Patents by Inventor Donald C. Simpson

Donald C. Simpson 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: 5257639
    Abstract: A transducer having an explosion-proof housing with a divider forming two compartments, and the divider having formed therein a well. A magnet and flapper arm arrangement is suspended within the well. A coil winding is fixed in the other compartment around the well so that a magnetic field generated thereby influences the pivotal position of the magnet. Set screws adjustable in the bottom of the well are effective to preset a rest position of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Prescott, Donald C. Simpson, Philip H. Sanford, Howard W. Nudd
  • Patent number: 5159949
    Abstract: A transducer having an explosion-proof housing with a divider forming two compartments, and the divider having formed therein a well. A magnet and flapper arm arrangement is suspended within the well. A coil winding is fixed in the other compartment around the well so that a magnetic field generated thereby influences the pivotal position of the magnet. Set screws adjustable in the bottom of the well are effective to preset a rest position of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Prescott, Donald C. Simpson, Philip H. Sanford, Howard W. Nudd
  • Patent number: 4527583
    Abstract: A temperature compensation circuit is provided which can be used for span temperature compensation in an electropneumatic transducer system and which includes a constant current generator circuit coupled to a bridge of piezo resistances in a pressure transducer to supply a constant current through one piezo resistance of the bridge to common. The Electropneumatic Transducer System includes a zeroing circuit, a voltage chopping circuit, a linearity correction circuit, a low-current shut-off circuit, and a high-current shut-off circuit to provide hard turn-ons and hard turn offs of the system at the lower and upper ends of the pressure output range or span. The Electropneumatic Transducer System also includes a voltage railsplitting circuit arrangement to minimize the operating currents, and voltages. With these features, the Electropneumatic Transducer System is particularly adapted for use in hazzardous combustible atmospheres where Intrinsic Saftey and accuracy are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald C. Simpson
  • Patent number: 4165652
    Abstract: A differential-pressure measuring instrument includes a pair of diaphragms each subject to a respective fluid pressure. The diaphragms enclose a sealed chamber containing a fill-liquid surrounding a non-magnetic vibratable-wire which is tensioned in accordance with the applied differential pressure.A temperature compensating inductor is connected in parallel with the vibratable-wire to compensate for variationsin the vibrating frequency of the wire due to changes in the viscosity of the fill-liquid with temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Inventors: Everett O. Olsen, James R. La Croix, Donald C. Simpson
  • Patent number: 4118977
    Abstract: A force-measuring instrument of the vibrating-wire type wherein the mechanical components are located at the force-measuring location and the vibrating wire is coupled through a two-wire transmission line to electronic circuitry at a distant location. The electronic circuitry includes means to excite the vibrating wire and to produce a d-c measurement output signal corresponding to the frequency of vibrations. The electronic circuitry further includes function-generating means to establish a closely-linear relationship between the output current and the force applied to the wire. Means also are incorporated in the electronic circuitry for adjusting the zero and span of the instrument, and this can be done without interaction between the adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: The Foxboro Company
    Inventors: Everett O. Olsen, Donald C. Simpson, David A. Richardson
  • Patent number: RE31416
    Abstract: A force-measuring instrument of the vibrating-wire type wherein the mechanical components are located at the force-measuring location and the vibrating wire is coupled through a two-wire transmission line to electronic circuitry at a distant location. The electronic circuitry includes means to excite the vibrating wire and to produce a d-c measurement output signal corresponding to the frequency of vibrations. The electronic circuitry further includes function-generating means to establish a closely-linear relationship between the output current and the force applied to the wire. Means also are incorporated in the electronic circuitry for adjusting the zero and span of the instrument, and this can be done without interaction between the adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: The Foxboro Company
    Inventors: Everett O. Olsen, Donald C. Simpson, David A. Richardson
  • Patent number: D290652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Inventor: Donald C. Simpson
  • Patent number: D291917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Inventor: Donald C. Simpson
  • Patent number: RE33028
    Abstract: A temperature compensation circuit is provided which can be used for span temperature compensation in an electropneumatic transducer system and which includes a constant current generator circuit coupled to a bridge of piezo resistances in a pressure transducer to supply a constant current through one piezo resistance of the bridge to common. The Electropneumatic Transducer System includes a zeroing circuit, a voltage chopping circuit, a linearity correction circuit, a low-current shut-off circuit, and a high-current shut-off circuit to provide hard turn-ons and hard turn offs of the system at the lower and upper ends of the pressure output range or span. The Electropneumatic Transducer System also includes a voltage railsplitting circuit arrangement to minimize the operating currents and voltages. With these features, the Electropneumatic Transducer System is particularly adapted for use in hazzardous combustible atmospheres where Intrinsic Saftey and accuracy are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald C. Simpson