Patents by Inventor Edward A. Cline

Edward A. Cline 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).

  • Fill fluid thermal management
    Patent number: 11313747
    Abstract: A remote seal assembly for a process transmitter includes a seal body containing a cavity sealed by a diaphragm. The seal body configured to be mounted to a process element containing a process fluid such that a first side of the diaphragm is exposed to the process fluid. A capillary contains a fill fluid that is in fluid communication with the cavity and a second side of the diaphragm. A coupling has a capillary recess and two cavities separated by a second diaphragm. The capillary extends through the capillary recess and connects to the coupling such that the fill fluid in the capillary is in fluid communication with one of the two cavities and the second diaphragm. A thermally conductive element preferably extends continuously along the capillary from the seal body toward the coupling and into the capillary recess without contacting the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Michael James Hoffman, Paul Ryan Fadell, Scott Robert Thompson, Vincent Edward Cline
  • FILL FLUID THERMAL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20200284681
    Abstract: A remote seal assembly for a process transmitter includes a seal body containing a cavity sealed by a diaphragm. The seal body configured to be mounted to a process element containing a process fluid such that a first side of the diaphragm is exposed to the process fluid. A capillary contains a fill fluid that is in fluid communication with the cavity and a second side of the diaphragm. A coupling has a capillary recess and two cavities separated by a second diaphragm. The capillary extends through the capillary recess and connects to the coupling such that the fill fluid in the capillary is in fluid communication with one of the two cavities and the second diaphragm. A thermally conductive element preferably extends continuously along the capillary from the seal body toward the coupling and into the capillary recess without contacting the coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Michael James Hoffman, Paul Ryan Fadell, Scott Robert Thompson, Vincent Edward Cline
  • FILL FLUID THERMAL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20170356820
    Abstract: A remote seal assembly for a process transmitter includes a seal body containing a cavity sealed by a diaphragm. The seal body configured to be mounted to a process element containing a process fluid such that a first side of the diaphragm is exposed to the process fluid. A capillary contains a fill fluid that is in fluid communication with the cavity and a second side of the diaphragm. A coupling has a capillary recess and two cavities separated by a second diaphragm. The capillary extends through the capillary recess and connects to the coupling such that the fill fluid in the capillary is in fluid communication with one of the two cavities and the second diaphragm. A thermally conductive element preferably extends continuously along the capillary from the seal body toward the coupling and into the capillary recess without contacting the coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michael James Hoffman, Paul Ryan Fadell, Scott Robert Thompson, Vincent Edward Cline
  • Fill fluid thermal management
    Patent number: 9772246
    Abstract: A remote seal assembly for a process transmitter includes a seal body containing a cavity sealed by a diaphragm. The seal body configured to be mounted to a process element containing a process fluid such that a first side of the diaphragm is exposed to the process fluid. A capillary contains a fill fluid that is in fluid communication with the cavity and a second side of the diaphragm. A coupling has a capillary recess and two cavities separated by a second diaphragm. The capillary extends through the capillary recess and connects to the coupling such that the fill fluid in the capillary is in fluid communication with one of the two cavities and the second diaphragm. A thermally conductive element preferably extends continuously along the capillary from the seal body toward the coupling and into the capillary recess without contacting the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Hoffman, Paul Ryan Fadell, Scott Robert Thompson, Vincent Edward Cline
  • FILL FLUID THERMAL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160091383
    Abstract: A remote seal assembly for a process transmitter includes a seal body containing a cavity sealed by a diaphragm. The seal body configured to be mounted to a process element containing a process fluid such that a first side of the diaphragm is exposed to the process fluid. A capillary contains a fill fluid that is in fluid communication with the cavity and a second side of the diaphragm. A coupling has a capillary recess and two cavities separated by a second diaphragm. The capillary extends through the capillary recess and connects to the coupling such that the fill fluid in the capillary is in fluid communication with one of the two cavities and the second diaphragm. A thermally conductive element preferably extends continuously along the capillary from the seal body toward the coupling and into the capillary recess without contacting the coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Michael James Hoffman, Paul Ryan Fadell, Scott Robert Thompson, Vincent Edward Cline
  • Touchscreen stylus
    Patent number: D356306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola
    Inventors: Roger W. Ady, Frank Gazzano, Edward A. Cline
  • Antenna for portable communicator/computer
    Patent number: D357683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola
    Inventors: Edward A. Cline, Harold J. Gorenz, Jr., Charles D. Hood, III, Daniel K. Harden, Mark B. Friesen, Gary D. Schulz