Patents by Inventor Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas

Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas 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).

  • Compound fluid meter with flow distributor
    Patent number: 6581457
    Abstract: A compound meter assembly (10) has a housing (15, 17, 19), a high volume flow meter (14) disposed in a main flow passageway (22) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter (12) disposed in the secondary flow passageway (29) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor (70) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance (27) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor (70) having a central opening (71) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports (72) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls (26) of the housing (15, 17, 19) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway (22) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region (61, 62) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter (12) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, George De Jarlais, Christopher G. Kocher, Mario P. Gomez, Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas
  • Compound fluid meter with flow distributor
    Publication number: 20020189341
    Abstract: A compound meter assembly (10) has a housing (15, 17, 19), a high volume flow meter (14) disposed in a main flow passageway (22) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter (12) disposed in the secondary flow passageway (29) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor (70) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance (27) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor (70) having a central opening (71) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports (72) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls (26) of the housing (15, 17, 19) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway (22) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region (61, 62) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter (12) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, George De Jarlais, Christopher G. Kocher, Mario P. Gomez, Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas
  • Water meter housing
    Patent number: D469707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Schwartz, Don Faber, George De Jarlais, Christopher G. Kocher, Mario P. Gomez, Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas