Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Webb

Wayne A. Webb 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).

  • Electro-optic fluid quantity measurement system
    Patent number: 8362436
    Abstract: Systems and methods determine the level, density, and/or temperature of a fluid based on the fluorescence of a material within an optical waveguide slab at least partially immersed in the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Precision Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Mentzer, Nicholas P. Petrillo, Wayne A. Webb
  • Methods and systems for detecting and/or determining the concentration of a fluid
    Patent number: 7768646
    Abstract: Methods and systems detect the presence of a fluid, such as water, based on a reflection of optical energy from the fluid. Methods and systems also determine the concentration of a constituent element in a mixture based on a reflection of optical energy from the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Precision Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Mentzer, Nicholas P. Petrillo, Wayne A. Webb
  • Systems and methods for determining level and/or type of a fluid
    Patent number: 7710567
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining the density and/or temperature of a fluid based on the manner in which optical energy is affected as the optical energy propagates across a gap between opposing end faces of optical waveguides, or the manner in which the optical energy is reflected from interfaces of optical waveguides and the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Strube, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Mentzer, Nicholas P. Petrillo, Wayne A. Webb, Brian S. Trostle
  • Systems and methods for generating optical energy using a light-emitting diode
    Patent number: 7671539
    Abstract: Systems for providing optical energy comprise an LED, a detector of optical energy, such as a photodiode, that measures the intensity of optical energy emitted by the light-emitting diode, and a controller. The controller adjusts the intensity of the optical energy emitted by the LED based on the intensity measurement provide by the photodiode, to maintain the intensity of the emitted optical energy at a desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Precision Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Mentzer, Nicholas P. Petrillo, Wayne A. Webb
  • Methods and systems for determining the density and/or temperature of fluids
    Patent number: 7573565
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining the density and/or temperature of a fluid based on a reflection of optical energy directed at the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Strube, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Mentzer, Nicholas P. Petrillo, Wayne A. Webb
  • Method for expense report storage and calculation
    Patent number: 4852000
    Abstract: A system for maintaining a business record includes a main menu having a plurality of modular expense routines and a plurality of modular operational assistance routines. All the modular routines are individually identified and selectively callable by entering an individual alpha-numeric identifier for the particular module selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Universal Data Associates
    Inventors: Wayne A. Webb, Keith D. Scearce