Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Youngbauer

Daniel L. Youngbauer 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).

  • Apparatus for proportioning fluids
    Patent number: 4444337
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining the heating value of gaseous fuels is disclosed which include the novel means for establishing a mixture of air and the gaseous fuel of interest in known volumetric proportions. An electrochemical sensor is provided to sense the products of combustion of the precise volumetric mixture and the output of the sensor is indicative of the relation of the mixture to a stoichiometric mixture of fuel and air. This system is provided for adjusting the proportions of fuel and air in the mixture of interest in response to the output of the electrochemical sensor until the sensor indicates that the mixture of known proportions is substantially stoichiometric. The system is provided for determining the heating value of the fuel from a known relationship between the heating value of the constituents of the fuel and the amount of oxygen required for stoichiometric combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Kude, A. Noel J. Pearman, Daniel L. Youngbauer
  • Method and apparatus for determining the heat content of gaseous fuels
    Patent number: 4386858
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining the heating value of gaseous fuels is disclosed which include the novel means for establishing a mixture of air and the gaseous fuel of interest in known volumetric proportions. An electrochemical sensor is provided to sense the products of combustion of the precise volumetric mixture and the output of the sensor is indicative of the relation of the mixture to a stoichiometric mixture of fuel and air. This system is provided for adjusting the proportions of fuel and air in the mixture of interest in response to the output of the electrochemical sensor until the sensor indicates that the mixture of known proportions is substantially stoichiometric. The system is provided for determining the heating value of the fuel from a known relationship between the heating value of the constituents of the fuel and the amount of oxygen required for stoichiometric combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Kude, A. Noel J. Pearman, Daniel L. Youngbauer