Problem Solver
Larry Hendrix
I have extensive experience and a talent for recognizing product improvement and design flaws in electrical and mechanical systems. I have an ability to generate inventive ideas in many different fields, and have a wide range of interests.
Areas Larry Hendrix is Knowledgeable in:
"Inventions on demand" to satisfy research, production, and new product needs
Mechanical and electrical failure analysis (I do not have a "forensics" degree)
Mechanical and electrical failure analysis (I do not have a "forensics" degree)
Larry Hendrix's Problem Solving Skills:
- Forensics - Failure analysis
Larry Hendrix's Problem Solving Experience:
- I established a technology trade agreement between North American Rockwell and E. I. du Pont Corporation to further the use of an "instant imaging photographic film" and provide the design of a side-looking radar image data storage system.
- I designed a simple temperature control system for a thermal conductivity cell that provided temperature stability better than 0.003 degree Fahrenheit accuracy. The concept can be improved and incorporated into other applications.
- I identified a system wiring problem in the Navy A5 aircraft that would have released weapons stores on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. This would most certainly have created a major fire and extensive damage along with multiple deaths had I not discovered the problem.
- I designed an improved multiplexer circuit for high accuracy data acquisition systems.
- I identified the failure mechanism in an air conditioner compressor responsible for multiple house fires.
- I developed a new control algorithm for high-accuracy temperature and humidity control applications. The control system improves control accuracy and reduces operating costs in "buck-boost" humidity control systems.
- I developed an ASCII matrix "row-source, column-sink" circuit leading to the single-chip keyboard encoder (1970).
- I developed a radioactive detector array for liquid level measurement in a turbulent polymerization vessel, saving blowouts and product losses.
- I invented a "Single-stroke rotary diesel engine" predicting very high specific output horsepower, high efficiency, low pollution, and small size. I designed a prototype, which has validated the design concepts.
- I developed the first liquid crystal television panel at Hughes Research Center in 1973 (published in "Aviation Week and Space Technology" magazine) for the F14 aircraft head-up display component.