Measuring and testing inventions 02/07

20070039371 - Frictional characteristic measuring apparatus and tire directed thereto: In a frictional characteristic measuring apparatus, a sensor section emits a sound wave, which gives vibration to an object to be measured, as an incident sound wave, and receives a reflected sound wave generated by reflection of the sound wave on the object to be measured. An operational processing section... Agent: Baker & Daniels

20070039372 - Hydrogen permeable protective coating for a catalytic surface: A protective coating for a surface comprising a layer permeable to hydrogen, said coating being deposited on a catalyst layer; wherein the catalytic activity of the catalyst layer is preserved.... Agent: Paul J White, Senior Counsel National Renewable Energy Laboratory (nrel)

20070039373 - Method and device for determining the fractions of lubricants emitted into the atmosphere in coolant processes: A method for determining fractions of coolants emitted into the atmosphere in processes using coolants, in particular in the metal processing industry. Here, samples of the atmosphere polluted with fractions of coolants in droplet and vapor form are fed to an evaporator. In the evaporator, the fractions of coolants in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070039374 - Receptacle for sensors: A receptacle for sensors insertable into a gas stream, houses at least one sensor for controlling at least one physical/chemical parameter of the gas stream, and is defined by at least one boundary wall, at least part of which is defined by a filtering element permeable solely to the gaseous... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070039375 - Multidimensional gas chromatography apparatus and analyte transfer procedure using a multiple-cool strand interface: The invention provides a MDGC apparatus that includes a cryotrapping apparatus capable of cooling at least twice a portion of a chemical sample and provided with a detector device disposed upstream of the cryotrap and allowing identification of the portion of the chemical sample to control the residence time of... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070039376 - Avatar refrigerator, and method for sensing contamination of the same: The present invention discloses a refrigerator for storing foods at a low temperature. An avatar refrigerator and a method for sensing contamination of the same receive measurement values from various sensors installed around the refrigerator in a contamination sensing mode, decide kinds and degrees of contamination in each position by... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070039377 - Leak indicator with test leak and test leak for integration into a leak detector: A leak test apparatus includes a housing having an interior sized for retaining a plurality of instrument components including a control unit. A sniffer gun is linked to the instrument components, the sniffer gun having an intake point, and a test leak includes a gas reservoir, a constriction, an opening... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20070039378 - High throughput screening methods for lubricating oil compositions: Method for determining dispersancy performance for a plurality of fluid samples of different compositions is provided. Each sample includes one or more base oils of lubricating viscosity and one or more lubricating oil additives and a predetermined amount of an oil-insoluble material. The methods can advantageously be optimized using combinatorial... Agent: M. Carmen & Associates, PLLC

20070039379 - Water quality detecting device for an aquarium: A water quality detecting device for an aquarium includes a casing, a transparent cover and a seat. Two pairs of circular recesses are respectively defined in opposite ends of the upper and lower faces of the casing. A close water guiding groove is defined in the upper and lower faces... Agent: Pyle & Piontek

20070039380 - Device for measuring hydralic roughness of the internal surface of a pipeline: The device 1 for determining the hydraulic roughness of the internal surface of a pipe 2 has a trolley 4 with wheels 3. Drum 5 is mounted to be rotationally movable on trolley 4. The roughness is determined by measuring the resisting torque of drum 5 or by measuring the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070039381 - Secondary air injector for use with exhaust gas simulation system: A secondary air injector for use with an exhaust flow simulation system. A typical exhaust flow simulator is a burner-based system, in which exhaust from a combustive burner is exhausted through an exhaust line. The secondary air injector is placed downstream the burner to create a desired thermal condition or... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070039382 - Wheel sensor for tire pressure control device with holder: A wheel sensor for a tire pressure control device has a holder. To create a wheel sensor for a tire pressure control device which is advantageous to manufacture and assembly and yet does not require any special valve equipment on the wheel, a pivotably mounted housing part be provided on... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070039383 - Indicative sensor for stock control: It's a device which purpose is to monitor the storage and indicate that a frozen product has been subjected to a thermal variation, with temperature rise, causing the fusion and liquefaction of a fluid (H) contained in said sensor. Said sensor comprises a hollow, cylindrical tube (2) with an open... Agent: Trask Britt

