Patents by Inventor Richard S. Salvesen

Richard S. Salvesen 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).

  • Patent number: 8138647
    Abstract: A pulse adapter assembly that includes a pulse assembly that has a housing with a cavity disposed therein that receives a sensing device and a driven magnet. The adapter assembly has a shaft having a bearing assembly thereon and driver magnet wherein the shaft is disposed within the cavity of the pulse assembly such that the driven magnet and driver magnet couple to position the driven magnet at a predetermined distance from the sensing device. A workpiece such as a flow meter is attached to the adapter assembly wherein the sensing device monitors the driven magnet to determine an operational parameter of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Richard S. Salvesen
  • Publication number: 20110193438
    Abstract: A pulse adapter assembly that includes a pulse assembly that has a housing with a cavity disposed therein that receives a sensing device and a driven magnet. The adapter assembly has a shaft having a bearing assembly thereon and driver magnet wherein the shaft is disposed within the cavity of the pulse assembly such that the driven magnet and driver magnet couple to position the driven magnet at a predetermined distance from the sensing device. A workpiece such as a flow meter is attached to the adapter assembly wherein the sensing device monitors the driven magnet to determine an operational parameter of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Richard S. Salvesen
  • Patent number: 4408204
    Abstract: A digital counter receives pulses from a transducer monitoring gasoline pumped, articles moving along an assembly line, count processes in batch controlled systems, or the like. The counter stores four decades of BCD encoded data. The counter is continuously scanned and the data converted digit by digit into a serial stream of pulse width modulated bursts containing the BCD data for each digit accompanied by its associated address in the counter. The receiver operates in the reverse of the transmitter. Each incoming pulse rising edge triggers two pulse generators. If the first pulse generator times out prior to the received pulse, the received pulse will be clocked into a shift register. The second pulse generator is continuously reset during receipt of a sequence of digits. When the second pulse generator times out, the contents of the shift register is latched into a display controller. The receiver distinguishes between individual pulses and consecutive decades by the time delay between received pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Midwest Computer Register Corp.
    Inventor: Richard S. Salvesen