Patents by Inventor Roger C. Kennedy

Roger C. Kennedy 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: 4553216
    Abstract: The density, volume and mass of fuel held in an aircraft tank are measured by a system of four pressure sensors interfaced with an associated microcomputer. The sensors are disposed in a predetermined array at unequal depths below the surface plane of the contained fuel. Electrical transducers associated with the pressure sensors develop electrical signals representing the associated pressures P1, P2, P3, and P4 and these signals are processed by the microcomputer which is programmed to correlate the individual pressure signals and known coordinate locations of the sensors with certain unknown parameters including the fuel density .rho., and the orientation and distance of the fuel surface plane relative to each pressure sensor. These relationships establish four simultaneous equations that are processed by the programmed microcomputer to yield simultaneous solutions for the density .rho., and for the position of the fuel surface plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Glenn G. Stevens, Roger C. Kennedy