20070039384 - Bin level indicator: A sensor involving a housing having a lower orifice to which a primary hose is connected. A secondary hose inside the primary hose is slightly shorter than the primary hose, with these hoses being placed inside a bin for determining fill level. One of two upper orifices in the housing... Agent: Julian C. Renfro, Esquire

20070039385 - Resistive thin film humidity sensitive device based on silicone-containing copolymer and its preparation method: Disclosed is a resistive thin film humidity sensitive device based on silicone-containing copolymer and its preparation method. The device includes a microlite glass substrate; a plurality of interdigital gold electrode pairs, which are evaporated and photolithographically defined onto the microlite glass substrate; lead lines connecting to the interdigital gold electrodes;... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070039386 - Bias and quadrature reduction in class ii coriolis vibratory gyros: The method and apparartus in one embodiment may have the steps of: providing a two-dimensional axisymmetric oscillator having a beam containing two principal elastic axes and two principal damping axes; driving the beam with drive components to oscillate; driving, during a first period, the beam along a drive axis of... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070039387 - Movement detector having six degrees of freedom with three position sensors and method for the production of a sensor: The movement detector having six degrees of freedom comprises a support on which three position sensors are arranged according to three orthogonal axes. Each sensor comprises a rigid body (3), a deformable element (4) which is electrically conductive, and four conductive areas (6b) which are disposed on rigid walls (3).... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070039388 - Methods and systems for adjusting magnetic return path with minimized reluctance: Accelerometers having higher concentration of flux closer to the proof mass. The invention includes a proof mass, an excitation ring, a magnet, a pole piece, and a coil. The excitation ring includes a ring unit and a base unit that are attached and the ring unit or base unit includes... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070039389 - Methods for using resonant acoustic and/or resonant acousto-em energy to detect and/or effect structures: The present invention makes use of resonant acoustic and/or acousto-EM energy applied to inorganic or biologic structures for the detection and/or identification, and for augmentation and/or disruption of function within the biologic structure. In particular, the invention provides a method of generating resonant acoustic and/or acousto-EM energy in biologic structures... Agent: The Law Offices Of Mark G. Mortenson

20070039390 - Inspection system and associated method: A system and method for inspecting a structure are provided. The system includes at least one non-destructive inspection (“NDI”) sensor capable of acquiring data indicative of at least a portion of the structure, and at least one positional sensor for acquiring positional data of the NDI sensor. The system also... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070039391 - Ultra high temperature hermetically protected wirebonded piezoresistive transducer: An ultra high temperature hermetically protected transducer includes a sensor chip having an active area upon which is deposited piezoresistive sensing elements. The elements are located on the top surface of the silicon wafer chip and have leads and terminals extending from the active area of the chip. The active... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070039392 - Capacitative pressure sensor for oxidative environments: A capacitative pressure sensor (30) for harsh environments such as vehicle tires. The sensor has two opposing electrodes (36 and 50). One electrode is a membrane (50) that extends between fluid at a reference pressure and fluid at the pressure to be sensed. In use, the flexible membrane (50) deflects... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070039393 - Temperature-compensated structure with force multiplier for the temperature compensator: A temperature-compensated structure includes a temperature compensator having a temperature-compensation bellows whose length is responsive to changes in temperature, and a temperature-compensation actuator that moves responsive to the length of the temperature-compensation bellows. There is a movable structure, and a mechanical force multiplier extending between the temperature-compensation actuator and the... Agent: Raytheon Company Intellectual Property & Licensing

20070039394 - Force measuring transducer: The invention relates to a force measuring transducer with an oscillator (1) with an inductor (2) formed by a primary winding and a gauge (11) with a secondary winding (30) which is connected electroconductively to the gauge (11) and which is disposed in transformer coupling with the inductor (2) of... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070039395 - Glass-modified stress waves for separation of ultra thin films and nanoelectronics device fabrication: A device for generating a tensile force between a substrate and a coating, wherein the substrate has a thickness defined by a first side and a second side in a first axis, and the coating is applied to the first side of the substrate such that the coating and substrate... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070039396 - Torque sensor packaging systems and methods: A torque sensor packaging system and method includes a torque member that includes one or more holes formed therein for receiving one or more respective fasteners associated with a sensing element. The sensing element can be connected to the torque member to the sensing element in order to transfer torque... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20070039397 - Methods and systems for mounting sensors for use in a harsh vibration environment: A sensor is associated with a mounting surface. An O-ring is then positioned between the sensor and the mounting surface, such that the O-ring is compressible when the sensor is fixed to the mounting surface. A fixing mechanism is generally provided for permanently fixing the sensor to the mounting surface,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Attorney, Intellectual Property

