Patents by Inventor Ottis Charles Foster

Ottis Charles Foster 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).

  • Device and system for relative motion sensing
    Patent number: 10444256
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device and system which uses printed circuit board metrology to accurately measure relative motion between surfaces in one or more dimensions. The invention comprises a system on a chip (SOC) to periodically measure, log, and transmit relative motion data in an automated fashion either wired or wirelessly, allowing long term measurement of moving surfaces such as foundation movement, bridge movement, concrete movement, structural system movement, excavation movement, slope monitoring or tree growth monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Structural Health Data Systems
    Inventors: Ottis Charles Foster, Scott Miles Langerman, John Edward Fitch
  • Device and System for Relative Motion Sensing
    Publication number: 20170038407
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device and system which uses printed circuit board metrology to accurately measure relative motion between surfaces in one or more dimensions. The invention comprises a system on a chip (SOC) to periodically measure, log, and transmit relative motion data in an automated fashion either wired or wirelessly, allowing long term measurement of moving surfaces such as foundation movement, bridge movement, concrete movement, structural system movement, excavation movement, slope monitoring or tree growth monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ottis Charles Foster, Scott Miles Langerman, John Edward Fitch
  • Automatic Drop Hammer
    Publication number: 20090000799
    Abstract: A drop-hammer apparatus that can repeatedly lift and release a weighted hammer over a specified vertical distance by using a gear with teeth along less than its entire perimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Ottis Charles Foster