Patents by Inventor Stephen Williams Smith

Stephen Williams Smith 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).

  • Water meter
    Patent number: 8690117
    Abstract: A meter includes an inlet for receiving a fluid and a housing defining a cylindrical chamber receiving the fluid from the inlet, wherein a chamber axis passes through a center of the cylindrical chamber. The meter also includes an outlet coupled to the housing, wherein the outlet is axially aligned with the inlet along a flow axis, and the flow axis does not intersect the chamber axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Capstone Metering LLC
    Inventors: David James Carlos Dunn, Kevin Peter Kowalchuk, Stephen Williams Smith, Jack Ryan Williamson, James Scott Williamson, Walter Scott Williamson
  • Water meter
    Patent number: 8602384
    Abstract: A meter includes an inlet for receiving a fluid and a housing defining a cylindrical chamber receiving the fluid from the inlet, wherein a chamber axis passes through a center of the cylindrical chamber. The meter also includes an outlet coupled to the housing, wherein the outlet is axially aligned with the inlet along a flow axis, and the flow axis does not intersect the chamber axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Capstone Metering LLC
    Inventors: Walter Scott Williamson, James Scott Williamson, Jack Ryan Williamson, Kevin Peter Kowalchuk, David James Carlos Dunn, Stephen Williams Smith
  • Water meter
    Publication number: 20120305113
    Abstract: A meter includes an inlet for receiving a fluid and a housing defining a cylindrical chamber receiving the fluid from the inlet, wherein a chamber axis passes through a center of the cylindrical chamber. The meter also includes an outlet coupled to the housing, wherein the outlet is axially aligned with the inlet along a flow axis, and the flow axis does not intersect the chamber axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Capstone Metering LLC
    Inventors: Walter Scott Williamson, James Scott Williamson, Jack Ryan Williamson, Kevin Peter Kowalchuk, David James Carlos Dunn, Stephen Williams Smith
  • WATER METER
    Publication number: 20120210708
    Abstract: A meter includes an inlet for receiving a fluid and a housing defining a cylindrical chamber receiving the fluid from the inlet, wherein a chamber axis passes through a center of the cylindrical chamber. The meter also includes an outlet coupled to the housing, wherein the outlet is axially aligned with the inlet along a flow axis, and the flow axis does not intersect the chamber axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Capstone Metering LLC
    Inventors: David James Carlos Dunn, Kevin Peter Kowalchuk, Stephen Williams Smith, Jack Ryan Williamson, James Scott Williamson, Walter Scott Williamson
  • Local buffer circuit for sonic waveguides
    Patent number: 5736855
    Abstract: A local buffer circuit for use with a magnetostrictive transducer is disclosed wherein the magnetostrictive transducer includes a pickup coil and the local buffer circuit includes two diodes in parallel with the pickup coil to clip or short the energy produced in the pickup coil generated by an interrogation pulse, and also includes a common emitter amplifier to reduce the electrical impedance of the pickup coil, also in parallel with the pickup coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventors: Stephen Williams Smith, Arnold Fred Sprecher, Jr.