Patents by Inventor Dennis W. Schwartz

Dennis W. Schwartz 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: 8482908
    Abstract: A sealed electronic meter register with no moving parts and no bottom wall or bottom cover includes a casing of plastic with an open bottom. A viewing window is snap fitted into a top wall of the casing. A gasket is placed on top of an electronic numerical display and under the viewing window. The display is placed on top of a frame that is positioned face down into the casing. An electronic circuit board with the processing circuitry of the device is attached to the bottom of the frame. A polyurethane compound sealing material is deposited though a hole in the circuit board and onto the backside of the display. An epoxy-resin sealant is then deposited from the bottom of the housing to seal over everything in the housing to protect the components and provide an exposed bottom surface for the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, Eric Metzger, John A. Olson, Ronald D. Benson, Eric Tabaska
  • Publication number: 20130094125
    Abstract: A sealed electronic meter register with no moving parts and no bottom wall or bottom cover includes a casing of plastic with an open bottom. A viewing window is snap fitted into a top wall of the casing. A gasket is placed on top of an electronic numerical display and under the viewing window. The display is placed on top of a frame that is positioned face down into the casing. An electronic circuit board with the processing circuitry of the device is attached to the bottom of the frame. A polyurethane compound sealing material is deposited though a hole in the circuit board and onto the backside of the display. An epoxy-resin sealant is then deposited from the bottom of the housing to seal over everything in the housing to protect the components and provide an exposed bottom surface for the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, Eric Metzger, John A. Olson, Ronald D. Benson, Eric Tabaska
  • Patent number: 6581457
    Abstract: A compound meter assembly (10) has a housing (15, 17, 19), a high volume flow meter (14) disposed in a main flow passageway (22) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter (12) disposed in the secondary flow passageway (29) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor (70) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance (27) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor (70) having a central opening (71) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports (72) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls (26) of the housing (15, 17, 19) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway (22) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region (61, 62) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter (12) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, George De Jarlais, Christopher G. Kocher, Mario P. Gomez, Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas
  • Publication number: 20020189341
    Abstract: A compound meter assembly (10) has a housing (15, 17, 19), a high volume flow meter (14) disposed in a main flow passageway (22) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter (12) disposed in the secondary flow passageway (29) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor (70) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance (27) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor (70) having a central opening (71) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports (72) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls (26) of the housing (15, 17, 19) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway (22) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region (61, 62) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter (12) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, George De Jarlais, Christopher G. Kocher, Mario P. Gomez, Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas
  • Patent number: D469707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, Don Faber, George De Jarlais, Christopher G. Kocher, Mario P. Gomez, Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas