Patents by Inventor Robert N. Nodine

Robert N. Nodine 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: 5998741
    Abstract: This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indicative of vehicle tire loading. The switching devices provide second output signals indicative of vehicle speed and characterization. Processor means receive the first and second output signals and characterize the vehicle; calculate the vehicle speed and calculate the vehicle weight by integrating the second output signals and combining with the vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.
    Inventors: David L. Beshears, Gary J. Capps, John K. Jordan, John V. LaForge, Jeffrey D. Muhs, Robert N. Nodine, Matthew B. Scudiere, Cliff P. White
  • Patent number: 5959259
    Abstract: This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indicative of vehicle tire loading. The switching devices provide second output signals indicative of vehicle speed and characterization. Processor means receive the first and second output signals and characterize the vehicle; calculate the vehicle speed and calculate the vehicle weight by integrating the second output signals and combining with the vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Beshears, Gary J. Capps, John K. Jordan, John V. LaForge, Jeffrey D. Muhs, Robert N. Nodine, Matthew B. Scudiere, Cliff P. White
  • Patent number: 5900592
    Abstract: A load sensing system inexpensively monitors the weight and temperature of stored nuclear material for long periods of time in widely variable environments. The system can include an electrostatic load cell that encodes weight and temperature into a digital signal which is sent to a remote monitor via a coaxial cable. The same cable is used to supply the load cell with power. When multiple load cells are used, vast inventories of stored nuclear material can be continuously monitored and inventoried of minimal cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.
    Inventors: Carl W. Sohns, Robert N. Nodine, Steven Allen Wallace