Patents by Inventor Bradley C. Boyle

Bradley C. Boyle 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).

  • Method and apparatus for in situ assemblage of a strain sensor in erected structural elements
    Patent number: 4813820
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for in situ drilling of a precise hole in an erected structural element and inserting in such hole in pressed-fit relationship a cylindrical strain gauge. A guide block is provided having a precision hole corresponding to the diameter of the hole desired in the structural element. The guide block has unthreaded bolt holes for attachment of the guide block to the structural element and guides a reamer to produce a precise hole in the structural element. The guide block also has threaded holes for advancing a push plate against a force-transmitting bushing which is insertable through the precision hole in the guide block into abutting relationship with an end face of a cylindrical strain gauge to force the gage into press-fit relationship with the precise hole in the erected structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Ramsey Engineering
    Inventors: Lawrence O. Cadwell, Paul T. Schneider, Bradley C. Boyle
  • Method and apparatus for in situ assemblage of a strain sensor in erected structural elements
    Patent number: 4738135
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for in situ drilling of a precise hole in an erected structural element and inserting in such hole in pressed-fit relationship a cylindrical strain gauge. A guide block is provided having a precision hole corresponding to the diameter of the hole desired in the structural element. The guide block has unthreaded bolt holes for attachment of the guide block to the structural element and guides a reamer to produce a precise hole in the structural element. The guide block also has threaded holes for advancing a push plate against a force-transmitting bushing which is insertable through the precision hole in the guide block into abutting relationship with an end face of a cylindrical strain gauge to force the gage into press-fit relationship with the precise hole in the erected structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Ramsey Engineering Company
    Inventors: Lawrence O. Cadwell, Paul T. Schneider, Bradley C. Boyle