Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Durham, Jr.

Kenneth M. Durham, Jr. 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: 4319483
    Abstract: An automated fluid flow measurement system employs two temperature sensitive silicon resistors having tracking temperature coefficients. The resistors have equal impurity concentration but different values of resistance. The first temperature sensitive resistor is employed to measure the temperature of a flowing fluid. The second temperature sensitive resistor is electrically heated to a temperature at a predetermined amount greater than the measured temperature of the fluid. Because the rate of heat transfer from the heated temperature sensitive resistor to the fluid depends upon the rate at which the fluid passes this temperature sensitive resistor, the power required in order to maintain the predetermined temperature difference in the second temperature sensitive resistor is a measure of the flow rate of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Durham, Jr., Roy W. Tarpley, Larry A. Rehn