Patents by Inventor Tommy B. Molinar

Tommy B. Molinar 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).

  • Highly accurate weighing system
    Patent number: 4967384
    Abstract: A microprocessor-based system (18) for weighing large objects, such as aircraft, at a number of points is disclosed. A plurality of load sensing units (10) each contain a strain gauges (50), analog amplification and calibration circuits (54), filtering circuits (56, 58), and analog-to-digital conversion circuitry (60). Each of the load sensing units (10) couple through serial data communication channels (14) to a controller (12), which contains a microprocessor (20), a keyboard (46), and a display (36). A microprocessor (20) executes a program which monitors all load sensing units (10), calculates weight based on data obtained from the load sensing units (10) and several compensation factors, and displays weight of a selected load sensing unit (10). Various foreground (200) and keyboard service (300) software routines are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: General Electrodynamics Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy B. Molinar, Jerome E. Johnston