Patents by Inventor Donald T. Hess

Donald T. Hess 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).

  • Error correction in a remote meter reading device
    Patent number: 4214152
    Abstract: In a remote meter reading device involving a plurality of dials, mechanical inaccuracies in the hand position are compensated for by dividing each dial into sectors, sequentially reading each dial starting with the least significant dial and adding, to each subsequent reading after the first, a correction factor based on the sector of the dial pointer of the previous reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: Cain Encoder Company
    Inventor: Donald T. Hess