Wayne L Ussery

Title: Wayne L. Ussery and His Touch-Control Lamp Invention.

Introduction

Wayne L. Ussery is an inventor associated with Glendale, Arizona. His documented patent describes a touch-control circuit for ornamental lamps, using the capacitance of a metallic ornament to detect when someone touches it.

Latest Patents

The available information identifies one patent for Ussery: “Touch Control Circuit for Ornamental Lamps and Method Therefor.” The circuit incorporates the ornament’s capacitance to ground into an oscillator. Touching the ornament increases the oscillator’s period, triggering a change in a bistable latch. That change controls a silicon controlled rectifier, which either allows current to flow through the lamp or blocks it. The invention is intended for metallic ornaments, such as Christmas tree ornaments or lights. Ussery is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Ussery’s documented patent highlights an approach to controlling ornamental lighting through touch rather than a conventional switch. The design connects a familiar decorative object with an electronic sensing and switching circuit.

Collaborations

Leonard Weiss is identified as Ussery’s coworker. The available information does not specify his role in the patent or establish whether he collaborated on the invention.

Conclusion

Wayne L. Ussery’s recorded invention applies oscillator-based touch sensing to ornamental lamps, offering a way to switch a light by touching its metallic ornament.