Patents by Inventor Udaykumar P. Dere

Udaykumar P. Dere 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: 8979021
    Abstract: An air bleed valve having a housing with hydraulic fluid therein and a first acoustic wave sensor mounted within the housing so as to be covered in the hydraulic fluid and a second acoustic wave sensor mounted within the housing so that it can detect when air is present in the housing sufficient to be vented outside upon the opening of an air vent valve and where both the first acoustic wave sensor and the second acoustic wave sensor and the air vent valve are electrically connected to a air bleed controller. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second acoustic wave sensors are of the type known as a shear horizontal surface acoustic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Easton Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjeev N. Dhuri, Udaykumar P. Dere
  • Publication number: 20130092266
    Abstract: An air bleed valve having a housing with hydraulic fluid therein and a first acoustic wave sensor mounted within the housing so as to be covered in the hydraulic fluid and a second acoustic wave sensor mounted within the housing so that it can detect when air is present in the housing sufficient to be vented outside upon the opening of an air vent valve and where both the first acoustic wave sensor and the second acoustic wave sensor and the air vent valve are electrically connected to a air bleed controller. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second acoustic wave sensors are of the type known as a shear horizontal surface acoustic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Sanjeev N. Dhuri, Udaykumar P. Dere