Patents by Inventor Phillip Edward Merrill

Phillip Edward Merrill 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).

  • Thermally actuatable electrical switch construction
    Patent number: 3956725
    Abstract: A thermally actuatable switch construction having a relatively thin and long and wide housing provided with a similarly shaped chamber therein and a pair of terminals extending into the chamber. A contact member is disposed in the chamber for respectively engaging and thereby electrically interconnecting the terminals together when the contact member is in one position in the chamber and for respectively moving away from contact with the terminals to thereby electrically disconnect the terminals from each other when the contact member is in another position in the chamber. A temperature sensitive member is disposed in the chamber and is adapted to collapse when the same is at a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: Micro Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Edward Merrill, Emil Robert Plasko