Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas M. Neiman
  • Patent number: 6499368
    Abstract: The novel sensor assembly is comprised of a threaded housing with pressure relief tracks through the threads that terminate at a hole through the housing and a displacement sensor. In the preferred embodiment, we have included an integral connector, a super-elastic core carrier and a Differential Variable Reluctance Transducer. Other sensor types could be used to construct a pressure equalized displacement sensor as described herein, these may include: capacitive, resistive, Hall effect, eddy current, and differential variable transformer. The sensor is attached to a keyed connector and the entire assembly is potted into the housing. A temperature probe can also be potted with this assembly to allow for multiple tasks t1o be performed by this one housing. The housing is threaded on one end to allow for easy mounting. A hole is drilled through the housing just in back of the sensor and two tracks run perpendicular to and slightly deeper than the threads. The tracks connect to the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Microstrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Willard Arms, Christopher Pruyn Townsend, Steven Ward Mundell