Patents by Inventor Robert Carl Hedtke

Robert Carl Hedtke 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).

  • Patent number: 9702743
    Abstract: A process variable transmitter is configured as a flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid through a conduit. The transmitter includes a pitot tube extending into the conduit which creates a differential pressure in the process fluid due to flow of the process fluid. An upstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense an upstream process variable of the process fluid. A downstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube downstream of the upstream process variable sensor and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense a downstream process variable of the process fluid. Measurement circuitry determines the flow of the process fluid based upon the upstream process variable and the downstream process variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Strom, Robert Carl Hedtke, David Eugene Wiklund
  • Patent number: 9551599
    Abstract: A sensing system includes a filter construction module that constructs a high pass filter for filtering sensor values indicative of a process variable, the filter construction module setting values for parameters of the filter based on a temperature value indicative of a temperature of the sensor that produced the sensor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: John Philip Miller, Robert Carl Hedtke
  • Patent number: 9453407
    Abstract: A system for identifying location of a plunger that moves along a length of a well, includes an acoustic source carried in the well configured to transmit an acoustic signal when the plunger reaches a sense location in the well. An acoustic receiver is positioned at a top of the well and is configured to receive the acoustic signal processing circuitry processes the received acoustic signal and provides an output indicative of the plunger reaching the sense location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Carl Hedtke, Nathan Len Wiater
  • Publication number: 20150346006
    Abstract: A process variable transmitter is configured as a flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid through a conduit. The transmitter includes a pitot tube extending into the conduit which creates a differential pressure in the process fluid due to flow of the process fluid. An upstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense an upstream process variable of the process fluid. A downstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube downstream of the upstream process variable sensor and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense a downstream process variable of the process fluid. Measurement circuitry determines the flow of the process fluid based upon the upstream process variable and the downstream process variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Strom, Robert Carl Hedtke, David Eugene Wiklund
  • Patent number: 9157775
    Abstract: A process variable transmitter is configured as a flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid through a conduit. The transmitter includes a pitot tube extending into the conduit which creates a differential pressure in the process fluid due to flow of the process fluid. An upstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense an upstream process variable of the process fluid. A downstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube downstream of the upstream process variable sensor and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense a downstream process variable of the process fluid. Measurement circuitry determines the flow of the process fluid based upon the upstream process variable and the downstream process variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Strom, Robert Carl Hedtke, David Eugene Wiklund
  • Publication number: 20150088279
    Abstract: A sensing system includes a filter construction module that constructs a high pass filter for filtering sensor values indicative of a process variable, the filter construction module setting values for parameters of the filter based on a temperature value indicative of a temperature of the sensor that produced the sensor values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: John Philip Miller, Robert Carl Hedtke
  • Publication number: 20140260658
    Abstract: A process variable transmitter is configured as a flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid through a conduit. The transmitter includes a pitot tube extending into the conduit which creates a differential pressure in the process fluid due to flow of the process fluid. An upstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense an upstream process variable of the process fluid. A downstream process variable sensor is mounted on the pitot tube downstream of the upstream process variable sensor and coupled to the flow of process fluid to sense a downstream process variable of the process fluid. Measurement circuitry determines the flow of the process fluid based upon the upstream process variable and the downstream process variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Strom, Robert Carl Hedtke, David Eugene Wiklund
  • Patent number: 8813572
    Abstract: A pressure transmitter for measuring a pressure of a process fluid comprises a transmitter housing, a pressure sensor, a hydraulic relay system, a ferrofluid and transmitter electronics. The capacitance-based pressure sensor senses the pressure of the process fluid and is disposed within the housing. The hydraulic relay system comprises an isolation diaphragm positioned on an exterior of the transmitter housing, and an isolation tube extending from the pressure sensor to the isolation diaphragm. The ferrofluid is located in the isolation tube to transmit a change in the pressure of the process fluid at the isolation diaphragm to the sensor. The transmitter electronics are positioned within the housing and are configured to receive and condition a pressure signal from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Carl Hedtke
  • Publication number: 20140090837
    Abstract: A system for identifying location of a plunger that moves along a length of a well, includes an acoustic source carried in the well configured to transmit an acoustic signal when the plunger reaches a sense location in the well. An acoustic receiver is positioned at a top of the well and is configured to receive the acoustic signal processing circuitry processes the received acoustic signal and provides an output indicative of the plunger reaching the sense location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Carl Hedtke, Nathan Len Wiater
  • Publication number: 20130139565
    Abstract: A pressure transmitter for measuring a pressure of a process fluid comprises a transmitter housing, a pressure sensor, a hydraulic relay system, a ferrofluid and transmitter electronics. The capacitance-based pressure sensor senses the pressure of the process fluid and is disposed within the housing. The hydraulic relay system comprises an isolation diaphragm positioned on an exterior of the transmitter housing, and an isolation tube extending from the pressure sensor to the isolation diaphragm. The ferrofluid is located in the isolation tube to transmit a change in the pressure of the process fluid at the isolation diaphragm to the sensor. The transmitter electronics are positioned within the housing and are configured to receive and condition a pressure signal from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventor: Robert Carl Hedtke