Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon
Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon 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).
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Patent number: 11371867Abstract: A fluid flow obstruction device for a process fluid flow measurement device includes a first wall having a first side. A second wall having a proximate end is arranged at a proximate end of the first side of the first wall. The arrangement forms a first apex between the first wall and the second wall. At least one additional wall is arranged parallel to the second wall at a distance from the proximate end of the first side of the first wall. The arrangement of the at least one additional wall and the first wall forms a corresponding additional apex.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventor: Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon
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Publication number: 20220155113Abstract: A fluid flow obstruction device for a process fluid flow measurement device includes a first wall having a first side. A second wall having a proximate end is arranged at a proximate end of the first side of the first wall. The arrangement forms a first apex between the first wall and the second wall. At least one additional wall is arranged parallel to the second wall at a distance from the proximate end of the first side of the first wall. The arrangement of the at least one additional wall and the first wall forms a corresponding additional apex.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon
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Patent number: 10480981Abstract: A self-draining transmitter mount head includes a head body with a transmitter process coupling port in the head body, an impulse port in the head body, and an impulse passage coupled to the impulse port. An impulse drain passage is coupled between the pressure transmitter port and the impulse passage. The impulse drain passage is positioned at an angle to the impulse passage, and relative to a head installation angle that positions the impulse drain passage to drain away from the transmitter process coupling port through a range of head installation angles.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: DIETERICH STANDARD, INC.Inventors: Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, John Henry Stehle, Bryce Arthur Bingham, Chad Andrew Steffl, Gregory Robert Strom
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Publication number: 20180345168Abstract: A self-draining transmitter mount head includes a head body with a transmitter process coupling port in the head body, an impulse port in the head body, and an impulse passage coupled to the impulse port. An impulse drain passage is coupled between the pressure transmitter port and the impulse passage. The impulse drain passage is positioned at an angle to the impulse passage, and relative to a head installation angle that positions the impulse drain passage to drain away from the transmitter process coupling port through a range of head installation angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, John Henry Stehle, Bryce Arthur Bingham, Chad Andrew Steffl, Gregory Robert Strom
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Patent number: 10081039Abstract: A pressure transmitter coupling for coupling a pressure transmitter to a process fluid includes a process coupling face having a process coupling port configured to couple to impulse piping. A pressure transmitter coupling face is arranged at an angle to the process coupling face, the pressure transmitter coupling face including a pressure transmitter coupling port configured to fluidically couple to the pressure transmitter. A process fluid passageway extends between the process coupling port and the pressure transmitter coupling port. A rod out port is aligned with the process fluid coupling port and configured to receive a cleaning rod therethrough to clean the process coupling port.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: DIETERICH STANDARD, INC.Inventors: John Henry Stehle, Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, Bryce Arthur Bingham, Gregory Robert Strom
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Patent number: 9846022Abstract: An alignment device for a wafer in an industrial process assembly includes an inner surface shaped to conform to an outer surface of a wafer, an outer surface comprising at least two cams; and two ends connecting the inner surface to the outer surface. The two ends are positioned such that when the alignment device is positioned on the outer surface of the wafer, the alignment device extends more than one hundred eighty degrees around the wafer.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Dieterich Standard, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, Bryce Arthur Bingham, John Henry Stehle
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Patent number: 9804011Abstract: A flow measurement probe includes an elongate probe having an averaging pitot tube with a plurality of upstream and downstream openings arranged along a length of the elongate probe, and a thermal flow measurement sensor coupled to the elongate probe. A method of measuring fluid flow rate in a process includes calculating a flow rate of the fluid using differential pressure in upstream and downstream openings of an averaging pitot tube in an elongate probe when the differential pressure is at least a defined measurement threshold, and calculating the flow rate of the fluid with a thermal mass flow sensor coupled to the flow measurement probe when the differential pressure is less than the defined measurement threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Dieterich Standard, Inc.Inventors: David Russell Mesnard, Gregory Robert Strom, Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon
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Publication number: 20170089685Abstract: An alignment device for a wafer in an industrial process assembly includes an inner surface shaped to conform to an outer surface of a wafer, an outer surface comprising at least two cams; and two ends connecting the inner surface to the outer surface. The two ends are positioned such that when the alignment device is positioned on the outer surface of the wafer, the alignment device extends more than one hundred eighty degrees around the wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, Bryce Arthur Bingham, John Henry Stehle
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Patent number: 9383236Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for indicating bottoming contact between an inner wall of a fluid carrying conduit and a distal tip process measurement probe. A process device, such as a fluid flow meter, has a process measurement probe configured for insertion into the fluid carrying conduit. An insertion mechanism is coupled to the process measurement probe and configured to apply force to insert the process measurement probe into the fluid carrying conduit. A bottoming indicator is configured to provide an indication of proper bottoming of the distal tip of the process measurement probe against the inner wall of the fluid carrying conduit as a function of an insertion related force or pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Dieterich Standard, Inc.Inventors: Alan Blaine Kempner, Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, Darrel Francis Coleman
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Publication number: 20160175897Abstract: A pressure transmitter coupling for coupling a pressure transmitter to a process fluid includes a process coupling face having a process coupling port configured to couple to impulse piping. A pressure transmitter coupling face is arranged at an angle to the process coupling face, the pressure transmitter coupling face including a pressure transmitter coupling port configured to fluidically couple to the pressure transmitter. A process fluid passageway extends between the process coupling port and the pressure transmitter coupling port. A rod out port is aligned with the process fluid coupling port and configured to receive a cleaning rod therethrough to clean the process coupling port.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: John Henry Stehle, Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, Bryce Arthur Bingham, Gregory Robert Strom
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Publication number: 20160091355Abstract: A flow measurement probe includes an elongate probe having an averaging pitot tube with a plurality of upstream and downstream openings arranged along a length of the elongate probe, and a thermal flow measurement sensor coupled to the elongate probe. A method of measuring fluid flow rate in a process includes calculating a flow rate of the fluid using differential pressure in upstream and downstream openings of an averaging pitot tube in an elongate probe when the differential pressure is at least a defined measurement threshold, and calculating the flow rate of the fluid with a thermal mass flow sensor coupled to the flow measurement probe when the differential pressure is less than the defined measurement threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: David Russell Mesnard, Gregory Robert Strom, Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon
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Publication number: 20160084688Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for indicating bottoming contact between an inner wall of a fluid carrying conduit and a distal tip process measurement probe. A process device, such as a fluid flow meter, has a process measurement probe configured for insertion into the fluid carrying conduit. An insertion mechanism is coupled to the process measurement probe and configured to apply force to insert the process measurement probe into the fluid carrying conduit. A bottoming indicator is configured to provide an indication of proper bottoming of the distal tip of the process measurement probe against the inner wall of the fluid carrying conduit as a function of an insertion related force or pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Alan Blaine Kempner, Nathaniel Kirk Kenyon, Darrel Francis Coleman