viewed in the minor The vanity can be positioned in a visor that is attached to the vehicle using a slide-on-rod, where the visor rotates around the slide-on-rod between up and down positions The vanity can include an end cap assembly that activates and deactivates the light source depending on both the rotational position of the visor and the lateral position of the cover panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Taiyoh S. Afrik, Philip Lehman, Dennis J. Fennema, Kenneth Kreuze, Thomas D. Brookhouse
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Patent number: 7823954Abstract: A visor assembly includes a visor body, a support rod, and a slide mechanism coupled to the visor body that slidably engages the support rod. The slide mechanism includes a slide member having a plurality of extensions that are biased toward the support rod.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Bryan T. Jones, Stacy G. Frye, Philip A. Lehman, Kirk J. Olep, Thomas S. Hodgson, Kenneth D. Kreuze, Ronald C. Perry, Vincent J. Boraas, Jr.
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Publication number: 20080211256Abstract: A visor assembly includes a visor body, a support rod, and a slide mechanism coupled to the visor body that slidably engages the support rod. The slide mechanism includes a slide member having a plurality of extensions that are biased toward the support rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Bryan T. Jones, Stacy G. Frye, Philip A. Lehman, Kirk J. Olep, Thomas S. Hodgson, Kenneth D. Kreuze, Ronald C. Perry, Vincent J. Boraas
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Publication number: 20080074866Abstract: A vanity for a visor having a cover attached to a frame at a pivot point is disclosed. An extension arm is connected to the cover and a metal pin extends from the extension arm. At least one metal stamping extends from the frame. When the cover is closed, the extension arm rotates the metal pin into contact with the metal stamping. When the cover is opened, the extension arm rotates the metal pin out of contact with the metal stamping. First and second actuation tabs may be connected to the cover and a pair of stamping legs extend from the frame. When the cover is closed, the first actuation tab prevents contact between the pair of stamping legs but permits contact between the pair of stamping legs when the cover is open. When the cover is opened, the second actuation tab causes contact between the pair of stamping legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: Daniel Barker, William Beland, Gregory Brncick, Philip Lehman, Paul Schutter, Steven Spoerre
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Patent number: 6190530Abstract: An anode container, electroplating system, method and object so plated. A feature of the invention is that an anode container has an interior cross-sectional area, at or near a lower end thereof, that is larger than an interior cross-sectional area of an upper end thereof. An anode-receiving container also has a body with a plurality of sides and a lower end having a larger cross-sectional interior area than an upper end. The container may also include punched out apertures positioned to provide strength to the container and an apparatus to vibrate the container coupled to a lower end of the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Louis Brodsky, Donald W. Henderson, Lawrence Philip Lehman
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Patent number: 6179990Abstract: A method for cleaning a copper-INVAR-copper laminate in an acid solution without inducing a galvanic etching of the INVAR. An initial step of the method forms a circuit element that includes a power supply, the laminate electrically coupled to a negative terminal of the power supply, and a conductive anode electrically coupled to a positive terminal of the power supply. The conductive anode may include a conductive material, such as titanium, that is preferably inert to an acid solution into which the laminate will be subsequently immersed. After turning on the power supply to a voltage between about 1 volts and about 10 volts, the laminate and conductive anode are immersed in the acid solution, so as to form a closed circuit with a voltage bias across acid copper-INVAR-copper interfaces. The voltage bias prevents galvanic action from occurring and therefore protects against galvanic etching of the INVAR.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Raymond Thomas Galasco, Lawrence Philip Lehman, Roy Harvey Magnuson, Robert David Topa
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Patent number: 5902495Abstract: Apparatus and method for establishing a solder bond between a solder ball grid array and a circuit mounted on a substrate includes a bonding tool having a bonding tip for applying heat to the site of one or more of the solder balls in the solder ball grid array, a transducer for measuring displacement of the bonding tip during the bonding operation, and a signal generator responsive to the transducer for providing a signal indicative of tip displacement. The signal generated by the signal generator may be fed back to the bonding tool to optimize bonding parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1996Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Edward J. Burke, Donald Wesley Henderson, Lawrence Philip Lehman, Daniel C. Webster, deceased
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Patent number: 4602131Abstract: A programmable tone decoder for standard bell system DTMF tone pairs is presented which comprises an integrated DTMF receiver and a means for programming a sequence of digits which are compared to the output of the DTMF receiver. The decoding means provides an output for an exact comparison of the complete sequence, the output being indicative of the reception of a proper telephone code sequence.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1985Date of Patent: July 22, 1986Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Charles Soulliard, Kevin Kelly, Philip Lehman