Inventor · Annapolis, MD, US

Herbert Estrada

26Patents
9h-index
15Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 25, 1975 → Dec 9, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6647806B1 Turbulence conditioner for use with transit time ultrasonic flowmeters Physics 32 Expired
US6227040A Method and apparatus for determining the viscosity of a fluid in a container Physics 28 Expired
US4024760A Fluid flow measurement apparatus Physics 21 Expired
US4975238A Control system for a nuclear steam power plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7810401B2 Apparatus and method for operation in the laminar, transition, and turbulent flow regimes Physics 17 Active
US6446494B2 Method and apparatus for determining the viscosity of a fluid in a container Physics 16 Expired
US4145922A Thermal power measurement apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6244100A Temperature compensation for automated leak detection Physics 12 Expired
US8544343B2 Chordal gas flowmeter with transducers installed outside the pressure boundary Physics 12 Active
US8578971B2 Fluid nozzle for a pipe having a flow meter Physics 5 Active
US7366625B1 Method, apparatus and computer medium for correcting transient flow errors in flowmeter proving data Physics 5 Active
US8438935B2 Smooth bore, chordal transit-time ultrasonic meter and method Physics 5 Active
US8534138B2 Chordal gas flowmeter with transducers installed outside the pressure boundary, housing and method Physics 4 Active
US9140593B2 Smooth bore, chordal transit-time ultrasonic meter and method Physics 4 Active
US7823462B2 Turbulence conditioner for transit time ultrasonic flow meters and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9772207B2 Smooth bore, chordal transit-time ultrasonic flow meter that eliminates dependence of meter factor on Reynolds Number Physics 2 Active
US9448150B2 Method and apparatus for determining kinematic viscosity through the transmission and reception of ultrasonic energy Physics 1 Active
US9322689B2 Chordal gas flow meter with transducers installed outside the pressure boundary, and method Physics 1 Active
US11131572B2 Smooth bore, chordal transit-time ultrasonic meter and method Physics 1 Active
US8065785B2 Method for producing a turbulence conditioner for use with an ultrasonic flow meter in a pipe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10801937B2 Method and apparatus for determining kinematic viscosity through the transmission and reception of ultrasonic energy Physics 0 Active
US8532943B2 Method and apparatus for the measurement of the mass fraction of water in oil-water mixtures Physics 0 Active
US10539445B2 Smooth bore, chordal transit-time ultrasonic meter and method Physics 0 Active
US8132463B2 Method and apparatus for detecting voids in a pipe Physics 0 Active
US8880363B2 Method and apparatus for the measurement of the mass fraction of water in oil-water mixtures Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.