Dale R Sogge

6715357, Apr 6, 2004

Jan 13, 2003

10/341298

Hironari Ishiguro - Susono, JP
Yasushi Yamabayashi - Gotenba, JP
Dale R. Sogge - Wrentham MA

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

G01L 912

73715

A port fitting is formed with a closed, pedestal end forming a diaphragm on which a strain gauge sensor is mounted. A support member is received on the pedestal end and is formed with a flat end wall having an aperture aligned with the sensor. A portion of a flexible circuit assembly is bonded to the flat end wall with a connector disposed over the support member. A tubular outer housing is fitted over the several components and its bottom portion is welded to the port fitting while its top portion places a selected load on an O-ring received about the connector as well as internal components of the transducer. In one embodiment, a loading washer ( ) is disposed over the O-ring on a first portion ( ) of a two portion connector ( ) and retained by a second connector portion ( ). Protrusions ( ) formed on the tubular housing ( ) pass through cut-outs in the second connector portion to place a load on the loading washer. To facilitate assembly, the connector is attachable to the support member in one embodiment by legs of an EMC shield ( ), with the shield coupled to the connector by wedging tabs ( ) and in another embodiment by direct engagement of legs of the connector.

6940275, Sep 6, 2005

Dec 15, 2003

10/736972

Dale R. Sogge - Wrentham MA, US

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

G01B007/14
G01B007/30
G01R033/06
H01L043/06

3242072, 32420721, 32420725

A magnetic position sensor has a stator () formed of magnetic material and a pair of magnets () rotatably mounted about the stator and movable between opposite angular extremities and spaced from the stator by a primary cylindrical air gap (). A secondary air gap () is formed in a stationary member at a location at which the magnetic field varies with the angular position of the magnets. A first Hall Effect sensor () is disposed in the secondary air gap to measure the magnetic field there-across as an indication of the angular position of the magnets. A second reference sensor () is provided to detect the magnetic decay of the magnets. The second sensor can be a Hall Effect sensor disposed at a location at which the magnetic field is relatively constant, independent of the angular position of the magnets. The reference sensor output can be used as a diagnostic indicator or as a correction for the first sensor output.

7023201, Apr 4, 2006

Dec 15, 2003

10/736956

Dale R. Sogge - Wrentham MA, US
Yoshihiko Mikawa - Shizuoka, JP
Masashi Matsutomo - Shizuoka, JP
Keith E. Crowe - Littleton MA, US

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

G01B 7/30

32420725, 324205

A magnetic position sensor has a stator () formed of magnetic material and a pair of magnets () rotatably mounted about the stator and movable between opposite angular extremities and spaced from the stator by a primary cylindrical air gap (). A secondary air gap () is formed in a stationary member at a location at which the magnetic field varies with the angular position of the magnets. A first Hall Effect sensor () is disposed in the secondary air gap to measure the magnetic field there-across as an indication of the angular position of the magnets. A second reference sensor () is provided to detect the magnetic decay of the magnets. The second sensor can be a Hall Effect sensor disposed at a location at which the magnetic field is relatively constant, independent of the angular position of the magnets. The reference sensor output can be used as a diagnostic indicator or as a correction for the first sensor output.

7075022, Jul 11, 2006

Jan 4, 2006

11/324813

Jeffrey P. Silveria - Norwood MA, US
Thomas A. Perkins - North Attleboro MA, US
Dale R. Sogge - Wrentham MA, US

Sensata Technologies, Inc. - Attleboro MA

H01H 9/06

200 6188

A switch system () for use with vehicular transmissions for providing an indication of transmission operation in which an electrically insulating ramp plate () is fixedly mounted on a face surface of an electrically conductive detent plate (). Detent plate () has a shaft receiving bore () formed in a hub () that extends from a face surface and interfits with hub () of the actuator plate. The detent plate is fixedly mounted to a rotatable shaft received in the bore of hub () and is rotatably mounted relative to actuator plate (). Ramp plate () has a plurality of openings each defined by a lifting ramp at two opposite ends and conductive leads mounted on the actuator plate, as by insert molding, extend into cut-outs formed in the actuator plate. These cut-outs are alignable with the openings in the ramp plate and the conductive leads have free ends biased toward the detent plate so that rotation of the actuator plate will selectively close or open circuits between the conductive leads and the detent plate. In an additional embodiment, a locking feature is provided for locking the switch system in a selected orientation during shipment to an OEM by using a pin () that is only partially inserted through a bore aligned with a reference feature () of the actuator plate.

