Patents by Inventor Ray C. Goff

Ray C. Goff 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).

  • Combined detent plunger and moving contact
    Patent number: 6617534
    Abstract: A windshield wiper lever, wherein a single contact slide operates both as a contact element and as a detent plunger, enabling both wiper wash and wipe functions. To this end, the steering column lever comprises: (i) a hollow knob having an inner wall that defines a plurality of axially disposed detents; (ii) a first slide adapted for translational movement having a cam at one end adapted to engage one of the detents; and (iii) a substrate supporting translational movement of the first slide, the substrate having a trace adapted to engage a conductive member of a second slide to form an electrical connection, wherein one of the detents maintains the electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. Goff, Steven R. Hoskins, Joseph E. Khoury, Christopher Robinson
  • Combined detent plunger and moving contact
    Publication number: 20020162731
    Abstract: A windshield wiper lever, wherein a single contact slide operates both as a contact element and as a detent plunger, enabling both wiper wash and wipe functions. To this end, the steering column lever comprises: (i) a hollow knob having an inner wall that defines a plurality of axially disposed detents; (ii) a first slide adapted for translational movement having a cam at one end adapted to engage one of the detents; and (iii) a substrate supporting translational movement of the first slide, the substrate having a trace adapted to engage a conductive member of a second slide to form an electrical connection, wherein one of the detents maintains the electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ray C. Goff, Steven R. Hoskins, Joseph E. Khoury, Christopher Robinson