Patents by Inventor Ralph J. Schneider

Ralph J. Schneider 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).

  • Elastomeric push button return element for providing enhanced tactile feedback
    Patent number: 4604509
    Abstract: An elastomeric push button return element for providing enhanced tactile feedback, and a push button switch employing the return element. The return element is configured as a tubular section, a flange adapted to be restrained on a mounting surface, a radial web thinner than the wall of the tubular section joining the flange and a first end of the tubular section, a hollow frustum section joined at its large end to the second end of the tubular section, and a crown joined to the small end of the hollow frustum section and adapted to be connected to a push button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin F. Clancy, Ralph J. Schneider
  • Alternate action mechanism
    Patent number: 4354074
    Abstract: An alternate action mechanism is disclosed in which a plunger carrying a cardioid multilevel cam is telescopingly mounted in a housing carrying a cam follower in the form of an inward projection on a removable C-shaped collar which is positioned in an annular channel on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Aurand, Ralph J. Schneider, Gale R. Turner