20120293165, Nov 22, 2012

May 15, 2012

13/472272

Albert Ferdinand Zwijze - Vriezenveen, NL
Dale Reed Sogge - Wrentham MA, US

Sensata Technologies, Inc. - Attleboro MA

G01B 7/14
G01R 33/00

32420711

Magnetic proximity sensor, comprising a magnetic sensor element, and a magnet assembly having a first pole surface and a second pole surface, wherein the first pole surface of the magnet assembly is positioned adjacent to a sensor target surface of the magnetic proximity sensor, and the sensor element is positioned at a first distance from the second pole surface of the magnet assembly remote from the sensor target surface.

46622322, May 5, 1987

Sep 26, 1985

6/780468

Edward M. Gonsalves - Swansea MA
Dale R. Sogge - Randolph MA
Thomas J. Charboneau - Plainville MA

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

G01P 102

738665

A dual function sensor particularly useful with vehicular coolant systems indicates when a coolant liquid becomes corrosive to such cooling system materials as well as when the liquid falls to a low level condition. A reference and a sense electrode are used to probe the condition of the coolant liquid. Integral electronics provide signal conditioning and transmitting to indicate both corrosive and low level coolant conditions. The sensor assembly mounts directly onto a tubular coupling on the vehicle radiator by pushing the assembly onto the coupling until a spring wire element snaps past a lip formed on the free distal end of the coupling. An electrical connector shroud extends from the assembly and accommodates a mating male connector which is pushed onto the shroud until a clip mounted on the male connector snaps over a locking tab located on the shroud. The male connector typically is connected to an engine control module (ECM).

59592125, Sep 28, 1999

Apr 27, 1998

9/067162

Dale R. Sogge - Wrentham MA
Mitchell H. Berkson - Providence RI

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

G01L 912
H01G 700

73718

A fluid pressure sensor (10) having a capacitive pressure transducer (12) having a thin, relatively flexible ceramic diaphragm (14) mounted in closely spaced apart relation to a rigid ceramic substrate (16) by a glass annulus (18) mounted in a housing (46) having a port (46a) for fluid whose pressure is to be sensed to be received on an outer face of the diaphragm. An electronic circuit (50) is mounted in a chamber (38) formed between a connector (36) and an outer face (12b) of the substrate. A source capacitor plate (20) and source trace (20b) are printed on the diaphragm and a detect plate (22) and detect trace (22b) are printed on a substrate with a guard plate (28, 28', 28"; 30, 30") printed on both the diaphragm and substrate completely surrounding the source and detect plates and traces.

57082456, Jan 13, 1998

Jul 14, 1992

7/913275

Karl H. Werner - N. Attleboro MA
Murad M. Vosgershian - Wareham MA
Nallan C. Suresh - Ann Arbor MI
Dale R. Sogge - Wrentham MA
Kai L. Keasey - Holliston MA

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

H01H 3540

200 83P

A normally open pressure responsive electrical switch is shown having upper and lower body members with a combination terminal and disc seat member sandwiched therebetween. An electrically conductive snap acting disc is disposed on the disc seat and is adapted to snap through a centrally disposed aperture in the terminal into electrical engagement with an electrical contact disposed on a terminal mounted in the lower body member. The upper body member has a bore extending therethrough and slidably mounts a pressure converter adapted to convert pressure from a pressure source to a force and apply the force to the disc. A flexible membrane is disposed over the bore with an O-ring received on an O-ring seat adjacent the bore in the upper body member. A wall extending around the seal seat is deformed to capture the O-ring at its seat.