Patents by Inventor William Peters Schenk, Jr.

William Peters Schenk, 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).

  • Patent number: 7262607
    Abstract: The disclosed technology can be used in the development and operation of multistatic probes that can characterize substances and relationships between substances. A multistatic probe can include transmitting and receiving conductive elements that are electrically distinct and which are capable of conveying electromagnetic energy to/from a substance of interest. The transmitting and receiving conductive elements can be arranged to be in contact with at least one dielectric mismatch boundary between substances of interest, whereby an electromagnetic signal transmitted on the transmitting conductive element causes a corresponding electromagnetic signal to be coupled to the receiving conductive element in response to the transmitted signal being in proximity to the dielectric mismatch boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: James Robert Champion, William Peters Schenk, Jr., Kenneth Alan Cupples
  • Patent number: 7140404
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring a liquid level in a closed tank with a differential pressure sensor module disposed in a bottom portion of the tank, by routing a pressure reference tube extending from the pressure sensor module through the interior of the tank and attaching an opposite, open, vented end of the pressure reference tube to the tank at a point inside of the tank in an upper portion of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan Cupples, William Peters Schenk, Jr.