Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Nordon, Jr.

Thomas A. Nordon, 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).

  • Sensor for measuring the temperature of flowing metals
    Patent number: 7772483
    Abstract: An immersion thermocouple is described. The immersion thermocouple includes a heat resistant sheathing, the interior of which is substantially filled with a heat resistant cement, a first U-shaped tube enclosing a thermocouple fixed in the heat resistant cement, and a second U-shaped tube fixed in the heat resistant cement. The second U-shaped tube bridges the first U-shaped tube at an angle of approximately ninety degrees. The immersion thermocouple also includes a shield circumferentially surrounding the first and the second U-shaped tubes proximate to where the first and the second U-shaped tubes are fixed to the heat resistant cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Heraeus Electro-Nite International N.V.
    Inventors: John Cassidy, Thomas A. Nordon, Jr., Thomas C. Coleman, Jr.