Patents by Inventor B. Wendell Hautaniemi

B. Wendell Hautaniemi 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).

  • Gravidity detection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4111054
    Abstract: Ultrasonic detection of early pregnancy in sows and like animals is enhanced by basing an assumption of pregnancy upon detection of a substantially echo-free animal zone of predetermined width or greater which may occur over a substantial range of animal depths, combined with detection of a distinct echo from a greater depth than the echo-free zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Ithaco, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans G. Jorgensen, B. Wendell Hautaniemi
  • Ultrasonic inspection apparatus
    Patent number: 3964297
    Abstract: Trains of echo signals occurring from repetitively transmitted ultrasonic pulses are stored in a shift register in accordance with their times of occurrence, and the stages of the shift register are connected to illuminate respective light-emitting diodes arranged in a linear array, providing a display indicating the depths of density changes in animal matter or the like being inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Ithaco, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans G. Jorgensen, B. Wendell Hautaniemi