Patents Examined by Scott Alyea
  • Patent number: 4823597
    Abstract: An improved measuring device for measuring the unit weight of sliver as it passes through a trumpet includes a trumpet gauge plate for supporting the trumpet and a pair of weighted elements mounted on each side of the plate. The plate includes upper, lower and central portions wherein the lower portion includes an opening for supporting the trumpet and the central portion has a reduced cross section. A plurality of strain gauges for detecting deflections is mounted on front and rear surfaces of the central portions adjacent the lower portion and the weighted elements. The strain gauges are electrically connected in a modified Wheatstone Bridge configuration. Deflection sensings in strain gauges adjacent the weighted elements cancel out deflection sensings produced by external vibrations to produce an accurate measurement of the sliver weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Myrick-White, Inc.
    Inventor: Homer S. White
  • Patent number: 4813789
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for use in measuring SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) of persons subject to RF (radio frequency) radiation utilizes twin well calorimetry including first and second gradient-layer type calorimetry boxes the thermally conductive walls and cover of which contain a multiplicity of thermocouples the outputs of which are differentially amplified to provide a differential output. Identical body models that are thermally responsive to RF radiation are contained in the box wells and, after a period of thermal equalization outside the influence of the RF source, one body model is removed from its well and placed in the influence of the radiation in question while the other remains outside the influence. After a predetermined time period the irradiated model is returned to its well and the differential outputs is plotted over a time period. The area under the resultant curve is representative of total absorption from which can readily be calculated SAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Richard G. Olsen