TREA

Robert Lynn LaFountain

Follow

Person

  • Charlestown, IN, US
People

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Grant

    Electrical switch contact sets
    • Patent number 11,955,296
    • Issue date Apr 9, 2024
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Switch actuator adapter
    • Patent number 11,837,421
    • Issue date Dec 5, 2023
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Magnetic reed switch assembly and method
    • Patent number 11,456,134
    • Issue date Sep 27, 2022
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    High temperature switch apparatus
    • Patent number 11,443,905
    • Issue date Sep 13, 2022
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Electrical switch contact sets
    • Patent number 11,417,475
    • Issue date Aug 16, 2022
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Valve signature diagnosis and leak test device
    • Patent number 10,851,814
    • Issue date Dec 1, 2020
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Bruce R. Penning
    • Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Information Patent Grant

    Switch adapter
    • Patent number 10,298,229
    • Issue date May 21, 2019
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Double pole-double throw proximity switch
    • Patent number 10,020,147
    • Issue date Jul 10, 2018
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method of manufacturing an enclosed proximity switch assembly
    • Patent number 10,003,333
    • Issue date Jun 19, 2018
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Configurable switch emulator module
    • Patent number 9,882,326
    • Issue date Jan 30, 2018
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Actuation apparatus for magnetically-triggered proximity switches
    • Patent number 9,754,743
    • Issue date Sep 5, 2017
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Switching module for a valve controller
    • Patent number 9,541,214
    • Issue date Jan 10, 2017
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Bruce R. Penning
    • G01 - MEASURING TESTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Magnetic switch actuators
    • Patent number 9,460,875
    • Issue date Oct 4, 2016
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Bruce Robert Penning
    • H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Double pole-double throw proximity switch
    • Patent number 9,368,302
    • Issue date Jun 14, 2016
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Quick disconnect connector assembly
    • Patent number 9,202,650
    • Issue date Dec 1, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Gregory Curtis Merrifield
    • Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Information Patent Grant

    Configurable process control device with electronic display assembly
    • Patent number 9,116,514
    • Issue date Aug 25, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Double pole-double throw proximity switch
    • Patent number 9,053,880
    • Issue date Jun 9, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Valve signature diagnosis and leak test device
    • Patent number 8,905,371
    • Issue date Dec 9, 2014
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Bruce R. Penning
    • F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Grant

    Enclosed proximity switch assembly
    • Patent number 8,866,571
    • Issue date Oct 21, 2014
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • Information Patent Grant

    Automatic speed searching device and method for a partial stroke te...
    • Patent number 8,814,133
    • Issue date Aug 26, 2014
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Jingli Li
    • F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Grant

    Proximity switch
    • Patent number 8,766,751
    • Issue date Jul 1, 2014
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Enclosed proximity switch assembly
    • Patent number 8,593,241
    • Issue date Nov 26, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Gregory C. Merrifield
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Magnetically-triggered proximity switch
    • Patent number 8,362,859
    • Issue date Jan 29, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Joel Pearce
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Adjustable magnetic target
    • Patent number 8,264,309
    • Issue date Sep 11, 2012
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Application

    Switch Actuator Adapter
    • Publication number 20240096576
    • Publication date Mar 21, 2024
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    HIGH TEMPERATURE SWITCH APPARATUS
    • Publication number 20220392722
    • Publication date Dec 8, 2022
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    ELECTRICAL SWITCH CONTACT SETS
    • Publication number 20220344109
    • Publication date Oct 27, 2022
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    Switch Actuator Adapter
    • Publication number 20220310337
    • Publication date Sep 29, 2022
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    HIGH TEMPERATURE SWITCH APPARATUS
    • Publication number 20210233724
    • Publication date Jul 29, 2021
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    MAGNETIC REED SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    • Publication number 20210217569
    • Publication date Jul 15, 2021
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    ELECTRICAL SWITCH CONTACT SETS
    • Publication number 20210057171
    • Publication date Feb 25, 2021
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    SWITCH ADAPTER
    • Publication number 20180191345
    • Publication date Jul 5, 2018
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATION APPARATUS FOR MAGNETICALLY-TRIGGERED PROXIMITY SWITCHES
    • Publication number 20170256376
    • Publication date Sep 7, 2017
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    Double Pole-Double Throw Proximity Switch
    • Publication number 20160365208
    • Publication date Dec 15, 2016
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    VALVE SIGNATURE DIAGNOSIS AND LEAK TEST DEVICE
    • Publication number 20150168246
    • Publication date Jun 18, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Bruce R. Penning
    • G01 - MEASURING TESTING
  • Information Patent Application

    DOUBLE POLE-DOUBLE THROW PROXIMITY SWITCH
    • Publication number 20150048910
    • Publication date Feb 19, 2015
    • GENERAL EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY., INC.d/b/a TOPWORK, INC.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    CONFIGURABLE SWITCH EMULATOR MODULE
    • Publication number 20150039142
    • Publication date Feb 5, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx,, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • G01 - MEASURING TESTING
  • Information Patent Application

    SWITCHING MODULE FOR A VALVE CONTROLLER
    • Publication number 20150034848
    • Publication date Feb 5, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Bruce R. Penning
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    ENCLOSED PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY
    • Publication number 20150007431
    • Publication date Jan 8, 2015
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
  • Information Patent Application

    QUICK DISCONNECT CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
    • Publication number 20140261794
    • Publication date Sep 18, 2014
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Gregory Curtis Merrifield
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    CONFIGURABLE PROCESS CONTROL DEVICE WITH ELECTRONIC DISPLAY ASSEMBLY
    • Publication number 20140151587
    • Publication date Jun 5, 2014
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    APPARATUS FOR FLUID CONTROL DEVICE MONITORING
    • Publication number 20140062579
    • Publication date Mar 6, 2014
    • Bruce Rigsby
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    MAGNETIC SWITCH ACTUATORS
    • Publication number 20130300524
    • Publication date Nov 14, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Bruce Robert Penning
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    DOUBLE POLE-DOUBLE THROW PROXIMITY SWITCH
    • Publication number 20130234814
    • Publication date Sep 12, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. ,d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    ENCLOSED PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY
    • Publication number 20130169391
    • Publication date Jul 4, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • G01 - MEASURING TESTING
  • Information Patent Application

    PROXIMITY SWITCH
    • Publication number 20130169388
    • Publication date Jul 4, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert Lynn LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    Enclosed Proximity Switch Assembly
    • Publication number 20130021123
    • Publication date Jan 24, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Gregory C. Merrifield
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    VALVE SIGNATURE DIAGNOSIS AND LEAK TEST DEVICE
    • Publication number 20130000753
    • Publication date Jan 3, 2013
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Bruce R. Penning
    • G01 - MEASURING TESTING
  • Information Patent Application

    AUTOMATIC SPEED SEARCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A PARTIAL STROKE TE...
    • Publication number 20120325322
    • Publication date Dec 27, 2012
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Jingli Li
    • F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Application

    Magnetically-Triggered Proximity Switch
    • Publication number 20120007702
    • Publication date Jan 12, 2012
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. ,d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Joel Pearce
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    Adjustable Magnetic Target
    • Publication number 20110050373
    • Publication date Mar 3, 2011
    • General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., d/b/a TopWorx, Inc.
    • Robert L. LaFountain
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS