Patents by Inventor Glynn E. Smith

Glynn E. Smith 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).

  • Inflatable device for installing strain gage bridges
    Patent number: 4407686
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods and devices for installing in a tubular shaft multiple strain gages, and more particularly to a method and a device for pneumatically forcing strain gages into seated engagement with the internal surfaces of a tubular shaft in an installation of multiple strain gages in a tubular shaft. The essence of the invention involves the novel concept of seating strain gages or other electronic devices in a template-like component, wrapping the template-like component about a pneumatically expansible body, inserting the component into a shaft and expanding the body pneumatically, a suitable adhesive having been applied to the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Clarence E. Cook, Glynn E. Smith, Richard C. Monaghan