Measuring and testing inventions 12/06

20060288756 - Method and apparatus for scanning corrosion and surface defects: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining the life span for secure use of a pipeline comprising the steps of a) defining an area for surface corrosion analysis on the pipeline, b) providing a corrosion scanning system for scanning the defined area on the pipeline,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060288757 - Crimp contact and gas sensor: A crimp contact includes a wire hold portion crimped onto and holding therein core wires of an electrical lead. The wire hold portion has a bottom wall and a pair of side walls bent in such a manner as to bring ends of the side walls into contact with each... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060288758 - Calibration apparatus for vacuum gauge having combined use of 1 torr level, 10 torr level, and 100 torr level: Disclosed herein is a calibration apparatus for vacuum gauge having a combined use for an 1 Torr level, a 10 Torr level, and a 100 Torr level vacuum gauge. According to the present invention, there is provided a calibration apparatus for vacuum gauge, in which a standard pressure gauge 140,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060288759 - Gas sensor: To provide a gas sensor in which connection terminals are stably brought into contact with electrode terminal portions of a sensor element without superfluous load applied on the sensor element. A pair of element guide portions 33 are provided in a sleeve 30 in which a plate-like sensor element 10... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060288760 - Intergrated apparatus for hematological analysis and related method: Integrated apparatus and method for hematological analyses, wherein the apparatus comprises, arranged substantially in line and integrated substantially in a single machine, a device (14) of the optical type to detect substantially instantaneously the speed of blood sedimentation (ESR) by measuring the optical density, or absorbance, of the blood sample,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20060288761 - Method and device for forming a liquid-liquid interface, especially for surface tension measurement: The present invention is directed to a method and a device for forming an interface between a first and a second essentially immiscible liquid, especially for the measurement of the surface tension at said interface. According to the invention, a volume of the first liquid is added to a first... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060288762 - Microfluidic test systems with gas bubble reduction: A reservoir for use in testing a liquid as part of a microfluidic testing system, includes a testing chamber configured to receive the liquid to be tested. A liquid inlet is fluidly coupled to the testing chamber to allow ingress of the liquid into the testing chamber. A gas outlet... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060288763 - Hardness testing apparatus: A hardness testing apparatus has an indenter shaft having an indenter at a top thereof, a force motor for moving the indenter shaft in its axial direction and applying a predetermined test force to a sample through the indenter, an external force detection section for detecting an external force applied... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060288765 - Cylinder head gasket and combustion state detector using the same: A cylinder head gasket, interposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block in an engine, comprises a thin metal plate having a thickness between 0.1 and 2.0 mm, and elastic insulating sheets placed on both surfaces of the thin metal plate and each having a thickness between 0.01 and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060288764 - Method to test a dynamic torque-generating device and a device to determine the dynamic behavior of a driving shaft: The course of torque transmitted though the driving shaft (3) between the torque generating device (1) to be tested and the driving or loading mechanism (2) is determined during an identification phase in the completely constructed test bench with the use of a rotating driving or loading mechanism (2) at... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060288766 - Brake booster vacuum sensor rationality check: A vacuum signal diagnostic system that diagnoses operation of a vacuum sensor of a brake booster system that is in fluid communication with an engine includes a first module that determines whether a vacuum signal of the vacuum sensor is increasing and a second module that compares an engine vacuum... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20060288767 - Dsp based rough road detection system: A rough road detection system for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a frequency domain module, an engine misfire module, and a rough road module. The frequency domain module converts a vector signal into a frequency domain signal. The engine misfire module determines whether an engine misfires based... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060288768 - Misfire detection system for internal combustion engine: When a fuel cut command is issued, a time required for a crankshaft of each cylinder to rotate through a certain angle is stored in one memory per cylinder. In a stage of engine production, a combustion variation per cylinder is stored in another memory. When fuel is supplied, a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060288769 - High temperature near infrared for measurements and telemetry in well boreholes: A borehole logging system for the measure and the telemetry of properties and conditions of a well borehole environs. The system is embodied to measure fluids within the borehole, to measure high resolution images of the wall of the borehole, to transfer of data to and from equipment operating within... Agent: Weatherford International, Inc.

20060288770 - Method for determining remaining operational life of a cable: A method for determining remaining operational life of elastic cables composed of individual filaments, including establishing a fatigue curve for the cable filaments, producing a test cable from the cable material, determining the minimum breaking load of test cable sections, placing the test cable adjacent to an elastic cable, removing... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20060288771 - Method and apparatus for measuring a thickness of a thin film in motion: An apparatus for monitoring a thickness of a film in motion. The apparatus comprises a roller for receiving and supporting the film in motion, the roller being adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation. The apparatus also comprises a position detector for detecting when the roller is in a... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP (avestor)

20060288772 - Method and device for determining the hydraulic flow rate in a pump driven by a synchronous electric motor: The present invention relates to a method and relevant electronic device (10) for determining the hydraulic flow rate in a pump driven by a synchronous electric motor (12), said motor (12) being of the type comprising a rotor (14), equipped with a permanent magnet, which is rotation-driven by the electromagnetic... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060288773 - Flow sensor: In a flow sensor (1) including an anticorrosion metallic diaphragm; an insulating film formed on one surface of the metallic diaphragm; and a flow rate measuring sensor formed on the insulating film, the other surface of the metallic diaphragm being in contact with a fluid under measure, between the insulating... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060288774 - Fill level sensor or pressure sensor with an anti-adhesive coating: Described is a component for a fill level measuring device or for a pressure measuring device. The component may include a coating with a microsmooth surface so that the microsmooth surface remains essentially free of any deposits.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20060288775 - Liquid level detecting apparatus: A guide pipe is formed from a metal material, and its internal cross section has a circular shape whose diametric dimension gradually becomes smaller with a distance from an ultrasonic sensor. That is, the guide pipe is formed so that a route for transmitting an ultrasonic wave generated from the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060288776 - Method and apparatus for sensing liquid level using baseline characteristic: A liquid level sensing arrangement using a probe uses a baseline probe circuit characteristic, e.g., a circuit resistance or voltage, that is measured when the probe is out of contact with the liquid in the tank. The baseline characteristic may be used to determine a liquid level in the tank,... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060288778 - Filling level sensor: The invention relates to a filling level sensor for a fuel tank 2, comprising a ceramic mounting plate 5 with a resistance network 6 arranged thereon and a contact structure 8 for the detection of an electrical filling level signal, and a cover 9 connected to the mounting plate 5,... Agent: Richard A. Speer Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20060288777 - Method and apparatus for liquid level sensing: A liquid level sensing arrangement for a tank may include a float having a disc-like shape and a sensor that detects a position of the float relative to the tank. The float may have an overall height/total displacement ratio of 0.5 or less. The float may have a range of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060288779 - G2-gyroscope: mems gyroscope with output oscillation about the normal to the plane: A gyroscope that lies generally in a plane, for detecting rotation rate about a gyro input axis. The gyroscope has a substrate, and a generally planar support member flexibly coupled to the substrate such that it is capable of oscillatory motion about a drive axis that is orthogonal to the... Agent: Brian M. Dingman, Esq. Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20060288780 - Three-component piezoelectric vibration accelerometer provided with a sensor: The inventive device comprises a piezo element, embodied in the form of a square based rectangular parallelopiped fixed to a substrate. A piezo module matrix is embodied in a given shape. A conductive layer is made of a conductive glue. The edges of said rectangular parallelopiped are devoid of said... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20060288781 - Apparatus for measuring activity: An activity measuring device (1) is used for recording the activity of a test subject, where the device (1) is attachable so as to be carried on the body of the test subject. According to the invention it is planned that the activity measuring device is located on a buckle... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20060288782 - Method and apparatus for measuring grammage: A grammage measuring apparatus includes a dielectric resonator which is arranged only at one surface side of a sample; a shielding container with which the dielectric resonator is substantially covered except for a sample measuring surface; a microwave excitation device which causes the dielectric resonator to generate an electric field... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060288783 - Bearing monitoring system: A device and method for monitoring machine components, such as bearings, in which micro-electronic monitoring devices are provided in contact with or within the component to be monitored to acquire and transmit performance data, preferably wirelessly, to a receiving device. The acquired information, which may be accompanied by unique monitoring... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060288784 - Methods for determining potential characteristics of a specimen based on stress wave velocity measurements: Methods are provided for using stress wave velocity measurements taken of a specimen at an early age to determine potential characteristics at a later age. The data may be used to, for example, evaluate specimens and/or families and/or clones at early ages to cut costs and/or to increase a rate... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20060288785 - Ultrasonic imaging device and the information processsing method thereof: An ultrasonic imaging device, comprising: a receiver, for receiving ultrasonic signals which carry information about human body; a processor, for analyzing and processing the received ultrasonic signals in order to get image and/or sound signals; a controller, for issuing at least one instruction; and a recorder, for recording the image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060288786 - Ultrasonically coupled scanning probe microscope: Scanning probe microscopes include a probe tip coupled to a tuning fork or other acoustic resonator so as to apply a shear force when contacted to a specimen surface based on an applied acoustic signal. A secondary ultrasonic transducer is in acoustic communication with the specimen. The probe tip and... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20060288787 - Methods for reducing slow roll: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities comprising, for a shaft of an electric motor, the shaft comprising a runout sensing area: determining an electrical runout value for the runout sensing area; rotating the shaft; and/or heating the runout sensing area of the shaft sufficient to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060288788 - Systems and devices for reducing slow roll: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities comprising, for a shaft of an electric motor, the shaft comprising a runout sensing area: determining an electrical runout value for the runout sensing area; rotating the shaft; and/or heating the runout sensing area of the shaft sufficient to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060288789 - Micromechanical pressure sensor element and method for using a pressure sensor element of this type: A micromechanical pressure sensor element, in particular for tire pressure measurement. The device has at least: a layer system having a diaphragm underneath which a cavity is formed, which is separated from an external space outside the pressure sensor element; a measuring device for measuring a deflection of the diaphragm;... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060288790 - Pressure differentiator: The pressure differentiator of the invention includes an isothermal pressure vessel 1, a narrow tube 3 for connecting an object to be measured to the inside of the vessel 1, and a differential manometer 2 for calculating a differential pressure between the object and the inside of the vessel 1.... Agent: Anthony J. Zelano Millen White Zelano & Branigan P.C.

