Patents by Inventor Charles A. Bright, Jr.

Charles A. Bright, 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).

  • Method of making strain sensor in fragile web
    Patent number: 4318936
    Abstract: A method of making a strain gauge in a fragile web wherein the improvement resides in making the web after the gauge is substantially completely formed. This reverse sequence is made possible by a unique combination of plasma deposited silicon oxide and plasma deposited silicon nitride on top of the completed device to protect it from attack during silicon substrate etching to form the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Moss, Karl E. Stone, Charles A. Bright, Jr., Randy A. Rusch