Patents by Inventor Peter Kinnell

Peter Kinnell 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).

  • Sensor
    Patent number: 9784630
    Abstract: A sensor is provided having a diaphragm. One side of the diaphragm is arranged to be exposed to a fluid, to measure a characteristic of the fluid. Two supports are mounted on the diaphragm and a resonator is provided on the supports. The proportion of energy transferred from the resonator to the diaphragm is variable for the sensor to be used either as a viscosity/density sensor or as a pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Sensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Kinnell, Russell William Craddock
  • SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120198916
    Abstract: A sensor is provided having a diaphragm. One side of the diaphragm is arranged to be exposed to a fluid, to measure a characteristic of the fluid. Two supports are mounted on the diaphragm and a resonator is provided on the supports. The proportion of energy transferred from the resonator to the diaphragm is variable for the sensor to be used either as a viscosity/density sensor or as a pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Kinnell, Russell William Craddock
  • System and method for sensing differential pressure
    Publication number: 20070074578
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensing system is provided. The sensing system includes a membrane layer having a channel extending diametrically therein, and including one or more cavities provided radially outbound of the channel and at least one resonant beam disposed in the channel and configured to oscillate at a desired frequency. The system further includes sensing circuitry configured to detect oscillation of the at least one resonant beam indicative of deformation in the membrane layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Kuna Kishore, Parag Thakre, Russell Craddock, Peter Kinnell, John Greenwood