20060288791 - Measurement control method of an injection molding machine: An ending target position Xes in which a prescribed length Ls is added to a measurement ending position Xe, a rotation rate pattern Ar for rotating a screw 2, a back pressure Ps in relation to the screw 2, and a hypothetical retraction rate pattern Ab for the screw 2... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060288792 - Pressure sensor for high acceleration environments: A pressure sensor for sensing a fluid pressure in a high acceleration environment. The sensor has a chamber partially defined by a non-planar membrane, the chamber containing a fluid at a reference pressure, such that the non-planar membrane deflects due to pressure differentials between the reference pressure and the fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20060288793 - Pressure sensor: A pressure sensor for detecting a pressure and for outputting a signal based on the piezoresistance effect includes a substrate having a sensor chip on one side in a thin portion and a concave portion on another side, a piezo-resistor in the sensor chip, a pedestal being attached to the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060288794 - Devices for evaluating material properties, and related processes: A device for measuring at least one property of a material sample is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor element which is formed by a direct-write technique. The device can be an instrument for measuring strain in the sample, or for measuring other properties or attributes of a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20060288795 - Strain gage with off axis creep compensation feature: A strain gage includes a strain gage grid of a conductive foil formed by a plurality of grid lines joined in series by end loops and first and second solder tabs electrically connected to the strain gage grid. The end loops of the strain gage are aligned off-axis with or... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20060288796 - Method and apparatus suitable for measuring the displacement or load on an aircraft component: The load on an aircraft component, such as the load on a landing gear leg during braking, is measured with a contactless, all-weather displacement measuring system. The system includes a control unit a controllable microwave emitter of electromagnetic radiation and a microwave detector comprising a plurality of antennae. When the... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060288797 - Method for measuring physical parameters of at least one micrometric or nanometric dimensional phase in a composite system: The invention relates to a method for determining at least one mechanical parameter of at least one material in a composite system comprising at least two distinct phases, characterized in that it comprises: a) the production of at least one specimen comprising a first part of a first phase and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060288798 - Flow meter: The invention relates to a flow meter for liquid or gaseous media, said flow meter comprising a measuring channel through which the medium flows, at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel and also at least one pair of ultrasound converters for emitting and receiving ultrasound signals,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20060288799 - Software correction method and apparatus for a variable orifice flow meter: A method of improving the accuracy of a variable orifice flow meter that includes characterizing the flow coefficient of the flow meter orifice for different orifice openings and for different differential pressures. The method may be particularly useful with a flow metering and controlling device that includes a fluid flow... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20060288800 - Rotation angle detection device and electric power steering apparatus employing the same: The rotation angle detection device detects the rotation angle of a rotary member by employing, at the least, either a sine wave signal or a cosine wave signal that is generated as the rotary member is rotated, and employs a change per unit time in the sine wave signal or... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060288801 - Variable response time transient partial flow sampling system and method: A partial flow dilution tunnel in a gas sampling system is connected to the exhaust from an internal combustion engine. More accurate gas sampling results are enabled for accounting for a delay from when the engine produces an exhaust change to when that transient arrives at a probe location. Thus,... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20060288803 - Chromatography system with blockage determination: A variety of methods for operating a chromatography system are presented. Specifically, methods for operating a pumping system within a chromatography system are presented. The methods presented are directed to pumping apparatus in which very small amounts of fluid are pumped through the system. A number of techniques for detecting... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20060288802 - Underground pipe inspection device and method: A method and apparatus for inspecting the walls of an underground pipe from inside the pipe in which an inspection apparatus having a circular planar platform having a plurality of lever arms having one end pivotably attached to one side of the platform, having a pipe inspection device connected to... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20060288804 - Method and device for testing a run-flat tire support: A method and a device for testing a run-flat tire support. At least one measurement representing at least one internal or external dimension of the support representing the effective internal diameter of said support is performed. Such measurement is performed while at least one part of the radially internal surface... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20060288805 - Dissolution testing of solid dosage forms intended to be administered in the oral cavity: The invention is a method and device for determining dissolution of a solid compound within the oral cavity. The device models dissolution within the oral cavity with a flow-through cell containing a solid compound and physiological amounts of simulated saliva. The device supplies and removes the simulated saliva at rates... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20060288806 - Electrical connector assembly: A connector assembly for a planar sensing element of an exhaust gas sensor is shown, with a method for assembling. There is an opposed pair of ceramic clamshells which retain terminals, each terminal mates to corresponding contact pads of the planar sensing element. A spacer is positioned between clamshells and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060283231 - Signal adjustment circuit with reference circuit: A signal adjustment circuit with a reference circuit is proposed in the present invention. The signal adjustment circuit is used to adjust a setting value of a first chip or a second chip. The first chip provides an output signal corresponding to an output value according to the setting value... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060283232 - Magnet orientation and calibration for small package turbocharger speed sensor: A method and system for orienting and calibrating a magnet for use with a speed sensor. A magnet can be mapped two or more planes thereof in order to locate the magnet accurately relative to one or more magnetoresistive elements maintained within a speed sensor housing. An optical location of... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International, Inc.

