Patents by Inventor Michael Nicholas Tranquilla

Michael Nicholas Tranquilla 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).

  • Bearing transducer assembly
    Patent number: 3992931
    Abstract: A bearing transducer assembly for measuring the dynamic load applied to a bearing by an oscillating or rotating member. The apparatus includes a shaft journaled within a thin walled bearing, a support member, a plurality of transducer assemblies mounted between the support member and the bearing for supporting the bearing and shaft and for detecting the dynamic load placed thereupon by the oscillation or rotation of the shaft, and an electrical circuitry for cancelling the bearing distortion components and measuring the dynamic load component representative of the dynamic load applied to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Nicholas Tranquilla, Prakash Dhirubhai Desai