Patents by Inventor Clinton Ray Griffin

Clinton Ray Griffin 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).

  • Method and apparatus for retaining a flange on a fluid meter
    Patent number: 9568129
    Abstract: A sensor assembly (5) for a fluid meter (100) is provided. The sensor assembly (5) comprises a sensor assembly body (6) and one or more circumferential grooves (303) formed in the sensor assembly body (6). Two or more retaining components (105, 106) are removably coupled together around at least one of the one or more circumferential grooves (303) with a portion of the two or more retaining components engaging the circumferential groove. A flange (104) is also provided that surrounds at least a portion of the sensor assembly body (6) and is retained around the sensor assembly body (6) by the first and second retaining components (105, 106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: Clinton Ray Griffin
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETAINING A FLANGE ON A FLUID METER
    Publication number: 20150001846
    Abstract: A sensor assembly (5) for a fluid meter (100) is provided. The sensor assembly (5) comprises a sensor assembly body (6) and one or more circumferential grooves (303) formed in the sensor assembly body (6). Two or more retaining components (105, 106) are removably coupled together around at least one of the one or more circumferential grooves (303) with a portion of the two or more retaining components engaging the circumferential groove. A flange (104) is also provided that surrounds at least a portion of the sensor assembly body (6) and is retained around the sensor assembly body (6) by the first and second retaining components (105, 106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: Clinton Ray Griffin
  • Method for manufacturing a Coriolis flow meter assembly
    Patent number: 6374478
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a straight tube Coriolis Flowmeter. The system of this invention provides a process for connecting a flow tube assembly including a balance bar and a flow tube to at least two points inside a casing. The process provides an inexpensive way to use localized heat to affix the flow tube assembly to the two points. The use of localized heat reduces damage caused by expansion of components caused by heat as well reduces damage to electrical components in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Neece, James Vernon Decker, Clinton Ray Griffin, Edwin Arthur Hagerman, III, Curtis John Ollila, Michael Leon Overfelt, Kevin Robert Piletic, John Randolph Roper, Michael Benton Shelton