20060283233 - Resonance and/or vibration measurement device: A resonance and/or vibration measurement device has a resonance and/or vibration measuring device adapted to be fitted to an elongate member with which the device is to be used. A processing device is connected to the resonance and/or vibration measuring device in which the resonance and/or vibration measuring device records... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060283234 - Method and system for ripple-spring compression assessment: A method and system for directly measuring the compression of a ripple spring (23) in a dynamoelectric machine through a corresponding wedge (27). A compression-assessment tool (3) is provided that includes a carriage (32) for supporting a proximity sensor (34). The carriage (32) enables the proximity sensor (34) to be... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060283236 - Thermal dispersion flow meter with chronometric monitor for fluid leak detection: A thermal dispersion flow meter with chronometric monitor for fluid leak detection includes an ambient temperature RTD sensor and a flow rate RTD sensor which are configured to sense the temperature of a fluid in a conduit, and then monitor the flow of that fluid through the conduit. The fluid... Agent: Gary L. Eastman

20060283235 - Leak rate measuring device: A leak rate measuring device contains a strip spectrometer in which the ion path of the respective gas is influenced by at least one variable influencing quantity. When a gas having a predetermined mass is detected, and leakages of a gas having other predetermined masses interfere with this detection due... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20060283237 - Evaluating the leaktightness of a device for storing fuel gas under high pressure: The system for evaluating leaktightness is applied to a gas storage device for storing high pressure fuel gas delivered from a filling station via a filler hose connected to the gas storage device, itself comprising pipework and at least one tank, together with at least one check valve disposed between... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20060283238 - Submersible probe: A probe for deployment in a fluid measures produces an output representative of a parameter associated with the fluid. The probe includes a density control system to control a density of the probe and a locating system to track a location of probe in the fluid.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20060283239 - On-board device for measuring the mass and the position of the center of gravity of an aircraft: The present invention relates to an on-board device for measuring the mass and the position of the center of gravity of an aircraft having a plurality of landing gears (T1, T2), each landing gear (T1, T2) being provided with at least one contact member (2) having a deformable element (3)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060283240 - Force scanning probe microscope: A force scanning probe microscope (FSPM) and associated method of making force measurements on a sample includes a piezoelectric scanner having a surface that supports the sample so as to move the sample in three orthogonal directions. The FSPM also includes a displacement sensor that measures movement of the sample... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20060283241 - Apparatus and method for detecting a tire deformation of a vehicle tire: An apparatus for detecting a tire deformation of a vehicle tire includes a tire pressure sensor for sensing a tire pressure, a signal processor configured to provide a signal indicating the tire deformation based on a difference between the tire pressure at a first time and the tire pressure at... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20060283242 - Measurement method and device for the measurement of a path covered: With a measurement method and a measurement device for the measurement of a path covered by a first object (1) in relation to a second object (2), a measurement body (3) is deformed by a relative movement of the objects and at least a first deformation sensor (4) assigned to... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20060283243 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing custom orthotic footbeds: A method and apparatus for providing a topographical map of the bottom of a patient's rear foot with the foot in a semi-weight bearing condition and in the neutral position. A flexible membrane defines the top of an air cushion that captures the patient's foot in the neutral position when... Agent: George A. Herbster

20060283244 - Measuring device for determining the characteristics and the level of a brake fluid in a motor vehicle: Disclosed is a measuring device (1) for determining one or more characteristics of a fluid or the level of this fluid in a reservoir (8). In particular, the device is utilized in the brake fluid reservoir of a motor vehicle brake system that may be electronically controlled. The device includes... Agent: Craig Hallacher Continental Teves Inc

20060283245 - Vibratory gyroscope: According to one of the aspects of the present invention, a vibratory gyroscope includes a pair of proof masses having the same inertia mass, each of the proof masses having a first axis. The proof masses are arranged symmetrically in relation to a second axis. Also, the vibratory gyroscope includes... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060283246 - Tuning fork gyroscopes, accelerometers, and other sensors with improved scale factor: A tuning fork gyroscope design where at least one proof mass is supported above a substrate. At least one drive electrode is also supported above the substrate adjacent the proof mass. Typically, the proof mass and the drive electrode include interleaved electrode fingers. A sense plate or shield electrode on... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20060283247 - Passive and wireless acoustic wave accelerometer: An acoustic wave acceleration sensor comprises an acoustic wave device including a plate that functions as a propagation medium and at least one interdigital transducer configured upon the plate. One or more antennas can be integrated with the acoustic wave device, wherein the antenna(s) communicates with interdigital transducers. Such antennas... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International, Inc.

20060283248 - Semiconductor sensor and method of manufacturing the same: A semiconductor sensor 1 includes: a frame 21 having an opening; an actuation diaphragm 16 provided inside the frame 21 in a spaced-apart relationship with respect to the frame 21; a plurality of flexible beams 19a, 19b provided to interconnect the frame 21 and the actuation diaphragm 16, each of... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20060283249 - Acoustic wave etch rate sensor system: An acoustic wave sensor system for monitoring the etch rate or etchability of a selective material has an acoustic wave sensing device having a piezoelectric substrate and at least one electrode coupled to the substrate for generating a propagating acoustic wave and for detecting changes in frequency or other propagation... Agent: Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywel International, Inc.

20060283250 - Phased array ultrasonic testing system and methods of examination and modeling employing the same: A phased array ultrasonic testing system is for examining turbine disc bores and blade attachments for discontinuities, such as stress corrosion cracking. The system is particularly suited to perform an accurate and efficient inspection of components despite their having a relatively complex geometry, such as axial entry blade attachments and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060283251 - Non-destructive testing of pipes: To perform a non-destructive condition assessment of a pipe carrying a fluid, an actual value representative of the propagation velocity of an acoustic disturbance propagating between two longitudinally separated points on the pipe is determined. A corresponding predicted value for the propagation velocity is computed as a function of at... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20060283252 - Passive acoustic wave sensor system: A passive acoustic wave sensor system for monitoring the quality of liquids, such as engine oil, is disclosed. The sensor system has an acoustic wave sensing device for generating a propagating acoustic wave and for detecting changes in frequency or other propagation characteristics of the acoustic wave caused by acousto-electric... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International, Inc.

20060283253 - Piezoelectric vibrator and ultrasonic motor having piezoelectric vibrator: A piezoelectric vibrator and an ultrasonic motor having the piezoelectric vibrator. A piezoelectric vibrator has a multilayered piezoelectric actuator, with special internal and surface electrodes making the body vibrate in a longitudinal and bending direction when an electrical signal is inputted. It can be manufactured using conventional multilayer piezoelectric actuator... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060283254 - Critical flow based mass flow verifier: A flow verifier for verifying measurement by a fluid delivery device under test (DUT) includes a chamber configured to receive a flow of the fluid from the DUT, at least one temperature sensor to provide gas temperature in the chamber, at least one pressure transducer to provide gas pressure in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP Attn: Intellectual Property Deptartment

20060283255 - High-temperature pressure sensor: A high-temperature pressure sensor that includes a dielectric layer. The pressure sensor also includes a substrate capable of withstanding temperatures greater than 450° C. without entering a phase change, at least one semiconducting material deposited on the sapphire substrate, and a silicon dioxide layer deposited over the semiconducting material. One... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20060283256 - Pressure transducer provided with a piezoelectric element for the detection of errors in separation membranes: In the English translation document, please insert the following paragraph at page 13 line 34 after the newly added ABSTRACT heading, as follows: The pressure transducer provided with a measuring chamber is separated by a medium which is to be measured by a separation membrane. A piezoelectric element is arranged... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060283257 - Moisture resistant differential pressure sensors: A differential pressure sensor has a semiconductor wafer having a top and bottom surface. The top surface of the wafer has a central active area containing piezoresistive elements. These elements are passivated and covered with a layer of silicon dioxide. Each element has a contact terminal associated therewith. The semiconductor... Agent: Plevy & Howard, P.C.

