Patents by Inventor Michael D. Anfinson

Michael D. Anfinson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring flow
    Patent number: 4252028
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring mass flow, and particularly the sum or difference in mass flow of distinct streams of flowing materials, wherein a plurality of channels are provided in one or more conduits rotating or oscillating as a common unit with additive streams or a common stream being flowed through the channels in a first direction and subtractive streams being flowed through the channels in an opposite direction, and in which the net Coriolis force imposed upon the conduit unit is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: S & F Associates
    Inventors: James E. Smith, A. J. Mims, Michael D. Anfinson