Patents by Inventor Homer L. Greer

Homer L. Greer 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).

  • Patent number: 4307617
    Abstract: An indicating and control apparatus uses Hall effect elements arranged on one side of a non-magnetic wall separating the elements from selectively positionable respective magnets. The magnets are selectively positioned adjacent to the non-magnetic wall to energize respective ones of the Hall effect elements by a code disc which is selectively positionable and displaceable with respect to the wall. The code disc is attached to a manually rotatable knob projecting from a housing enclosing the selectively positionable magnets and having a dial face on the exterior surface of the housing to cooperate with an indicator on the knob. The Hall effect elements, in turn, are located on a printed circuit board and are connected to associated circuitry to bias the Hall effect elements and to utilize output signals from the Hall effect elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Homer L. Greer, John R. Malloy, Clark M. Rosenblum
  • Patent number: 3990310
    Abstract: A closed system couples the inlet and outlet pressures generated by a centrifugal pump to a pair of flexible diaphragms which seal the flow tube in a pressure rebalance system for measuring fluid flow. The system is filled with a conducting fluid which forms certain resistance paths whose resistance varies with diaphragm position. This resistance change is used to generate signals which control the pump motor to the end that the diaphragms maintain a predetermined position and the pump head is equal to the differential pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Homer L. Greer, William F. Newbold
  • Patent number: 3980939
    Abstract: A process control system including a control station responds to the departure of a process variable from a set point to provide a direct current signal in a two-wire transmission line in a direction dependent upon the direction of such departure and time-proportioned in accordance with the magnitude of the departure. A solid state power relay that accepts the d-c signal at a single pair of input terminals includes high-current rating triacs that are adapted selectively to be fired by triggering pulses generated in response to the d-c signals to supply alternating current power from a source of single-phase or three-phase alternating current to a heavy-duty motorized valve for operation of the latter in one direction or the other and at a speed in accordance with the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventor: Homer L. Greer
  • Patent number: 3939708
    Abstract: A closed system couples the inlet and outlet pressures generated by a centrifugal pump to a pair of flexible diaphragms which seal the flow tube in a pressure rebalance system for measuring fluid flow. The system is filled with a conducting fluid which forms certain resistance paths whose resistance varies with diaphragm position. This resistance change is used to generate signals which control the pump motor to the end that the diaphragms maintain a predetermined position and the pump head is equal to the differential pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Honeywell, Inc.
    Inventors: Homer L. Greer, William F. Newbold