Roger Scott Loving
Engineers at James Cyn Dr, Boulder, CO

6520028, Feb 18, 2003

Nov 28, 2000

09/724230

Craig Brainerd Van Cleve - Lyons CO
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 184

73861354

Apparatus for and a method of operating a mass flowmeter having a first embodiment that uses gyroscopic forces to determine material flow information for a material flow. The interior of the flow tube defines a helix element that imparts a rotation to the material flow within the flow tube. Driver induced transverse flow tube vibrations and the rotation imparted to the material flow together generate cyclic gyroscopic forces within the flow tube. The magnitude of the flow tube deflection from the gyroscopic forces is related to the magnitude of the material flow and is measured to determine material flow information. A second embodiment of the flowmeter detect the Coriolis forces on the vibrating flow tube and generates material flow information from the detected Coriolis forces. The Coriolis based flow information and the gyroscopic based flow information are both applied to meter electronics which uses the two sets of Information for comparison and error checking and other purposes.

6805012, Oct 19, 2004

Jul 26, 2002

10/205967

Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO
Anthony William Pankratz - Arvada CO

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 178

73861354

The present invention relates to a linear actuator that maximizes the flux density in the air gap where work is to be done by increasing the lines of flux that are captured while keeping the cost of production and mass relatively low. This is achieved by an improved linear actuator, which is characterized by a keeper comprised of a cross-shaped piece of ferromagnetic material bent such that the four ends of the cross are located perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the magnet.

5861561, Jan 19, 1999

Feb 25, 1997

8/805474

Craig Brainerd Van Cleve - Lyons CO
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 184, G01F 500

7386152

A bypass flowmeter for measuring the material flow in a conduit. An optimum pressure drop is developed across the flowmeter by coupling the material outlet of the flowmeter to the throat of a venturi positioned within the conduit. This increased pressure drop improves the material flow rate through the flowmeter. This enhances flowmeter accuracy and sensitivity and the flowmeter's ability to measure mass flow rates for low density materials such as gas. The ratio of the material flow within the flowmeter to that of the conduit is derived with improved precision over prior arrangements which assume a constant ratio of material flow between the flowmeter and the conduit. The material flow information for the conduit is obtained for materials having a varying viscosity by the use of a differential pressure sensor which measures the pressure drop across the flowmeter and transmits this information to instrumentation which uses it to derive material flow information for the conduit with improved precision. An alternative embodiment not having a venturi operates in the same manner to derive the material flow ratio between the flowmeter and the conduit and, in turn, the total material flow in the conduit.

5728951, Mar 17, 1998

Nov 18, 1996

8/744224

Craig Brainerd Van Cleve - Lyons CO
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 105, G01F 184

73861354

A Coriolis flowmeter having an outer rotor positioned within a housing and having a recess coaxial with a center axis of rotation. A Coriolis rotor is positioned in the recess of the outer rotor and has a center of rotation coaxial with the center axis of rotation. The Coriolis rotor has a plurality of holes, each of which extends from the outer periphery of said Coriolis rotor to a center recess of said Coriolis rotor. The outer rotor has a plurality of holes, each of which extends from the outer periphery of the outer rotor to the recess of said outer rotor with at least some of said holes in said outer rotor being aligned with a corresponding one of said plurality of said holes in said Coriolis rotor. A fluid inlet extends fluid through holes of both the outer rotor and the Coriolis rotor to a fluid outlet of the flowmeter. Both rotors rotate about the center axis of rotation when fluid is received and passes through the holes of the rotors.

