Patents by Inventor Jules V. Osher

Jules V. Osher 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).

  • Miniature muscle displacement transducer
    Patent number: 3937212
    Abstract: A miniature transducer for sensing muscle displacement substantially consists of a curved beam of high elastic compliance connected at its ends to two prongs. The prongs have sharpened tips which are insertable into the muscle under observation. A sensitive strain gauge is bonded to the beam preferably at the point of greatest curvature. The strain gauge output is directly related to changes in the beam curvature. As the muscle under observation expands the spacing between the prongs increases which decreases the beam curvature. On the other hand, when the muscle contracts the prongs' spacing decreases, thereby increasing the beam curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Inventors: James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Cyril Feldstein, Jules V. Osher, Gilbert W. Lewis, Robert H. Silver, Edward N. Duran