Patents by Inventor Samuel E. Rickly

Samuel E. Rickly 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).

  • Magnetically operated reed switch type digital encoder
    Patent number: 4010464
    Abstract: A shaft position digitizer has a jump transfer assembly coupling an input shaft to cams for moving magnet-carrying levers to provide discrete step-by-step operation and eliminate least significant digit ambiguity. A magnetically operated reed switch is aligned with the magnet carried by each lever such that the reed switches are opened and closed by movement of the levers to provide an electrical digital output representative of input shaft rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior
    Inventors: Harold O. Wires, Samuel E. Rickly