Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Cross

Thomas A. Cross 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: 4160373
    Abstract: The contaminants in the exhaust gas emissions from a motor vehicle such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) are analyzed within a nondispersive infrared analyzer which includes means for assuring that the vehicle being tested has achieved a predetermined engine speed and that no blockage has occurred in the gas transport system when the measurements are made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Fastaia, Thomas A. Cross
  • Patent number: 3973848
    Abstract: The contaminants in the exhaust gas emissions from a motor vehicle such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) are analyzed and the concentration of the contaminants together with other pertinent data is displayed in a digital manner. The exhaust gas emissions are fed into a sample cell contained within a nondispersive infrared analyzer and the absorption of an infrared radiation beam at selected wavelengths by the gas within the cell is measured. A reference cell containing a reference gas is also positioned in the infrared radiation beam path. By means of a rotating chopper disk positioned in the light path, the infrared radiation beam passes alternately through the reference cell and the sample cell and is focused at a plurality of detectors which are each sensitized to a narrow wave band by a filter and which receive the alternate sample cell and reference cell radiation pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Terence W. Jowett, Thomas A. Cross
  • Patent number: 3957372
    Abstract: The contaminants in the exhaust gas emissions from a motor vehicle such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) are analyzed and the concentration of the contaminants together with other pertinent data is displayed in a digital manner. The exhaust gas emissions are fed into a sample cell contained within a nondispersive infrared analyzer and the absorption of an infrared radiation beam at selected wavelengths by the gas within the cell is measured. A reference cell containing a reference gas is also positioned in the infrared radiation beam path. By means of a rotating chopper disk positioned in the light path, the infrared radiation beam passes alternately through the reference cell and the sample cell and is focused at a plurality of detectors whch are each sensitized to a narrow wave band by a filter and which receive the alternate sample cell and reference cell radiation pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Terence W. Jowett, Charles Myron Rabinowitz, Anthony D. M. Knights, Thomas A. Cross
  • Patent number: 3958122
    Abstract: The contaminants in the exhaust gas emissions from a motor vehicle such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) are analyzed and the concentration of the contaminants together with other pertinent data is displayed in a digital manner. The exhaust gas emissions are fed into a sample cell contained within a nondispersive infrared analyzer and the absorption of an infrared radiation beam at selected wavelengths by the gas within the cell is measured. A reference cell containing a reference gas is also positioned in the infrared radiation beam path. By means of a rotating chopper disk positioned in the light path, the infrared radiation beam passes alternately through the reference cell and the sample cell and is focused at a plurality of detectors which are each sensitized to a narrow wave band by a filter and which receive the alternate sample cell and reference cell radiation pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Terence W. Jowett, Anthony D. M. Knights, Thomas A. Cross