Patents by Inventor Alain Heckel

Alain Heckel 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: 4083242
    Abstract: Device for measuring the volumetric flow rate of a fluid flowing through a generally tubular body, wherein a swirling motion is imparted to the fluid by a precessing means, comprising a device producing a variable frequency signal depending on the precession motion of the fluid, associated with a logical means arranged for correcting said frequency, characterized in that the precessing means comprises in succession, in the flowing direction of the fluid, a first cylindrical duct communicating with a converging cylindrical-conical axial chamber through a second duct the axis of which is displaced and inclined in relation to the axis of said chamber, the latter communicating co-axially with a cylindrical terminal duct through a third cylindrical duct of restricted diameter connected to said terminal duct by a diverging conical enlargement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Crouzet
    Inventors: Alain Heckel, Rene Presset