Patents by Inventor Raul Brenner

Raul Brenner 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).

  • Capacitance level sensor
    Patent number: 5973415
    Abstract: A capacitive level sensor for sensing level of a in a vessel includes a sensor coupled to the vessel having a shield and an inner sensing rod. An oscillator provides an RF signal to the shield and the sensing rod. Comparison circuitry couples to the sensing rod provides a wet/dry output in response to capacitance between the inner sensing rod and the vessel, the capacitance related to the level of the liquid in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Kay-Ray/Sensall, Inc.
    Inventors: Raul Brenner, Alex J. Esin, Lawrence J. Jones, Boris Rosselson
  • Steam quality meter
    Patent number: 4753106
    Abstract: A meter measures the quality of steam flowing in a conduit. The steam comprises a liquid and a vapor. The meter includes a mixer in the conduit for mixing the steam in the conduit to produce a mixture which has a density representative of the liquid and the vapor. A density sensor, or desitometer, senses the density of the mixture. The densitomer produces an improved output due to the mixing. A pressure sensor senses pressure in the steam line. A calculating means, such as a microprocessor system, calculates the steam quality as a function of the sensed density and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Kay-Ray, Inc.
    Inventors: Raul Brenner, John M. DiMartino
  • Neutron position-sensitive scintillation detector
    Patent number: 4454424
    Abstract: A device is provided for mapping one- and two-dimensional distributions of neutron-positions in a scintillation detector. The device consists of a lithium glass scintillator coupled by an air gap and a light coupler to an array of photomultipliers. The air gap concentrates light flashes from the scintillator, whereas the light coupler disperses this concentrated light to a predetermined fraction of the photomultiplier tube array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Michael G. Strauss, Raul Brenner
  • Steam quality meter
    Patent number: RE33909
    Abstract: A meter measures the quality of steam flowing in a conduit. The steam comprises a liquid and a vapor. The meter includes a mixer in the conduit for mixing the steam in the conduit to produce a mixture which has a density representative of the liquid and the vapor. A density sensor, or desitometer, senses the density of the mixture. The densitomer produces an improved output due to the mixing. A pressure sensor senses pressure in the steam line. A calculating means, such as a microprocessor system, calculates the steam quality as a function of the sensed density and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Kay-Ray/Sensall, Inc.
    Inventors: Raul Brenner, John M. DiMartino