Patents by Inventor Gary J. Capps

Gary J. Capps 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).

  • System and methods for accurately weighing and characterizing moving vehicles
    Patent number: 5998741
    Abstract: This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indicative of vehicle tire loading. The switching devices provide second output signals indicative of vehicle speed and characterization. Processor means receive the first and second output signals and characterize the vehicle; calculate the vehicle speed and calculate the vehicle weight by integrating the second output signals and combining with the vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.
    Inventors: David L. Beshears, Gary J. Capps, John K. Jordan, John V. LaForge, Jeffrey D. Muhs, Robert N. Nodine, Matthew B. Scudiere, Cliff P. White
  • System and method for accurately weighing and characterizing moving vehicles
    Patent number: 5959259
    Abstract: This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indicative of vehicle tire loading. The switching devices provide second output signals indicative of vehicle speed and characterization. Processor means receive the first and second output signals and characterize the vehicle; calculate the vehicle speed and calculate the vehicle weight by integrating the second output signals and combining with the vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Beshears, Gary J. Capps, John K. Jordan, John V. LaForge, Jeffrey D. Muhs, Robert N. Nodine, Matthew B. Scudiere, Cliff P. White
  • Elastomeric optical fiber sensors and method for detecting and measuring events occurring in elastic materials
    Patent number: 5374821
    Abstract: Fiber optic sensing means for the detection and measurement of events such as dynamic loadings imposed upon elastic materials including cementitious materials, elastomers, and animal body components and/or the attrition of such elastic materials are provided. One or more optical fibers each having a deformable core and cladding formed of an elastomeric material such as silicone rubber are embedded in the elastic material. Changes in light transmission through any of the optical fibers due the deformation of the optical fiber by the application of dynamic loads such as compression, tension, or bending loadings imposed on the elastic material or by the attrition of the elastic material such as by cracking, deterioration, aggregate break-up, and muscle, tendon, or organ atrophy provide a measurement of the dynamic loadings and attrition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Muhs, Gary J. Capps, David B. Smith, Clifford P. White