20070039398 - Magnetoinductive flowmeter with galvanic measurement electrodes: A magnetoinductive flowmeter having a measurement tube (1), through which a flowable medium (3) flows, with a magnet unit (4a, 4b) which is arranged on the outside of the measurement tube (1) and produces a magnetic field which is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow of the flowable... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Dept. - 4u6

20070039399 - Driver configuration for an ultrasonic flow meter: A method and system for driver configuration for an ultrasonic meter. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are ultrasonic meters comprising a spool piece that couples within a flow of fluids, a first upstream transducer mechanically coupled to the spool piece, a first downstream transducer mechanically coupled to the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070039401 - Torque detection apparatus and acting force detection apparatus: The torque detection apparatus has a detector and a computing unit. The detector includes a first rotating member and a second rotating member that are coaxially disposed, and that are capable of transferring torque and being relatively rotated in a forward rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction, a forward... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070039400 - Platform balance: The present disclosure is directed to a platform balance that is suitable for transmitting forces and moments in a plurality of directions. The platform balance is adapted to support a test specimen, such as a large vehicle, in a test environment such as a wind tunnel. The platform balance includes... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070033985 - Meter register having an encoder for measuring material flow and an algorithm to selectively block signal transmission: A water meter has a meter register having an encoder having electromagnetic wave emitters, e.g., infrared emitters to measure water flow and direction of water flow through the meter. The encoder has two of three spaced emitters directing infrared rays at predetermined time intervals toward a rotating detector wheel having... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070033986 - Gas-measuring probe for determining the physical characteristic of a measuring gas: A gas-measuring probe for determining a physical characteristic of a measuring gas, in particular the concentration of a gas component or the temperature or pressure of the measuring gas, which includes a sensor element accommodated in a housing, at least one connection cable for the sensor element having an electrical... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070033987 - System and method for testing fuel tank integrity: The invention relates generally to a system and method for testing fuel evaporative systems, and more particularly to a stand-alone tank tester system (and method) for testing vehicle fuel tank integrity. Furthermore, a self-contained calibration tank with switchable leak sizes for calibrating the tank tester to multiple leak sizes is... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070033988 - Method for monitoring the stay time in a restricted conduit: The disclosure relates to a method of monitoring the stay time in a restricted conduit, such as a holding tube in a heat treatment plant. A first measurement registration x of a chemical or physical magnitude, such as the temperature, takes place in the beginning of the restricted conduit. A... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070033989 - Testing procedure for evaluating diffusion and leakage currents in insulators: A method for predicting long-term electrical insulation properties of composite materials in a moist environment. The method including the steps of providing a specimen, and testing the specimen to determine moisture content values and leakage current values at predetermined time intervals. The method further including the steps of determining a... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070033990 - Transducer for microfluid handling system: The present invention relates to integrated micro-cantilevers, micro-bridges or micro-membranes in micro-liquid handling systems. Such micro-liquid handling systems provide novel detection mechanisms for monitoring the physical, chemical and biological properties of fluids in such systems. The present invention further relates to micro-cantilever, micro-bridge or micro-membrane type sensors having integrated readout.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070033993 - Dual tip atomic force microscopy probe and method for producing such a probe: One inventive aspect is related to an atomic force microscopy probe. The probe comprises a tip configuration with two probe tips on one cantilever arm. The probe tips are electrically isolated from each other and of approximately the same height with respect to the cantilever arm. The outer surface of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070033992 - Method for attaching rod-shaped nano structure to probe holder: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a probe for detecting surface signals or chemical signals through a long and slender rod-shaped nano structure such as tungsten nanowire, carbon nanotube, boron nanotube, etc., being attached to a tip end portion thereof. According to the method, a holder, acting... