Patents by Inventor Samuel E. Penn

Samuel E. Penn 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).

  • Dual action switch assembly with sequentially actuated membrane switches including a reciprocating circuit board
    Patent number: 5412164
    Abstract: A two-way dual action electric switch assembly has an actuator that slides in housing from a neutral position to a first position to a second position and back to the neutral position in each direction. Travelling circuit boards are slideably disposed in the housing on either side of the actuator and a single elastomeric dome switch is disposed between the actuator and each travelling circuit board. A fixed circuit board is outboard of each travelling circuit board and a pair of second elastomeric dome switches are disposed between each travelling circuit board and its associated fixed outboard circuit board. The single elastomeric dome switches close electric circuitry of the travelling circuit boards in the first positions and the pairs of second elastomeric dome switches close electric circuitry of the fixed outboard circuit boards in the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Conway, Samuel E. Penn