20060283258 - Fluid mechanics of inertia, or acceleration mechanics, or simplified calculus: Fluid Mechanics of Inertia incorporates all the variables of flight mechanics, interplanetary ballistics, perpetual motion, human powered transportation, and all aspects of fluid mechanics involving matter, energy, and motion, and includes elastic fluids into the definition of “fluids”. The “Mechanics” in Fluid Mechanics, may mistakenly be construed to be dynamics.... Agent: Richard L. Chastain

20060283259 - Method of grading microfiber cleaning cloths: A method of grading a microfiber cleaning cloth is provided. The method includes determining a basis weight of the microfiber cleaning cloth; assigning the microfiber cleaning cloth a heavy-duty grade if the basis weight is greater than 400 g/m2; assigning the microfiber cleaning cloth a medium-duty grade if the basis... Agent: George W. Rauchfuss Ohlandt , Greeley , Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20060283260 - Reusable preload indicating washer assembly: A reusable washer assembly apparatus includes a generally ring-shaped flexible inner member, a generally ring-shaped outer member, a distal washer member, and a proximate washer member. The outer member is disposed around the inner member and is adapted for at least partial rotation about the inner member. The flexible inner... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20060283261 - Apparatus for testing the load bearing strength of an architectural structure: An apparatus for testing the load bearing strength of an architectural structure includes a top holding assembly, a hydraulic cylinder, a bottom holding assembly, and a bracing member. The hydraulic cylinder is disposed below the top holding assembly, and has a top end. The bottom holding assembly is mounted on... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20060283262 - Carbon nanotube-based sensor and method for detection of crack growth in a structure: A sensor has a plurality of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based conductors operatively positioned on a substrate. The conductors are arranged side-by-side, such as in a substantially parallel relationship to one another. At least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes is coupled to opposing ends of the conductors. A portion of each of... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20060283263 - Check valve module for flow meters: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for improved check valve technology used in flow meters, particularly compound/combo meters. The improved check valve technology may be comprised in a single piece module that (1) can easily be removed from the meter without disturbing the metering module, (2) has... Agent: Simmons Patents

20060283264 - Coriolis mass flow meter: A Coriolis mass meter with two tube sections connected by a coupling extending between connection points of the tube sections wherein the coupling extends a distance between the connection points which exceeds the shortest perpendicular distance between the first and the second tube sections. The coupling facilitates less stiffness of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060283266 - Single-wire sensor/actuator network for structural health monitoring: A sensor/actuator network configured with a number of electrically-interconnected elements. More specifically, the sensors/actuators are each placed in electrical communication with the same transmission line. Various embodiments of such networks employ sensors/actuators connected in electrical series and in electrical parallel. Networks having these configurations, when placed upon a structure, are... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20060283267 - Touch panel and manufacturing method for the same: A touch panel has an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an elastic layer, plural conducting wires, and a gel layer. An upper conductive layer is formed at a lower surface of the upper substrate, a lower conductive layer that faces the upper conductive layer with a gap in between is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20060283265 - Torque wrench: A torque wrench is configured such that power supplied from an air motor is transmitted to a ratchet unit via a reduction gear unit in order to rotate a spindle connected to the ratchet unit. The torque wrench includes a ratchet housing accommodating the ratchet unit, a body coupled with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060283268 - Rotation angle sensor, in particular for an electrical steering system of an industrial truck: Rotation angle sensor, in particular for an electrical steering system of an industrial truck, in which two magnetic field sensitive sensor elements are arranged on orthogonal axes and a permanent magnet is attached to a shaft extending through the axis intersection point and the output signals X, Y of the... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20060283269 - Fluid sampling components: An animal product sampling device comprises a well arranged, in use, to collect fluid flowing through a fluid tube connected to the well, a drain, one end of which is connected to the well, which is arranged such that, in use, fluid from the well may pass to the fluid... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060283270 - Sampler for sampling charged particles, and apparatus for measuring charge distribution of the charged particles: A sampler introduces charged particles to be measured into an measuring apparatus for measuring charge distribution of the charged particles. The measuring apparatus has a main body, a guide member, and an electric field curtain generating section. The main body has a first opening at upper side and a second... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060283271 - Connecting structure of rotary connector and steering angle sensor: In the connecting structure of a first rotor member (rotor housing) of a rotary connector and a second rotor member (rotary member) of a steering angle sensor is provided. An intermediate elastic member is interposed between both rotor members and in a clamped state, connecting protrusions and of the first... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060277971 - Method and apparatus for detecting exhaust gas sensor defect: An air-fuel ratio sensor that outputs a sensor signal used for the feedback control of an air-fuel ratio is provided. It is determined whether an element crack is present by applying a reverse voltage to the air-fuel ratio sensor. The value of the sensor signal output from the air-fuel ratio... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060277972 - Methods of fabricating structures for characterizing tip shape of scanning probe microscope probes and structures fabricated thereby: A characterizer for determining the shape of a probe tip for an atomic force microscope and methods of fabricating and using the characterizer. The characterizer includes a micromachined crystalline structure with opposed edges separated by a width suitable for characterizing a dimension of the probe tip. At least one of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20060277973 - Surface friction testing apparatus: Surface testing friction apparatus comprises a trolley and an inclined ramp. The trolley and ramp are arranged such that a slider on the trolley comes into contact with the surface during a test run over a surface, the friction coefficient of which is to be determined, the mass of the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060277974 - Selective nanoprobe for olfactory medicine: An apparatus is for detecting the presence of selected gaseous compounds indicative of a medical condition includes a probe having one or more sensor elements having a conductivity which is responsive to the presence of selected gaseous compounds, at least one sensor element containing a transition metal oxide selected from... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060277975 - Systems and methods for testing packaging: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for testing packaging and/or materials (e.g., package integrity and/or seal strength testing) wherein one or more coatings are applied to the one or more surfaces of the packaging and/or materials prior to testing. In one aspect of the present invention, when applied to a permeable... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20060277976 - Redundant vacuum source for secondary containment monitoring and leak detection system and method: A redundant vacuum-generating source system and method for generating and/or maintaining a vacuum level in a secondarily contained fuel-handling component that is monitored for leaks. The vacuum-generating source is coupled to upstream fuel-handling components to draw a vacuum level in their interstitial spaces. Other downstream fuel-handling components are drawn under... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20060277977 - Multi-sensor system for fluid monitoring with selective exposure of sensors: A multi-sensor apparatus for monitoring a fluid is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is configured to be exposed to a fluid, and includes at least one membrane that covers the plurality of sensors. A mechanical member or a heating element can be used to... Agent: Jones Day

20060277978 - Viscosity sensor system: A viscosity sensor system for measuring the viscosity of a liquid and at least one additional property of the liquid using a piezoelectric viscosity sensor device that is situated completely in the liquid that is to be measured, and that has: electrical contact points for an electrical controlling of volume... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060277979 - Methods and apparatus for determining properties of a fluid: A method and system for determining properties of a fluid involves interacting the fluid with a standing wave in a first state to establish the standing wave in a second state, analyzing an electric signal associated with the standing wave to determine a characteristic associated with the second state, and... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20060277980 - Percolation testing apparatus and method: An apparatus and method which accurately quantifies the percolation rate of soils, or other materials. This invention unlike prior arts measures the time elapsed for water to drop in a percolation test hole between two fixed points. The elevation of the water is electronically detected which provides signaling to control... Agent: Robert Kristiansen

20060277981 - Micro structure, cantilever, scanning probe microscope and a method of measuring deformation quantity for the fine structure: It is desired that highly efficient and highly sensitive sensors being extremely small size is provided in desired position, desired shape and size for a micro structure that causes the elastic deformation at least a part thereof. Moreover, it is also required that facilitating to assemble and adjust the components,... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060277982 - Method for continuous measurement of dynamic fluid consumption: A method for continuous measurement of the dynamic fluid consumption of a consumer by means of a two-way flow sensor, particularly the measurement of gaseous or liquid fuel, and possibly a conditioning device, whereby the pressure is reduced to a constant exit pressure downstream from the flow sensor. A minimum... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060277983 - Heating resistor type fluid rate measuring apparatus and control device of internal combustion engine having the tlow measuring apparatus: To realize a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a heating resistor type air flow rate measuring apparatus which can effectively remove salinity adhered to the heating resistor. Salt adheres not only to the heating portion of a heating resistor but also to lead members and supporting members.... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20060277984 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine, e.g., of a motor vehicle, may permit a most accurate possible determination of a value for the flow-through area, e.g., the effective flow-through area, of a component arranged in a gas channel. The internal combustion engine has an adjustable... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060277985 - Blind hole plug-in wheel speed sensor: A sensor assembly (10) for measuring a speed of a movable member. The sensor assembly (10) includes an enclosure (28) defining a cavity (30). The cavity (30) is defined by a blind hole extending into the enclosure (28). The enclosure (28) is positioned so as to be substantially stationary relative... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060277986 - Fuel level sensor: A fuel level sensor for sensing and monitoring the level of remaining fluid in a container such as a fuel tank for a motorized vehicle is disclosed. The fuel level sensor incorporates an improved float and pivot arm member attached to a hub that rotates about a pivot base. The... Agent: Watts Hoffmann Co. L.p.a.

20060277987 - Method and apparatus for monitoring tire performance: A method and apparatus for assessing tire performance by generating accurate, timely tire-to-surface slippage information under any operational/environmental conditions and on any road and/or off-road surface without requiring instrumentation of the roadway. The approach is capable of storing generated tire-to-surface slippage information for later retrieval and analysis and/or capable of... Agent: John M. Vasuta Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20060277989 - Multi-function detecting pen: A multi-function detecting pen is described. The multi-function detecting pen includes a head module, a detecting chips module, a power module, a lighting module, and a control module. The head module is disposed at a front portion of the pen and the detecting chips module is followed. The detecting chips... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060277988 - Pressure gauge: Disclosed is a pressure gauge including a body forming an inlet, an outlet, and a shunt hole. A pressure meter is provided to the shunt hole. An inlet duct in connection with an inflation device is provided to the inlet. A check valve is arranged in the inlet duct. An... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060277990 - Heating resistor type flow measuring device: A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage, a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and an electronic circuit... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060277991 - Systems, methods and devices relating to dive computers: A dive computer having multiple sensors and voting logic to determine accuracy of sensor reading. The invention provides, in various embodiments, aspects of a safer dive computer capable of detecting and eliminating erroneous sensor measurement readings and systems and methods relating to determination thereof.... Agent: Corey Scott

20060277992 - Self-calibrating liquid level transmitter: The present disclosure generally relates to a capacitance sensing apparatus equipped with self-calibrating capacity and method of use thereof. The disclosure contemplates the determination using a secondary means of precise fluid levels according to five possible embodiments, and the use of the determined fluid level to recalibrate the capacitance sensing... Agent: Ati Technologies, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20060277993 - Asymmetric torsion balance gravimeter: The invention relates to a gravity measurement apparatus comprising a torsion balance bearing a test mass. The torsion balance has a predetermined center of mass and is rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis, wherein the torsion balance is asymmetric in such a way that the center of mass of the... Agent: Gallagher & Kennedy, P. A.

20060277994 - Invertible measuring cup: A measuring cup includes a cup portion formed of a flexible material, such as silicone, secured to a rigid annular portion maintaining the shape of the opening of the cup. A handle secures to the annular portion. A tab may secure to the annular portion opposite the handle. A downwardly... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20060277995 - Gyro sensor of an electrostatic driving and capacitance detecting type: A gyro sensor having a vibrator and a start circuit generates an oscillation encouraging signal by boosting a first voltage to a voltage of the signal in response to a start signal of a start frequency sent from the start circuit. The vibrator is vibrated in response to the oscillation... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060277996 - Angular velocity sensor and automobile using the same: The invention provides an angular velocity sensor which is provided with a smoothing circuit having a large smoothing time constant so that it can be reduced in size and integrated into an IC. Smoothing circuit (9) is provided with first switch (11), first capacitor (12), second switch (13), second capacitor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060277997 - Mems teeter-totter apparatus with curved beam and method of manufacture: A teeter-totter apparatus uses a curved beam to generate a differential output which may be indicative of an acceleration applied to the apparatus. The curved-beam teeter-totter apparatus can be combined with an x-axis and y-axis accelerometer, to produce a tri-axis accelerometer which is sensitive to an acceleration applied in any... Agent: Jaquelin K. Spong

20060277998 - Method and device for local spectral analysis of an ultrasonic signal: The method decomposes the radio frequency signal into sub-bands by filtering, for example with a time-frequency transform. From the coefficients acquired through decomposition a matrix of spectral coefficients is obtained, from which local estimators are obtained, constituted in particular by the coefficients of the interpolating polynomials. The statistical distribution of... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20060277999 - Audiometer and method of hearing screening: An audiometer includes a data acquisition/transducer module, a signal processing module and a user interface. A probe is coupled to the data acquisition module. The signal processing module forms an otoacoustic emission stimulus signal for transduction to a patient via the data acquisition/transducer module and the probe and to detect... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20060278000 - Electromagnetic acoustic transducer: An electromagnetic acoustic transducer (12, 24) has one or a plurality of magnets for applying a DEC magnetic field to a material (4, 25) under test, and an electrical coil (2, 23) supplied by an alternating current source for, providing an AC magnetic flux within the material under test. A... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20060278002 - High-pressure sensor device and method for manufacturing same: A high-pressure sensor device has a pressure sensor element and an electric circuit, in particular in the form of a semiconductor component, the pressure sensor element having a membrane deformable under the effect of pressure, and a functional layer, which experiences a change in its electrical properties when deformed, and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060278001 - Pressure detector and pressure detecting method: A pressure detector having a pipe inner pressure receiving opening section comprising a fluid passage for transporting fluid and a diaphragm hermetically sealing an opening made in one side face of the fluid passage, and a pressure detecting section coupled with the pipe inner pressure receiving opening section through the... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20060278003 - Pressure measurement: Pressure measurement may be achieved by using a pressure-conveyance media that responds to externally applied pressure to convey pressure to a pressure sensor. With the conveyance of pressure, the pressure measurement may be accomplished by determining a pressure of the pressure-conveyance media, determining a temperature of the pressure-conveyance media, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20060278004 - Wide-range combination vacuum gauge: A combination vacuum gauge provides simultaneous absolute and differential pressure measurements over a wide range of pressures ranging from atmospheric pressures to ultrahigh vacuum by processing the readings from an absolute high vacuum gauge (e.g., an ionization gauge and/or a heat-loss sensor), a differential low vacuum gauge providing a differential... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20060278006 - Pressure detector and method of diagnosing blockage of impulse lines: A pressure detector for detecting a high side pressure from a high pressure side impulse line and a low side pressure from a low pressure side impulse line includes a high side pressure variance calculating section for calculating a high side pressure variance from a high side pressure fluctuation calculated... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060278005 - Pressure sensor using compressible sensor body: A pressure sensor including a deformable sensor body formed of a compressible material. A deformation sensor is embedded in the deformable sensor body and has an electrical property which changes in response to deformation of the deformable sensor body. Electrical connections which extend from outside the deformable sensor body to... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20060278007 - Line pressure measurement using differential pressure sensor: A pressure sensor assembly for sensing a pressure of a process fluid includes a sensor body having a cavity formed therein to couple to a process fluid pressure. A deflectable diaphragm in the cavity deflects in response to the first and second process fluid pressures. A first primary electrode couples... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20060278008 - Fluid permeable membrane sensor: A pressure sensor (30) for sensing fluid pressure in harsh environments such as the air pressure in a tire by providing a chamber (58) partially defined by a flexible membrane (50). The flexible membrane (50) is at least partially formed from conductive material, and the chamber (58) contains a fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20060278009 - Mems pressure sensing device: A pressure sensing system formed in a monolithic semiconductor substrate. The pressure sensing system comprises a pressure sensing device formed on the monolithic semiconductor substrate. The pressure sensing device is adapted to be disposed in an environment for developing an electrical pressure signal corresponding to the pressure in the environment.... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20060278010 - Method and apparatus for the detection of high pressure conditions in a vacuum-type electrical device: A method for detecting a high pressure condition within a high voltage vacuum device includes detecting the position of a movable structure such as a bellows. The position at high pressures can be detected optically by the interruption of a light beam reflected by a hemispherically shaped reflector. The hemispherical... Agent: D'arcy H. Lorimer

20060278011 - Operation input device and electronic equipment employing the same: An operation input device includes a base, a printed circuit board which has a plurality of pushbutton switches and Hall elements mounted on its upside and which is stacked on and united with the base, an operation plate which is supported on the base so as to be vertically movable... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20060278012 - Semiconductor pressure sensor: A semiconductor pressure sensor is not influenced by a charged object in a fluid to be measured or an electric field from the outside, so satisfactory sensitivity and accuracy can be ensured. The semiconductor pressure sensor is provided with a diaphragm 4 that responds to the pressure of the fluid... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060278013 - Resistance type sensor: Switches SW1 to SW4 and variable resistors are formed so as to overlap each other at positions corresponding to the X-axial positive direction, the X-axial negative direction, the Y-axial positive direction, and the Y-axial negative direction, respectively. When at least one of the switches SW1 to SW4 is off, no... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20060278014 - Measurement method for injection molding machines: A measurement method in a measurement process comprising a main measurement process Sa in which measurement is performed by rotating forward a screw 3 with a back-flow prevention valve 2 installed on its tip and a post-measurement process Sb in which post-measurement processing is performed by rotating the screw 3... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060278016 - Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring volume and/or mass flow of a medium: An ultrasonic flow measuring device, which determines volume and/or mass flow of a medium in a pipeline, or in a measuring tube. The flow measuring device includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, which emit and/or receive ultrasonic measurement signals along defined sound paths. The control/evaluation electronics of the flow measuring... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060278015 - Device for determination and/or monitoring of the volumetric and/or mass flow of a medium: A clamp-on ultrasonic flow measuring device for determining volume and/or mass flow rate of a medium in a containment. The clamp-on ultrasonic measuring device is of low temperature sensitivity. To this end, the coupling element, through which the ultrasonic measuring signals are coupled into, and/or out of, the containment, has... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060278019 - Coriolis mass flow measuring device: A Coriolis mass-flow/density meter includes at least one measuring tube through which a two, or more, phase medium during operation. A support means of the Coriolis mass-flow/density meter is fixed to an inlet end and an outlet end of the measuring tube and thus holds the tube such that it... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060278020 - Coriolis flow meter and method for flow measurement: A Coriolis flow meter, which includes: at least one measuring tube, which is excited to oscillate during measurement operation, and through which a medium flows, whose flow is to be measured; first and second sensors for registering a flow-dependent oscillation of the measuring tube and for producing first and second... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060278021 - Coriolis mass flow meter and method for compensation of transmission errors of its input circuit: A Coriolis mass flow meter and method for compensation of transmission errors of its input circuit, wherein a high accuracy of measurement is achievable by determining the transmission error of the input circuit of at least two input branches on the basis of at least one reference signal, which travels... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060278017 - Shrouded body flow meter assembly: A shrouded body flow meter assembly includes an inner fluid-conducting conduit disposed in a spaced relation from and within an outer conduit. The shrouded flow meter assembly can be connected to other shrouded fluid-conducting apparatus and/or used to replace sections of a shrouded fluid-conducting apparatus system. The shrouded flow meter... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060278018 - Micro gust thermal anemometer: A thermal anemometer for measuring airflow includes an ovenized semiconductor device including an internal oven. The oven is powered by an oven current such that the oven current varies with air flow over an outside surface of the semiconductor device. A resistor is electrically coupled between a source of power... Agent: Geller

20060278022 - Rotation speed detection device and rolling bearing unit load measurement device: A sensor for detecting a rotation speed outputs a detecting signal d expressing a speed superposed with an actual rotation speed dd and a variation amount dn based on whirling. By an adaptive filter 28 constituting a reference signal x by a signal generated by itself from a signal of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060278023 - Magnetostrictive elongation sensor: A magnetostrictive position or elongation sensor of the type in which an elongated magnetorestrictive waveguide is influenced by a magnetic field from a moving magnet has a Villary type transformer at one end and a hermetically sealed housing containing the signal processing circuitry on a plurality of circuit boards. The... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20060278024 - Testing apparatus and method of deriving young's modulus from tensile stress/strain relationships: A method of testing and a tester apparatus to determine the axial stress and strain of cements under the temperature and pressures encountered by cement during use in wellbore environments. Using these stress and strain measurements, the Young's Modulus may be established for a material at the encountered temperature and... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

20060278025 - Time domain resolving chemical sampler using sorbent material: A fluid sampling device is provided comprising an elongated housing having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of alternating sorbent units and spacer units disposed longitudinally through the housing and slidably movable therethrough along the longitudinal direction, and means for individually and sequentially exposing the sorbent units to a fluid. The... Agent: Francis A Cooch Deputy General Counsel (patents)

20060278026 - Vehicle rollover test fixture: A test fixture for rollover crash testing of a test vehicle onto a moving surface employs a cradle to support and rotate the test vehicle. A vertical support structure to positions and releasably holds the cradle. A moving sled having a contact surface is carried by a guide extending beneath... Agent: Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20060278027 - Physical quantity sensor, lead frame, and manufacturing method therefor: A physical quantity sensor is constituted using a lead frame having at least one stage and a plurality of leads whose bases are arranged in the same plane, wherein at least one physical quantity sensor chip having a plurality of electrode pads is mounted on the stage and is inclined... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP

20060272382 - Systems and methods of self test for a slowly varying sensor: Systems, methods and circuits for implementing a self test in a slowly varying sensor. In one particular case, a circuit is provided that includes two filters operating in parallel. One of the filters is tailored for filtering normal operational signals, and operates at a first oversampling rate. The other filter... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20060272383 - Method of calibrating zero offset of a pressure sensor: A piezoresistive pressure sensor test sample is first provided, and a zero offset of the piezoresistive pressure sensor test sample is measured. Subsequently, a stress deviation corresponding to the zero offset is calculated. Thereafter, at least a piezoresistive pressure sensor under the same process condition as the piezoresistive pressure sensor... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060272384 - Flow sensor methods and apparatus: Apparatus and methods of calibrating a microfluidic flow sensor, in which the flow of a fluid through a flow sensor is stopped and a first value is read from the flow sensor, then the fluid is pumped through the flow sensor sequentially at first and second selected rates, and readings... Agent: Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