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070033991 - Tracking qualification and self-optimizing probe microscope and method: A scanning probe microscope and method of operation for monitoring and assessing proper tracking between the tip and sample, as well as automating at least some aspects of AFM setup previously done manually. Preferably, local slopes corresponding to the acquired data are compared to determine a tracking metric that is... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070033994 - Dynamometer with flexible closed loop torque transmitting element: A chassis dynamometer for loading a driven wheel of a vehicle. The dynamometer includes a frame defining a main axis, a tensioner and a flexible closed-loop torque transmitting element. An input member is arranged along an axis that is generally perpendicular to the main axis. The tensioner is configured to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070033995 - Crank angle detecting apparatus and reference angular position detection method for internal combustion engine: A rotor is provided such that the rotor rotates with a crank shaft of an engine. A plurality of detection sections are formed on a rotor periphery at equal angle intervals. A particular detection section is used for detection of a reference crank angle. A pickup is provided near the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070033996 - Method of measuring exhaust gas on internal combustion engines: In a method of measuring exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, preferably in test benches, through the use of CVS (constant value sampling) full-flow systems, the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is mixed with combustion gas, preferably air, and the volume flow or mass flow of the combustion... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070033997 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine, a structure-borne noise generated in a combustion chamber is detected by a structure-borne noise sensor. A quantity is ascertained on the basis of the structure-borne noise signal. A reference quantity of an undrifted structure-borne noise sensor is ascertained for a certain reference operating state for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070033998 - Thermostat malfunction detecting system for engine cooling system: A malfunction of a thermostat in a coolant circulating path is detected from an engine side coolant temperature in consideration of the following behavior of the coolant temperature. When an open-malfunction occurs, the coolant temperature becomes different considerably from that in the normal time in the temperature range in which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070033999 - Device and method for calibrating an image sensor: A device and a method are proposed for monitoring, tracking and determining at least one calibration parameter of the geometrical calibration of at least one image sensor, the at least one image sensor monitoring a scene that stays the same in parts. In one exemplary embodiment, the at least one... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070034000 - Method for detecting decrease in inner pressure of tire using gps speed information: Provided is a method for detecting decrease in an inner pressure of a tire with excellent accuracy by calculating accurate dynamic load radii by comparing the GPS speed information with tire rotational speed information collecting data only when a stable measurement of the dynamic load radii is possible, as well... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070034001 - Wind gauges and wind gauge kits: A wind gauge includes a wind vane. The wind vane includes at least one wing. The wind vane is adapted to assume a prescribed level position responsive to a prescribed corresponding wind speed incident on the wind vane.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070034002 - Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring the filling level of a product in a container: The invention relates to a measuring device which determines the filling level by means of high-frequency measuring signals which are guided along a waveguide. The invention is based on the object of optimizing the waveguide. According to a preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention, the waveguide is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070034003 - Water-level control device having power frequency carrier: A control device obtains water level information and transfers the information to a control room through an indoor power unit coordinated with a unit for collecting the water level information and a unit for adding power frequency carrier carrying the water level information.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070034004 - Torque sensor magnetometer: The magnetometer assembly according to this invention includes a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly for detecting separate magnetic fields along an axial portion of a torque transducer. The first and second coil assemblies are driven by independently adjustable circuits. Each of the circuits are independently adjustable to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070034005 - Robust micromachined gyroscopes with two degrees of freedom sense-mode oscillator: A three-degrees of freedom (DOF) MEMS inertial micromachined gyroscope with nonresonant actuation with a drive direction, sense direction and a direction perpendicular to the drive and sense directions comprises a planar substrate, a 2-DOF sense-mode oscillator coupled to the substrate operated at a flattened wide-bandwidth frequency region, and a 1-DOF... Agent: Daniel L. Dawes

