Patents by Inventor Walter Kreisl

Walter Kreisl 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).

  • Signalling arrangement for automotive vehicle steering wheels
    Patent number: 4063789
    Abstract: The hub of a vehicle steering wheel is provided with signaling contacts one of which is connected to a source of electric current through a connector which comprises an upwardly and downwardly movable conductor whose end remote from the contacts is anchored to a solid metal contact finger guided in an insulating sleeve. The insulating sleeve has a cylindrical portion in which the cylindrical shank of the contact finger is guided and defining a clearance around the shank open at an end of the sleeve to accommodate a coil spring which is seated against a shoulder of the sleeve and a head of the shank which bears against a slip ring. The other end of the contact finger, connected to the cable, is a solid body of square cross section guides in a corresponding square cross section passage of the insulating sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: Karl Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Walter Kreisl