Patents by Inventor Robert A. Croce, JR.

Robert A. Croce, JR. 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: 20240159601
    Abstract: A Mass Flow Sensor (MFS) is provided and includes an MFS housing, a mounting structure, having a mounting structure top and a mounting structure bottom, wherein the MFS housing is associated with the mounting structure top, a first sensor leg, wherein the first sensor leg extends away from the mounting structure bottom and includes a first temperature measurement device and a heating element. The MFS further includes a second sensor leg, wherein the second sensor leg extends away from the mounting structure and includes a second temperature measurement device and an airfoil structure, wherein the airfoil structure defines an airfoil cavity and is associated with the mounting structure bottom to contain the first sensor leg and the second sensor leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: HarcoSemco LLC
    Inventors: Igor Giterman, Robert A. Croce, JR.
  • Patent number: 11846549
    Abstract: A Mass Flow Sensor (MFS) is provided and includes an MFS housing, a mounting structure, having a mounting structure top and a mounting structure bottom, wherein the MFS housing is associated with the mounting structure top, a first sensor leg, wherein the first sensor leg extends away from the mounting structure bottom and includes a first temperature measurement device and a heating element. The MFS further includes a second sensor leg, wherein the second sensor leg extends away from the mounting structure and includes a second temperature measurement device and an airfoil structure, wherein the airfoil structure defines an airfoil cavity and is associated with the mounting structure bottom to contain the first sensor leg and the second sensor leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HarcoSemco LLC
    Inventors: Igor Giterman, Robert A. Croce, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11415472
    Abstract: A sensor circuit architecture includes a Wheatstone bridge-type sensing element that includes a plurality of resistors and a plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of resistors includes one of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks includes at least one digital resistive compensation network configured to provide at least one of the following: variable resistance, digitally controlled variable resistance, digitally controlled resistance, and/or digitally set resistance. The sensor circuit architecture is configured with the at least one digital resistive compensation network to implement at least one of the following: a desired scale of output, a desired offset compensation, and/or a desired temperature compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HARCOSEMCO LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Croce, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210389193
    Abstract: A sensor circuit architecture includes a Wheatstone bridge-type sensing element that includes a plurality of resistors and a plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of resistors includes one of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks includes at least one digital resistive compensation network configured to provide at least one of the following: variable resistance, digitally controlled variable resistance, digitally controlled resistance, and/or digitally set resistance. The sensor circuit architecture is configured with the at least one digital resistive compensation network to implement at least one of the following: a desired scale of output, a desired offset compensation, and/or a desired temperature compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Robert A. Croce, JR.
  • Patent number: 11011958
    Abstract: An energy harvester article configured to associate with a ferromagnetic flywheel having gear teeth is provided and includes a magnet, a first pole piece, wherein the first pole piece includes a first pole piece first end and a first pole piece second end, a second pole piece, wherein the second pole piece includes a first portion and a second portion configured into an ā€œLā€ shape, and wherein the second portion is arranged to be substantially parallel with the first pole piece and separated from the first pole piece by a distance L, and a coil, wherein the coil is configured to be wrapped around the first pole piece proximate the first pole piece second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HARCO SEMCO, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Croce, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180123423
    Abstract: An energy harvester article configured to associate with a ferromagnetic flywheel having gear teeth is provided and includes a magnet, a first pole piece, wherein the first pole piece includes a first pole piece first end and a first pole piece second end, a second pole piece, wherein the second pole piece includes a first portion and a second portion configured into an ā€œLā€ shape, and wherein the second portion is arranged to be substantially parallel with the first pole piece and separated from the first pole piece by a distance L, and a coil, wherein the coil is configured to be wrapped around the first pole piece proximate the first pole piece second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Robert A. Croce, JR.
  • Patent number: 9509400
    Abstract: An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Faquir C Jain, Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, Robert A Croce, Jr., Pawan Gogna, Syed Kamrul Islam, Liang Zuo, Kai Zhu
  • Publication number: 20160254863
    Abstract: An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Faquir C. Jain, Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, Robert A. Croce, JR., Pawan Gogna, Syed Kamrul Islam, Liang Zuo, Kai Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150238118
    Abstract: A methodology used to pinpoint the location of an implantable biomedical sensing device is provided and is carried out by integrating miniaturized magnets, or materials with magnetic properties into the implantable bio-sensing chip to detect the position of the implant by sensing the induced magnetic field via an external communication unit. Presented here are various configurations in which magnetic positional detection can be carried out. The positional information collected from these detection motifs can be used to provide feedback to the user about alignment status as well as activate a self-alignment methodology. With respect to the former, based on the positional information received the user manually adjusts the location of the external communicator into place to align with the implantable platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Allen Legassey, Robert A. Croce, JR., Santhisagar Vaddiraju, Faquir C. Jain, Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos