Patents by Inventor Claude C. Ankeny

Claude C. Ankeny 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: 4023000
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a pressure sensing transducer employing an evacuated bellows wherein sliding electric contacts are mounted upon the bellows' movable portion. The sliding contacts traverse over a printed circuit board having conducting portions defined thereon connected to electrical resistances whereby pressure variations imposed upon the bellows position the contacts upon the conducting portions to produce an electric signal. A variety of adjusting means are utilized to adjust the position of the printed circuit board to the bellows, and the "span" of the conducting portions in the direction of contact movement is selectively varied by forming the conducting portions of a wedge shape and laterally adjusting the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: Sparton Corporation
    Inventors: Claude C. Ankeny, Dean E. Gladow, Charles E. Wierzbicki