Patents by Inventor Wayne S. Dogan

Wayne S. Dogan 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: 4754253
    Abstract: A thermostatic switch is shown having a body supporting a temperature sensing probe formed of a rod of one thermal coefficient of expansion connected to a channel of a different thermal coefficient of expansion. The difference in expansion between the rod channel is translated through a hinge to an overbalance type switch mounted on the body. The temperature at which the switch actuates is adjustable through an element movable toward and away from the switch by a cam mechanism as well as an independent threaded adjustment. The switch is shown in one embodiment as having an integral movable switch arm and loading spring and in a second embodiment as having a discrete movable switch arm and a discrete loading spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas J. Slack, Wayne S. Dogan