Patents by Inventor Stanley T. Spink, Jr.

Stanley T. Spink, 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: 4926360
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic gage amplifier which converts sinusoidal signals representing measurement data from a gage head into a visual display of measurement data. The measurement signals are received by the amplifier at the input of a mixer where they are combined with a coarse adjustment signal. The coarse adjustment signal, which is provided by a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) which is controlled by a microcomputer, yields a fine adjustment signal when mixed with the measurement signal. The resulting fine adjustment signal is amplified by a preamplifier, translated into a steady-state voltage by a programmable-gain demodulate-and-hold circuit (D/H) and converted to a digital word by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The microcomputer further causes a known reference signal to be processed through the MDAC, mixer, preamplifier, D/H, and ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Stanley T. Spink, Jr.