20070034006 - Ring resonator gyro with folded cylinder suspension: A ring resonator gyro comprises a folded cylinder suspension that supports a cylindrical ring resonator. The folded cylinder suspension comprises an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, and an annulus. The inner cylinder, the outer cylinder, and the annulus are concentric. A top edge of the inner cylinder is coupled with... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070034007 - Multi-axis micromachined accelerometer: Multi-axis micromachined accelerometer which, in some disclosed embodiments, has a proof mass suspended above a substrate for movement in response to acceleration along first and second axes, a first detection electrode connected to the proof mass and constrained for movement only along the first axis, and a second detection electrode... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20070034008 - Monitoring of a glue pattern on a wrapping strip: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a glue quantity or glue mass applied to a wrapping strip of the tobacco-processing industry includes an ultrasound measuring system. The ultrasound measuring system comprises at least two ultrasound generating sources adapted to supply the wrapping strip with ultrasound, at least two ultrasound sensor... Agent: Venable LLP

20070034009 - Method and system for monitoring structural damage: A method for monitoring damage to a structure having an actuator and a sensor. The method includes exciting the actuator across a predetermined frequency range to excite the structure, measuring a vibrational characteristic of the structure across the predetermined frequency range in response to the excitation of the actuator using... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070034010 - Detection of channel saturation in phase-array ultrasonic non-destructive testing: The present invention relates to a method of detecting non-linear operation of a measuring device comprising an array of transducers and at least one receiver channel portion. The method comprises receiving measured signals through transducers of the array, processing the measured signals from the transducers through the receiver channel portion,... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070034011 - Method and apparatus for dynamic focusing in ultrasonic imaging: A dynamic focusing apparatus and method for ultrasonic imaging, using transducer frequency encoding technique to map different positions of the surface of a transducer to different frequency responses. To a particular focal position, the time delay required for focusing from various positions on the transducer surface to the focal point... Agent: Hdsl

20070034012 - Systems and methods for non-destructive testing of tubular systems: Method and systems for non-destructive testing of a gas or liquid filled object at atmospheric pressure or high pressure. The method includes steps of: providing an acoustic pulse reflectometry (APR) system having a wideband transmitter, a pressure sensor and a short mixed wave tube, performing at least one calibration to... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070034013 - Contact-type electric capacitive displacement sensor: A contact-type electric capacitive displacement sensor includes a stationary element having a stationary plate, a stationary conductive pattern formed on the stationary plate and an insulation film coated on the stationary plate and a displaceable element having a displaceable plate, a displaceable conductive pattern formed on the displaceable plate and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070034014 - System and method for the mitigation of paraffin wax deposition from crude oil using ultrasonic waves: A shear stress sensor for measuring fluid wall shear stress on a test surface is provided. The wall shear stress sensor is comprised of an active sensing surface and a sensor body. An elastic mechanism mounted between the active sensing surface and the sensor body allows movement between the active... Agent: Emery L Tracy

20070034015 - Electromagnetic flowmeter: An object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic flowmeter designed to use a smaller excitation device and applicable to measurement on tubular channels of various sectional shapes. The electromagnetic flowmeter 10 includes an excitation device 11 for forming a magnetic field perpendicular to an outer wall 11b... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070034016 - Ultrasonic flow sensor: An ultrasonic flow sensor that includes a conduit having a length, a first ultrasonic transducer disposed at a first position along the length of the conduit, a second ultrasonic transducer disposed at a second position along the length of the conduit, the second position being spaced apart from the first... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070034019 - Coriolis flowmeter: When outputs from two vibration detection sensors are measured by a Coriolis flowmeter in a form of phase difference time, a tube must be thinned to increase a sensitivity of the flowmeter to enable measurement and accordingly flow velocity and pressure loss increase, and a thickness of the flowmeter must... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070034017 - Portable flow measurement apparatus having an array of sensors: A portable flow measuring apparatus is provided that measures the speed of sound and/or vortical disturbances propagating in a fluid flow to determine a parameter of the flow propagating through a pipe. The apparatus includes a sensing device that includes an array of pressure sensors, which may be removable, used... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20070034018 - Torus wedge flow meter: A flow meter for measuring the volume of fluid flowing through the meter includes an inner cylindrical tube through which the fluid flows and an outer cylindrical tube tending over the inner cylindrical tube. The outer cylindrical tube is radially spaced from the cylindrical inner tube to provide an annular... Agent: Delphine James Suite 170

