Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Phelps

Thomas R. Phelps 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).

  • Patent number: 4785240
    Abstract: A proximity switch including a base assembly rotatably carries a sensing head formed of a support part rotatable about one axis extending through a base assembly for positioning a sensing face on a complementary sensing part in any one of four planes parallel to the one axis. A pivot between for the support and sensing parts enable the sensing face to be placed in a plane transverse to the one axis by rotation about a second axis at 45.degree. to the one axis. Flexible connections extend along the one axis and stops between the sensing and support parts avoid undue twisting of the connections. An annular printed circuit board supported by the base assembly and a plurality of fine wires carried on an elastomeric member supported in the support part provides separable multiple connections between each conductor on the board and the flexible connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Edwin R. Newell, Terry E. Franks, Thomas R. Phelps, J. Michael Boozer