Patents by Inventor Edward L. Spotts

Edward L. Spotts 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).

  • Pressure sensors and manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 5048531
    Abstract: A pressure sensor comprising a first housing piece defining a lumen therethrough and an opening to said lumen to provide communication between said lumen and a sensing element, said first housing piece having a first surface surrounding said opening, a second housing piece shaped for mating with said first housing piece and providing, with said first housing piece, a region for containing a sensing element in position to communicate with said lumen via said opening, said second housing piece having a second surface that surrounds said region and faces and conforms to the shape of said first surface, said second housing piece including an end of an electrical wire and wire contacts that are electrically connected to said wire, having portions at or near said second surface, and are spaced from each other, a sensing element in said region in communication with said flowpath via said opening, said sensing element including sensor contacts aligned with respective wire contacts, and an elastomeric sheet providing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Core Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Spotts, David P. Newman, Robert E. Farreau
  • Pressure sensor
    Patent number: 5042495
    Abstract: A pressure sensor comprising a first housing piece defining a lumen therethrough and an opening to said lumen to provide communication between said lumen and a sensing element, said first housing piece having a first surface surrounding said opening, a second housing piece shaped for mating with said first housing piece and providing, with said first housing piece, a region for containing a sensing element in position to communicate with said lumen via said opening, said second housing piece having a second surface that surrounds said region and faces and conforms to the shape of said first surface, said second housing piece including an end of an electrical wire and wire contacts that are electrically connected to said wire, have portions at or near said second surface, and are spaced from each other, a sensing element in said region in communication with said flow path via said opening, said sensing element including sensor contacts aligned with respective wire contacts, and an elastomeric sheet providing a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Spotts, David P. Newman, Robert E. Farreau