Patents by Inventor Timothy R. Smail

Timothy R. Smail 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).

  • Apparatus and process for an off-surface cone penetrometer sensor
    Patent number: 6553852
    Abstract: A cone penetrometer is provided having a pivoting arm which deploys a variable distance from the surface of the cone penetrometer. Sensors placed on the end of the deployable arm provide for data collection outside a compression zone created by the insertion of the cone penetrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Westinghouse Savannah River Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Smail, Phillip J. French, Russell K. Huffman