Patents by Inventor Douglas James Behrendt

Douglas James Behrendt 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).

  • Temperature sensor and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7280028
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planar sensor, comprises disposing a film of a material on a substrate, wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, palladium and mixtures and alloys comprising at least one of the foregoing materials; annealing the material; measuring a resistance value of the material; laser trimming the annealed material; heat treating the laser trimmed material; and laser trimming the heat treated material to form the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Scott Nelson, Paul Casey Kikuchi, James Paul Vargo, Douglas James Behrendt, Walter T. Symons, William J. LaBarge, Kaius K. Polikarpus, Rick D. Kerr, Jinping Zhang, Paul R. Daniel, Jr.
  • Temperature sensor and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20040202227
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planar sensor, comprises disposing a film of a material on a substrate, wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, palladium and mixtures and alloys comprising at least one of the foregoing materials; annealing the material; measuring a resistance value of the material; laser trimming the annealed material; heat treating the laser trimmed material; and laser trimming the heat treated material to form the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Scott Nelson, Paul Casey Kikuchi, James Paul Vargo, Douglas James Behrendt, Walter T. Symons, William J. LaBarge, Kaius K. Polikarpus, Rick D. Kerr, Jinping Zhang, Paul R. Daniel
  • Method for manufacturing a planar temperature sensor
    Publication number: 20030101573
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planar temperature sensor including disposing a thick amount of a material having a temperature coefficient of resistance of greater than about 800 parts per million and a natural resistance of above about 5 micro-ohm-centimeters on a substrate, measuring a resistance value of said material, and setting a laser trimming device to ablate material consistent with achieving an inputted resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Charles Scott Nelson, Paul Casey Kikuchi, James Paul Vargo, Douglas James Behrendt