Patents by Inventor John Kenneth Overzet

John Kenneth Overzet 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: 4104595
    Abstract: An electrical circuit translates the capacitance change of a variable area capacitive transducer into a d-c voltage change. The transducer has two electrodes, and the surface of one electrode is anodized or otherwise provided with a dielectric layer. One of the two electrodes is nonlinear, having an apex point nearer the other electrode than the remainder of the electrode surface. As a force is applied to the deformable one of the two electrodes, there is a change in the effective contact area between the electrodes in accordance with the applied pressure, producing a resultant change in capacitance. The signal translating circuit produces a d-c output signal which varies as a function of the transducer capacitance change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: John Kenneth Overzet