Talk:Arthur Claude Ruge

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[edit] Patents/Inventions

Dr. Ruge quickly produced and patented the world's first load (load cells) pressure, and torque transducers. Some of his other American patents include

Patent Description Year
US Patent 2,053,226 EARTHQUAKE RXSISTANT STRUCTURE
US Patent 2,316,975 GAUGE 1943
US Patent 2,318,102 ROSETTE TIPE BTBAIN GAUGE 1943
US Patent 2,321,322 RHEOSTAT 1943
US Patent 2,334,843 Strain Gage 1943
US Patent 2,344,173 SWITCH
US Patent 2,344,642 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED STRAIN GAUGE 1944
US Patent 2,392,293 TORQUE MEASURING APPARATUS 1946
US Patent 2,403,951 VARIABLE RESISTOR 1946
US Patent 2,403,952 TORQUE METER X 1946
US Patent 2,416,664 STRAIN RESPONSIVE APPARATUS 1947
US Patent 2,434,438 CONDITION RESPONSIVE CIRCUIT FOB ROTATABLE MEMBERS XA 1948
US Patent 2,458,481 LOAD WEIGHING DEVICE 1949
US Patent 2,470,051 ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE FILAMENT AND THE METHOD OF MAKING SAME 1949
US Patent 2,472,047 ELECTRICAL LOAD WEIGHING APPARATUS 1949
US Patent 2,487,595 LOAD CELL 1949
US Patent 2,561,318 RING TYPE FORCE MEASURING DYNAMOMETER 1951
US Patent 2,568,596 SPRING TESTER 1951
US Patent 2,576,417 COLUMN TYPE FORCE MEASURING DYNAMOMETER 1951
US Patent 2,582,886 DIFFERENTIAL LOAD WEIGHING DEVICE 1952
US Patent 2,597,751 BENDING BEAM LOAD WEIGHING DEVICE 1952
US Patent 2,663,085 EXTENSOMETER 1953
US Patent 2,666,262 CONDITION RESPONSIVE APPARATUS 1954
US Patent 2,681,566 NEGATIVE SPRING SENSITIZING MEANS 1954
US Patent 2,688,727 MEASURING CIRCUIT FOR CONDITION RESPONSIVE IMPEDANCE 1954
US Patent 2,771,579 NON-LINEARITY COMPENSATION MEANS 1956
US Patent 2,772,569 FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE 1956
US Patent 2,793,851 LOAD CELL SUPPORT FOR WEIGHING APPARATUS 1957
US Patent 2,801,388 EXTENSOMETER WITH ADJUSTABLE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION 1957
US Patent 2,815,480 PARALLEL OPERATION OF MULTIPLE POTENTIOMETER NETWORKS 1957
US Patent 2,855,489 LOAD CELL 1958
US Patent 2,930,943 APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING ACCORDING TO PREDETERMINED CONDITIONS
US Patent 3,178,938 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR CONDITION RESPONSE OP A CONDITION-RESPONSIVE NETWORK
US Patent 3,194,050 DEAD WEIGHT CALIBRATING DEVICE WITH EXTENDED RANGE
US Patent 3,234,787 STRAIN GAGE TRANSDUCER WITH IMPEDANCE MEANS FOR COMPENSATING FOR THE CHARACTERISTIC NONLINEXRITY OF …
US Patent 3,246,510 NON-LINEARITY COMPENSATION MEANS FOR ELECTRICAL STRAIN GAGE TRANSDUCER, 1966
US Patent 3,277,718 ELECTRICAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER, 1968
US Patent 3,498,118 SELF-HEATING COMPENSATION POR BONDED FILAMENT STRAIN GAGE TRANSDUCERS, 1970

[edit] Bibliography

1 http://www.euken.net/group/seaint/mailarchive/2000b/msg00129.html

2 Reitherman, Robert. Earthquake Spectra, The Effects of the 1906 Earthquake in California on Research and Education. Volume 22, Issue S2, pp. S207-S236, April 2006. http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=EASPEF0000220000S200S207000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

3 http://www-tech.mit.edu/V54/PDF/N33.pdf

26, No. 6. http://www.sem.org/SEM-HISTORY/sem_history26_6.pdf

5 http://www.blh.com/about%20blh.htm

6 History of the Accelerometer: 1920s-1996 - Prologue and Epilogue, 2006, The. Sound and Vibration, Jan 2007 by Walter, Patrick L http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4075/is_200701/ai_n18705234/pg_3