20060272385 - Flow sensor methods and apparatus: Apparatus and methods of calibrating a microfluidic flow sensor, in which the flow of a fluid through a flow sensor is stopped and a first value is read from the flow sensor, then the fluid is pumped through the flow sensor sequentially at first and second selected rates, and readings... Agent: Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

20060272386 - Method for monitoring a rotating rate sensor: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a rotation rate sensor comprising a vibration gyroscope that represents a band-pass filter and that is part of at least one control circuit. Said control circuit is comprised of digital and analog components and excites the vibration gyroscope to vibrate with its... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20060272387 - Apparatus and method for verifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism: An apparatus for improving the procedure for quantifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism of an analytical instrument. The apparatus of this invention comprises (a) at least one weigh cup; (b) at least one standard mass; (c) at least one transducer assembly to convert a value of... Agent: Robert Deberardine Abbott Laboratories

20060272388 - Apparatus and method for testing endurance of optical disc: In the data structure, a data area of the recording medium stores a transport stream of at least video data. The transport stream is divided into transport packets, and each of the transport packets is associated with one of the multiple reproduction paths. Also, the transport packets of each reproduction... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060272389 - Method of measuring coefficient of dynamic friction between golf ball and collisional plate: By bringing a golf ball into collision with a collisional plate and measuring a coefficient of dynamic friction at this collision, contact force at the time of collision between an actual golf club and the golf ball is analyzed and spin rate of the golf ball is estimated. This invention... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060272391 - Collision object determination device: A vehicle speed calculating section calculates the vehicle velocity by integration of a forward and reverse acceleration of a vehicle. A first deforming speed calculating section calculates a first deforming speed by integration of acceleration from a first acceleration sensor. A second deforming speed calculating section calculates a second deforming... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20060272390 - Damper for high g-force shock pulse generator systems and methods: The present invention provides systems and methods that can provide a high g-force to a test specimen. An exemplary system of the present invention includes a beam, rigidly fixed at one or both ends, on which a test specimen can be mounted. A loading device is preferably provided that can... Agent: Matthew Luxton Honeywell International Inc.

20060272392 - Relative humidity probe for concrete: A probe for determining the relative humidity and temperature of a substance such as a concrete floor. The probe is adapted to be inserted into a hole in the substance being tested. The probe has a head portion and a tail portion. A display is provided on the head portion... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20060272393 - System for the detection of trace vapors and particles in air: A detector for the detection for trace vapors and particles in the air that includes a housing; a well formed in the housing; a heated filter positioned across the well; a source delivering sampled air substantially perpendicular to the open end of the well on a first side of the... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20060272394 - High resolution gas gauge proximity sensor: In a gas gauge, effects due to changes in the local environment are reduced by causing a measurement nozzle and a reference nozzle to react as if they were co-located, or located at approximately the same position. This is achieved by venting the reference nozzle in very close proximity to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20060272395 - Measuring method and device for liquid crystal viscositycoefficient: In a measuring method for determining values of viscosity coefficients of a liquid crystal by fitting Ericksen-Leslie theoretical values to measured response characteristics, in the first step, ON response characteristics of a liquid crystal cell 10 with homogeneous alignment are initially measured, and a value of a rotational viscosity coefficient... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060272396 - Analysis method using piezoelectric resonator: A piezoelectric resonator is immersed in a liquid, an AC signal is applied, and a local maximum of the conductance is determined. A frequency change due to the viscosity effect is determined from two frequencies of three frequencies including a resonance frequency that is applied at that local maximum, and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060272397 - Multi-layer windshield moisture detector: A moisture detection system includes a moisture detector having a first electrical conductor, a first substrate having the first electrical conductor disposed on one surface thereof, a spacing layer coupled to the other surface of the first substrate, a second substrate having one surface thereof coupled to a surface of... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20060272398 - Beam tracking system for scanning-probe type atomic force microscope: Disclosed is a novel scanning-probe type atomic force microscope wherein false deflection of probe is reduced. Probe of the scanning-probe type atomic force microscope moves in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction during the scanning, while the sample is kept stationary. In order to reduce the false deflection... Agent: Transpacific Law Group

20060272399 - System for wide frequency dynamic nanomechanical analysis: Dynamic nanomechanical analysis of a sample is performed by using a cantilever probe that interacts with the sample using a force applied across a wide range of frequencies that includes frequencies greater than 300 Hz. The motion of the cantilever probe is detected in response to the applied force over... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060272400 - Device for detecting malfunction in evaporated gas purging system: An evaporated gas control system mounted on an automotive vehicle includes a canister for absorbing gas evaporated from a fuel tank and a purging passage for purging the evaporated gas into an engine. The purging passage is branched out to two passages, an upstream purging passage connected to an upstream... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060272401 - Friction testing apparatus: A testing apparatus for measuring the friction characteristics between two components in rolling or sliding contact with one another is disclosed herein. The testing apparatus includes a traction surface, a first support structure adapted to support the traction surface while allowing for rotation of the traction surface, and a drive... Agent: New Market Services Corporation (formerly Ethyl Corporation)

20060272402 - Tire pressure sensor assembly: The disclosure provides a tire pressure sensor assembly that includes a battery and a printed circuit board (PCB) configured with electronics to measure tire pressure and to transmit an electromagnetic signal related to the measured tire pressure. The PCB and battery are contained in a housing that allows the PCB... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20060272403 - Thermal type flow rate measuring apparatus: A flow rate sensor has a problem that a resistance value of a heat generating resistor itself varies and sensor characteristics are changed during use of the sensor for a long term. Also, the temperature of the heat generating resistor must be adjusted on a circuit substrate with a resistance... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20060272404 - Liquid consumption status detecting method, liquid container, and ink cartridge: A method of detecting a consumption status of liquid contained in a liquid container, comprising steps of: preparing a detection device having a piezoelectric element and attaching the detection device on a desired position of the liquid container so that at least a part of the detection device contacting the... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC

20060272405 - Casing for in-tank hall effect sensor used for fuel level sensing: The invention relates to a non-contact sensor assembly having a casing with a cavity, a magnetic field sensor disposed within the cavity and a cap coupled to close the cavity. The cap has one or more openings through which pins, extending from the sensor or its associated circuit board extend.... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20060272406 - Force detection device: A force detection device of the present invention includes a handle to be given an operation force by an operator, disposed on a support reciprocatably in a first axis direction along a forward/backward direction of the truck and a second axis direction orthogonal thereto. A pair of force detection parts... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060272407 - Method of calibrating the mass of components intended to be mounted at the periphery of a rotor: Method of calibrating the mass of components intended to be mounted at the periphery of a rotor A method of calibrating the mass of components intended to be mounted at the periphery of a rotor, the method consisting, for each of the components, in removing by machining a volume of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060272408 - Method and apparatus for tire uniformity measurement: There is provided a method and a apparatus for measuring tire uniformity. The apparatus comprises a spindle, a rotating drum, a sensor and a computing means. The method comprises the steps of mounting a tire on the spindle, pressing a circumferential surface of a rotating drum against the tread surface... Agent: Gerald Levy Pitney Hardin

