Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Langley

Thomas W. Langley 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: 4043180
    Abstract: A system employing a plurality of electronic oscillators for generating test signals at spaced locations remote from a selection point. The oscillators are coupled to a gathering line for petroleum products, each being located adjacent to an acoustic detector coupled to the line for signaling the presence of a leak within its range. A digital selector which manually generates a given number of pulses is located at the selection point. There is a binary counter at each oscillator to receive the pulses. And, there is also a binary encoder at each oscillator to determine which one will be energized, depending upon the number of pulses generated by the selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Morris, Norman E. Flournoy, Thomas W. Langley