Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Brinkman

Wayne R. Brinkman 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).

  • Flow meter filter system and method
    Patent number: 7558684
    Abstract: A flow meter filter system (200) according to an embodiment of the invention includes a noise pass filter (203) configured to receive a first version of a flow meter signal and filter out the flow meter data from the flow meter signal to leave a noise signal, a noise quantifier (204) configured to receive the noise signal from the noise pass filter (203) and measure noise characteristics of the noise signal, a damping adjuster (205) configured to receive the noise characteristics from the noise quantifier (204) and generate a damping value based on the noise characteristics, and a filter element (206) configured to receive a second version of the flow meter signal and receive the damping value from the damping adjuster (205), with the filter element (206) being further configured to damp the second version of the flow meter signal based on the damping value in order to produce a filtered flow meter signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Timothy Patten, Denis M. Henrot, Craig B. McAnally, Paul J. Hays, Wayne R. Brinkman
  • Flow meter filter system and method
    Patent number: 7257495
    Abstract: A flow meter filter system (200) according to an embodiment of the invention includes a noise pass filter (203) configured to receive a first version of a flow meter signal and filter out the flow meter data from the flow meter signal to leave a noise signal, a noise quantifier (204) configured to receive the noise signal from the noise pass filter (203) and measure noise characteristics of the noise signal, a damping adjuster (205) configured to receive the noise characteristics from the noise quantifier (204) and generate a damping value based on the noise characteristics, and a filter element (206) configured to receive a second version of the flow meter signal and receive the damping value from the damping adjuster (205), with the filter element (206) being further configured to damp the second version of the flow meter signal based on the damping value in order to produce a filtered flow meter signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Timothy Patten, Denis M. Henrot, Craig B. McAnally, Paul J. Hays, Wayne R. Brinkman