Patents by Inventor Arthur M. Forsythe, Jr.

Arthur M. Forsythe, 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: 6434494
    Abstract: A method for gauging liquid in a container, the method comprising: a) assigning a local three axis coordinate system for the container; b) dividing the container into a plurality of regular volumes; c) disposing a first pressure sensor at a predetermined coordinate proximate the bottom surface of the container, with the pressure sensor producing an output related to detected fluid pressure at the predetermined coordinate; d) assigning to each of the volumes a corresponding volume location coordinate; e) numerically determining, for each of the regular volumes, a corresponding liquid mass value therein based on a relationship between the detected pressure at the predetermined coordinate and a calculated pressure at each of the volume location coordinates; and f) summing all of the numerically determined liquid mass values corresponding to the regular volumes to produce a total fluid mass for the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur M. Forsythe, Jr., Lisa Brackenbury Maurice