Patents by Inventor Stephen C. James
Stephen C. James 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).
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Patent number: 11302497Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: JUDCO PARTNERSHIP, LLCInventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Publication number: 20200152404Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Publication number: 20200152405Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 10347444Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: JUDCO PARTNERSHIP, LLCInventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Publication number: 20180063888Abstract: A cordless heating tool, including a housing, a battery coupled to the housing, a heat source, a control circuit for controlling power of the heat source, one or more reflectors mounted on the housing to focus radiant energy from the heat source toward a focal region, an opening in the housing for receiving an object to be heated in the focal region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Stephen C. James, Michael D. Tittle
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Patent number: 9635713Abstract: A cordless heating tool, including a housing, a battery coupled to the housing, a heat source, a control circuit for controlling power of the heat source, one or more reflectors mounted on the housing to focus radiant energy from the heat source toward a focal region, an opening in the housing for receiving an object to be heated in the focal region.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: JUDCO MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Sydney L. Groves, Stephen C. James, Michael D. Tittle
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Publication number: 20160276118Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 9376068Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: JUDCO PARTNERSHIP, LLCInventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Publication number: 20150215993Abstract: A cordless heating tool, including a housing, a battery coupled to the housing, a heat source, a control circuit for controlling power of the heat source, one or more reflectors mounted on the housing to focus radiant energy from the heat source toward a focal region, an opening in the housing for receiving an object to be heated in the focal region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Sydney L. Groves, Stephen C. James, Michael D. Tittle
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Publication number: 20140262705Abstract: A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Judco Partnership, LLCInventors: Igorce Srbinovski, Thomas E. Buttner, Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 8463115Abstract: A heating tool, including a housing having a handle, a heat source, a control circuit for controlling power of the heat source, one or more reflectors mounted in the housing to focus radiant energy from the heat source toward a focal region, an opening in the housing for receiving an object to be heated in the focal region, and a blower directing cooling air toward the reflectors and exiting the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Judco Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Sydney L. Groves, Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 7570875Abstract: A handheld heating tool has a pair of elliptical reflectors with the major axes of the ellipses being at an acute angle to each other and intersecting in a focal region including one focus of each ellipse. A pair of incandescent bulbs are mounted so that each bulb filament is at the other focus of one of the elliptical reflectors. Thus, radiant energy from both bulbs is concentrated at the focal region. This focal region lies in a channel at the front of the housing of the tool. An object to be heated lying in the channel receives radiant energy from the lamps and reflectors. A blower directs cooling air toward the reflectors and along different paths within the housing to exit through the channel. One such path is between the outside of the reflectors and adjacent reflector shields.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Judco Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Sydney L. Groves, Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 7175467Abstract: A lamp and switch assembly with an insulation displacement connector as an insulating base with a pair of wire receiving groups standing walls straddle each of the groups. A pair of insulation displacement connector members has a fixed end secured to the base and a movable end including an insulation displacement slot transfers to the groove. One of the connectors has a switch contact extension which is contacted by a switch contact member electrically connected to one of the lamps. Electrical contact is made to an external insulated wire by flexing the insulation displacement connector to engage the slot with a wire. A pair of opposed ears on the movable end of the connector engages the walls on the base to hold the slot in engagement with the wire.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Judco Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 7112085Abstract: A lamp and switch assembly with an insulation displacement connector as an insulating base with a pair of wire receiving groups standing walls straddle each of the groups. A pair of insulation displacement connector members has a fixed end secured to the base and a movable end including an insulation displacement slot transfers to the groove. One of the connectors has a switch contact extension which is contacted by a switch contact member electrically connected to one of the lamps. Electrical contact is made to an external insulated wire by flexing the insulation displacement connector to engage the slot with a wire. A pair of opposed ears on the movable end of the connector engages the walls on the base to hold the slot in engagement with the wire.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Judco Manufacturing Inc.Inventor: Stephen C. James
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Patent number: 7026559Abstract: A switch has insulation displacement connectors on a connector portion of the switch body. Such an insulation displacement connector has two tines with an open-ended slot for receiving a wire transverse to the slot. When the wire is pushed along the length of the slot, insulation is displaced and there is electrical contact made with the connector. An insulating flap is hinged to the switch body for rotation between an open position, an intermediate catch position at an acute angle from the connector portions, and a latched position approximately parallel to the connector portion. Rotating the flap from the catch position to the latched position presses wires into the insulation displacement connectors. Each of the connectors has a generally keyhole-shaped opening for receiving the wire. The axis of the hinge between the flap and body is approximately parallel to the length of the wire in the connector and is integrally molded with the switch body and flap.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Judco Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Stephen C. James