Patents by Inventor Michael Upham

Michael Upham 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).

  • Publication number: 20240085226
    Abstract: A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: William S. Valentine, Michael Upham, Kevin Holler, Adam Sheppard
  • Patent number: 11860011
    Abstract: A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube cylinder having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ONICON INC.
    Inventors: William S. Valentine, Michael Upham, Kevin Holler, Adam Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20230009920
    Abstract: A scalable monolithic sensor assembly, controller, and methods of making and installing same are disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a sensor head sized to fully traverse the diameter of the pipe such that its electrodes sample a voltage indicative of the entire pipe flow across its diameter. An improved stem design is included that decreases insertion force and increases lateral stability of the sensor head. An improved insertion device is disclosed that provide for independent axial insertion and rotation. An improved core is disclosed that minimizes interference of magnetic fields and reduces manufacturing costs. An improved controller is disclosed that improves sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Ball, Adam ` Tyler, Kevin Holler, Darral Ying, David Gagliardo, Michael Upham, Adam Sheppard
  • Patent number: 11467013
    Abstract: Methods of inserting a sensor assembly into a flow pipe are disclosed. The methods may include fastening a preload nut into a hot tap housing, applying force to at least one handle connected to a stem to insert the sensor assembly into the flow pipe, and fastening a collar onto the stem. In one example, the collar is between the preload nut and the hot tap housing. And, in one example, the methods may include tightening the preload nut into the hot tap housing until the preload nut bottoms out at a hard stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Onicon Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Ball, Adam Tyler, Kevin Holler, Darral Ying, David Gagliardo, Michael Upham, Adam Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20220307880
    Abstract: A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube cylinder having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: William S. Valentine, Michael Upham, Kevin Holler, Adam Sheppard
  • Patent number: 11378429
    Abstract: A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube cylinder having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ONICON INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William S. Valentine, Michael Upham, Kevin Holler, Adam Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20200340837
    Abstract: A scalable monolithic sensor assembly, controller, and methods of making and installing same are disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a sensor head sized to fully traverse the diameter of the pipe such that its electrodes sample a voltage indicative of the entire pipe flow across its diameter. An improved stem design is included that decreases insertion force and increases lateral stability of the sensor head. An improved insertion device is disclosed that provide for independent axial insertion and rotation. An improved core is disclosed that minimizes interference of magnetic fields and reduces manufacturing costs. An improved controller is disclosed that improves sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Ball, Adam Tyler, Kevin Holler, Darral Ying, David Gagliardo, Michael Upham, Adam Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20200271490
    Abstract: A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube cylinder having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: William S. Valentine, Michael Upham, Kevin Holler, Adam Sheppard
  • Patent number: 10724880
    Abstract: A scalable monolithic sensor assembly, controller, and methods of making and installing same are disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a sensor head sized to fully traverse the diameter of the pipe such that its electrodes sample a voltage indicative of the entire pipe flow across its diameter. An improved stem design is included that decreases insertion force and increases lateral stability of the sensor head. An improved insertion device is disclosed that provide for independent axial insertion and rotation. An improved core is disclosed that minimizes interference of magnetic fields and reduces manufacturing costs. An improved controller is disclosed that improves sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Onicon Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Ball, Adam Tyler, Kevin Holler, Darral Ying, David Gagliardo, Michael Upham, Adam Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20190204129
    Abstract: A scalable monolithic sensor assembly, controller, and methods of making and installing same are disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a sensor head sized to fully traverse the diameter of the pipe such that its electrodes sample a voltage indicative of the entire pipe flow across its diameter. An improved stem design is included that decreases insertion force and increases lateral stability of the sensor head. An improved insertion device is disclosed that provide for independent axial insertion and rotation. An improved core is disclosed that minimizes interference of magnetic fields and reduces manufacturing costs. An improved controller is disclosed that improves sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Ball, Adam Tyler, Kevin Holler, Darral Ying, David Gagliardo, Michael Upham, Adam Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20120290264
    Abstract: Data acquisition rates are dynamically adjusted in an APM system, by monitoring data acquisition hardware and reducing the data acquisition rate when a determination is made that the data rate is too high for processing by an APM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: FLUKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Monk, Dan Prescott, Robert Vogt, Bruce Kosbab, Shawn McManus, Doug Roberts, Michael Upham
  • Publication number: 20120290711
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to estimate application and network performance metrics and distribute those metrics across the appropriate applications, sites, servers, and the like, performs shallow analysis on a majority of traffic and deep analysis on a sampled set of the traffic, and estimates network and application performance metrics for the non-deep analysis data, providing an overall estimate of metrics without requiring deep analysis of all traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: FLUKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Upham, John Monk, Dan Prescott, Robert Vogt
  • Patent number: 6707474
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for manipulating buses and signals on a display window of a graphical user interface of a logic analyzer. Each signal is associated on the display with representations of its sampled data, which may be in the form of lists or of waveforms. The system enables a user to graphically associate the buses and signals. Also, the buses and signals may be visually associated on the display window with user-specified trigger-conditions. The User may graphically associate the signals into buses by selecting the signals then grouping them by selecting a group command. Responsive to this grouping, the system may generate a bus representing the grouped signals. The bus may be graphically associated with the grouped signal-name elements, such as, for example, by a hierarchical structure. The system, responsive to the grouping by the user of the signals into buses, generates bus-data elements representing signal data associated with the grouped signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas James Beck, Michael A. Upham, Cheryl Brown
  • Patent number: 6624829
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for enabling a user to specify a trigger condition of a signal or bus by enabling the user to graphically select the signal or bus from a hierarchically arranged list of signal or bus names. The user may make this selection from a graphical user interface of a signal measurement system. The user also graphically selects the signal trigger condition. A trigger-specification element identifying the trigger condition is visually associated with a displayed name of the first signal or bus. The user may select the signal trigger condition of the first signal or bus by selecting the first trigger-specification element. The signal measurement system may be a logic analyzer. The hierarchically arranged list may be vertically aligned and each signal or bus name may be visually associated with one of a first group of trigger-specification elements by horizontal alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas James Beck, Michael A. Upham, Cheryl Brown, Richard A Nygaard, Jr., Natalie Overstreet Ramsey
  • Patent number: 6570592
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for enabling a user to specify one or more trigger conditions by graphically creating a pictorial representation of the trigger conditions. The pictorial representation is presented on a display window of a graphical user interface of a logic analyzer and is accomplished using trigger-condition icons. Each icon represents a trigger condition of a signal or bus. The user specifies the trigger conditions by positioning the trigger-condition icons on the display window. The user does this by selecting, dragging, and dropping the trigger-condition icons onto the display window. The display window may include one or more name elements, each associated with a signal or a bus. The user may specify the trigger condition of a first signal or bus by selecting a trigger-condition icon and positioning it at a first position on the display window in horizontal alignment with the name element of the first signal or bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J Sajdak, Douglas James Beck, Michael A. Upham