Patents by Inventor Howard R. Moreland

Howard R. Moreland 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).

  • Means for measuring the wax content of waxy oil
    Patent number: 3982422
    Abstract: The 50% boiling point, the gravity and the viscosity of waxy oil are sensed by sensors which provide corresponding signals. A computing circuit connected to the sensors provides a signal corresponding to the wax content of the waxy oil in accordance with the signals from the sensors and equations hereinafter disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Harrison, Theodore C. Mead, Howard R. Moreland, Frank L. Barger
  • Wax content measuring means
    Patent number: 3965723
    Abstract: A system measures and records the API gravity the viscosity and the sulfur content of waxy lubricating oil and provides corresponding signals. A computing circuit develops a signal corresponding to the wax content in accordance with the sensed parameter signals and an equation hereinafter disclosed. The wax content signal is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Harrison, Theodore C. Mead, Howard R. Moreland, Frank L. Barger