Eugenia Kamentser

US Patent:

6504703, Jan 7, 2003

Filed:

Jun 6, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/870635

Inventors:

Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA
Eugenia Kamentser - Garden Grove CA

Assignee:

Bokam Engineering - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

H01G 516

US Classification:

361290, 361292, 3612992

Abstract:

A capacitive transducer apparatus converts mechanical force to electrical signal parameters by change of spacing between plates of a plurality of capacitors. The apparatus has two mechanical components. The first component includes an articulating member such as a post surrounded by a first capacitive plate. Means are provided for causing the articulating member to articulate responsive to user manipulation thereof, and thereafter, to return to a quiescent position. The second component includes a second capacitive plate made up of a plurality of printed metalized members disposed about the articulating member substantially parallel to the first capacitive plate. A circuit is provided for detecting respective signals from a plurality of capacitors formed by the plates, the respective signals varying in value depending on articulation of the articulating member which alters the capacitance of the respective capacitors depending on the direction and magnitude of an applied force. The capacitors preferably include flat, electrically conductive members on a planar substrate, such as etched conductive regions on a printed circuit board, and the articulating member includes an electrically conductive member whose varying proximity to the conductive region, due to the manipulation by the user, produces a correspondingly varying capacitance value. The magnitude of the capacitance is determined by a data acquisition system, preferably including RC oscillators and a microcontroller.

US Patent:

7430926, Oct 7, 2008

Filed:

Feb 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/352635

Inventors:

Frederic Gardner Haaser - Cincinnati OH, US
Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US
Francisco Zul - Queretaro, MX
Eugenia Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G01L 5/12

US Classification:

7386249, 7386206

Abstract:

A bearing rotor thrust sensor assembly is provided for being secured to a bearing housing having a plurality of fingers extending between a pair of opposite portions of the housing. The assembly includes a first anchor member including a first cleat and configured to couple to a first housing portion of the pair of opposite housing portions, a second anchor member including a second cleat and configured to couple to a second of the pair of opposite housing portions, and a head sensor bracket positioned at least partially between the first and second anchor members. The head sensor bracket includes a load cell including a bridge circuit for producing a signal representative of forces on said cell.

US Patent:

7707902, May 4, 2010

Filed:

Aug 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/197012

Inventors:

Frederic Gardner Haaser - Cincinnati OH, US
Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US
Francisco Zul - Queretaro, MX
Eugenia Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G01L 5/12

US Classification:

7386249, 73862628, 73862637

Abstract:

A bearing rotor thrust sensor assembly is provided for being secured to a bearing housing having a plurality of fingers extending between a pair of opposite portions of the housing. The assembly includes a first anchor member including a first cleat and configured to couple to a first housing portion of the pair of opposite housing portions, a second anchor member including a second cleat and configured to couple to a second of the pair of opposite housing portions, and a head sensor bracket positioned at least partially between the first and second anchor members. The head sensor bracket includes a load cell including a bridge circuit for producing a signal representative of forces on said cell.

US Patent:

8502776, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

May 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/803442

Inventors:

Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US
Eugenia Kamentser - Garden Grove CA, US

Assignee:

Bokam Engineering, Inc. - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

G09G 5/08

US Classification:

345161, 345168

Abstract:

A joystick controller in two-dimensional and one-dimensional versions. The 2-D version employs a unitary sensor surface structure having eight surface-mounted or deposited strain gauges configured as two full bridges or four surface-mounted or deposited strain gauges configured as two half bridges, one for the X direction and one for the Y direction. This unique strain gauge layout design permits a new level of mechanical simplicity not heretofore available in joystick controllers. There are essentially no moving parts to wear out. An elongated post or lever is, in the preferred embodiment, mechanically coupled to the sensor surface structure by a pair of co-axial robust coil springs to provide a psychologically appealing physical motion of the lever during activation of the joystick controller. In the 1-D version, a rotatable cam element is positioned between parallel elongated leaf springs. The cam element is positioned at one end of the springs.

US Patent:

20130044056, Feb 21, 2013

Filed:

Aug 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/136933

Inventors:

Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US
Eugenia Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/033

US Classification:

345163

Abstract:

A computer mouse controller that employs a joystick-style cursor control mechanism. This cursor control mechanism employs a plurality of strain transducers affixed to a substrate to which a vertical mechanical post is attached. The upper free end of the post may be mechanically coupled to a shell shaped as a body of revolution such as a hemispheric-shaped shell. The mechanical coupling between the post and the ball-shaped shell may be a hard unyielding attachment or an intermediate compliant device such as a spring or rubber-like member to permit some limited movement of the ball-shaped shell relative to the post. The strain transducers are preferably arranged and connected in a bridge or half bridge configuration in two orthogonal axes. The application of a horizontally directed force to the free end of the post, imparts strain (tension or compression) to the transducers in the bridge depending upon the direction, thereby altering the impedance of the transducers along respective axes. A commensurate change in the output voltages increases the rate of cursor movement.

US Patent:

20130069874, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/200174

Inventors:

Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US
Eugenia Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/033
G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345161, 345156

Abstract:

A computer controller configured to meet the environmental and physical requirements that are encountered in gaming or by military personnel. The controller provides a display, cursor movement control devices and a plurality of switches, joysticks and the like for responding to display-generated functions such as icons for selecting programs. This embodiment is hard wired to the remaining components of a full computer system. Such components would normally be contained in the same housing or be carried by a user in a backpack or mounted on waistbelts or other body-supported wearables. In another embodiment, an attachable version of the controller is used to transform an existing portable computer such as a tablet or the like. The controller is configured to be attached to the portable computer to provide trigger switches, joysticks, push buttons and the like for a more rugged or gaming configuration.

US Patent:

62015559, Mar 13, 2001

Filed:

Nov 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/188192

Inventors:

Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA
Eugenia Kamentser - Garden Grove CA

Assignee:

Bokam Engineering - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

B41J 241

US Classification:

347112

Abstract:

A shaft encoder providing a pulsed output signal with rotation of a shaft, the number of pulses being dependent upon a shaft-mounted gear and its number of teeth. In a preferred embodiment, a piezo film element is mounted in intimate contact with a spring element, the latter being positioned to engage the teeth of the gear. When the shaft rotates, the gear rotates as well. The gear teeth cause the spring element to be displaced and then return to a nominal position for each tooth. Accordingly, given a sufficient number of regularly spaced teeth around the gear, a relatively high resolution pulsed signal is generated as the shaft rotates. The piezo film element generates electrical pulses due to the mechanical displacement of the spring element to which the film is in contact. Thus, no electrical power source is required to generate the pulses. Moreover, because of the simplicity of the invention, size scaling is readily available.

US Patent:

62508636, Jun 26, 2001

Filed:

Apr 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/550259

Inventors:

Boris Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA
Eugenia Kamentser - Fountain Valley CA

International Classification:

F16B 3102
G01L 500

US Classification:

411 10

Abstract:

A washer having a plurality of strain gauges, at least one of which is positioned on a portion of the washer subjected to axial force and at least one of which is positioned on a portion of the washer not subjected to axial force. In a preferred embodiment, each such washer portion has two strain gauges and the total of four strain gauges are connected into a common bridge circuit. In the preferred embodiment the portion of the washer not subjected to axial force is a wedge partially cut into the washer structure and shortened axially to form a gap between the wedge and a surface abutting the washer. In this manner, axial force applied to the washer is not applied to the wedge. The resulting strain gauge configuration provides an electrical signal indication of axial stress that is high resolution and temperature insensitive.