Patents by Inventor Gordon F. Kohse

Gordon F. Kohse 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).

  • Liquid level indicator for high pressure, hostile environment
    Patent number: 5103674
    Abstract: A method of measuring the level of a corrosive, high-pressure, high-temperature liquid in a closed container of a nuclear reactor, by providing a generally tubular structure connected to the closed container of the nuclear reactor so that the level of liquid in the tubular structure is indicative of the level of liquid in the closed container, providing a sealed buoyant float sized to move vertically up an down within the tubular structure, the float being formed of beryllium, detecting from outside the tubular structure the vertical position of said buoyant float, the position corresponding to the level of liquid in the closed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: John O. Outwater, Gordon F. Kohse, Michael J. Driscoll, Otto K. Harling