Patents by Inventor Robert Stuelke

Robert Stuelke 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: 11768121
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a Wheatstone bridge circuit including a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, and a fourth resistor having matching output characteristics. The pressure sensor further includes a first trim resistor in series with the Wheatstone bridge circuit, wherein the first trim resistor has output characteristics matching the output characteristics of the first resistor, the second resistor, the third resistor, and the fourth resistor of the Wheatstone bridge. The pressure sensor additionally includes a second trim resistor in parallel or a parallel loop with the Wheatstone bridge circuit, wherein the second trim resistor has output characteristics matching the output characteristics of the first resistor, the second resistor, the third resistor, and the fourth resistor of the Wheatstone bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: David P. Potasek, Robert Stuelke
  • Publication number: 20230160767
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a Wheatstone bridge circuit including a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, and a fourth resistor having matching output characteristics. The pressure sensor further includes a first trim resistor in series with the Wheatstone bridge circuit, wherein the first trim resistor has output characteristics matching the output characteristics of the first resistor, the second resistor, the third resistor, and the fourth resistor of the Wheatstone bridge. The pressure sensor additionally includes a second trim resistor in parallel or a parallel loop with the Wheatstone bridge circuit, wherein the second trim resistor has output characteristics matching the output characteristics of the first resistor, the second resistor, the third resistor, and the fourth resistor of the Wheatstone bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: David P. Potasek, Robert Stuelke
  • Publication number: 20200355568
    Abstract: A pressure sensor assembly is formed by: forming an inlet channel by brazing a transition portion to a pressure port with a high temperature brazing processes, wherein the transition portion and the pressure port are both hollow tubular members and are formed of different materials, the pressure port including a base and a projection extending therefrom; after the inlet channel is formed, joining a header and a sensor to the pressure port with a soldering process that is at a lower temperature than the high temperature brazing process, wherein the header is joined to the base of the pressure port and the sensor is joined to the projection of the pressure port and is in fluid communication with a fluid to be measured through the pressure port; and welding a cover to the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jim Golden, David P. Potasek, Robert Stuelke
  • Patent number: 10065853
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor is a body with first and second interior channels connected to process fluid inlets and separated by a barrier. Each side of a MEMS pressure sensing diaphragm in the barrier is fluidly connected to a process fluid inlet. The diaphragm is mounted on a hollow pedestal such that one side of the diaphragm is fluidly connected to a process fluid inlet through an interior channel in the pedestal that is adhesively attached to an annular bottom of a cylindrical cavity inside the body. The other side of the diaphragm is fluidly connected to the other process fluid inlet and is fluidly isolated from the first fluid inlet by the adhesive at the bottom of the pedestal. Deformation of the diaphragm due to a pressure difference between the process fluid inlets detected by sensors on the diaphragm indicates a differential pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Golden, Robert Stuelke
  • Patent number: 9963341
    Abstract: A sensor package includes a manifold and a MEMS die. The manifold includes a cylindrical body, a flange, and a mounting surface. The cylindrical body defines a first passage that extends longitudinally along a central axis from a first exterior end to an interior end of the cylindrical body. The flange extends from the cylindrical body and has an outer periphery that is configured to support a print circuit board. The mounting surface is disposed at the interior end of the first passage. The surface area of the mounting surface is less than the surface area of a MEMS die configured to mate with the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Potasek, Robert Stuelke
  • Publication number: 20170334713
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor may include a body with a first end, second end and wall wherein the first and second ends comprise isolator diaphragms connected to first and second process fluid inlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jim Golden, Robert Stuelke
  • Publication number: 20160340176
    Abstract: A sensor package includes a manifold and a MEMS die. The manifold includes a cylindrical body, a flange, and a mounting surface. The cylindrical body defines a first passage that extends longitudinally along a central axis from a first exterior end to an interior end of the cylindrical body. The flange extends from the cylindrical body and has an outer periphery that is configured to support a print circuit board. The mounting surface is disposed at the interior end of the first passage. The surface area of the mounting surface is less than the surface area of a MEMS die configured to mate with the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: David P. Potasek, Robert Stuelke