Patents by Inventor Robert J. Cheney, Jr.

Robert J. Cheney, Jr. 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: 4438648
    Abstract: A flowmeter is provided for receiving a plurality of fluid streams and providing signals representative of the mass flow rate of each stream and the differential mass flow rate of any selected pair of the streams. A housing defines a flow channel to accommodate each stream to be measured. An impeller is rotatably mounted in each channel to impart measured angular momentum to the fluid flowing in that channel and all of the impellers are driven by a common turbine and shaft. The impellers are each resiliently coupled to the shaft so that the impellers lag behind the shaft by an amount proportional to the angular momentum imparted by each impeller to the fluid in its respective channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Eldec Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Cheney, Jr.