Inventor
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD
US28 patents
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MICRO MOTION INC
20 patentsUS5861561AJan 19, 1999
Bypass type coriolis effect flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC191 citations98
US5731527AMar 24, 1998
Coriolis flowmeters using fibers and anisotropic material to control selected vibrational flowmeter characteristics
MICRO MOTION INC99 citations98
US5661232AAug 26, 1997
Coriolis viscometer using parallel connected Coriolis mass flowmeters
MICRO MOTION INC160 citations98
US6487917B1Dec 3, 2002
Low thermal stress balance bar for a coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC60 citations96
US6327915B1Dec 11, 2001
Straight tube Coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC81 citations96
US5979246ANov 9, 1999
Spring rate balancing of the flow tube and a balance bar in a straight tube Coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC88 citations96
US7287438B2Oct 30, 2007
Method and apparatus for force balancing of a Coriolis flow meter
MICRO MOTION INC28 citations92
US6769163B2Aug 3, 2004
Method and apparatus for bonding a connecting ring to a flow tube and balance bar having different thermal coefficients of expansion in a Coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC34 citations92
US6634241B1Oct 21, 2003
Method and apparatus for bonding a connecting ring to a flow tube and balance bar of a coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC29 citations92
US6343517B1Feb 5, 2002
Apparatus for connecting a coriolis flowmeter flow tube to a flowmeter case
MICRO MOTION INC17 citations92
US5814739ASep 29, 1998
Coriolis flowmeter having corrugated flow tube
MICRO MOTION INC38 citations92
US5728951AMar 17, 1998
Coriolis effect mass flowmeter using concentric rotors
MICRO MOTION INC28 citations92
US6598489B1Jul 29, 2003
Balance bar having a reduced axial thermal stress resulting from high temperature manufacturing methods
MICRO MOTION INC28 citations86
US6363794B1Apr 2, 2002
Method and apparatus for Coriolis flowmeter having an accuracy enhancing balance bar
MICRO MOTION INC12 citations74
US6718615B2Apr 13, 2004
Method of forming a coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC10 citations73
US6520028B1Feb 18, 2003
Gyroscopic mass flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC10 citations73
US7845241B2Dec 7, 2010
Balancing structure for a single curved tube coriolis flow meter
MICRO MOTION INC3 citations63
US7597007B2Oct 6, 2009
Split balance weights for eliminating density effect on flow
MICRO MOTION INC3 citations63
US6397684B1Jun 4, 2002
Low thermal stress case connect link for a straight tube Coriolis flowmeter
MICRO MOTION INC6 citations63
USD435227SDec 19, 2000
Straight tube coriolis flowmeter casing
MICRO MOTION INC1 citations49
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD
7 patentsUS9170143B2Oct 27, 2015
Vibrating flow meter having a predetermined resistance ratio to a temperature ratio between the curved tube and the balanced structure
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD4 citations72
US8826745B2Sep 9, 2014
Vibratory flow meter and method for determining viscosity in a flow material
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD5 citations72
US8448491B2May 28, 2013
Vibratory flow meter and method for correcting for an entrained phase in a two-phase flow of a flow material
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD3 citations62
US9170142B2Oct 27, 2015
Thermal stress compensation in a curved tube vibrating flow meter
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD1 citations51
US8671779B2Mar 18, 2014
Balance system for a vibrating flow meter
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD1 citations51
US8573068B2Nov 5, 2013
Method and apparatus for coupling a case to a vibrating flow meter
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD0 citations51
US10036694B2Jul 31, 2018
Vibrating densitometer including an improved vibrating member
VAN CLEVE CRAIG BRAINERD0 citations50