5679906, Oct 21, 1997

Nov 16, 1995

8/558686

Craig Brainered Van Cleve - Lyons CO
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 184

73861353

A Coriolis flowmeter having a rotor assembly positioned within a housing and having center axis of rotation. The rotor assembly has a plurality of flow channels, each of which extends from the outer periphery of said rotor assembly to a center recess of said rotor assembly. An inlet extends material through the flow channels to an outlet of the flowmeter. The rotor assembly rotates about the center axis of rotation as the material passes through the flow channels. Coriolis forces generated by the material flowing and the concurrent rotation of the rotor assembly cause a flexure element comprising a part of the rotor assembly to assume an arcuate offset. Strain gauges or sensing coils and magnets generate output signals indicative of the magnitude of the angular offset and the mass flow rate of the flowing material. A motor connected to the rotor assembly can rotate the rotor assembly at an increased velocity to operate the flowmeter as a pump that generates output signals indicative of the pump throughput.

2011002, Feb 3, 2011

Apr 16, 2008

12/922738

Adam LeWinter - Boulder CO, US
Anthony William Pankratz - Arvada CO, US
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO, US
Leah Schultze - Longmont CO, US

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 1/20

7386118

A dual pick-off vibratory flowmeter () is provided according to the invention. The dual pick-off vibratory flowmeter () includes a first flowtube (A) and a second flowtube (B), with the first and second flowtubes (A, B) configured to be vibrated substantially in opposition. The vibratory flowmeter () further includes a first pick-off sensor () including first and second pick-off portions (A, B) affixed to the first and second flowtubes (A, B), with the first pick-off sensor () being located at a first longitudinal location X along the first and second flowtubes (A, B). The vibratory flowmeter () further includes a second pick-off sensor () including first and second pick-off portions (A, B) affixed to the first and second flowtubes (A, B), with the second pick-off sensor () being located substantially at the first longitudinal location X and substantially spaced-apart from the first pick-off sensor ().

5850039, Dec 15, 1998

Feb 27, 1997

8/807059

Craig Brainerd Van Cleve - Lyons CO
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO
Gregory Treat Lanham - Longmont CO

Micro Motion - Boulder CO

G01F 184

73861357

A flowmeter positioned inside a case having compliant membranes for case ends. The membranes have an axial compliance sufficient to allow the flow tube to expand/contract freely in response to thermal changes without a permanent deformation of the flow tube.

5661232, Aug 26, 1997

Mar 6, 1996

8/611560

Craig Brainerd Van Cleve - Lyons CO
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01N 1102

73 5405

A pair of flowmeters having unequal flow carrying capabilities are effectively connected in parallel to receive a material flow. The material flow through the flowmeters supplies output signals to associated meter electronics which derives mass flow and other information for each meter. The meter electronics is pre-programmed with information regarding the physical characteristics of each flowmeter. The meter electronics uses the pre-programmed information and the derived material flow velocity for each meter and other information to determine the viscosity for the material in the flowmeters.

7168329, Jan 30, 2007

Feb 4, 2003

10/540177

Mark James Bell - Arvada CO, US
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO, US
Joseph C. Dille - Telford PA, US

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

G01F 1/84

73861355, 73861357

A Coriolis mass flowmeter () having a low mass drive system comprising a driver coil (D) for vibrating flow tube means (). The Coriolis mass flowmeter does not use a magnet affixed to the flow tube means. Instead, the flow tube means is coated with or is integral to magnetic material () that responds to the magnetic fields generated by the driver coil to vibrate the flow tube means. The flow tube means may comprise one () or more (CC) flow tubes. The magnetic material may be ferrous material devoid of an internal magnetic field. Alternatively the magnetic material may be steel or stainless steel having internal magnetic fields.

8362864, Jan 29, 2013

Oct 6, 2005

12/088269

Anthony William Pankratz - Arvada CO, US
Roger Scott Loving - Boulder CO, US

Micro Motion, Inc. - Boulder CO

H01F 3/00, H01F 7/00

335296, 335302

A magnet assembly () is provided according to the invention. The magnet assembly () includes at least one magnet (), a magnet keeper () including a substantially planar magnet receiving face () for receiving the at least one magnet (), and brazing () that affixes the at least one magnet () to the magnet receiving face () of the magnet keeper ().