Celebrity Inventors
Actor Marlon Brando has four patents, all named "Drumhead tensioning device and method."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7474230 | RFID temperature logger incorporating a frequency ratio digitizing temperature sensor A semi-passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag being coupled to a battery providing a battery voltage for powering a part of the circuitry of the RFID tag includes an RF communication block receiving and transmitting RF signals, a sensor block including a ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7359809 | Electricity metering with a current transformer The data storage and processing resources required for an electric meter are reduced by basing the selection and application of phase error correction on a root mean square load current flowing through the meter. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325459 | Identifying unit for working machine and pressure apparatus A working machines includes an identifying unit. A force sensor detachably supports a working head in the identifying unit. A controller circuit is designed to identify the working head based on the load detected at the force sensor. When the working head is replace... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313498 | Device and method for testing an electrical circuit A method and device for testing an electrical circuit, which do not require a thorough electrical circuit simulation but reliably identifying circuit faults. Preferred embodiments generate a fault signal that indicates that a given state of the circuit, which is def... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7228249 | Methods and apparatus for determining the condition of a sensor and identifying the failure thereof Methods and apparatus are provided which generate an error signal if a sensor is either anticipated to fail or fails. At least two sensors provide input signals having magnitudes that approximately correspond to a sensed event. A processor calculates an actual corre... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204123 | Accuracy enhancement of a sensor during an anomalous event A method for enhancing the accuracy of a sensor is provided. The method includes determining a measure of the output of the sensor, determining whether the measure falls outside of an acceptable range for the output of the sensor, and, when the measure falls outside... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7171336 | Method for operating a measuring instrument A method for operating a measuring instrument is capable of performing multiple diagnostic functions. For this, a process control is provided for the execution of the diagnostic functions in a manner whereby the normal measuring operation of the measuring instrument... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164355 | Process transmitter with a plurality of operating modes A transmitter for measuring a process variable of an industrial process includes a sensor adapted to measure the process variable and to generate a sensor output. A mode selector is adapted to select between operational modes. At least one operational mode is relate... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7130752 | Measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method In a measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method, a measuring standard quantity is converted into a parameter adapted for communication, or based on measuring standard quantity, a parameter adapted for communicat... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113179 | Force sensing resistor with calibration element and method of manufacturing same A force sensing resistor includes two substrates. Conductive traces including first, common, and calibration fingers are on the first substrate and define a contact area. A spacer surrounds the contact area and attaches the substrates together such that a cavity sep... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112972 | Gauge calibration A method of calibrating a gauge in particular for the measurement of film thickness, uses a calibration variable to compensate for short term changes in probe tip condition, instead of a constant value. A calibration constant is based only on the dielectric constant... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109728 | Probe based information storage for probes used for opens detection in in-circuit testing Disclosed is a novel electrical probe that stores probe-specific information. A probe implemented in accordance with the invention includes a processor, memory, and a communications interface. Probe-specific information such as a probe identifier and/or calibration ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102534 | Apparatus for measuring piston temperature An apparatus measures temperature of a reciprocating piston and comprises one or more thermocouples of which one end is inserted to a predetermined point of the piston and generates a potential difference according to temperature of the predetermined point. A teleme... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7084647 | Transmitter A transmitter having an improved current output is provided, having: a sensor (1), which serves to register a physical quantity (X) and to convert such to an electrical quantity; electronics, which converts the electrical quantity into a measurement signal an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079962 | Automated utility meter reading system with variable bandwidth receiver Methods and apparatus are disclosed for Automated Meter Reading (AMR) systems for determining quantities of a consumed utility product including electric, gas, and water service, using wireless data transfer. To compensate for the frequency drifts of the transmitter... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7031865 | Universal sensor adapter A sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a transducer, a memory element to store a plurality of transducer signatures, and a processor to identify the transducer using the transducer signatures, to process the environmental characteristic using the identified... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7016792 | Transducer comprising a connected data memory The invention relates to a transducer (4) and a method for determining measuring values and for exchanging data between an evaluation device and the transducer which are connected by at least two connecting lines (2B, 2A; 11, 12). Data wh... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7017083 | Method and device for testing the inhibit function of a network component transmission inhibiting device A method and a device are described for testing the inhibit function of a network component transmission inhibiting device that allows a transmission line from the network component to the network to be inhibited by an inhibit function which causes a logical signal ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009491 | Dual purpose vehicle key fob for training tire pressure sensors A dual purpose key fob has manipulable keys for, in a normal mode, locking and unlocking a vehicle and keys for opening a vehicle trunk and activating a panic alarm and, in a training mode, for sending code signals to tire pressure sensors to tell the sensors what t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997606 | Threshold temperature sensor comprising room temperature test means An integrated temperature sensor delivers threshold detection signals when temperature thresholds have been exceeded. The temperature sensor includes a circuit for detecting a first temperature threshold having a first detection threshold, and for detecting a second... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988043 | External transformer correction in an electricity meter A method compensates for measurement errors of an external transformer coupled between an electricity meter and one or more power lines. The method includes a first step of obtaining at least one error rating for the external transformer. The method also includes th... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6925413 | Method and system for detecting a spatial movement state of moving objects A method and a system for detecting the spatial movement state of moving objects, e.g., vehicles. Due to a, for example, non-cartesian arrangement of four rotational rate sensors and/or acceleration sensors, it is also possible to obtain a redundant signal in additi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910804 | Resistive temperature device (RTD) module with improved noise immunity An RTD system includes multiple pluralities of RTDs and RTD bank assembly to which each plurality of RTDs are connected. Each RTD bank assembly includes a current source for the RTDs connected thereto, a multiplexer switching system for switching the current source ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6781521 | Filters for canceling multiple noise sources in borehole electromagnetic telemetry system An electromagnetic borehole telemetry system providing improved signal to noise ratio. Adaptive filters use noise channels as references to remove noise from the signal channel. Multiple noise channels are coupled to series connected adaptive filters for removing ea... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6664900 | Programmable transducer device A programmable transducer device that includes a signal source (e.g., a sensor) and a transducer output to output a transducer output signal and to receive a control signal from an external control unit. The control signal is superposed on the transducer ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6647351 | Method of detecting the position of an inner surface of a workpiece on a machine tool, and machine tool implementing such a method The position of the inner surface of a hollow metal workpiece on a machine tool is detected by connecting an operating member of the machine, preferably a tool, to a first terminal of an electric power source; connecting the inner surface to a second term... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6163276 | System for remote data collection A remote data collection system for collecting usage data from an endpoint includes a monitoring module coupled to the endpoint, the monitoring module having a wireless transmitter to transmit the usage data. The system also includes a receiver to receive... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6121890 | Electronic indicator with adjustable ratio of spindle displacement to displayed value An electronic indicator that includes a means for a scaling the actual displacement of the spindle by a user-adjustable scale factor representing the ratio of the actual displacement of a spindle to the value displayed. The indicator includes a body, tran... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6087934 | Velocity-discriminating cable motion transducer system A system for monitoring motion includes a cable-encoder combination to create an electrical signal indicating distance and a microprocessor monitoring system to provide time measurement in conjunction with distance information and to provide alarms whenev... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6025787 | Apparatus and methods for measurement system calibration Apparatus and methods for calibrating a transducer measurement system having a plurality of subsystems, permitting total system calibration by a few selected adjustments without requiring complete system calibration when a new subsystem is added or a subs... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5801645 | Automatic paired LVDT probe balancing The apparatus and method of the present invention overcome the difficulties of balancing paired LVDT probes via provision of a quick and inexpensive process that can be implemented in either hardware or software. In particular, a software method is provid... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5777562 | Centering device and method for centering A centering device and method includes a sensor for sensing the center of a bore preformed in a workpiece, and a remote output unit for outputting the positional signal generated by the sensor. The sensor in held within a spindle of a machine tool and inc... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5767792 | Method for calibrating a temperature sensing transponder A method of calibrating a characteristic sensor of a transponder having a memory characteristic of a host including the steps of placing a transponder in a liquid bath having a known temperature, measuring the value of the bath with the transponder, outpu... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5719564 | Utility meter reading system A method for communicating utility usage-related information from a plurality of meter modules to a plurality of data accumulator units, each of which periodically transmits data to a control computer, including the steps of periodically transmitting from... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5673278 | Method and apparatus for introducing diagnostic pulses into an analog signal generated by an instrument A method and apparatus for notifying a receiving device of fault conditions in a sensing element or an instrument. The instrument generates an analog signal that has an amplitude which is representative of a variable. The analog signal amplitude has a ran... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5621398 | Programmable switch A programmable switch includes a housing. A sensor is associated with the housing. The sensor senses a measurable physical property of a sensed element proximate the housing and developing an electrical signal varying relative thereto to represent the sen... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5557267 | Apparatus and methods for measurement system calibration Apparatus and methods for calibrating a transducer measurement system having a plurality of subsystems, permitting total system calibration by a few selected adjustments without requiring complete system calibration when a new subsystem is added or a subs... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5546079 | Output circuit arrangement integrated in an integrated electric circuit for supplying an output signal determined by user selectable parameters An output circuit in which both the signal type (i.e., current or voltage) as well as the signal level range (for example, 0 to 10 V, -10 V to +10 V) are based on user input parameters. The circuit is integrated in an application-specific integrated circu... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5519388 | Method and apparatus for active temperature compensation in a radiowave transmitter A method and apparatus for producing a temperature stabilized frequency from a signal generator in a monitoring station is described. The signal generator monitors the voltage response of an RC circuit where the resistive portion is formed by a thermistor... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515040 | Methods of self-calibration for a key-type mouse This invention relates to methods of self-calibration for computer display cursor positioning devices imbedded within a computer keyboard key (sometimes referred to herein as a "key-type mouse") or other pointing device. A plurality of Force Sensitive Res... | 05/07/1996 |