20060272409 - Torsional rate sensor with momentum balance and mode decoupling: Rate sensor comprising a plurality of generally planar masses, a drive axis in the plane of each of the masses, means for driving the masses to oscillate about the drive axes, an input axis perpendicular to the drive axes, sense axes perpendicular to the drive axes and the input axis,... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20060272410 - Torsional rate sensor with momentum balance and mode decoupling: Rate sensor having a plurality of generally planar masses, means for driving the masses to oscillate about a drive axis in the planes of the masses, an input axis perpendicular to the drive axis, sense axes perpendicular to the drive axis and the input axis, means mounting the masses for... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20060272411 - Torsional rate sensor with momentum balance and mode decoupling: Rate sensor comprising two generally planar proof masses, means for driving the masses to oscillate in phase opposition about parallel drive axes in the planes of the masses, an input axis perpendicular to the drive axes, sense axes perpendicular to the drive axes and the input axis, means mounting the... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20060272412 - Angular speed sensor and method for fabricating the same: Provided are an angular velocity sensor with improved reliability by preventing an electric short circuit resulting from etching debris left on the bottom electrode after the etching of the conductive layers, and a method for manufacturing the angular velocity sensor. The drive electrode unit, the monitor electrode unit and the... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060272413 - Three-axis integrated mems accelerometer: 3D accelerometer for measuring three components of inertial force (or acceleration) vector with respect to an orthogonal coordinate system, which has high sensitivity due to a big proof mass located within a cavity beneath the surface of the sensor die. The size of the cavity and the size of the... Agent: Vladimir Vaganov

20060272414 - Capacitive microaccelerometers and fabrication methods: Disclosed are moveable microstructures comprising in-plane capacitive microaccelerometers, with submicro-gravity resolution (<200 ng/√Hz) and very high sensitivity (>17 pF/g). The microstructures are fabricated in thick (>100 μm) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates or silicon substrates using a two-mask fully-dry release process that provides large seismic mass (>10 milli-g), reduced capacitive gaps, and... Agent: The Law Offices Of Kenneth W. Float # 2f

20060272416 - Acoustic wave flow sensor for high-condensation applications: An acoustic wave flow sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate and a heater located immediately below the acoustic wave substrate. A heating element can be deposited in association with a plurality of acoustic wave components upon the acoustic wave substrate. The acoustic wave components, the piezoelectric substrate, the heater and the... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Attorney, Intellectual Property

20060272415 - Deep-fry oil quality sensor: A cooking oil quality sensing apparatus and system includes an acoustic wave sensor comprising one or more acoustic wave transducers configured upon a piezoelectric substrate such that when the acoustic wave sensor is in contact with cooking oil, the sensor generates acoustic wave data indicative of the quality of the... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International, Inc.

20060272417 - Method and ultrasonic meter system for determining pipe roughness: A method and ultrasonic meter system for determining pipe roughness. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are ultrasonic meters comprising a spool piece that couples within a flow of fluids, and a first transducer pair mechanically mounted to the spool piece and acoustically coupled to the flow of fluids... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20060272418 - Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for perfoming high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations: One aspect of the present invention concerns scanning acoustic microscopes in which sound waves used for imaging purposes are generated by an opto-acoustical process. A scanning acoustic microscope of the present invention includes an opto-acoustic transducer assembly having a substrate. Formed in the substrate of the opto-acoustic transducer assembly is... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20060272419 - Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations: One aspect of the present invention concerns scanning acoustic microscopes in which sound waves used for imaging purposes are generated by an opto-acoustical process. A scanning acoustic microscope of the present invention includes an opto-acoustic transducer assembly having a substrate. Formed on or in the substrate of the opto-acoustic transducer... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20060272420 - Apparatus and method for reducing vibration: A method of reducing vibration in equipment having first and second mechanically connected subassemblies is disclosed. A sensor is disposed on the first subassembly. A vibration from the sensor is recorded. The vibration is attributable to a composite mechanical operation of the first and second subassemblies of the equipment. The... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20060272421 - Access pressure ratio device and testing method: The present invention discloses a detection device for detecting irregular intravascular pressure, the device including an analyzer for automatically analyzing intravascular pressure upstream of the suspected location of irregular blood flow, and a comparing device that correlates the recorded intravascular pressure to a standard whereby variation in the intravascular pressure... Agent: Amy E Rinaldo Kohn & Associates

20060272422 - Pressure sensor device: The pressure sensor device has a laminated diaphragm (12) in which a strain resistance gauge is formed in a surface and a stopper member (13) including a concave portion forming a curved surface parallel to a surface formed by displacement of the diaphragm, the concave portion being disposed to face... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060272423 - High g-force shock pulse generator systems and methods: The present invention provides systems and methods that can provide a high g-force to a test specimen. An exemplary system of the present invention includes a beam, rigidly fixed at one or both ends, on which a test specimen can be mounted. A loading device is preferably provided that can... Agent: Matthew Luxton Honeywell International Inc.

20060272424 - Joint simulator testing machine: A testing apparatus for a joint includes a support structure for engaging a first part a joint, an adapter for engaging a second part of the joint, a load assembly coupled with the adapter for applying a load onto the adapter and a drive assembly coupled with the adapter. Operation... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060272425 - Mounting structure of resin molded part: There is provided a resin molded part mounting structure in which a resin molded part is fixed to a mating member via a clip, wherein a connecting portion is provided on the resin molded part, wherein the clip is made up of a seat portion adapted to be joined to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060272426 - Electromagnetic flow sensing apparatus and method: An apparatus for sensing liquid flow rate comprises a conduit for conducting a flow of liquid through it and a flow sensor. The flow sensor includes a fixed portion attached to a sidewall of the conduit. The fixed portion has a pair of stationary electrodes positioned in spaced apart relation... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20060272427 - Magneto-inductive flowmeter and measuring tube for such: A measuring tube for a magneto-inductive flow meter is manufactured at least partially of a magnetically conductive material having a relative permeability, μr, essentially greater than one.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060272428 - In-line measuring devices and method for compensation measurement errors in in-line measuring devices: An inline measuring device comprises a vibratory-type transducer and a measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the vibratory-type transducer. The vibratory-type transducer includes at least one measuring tube being inserted into the course of a pipeline and serving for conducting a mixture to be measured. An exciter arrangement acting on... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060272429 - Flexible imaging pressure sensor: A sensor for a textured surface (e.g., a fingerprint) is provided. The sensor includes a flexible substrate and a flexible membrane supported above the substrate by one or more spacers. The sensor also includes multiple pressure sensor elements responsive to a separation between parts of the membrane and corresponding parts... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20060272430 - Connecting structure of rotary connector and steering angle sensor: Ae connecting structure of a first rotor member (rotor housing) of a rotary connector and a second rotor member (rotary member) of a steering angle sensor is provided. A plurality of elastic pieces are formed on the inner peripheral portion of the first rotor member and extend downward. An engaging... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060272431 - Apparatus and process for collection of gas and vapor samples: A gas sampling apparatus and process is provided in which a standard crimping tool is modified by an attached collar. The collar permits operation of the crimping tool while also facilitating the introduction of a supply of gas to be introduced into a storage vial. The introduced gas supply is... Agent: J. Bennett Mullinax, LLC

20060272432 - Sterile sampling device: The present invention provides fluid sampling device comprising a sampling head having a series of openings through it from one major surface to the other, a plurality of conduits at the downstream side of the openings and a plurality of sample containers. The openings are selectively opened and closed through... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20060272433 - Detecting element and detection method: A detecting element for detecting a plurality of different substances in a specimen, characterized by including: a channel provided on a substrate, which is capable of forming a plurality of layers of flow of a fluid; and a plurality of different substance trapping portions provided in the channel, for trapping... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060272434 - System and method of use for continuous deterioration measurements: A system and the method of use of the system for continuous deterioration rate measurements of sample materials are provided by the present invention. Mass loss is a versatile method for determining sample deterioration. Previous mass loss techniques employ determination at periodic intervals after removing the sample from the process... Agent: New Jersey Institute Of Technology

20060272435 - Liquid reaction mass for high-g simulation: An apparatus for simulating a dynamic high-g environment that includes a test specimen, an incompressible liquid situated adjacent to the test specimen, and a device for creating a dynamic force on the test specimen. In one embodiment, the device for creating a dynamic force includes a vibration actuator that creates... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.