20070034020 - Spiral bubble rotation indicator: A rotation indicator assembly having an inner sleeve with an outer surface surrounded by an outer sleeve. The outer sleeve seals a spiral pathway between the inner and outer sleeves. The spiral pathway is filled with at least a first material and a second material of different densities, for example... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070034021 - Demagnetization-field enhancing magnetometer: A magnetometer for a force sensor assembly includes first inner and outer coils that are spaced axially apart from second inner and outer coils. Between the inner and outer coils is a plurality of magnetic strips. These magnetic strips are disposed at axially distinct portions within the inner and outer... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070034022 - Magneto-elastic resonator torque sensor: A magneto-elastic torque sensor and system include a substrate and a magneto-elastic sensing component formed from or on the substrate. The magneto-elastic sensing component and the substrate together form a magneto-elastic torque sensor, which when subject to a stress associated with a torque, shifts a characteristic frequency thereof linearly in... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20070034023 - Dual rate force transducer: A dual rate force transducer is disclosed. A spring is machined to have a first spring portion with a first spring rate, a second spring portion with a second spring rate, and a platen between the spring portions. A pair of flanges are affixed to the distal ends of the... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070034024 - Hand-held trace vapor/particle sampling system: A sampling system that contains filter components for collecting and concentrating vapor and particles in high-volume flows. The sample is then vaporized and delivered to a detector at a low-volume flow. The invention also has a sampling probe that contains an air-jet to help dislodge particles from surfaces and a... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070034025 - Electrostatic sampler and method: The present invention is an electrostatic collector for low cost, high throughput, high efficiency sampling and concentration of bioaerosols. The device is small enough to be portable and can be contained within or placed on the wall of a typical office or hospital building. The collector comprises one or more... Agent: Tomas Friend, Ph.d.

20070034026 - Portable weathering test apparatus: A portable weathering test apparatus includes a portable housing, a specimen holder disposed in the housing and configured to hold at least one test specimen, a mounting board disposed in the housing at a distance from the specimen holder, an ultraviolet light source disposed on the mounting board and configured... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070034028 - Holder armature for an interchangeable measuring probe: An armature for holding an interchangeable measuring probe, has a housing (2), an immersion tube (3) that removably receives the probe and which is axially movable in the housing between a rest position and a measuring position, a drive mechanism arranged in a drive mechanism housing (17, 26), and a... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070034027 - Measuring sensor comprising a pre-stressing device: The invention relates to a measuring sensor held under pre-stress for measuring forces and /or torques. In the inventive embodiment, a sensor is integrated into an adapter sleeve, which is configured in a compact manner in such a way that it is equipped with devices for connection to an adapter... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070022802 - Apparatus and method to monitor slurries for waste re-injection: A method to inject a slurry into a subterranean formation includes measuring characteristic data from a well in communication with the subterranean formation, estimating downhole properties of the slurry using the measured characteristic data, measuring surface properties of the slurry with a measurement apparatus, determining optimal surface properties for the... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20070022803 - Acoustic fluid analyzer: A method of determining properties of a formation fluid based on measurements of fluid sound speed, a measurement of fluid density, or both. The properties include compressibility, thermal conductivity, and gas oil ratio. The compressibility of a fluid is equal to the reciprocal of the product of the sound speed... Agent: Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington Schmidt Walker & Tran LLP

20070022804 - Scanning probe microscopy inspection and modification system: A scanning probe microscopy (SPM) inspection and/or modification system which uses SPM technology and techniques. The system includes various types of microstructured SPM probes for inspection and/or modification of the object. The components of the SPM system include microstructured calibration structures. A probe may be defective because of wear or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022805 - Tire monitor: A tire monitor for a vehicle includes a sensor disposed in the tire, a power supply connecting a first and second ends of the sensor, the power supply applying a predetermined effort across the first and second ends and causing a flow through the sensor, a meter disposed operably to... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070022806 - Method of securing tire pressure monitoring device to wheel: A method of securing a tire pressure-monitoring device to a vehicle wheel includes the steps of welding a bracket within a tire wheel well. The bracket assembly includes a weld surface that corresponds to a surface on the wheel rim. The weld surface includes a common curvature that matches the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070022807 - Methods and systems for providing air data parameters using mass flow and pressure sensors: A system is described that is configured to determine a plurality of air data parameters for an air vehicle. The system includes a mass air flow sensor, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The mass air flow sensor is mounted to sense an air flow caused by movement of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070022808 - Sensor device and method for manufacturing the same: A method of manufacturing a sensor device includes a step of forming a sensor chip including a sensing element and a wiring portion connected to the sensing element on a substrate, a step of connecting the wiring portion to a lead, and a step of molding a member for covering... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070022809 - Torque-detecting device: To provide a torque detecting device having a sufficient mechanical strength, capable of accomplishing an accurate torque measurement, having a processability excellent for mass-production, and effective to eliminate problems associated with damages which would be brought about during a heat treatment. This torque detecting device includes a target area subject... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070022810 - Adjustable measuring device: An adjustable measuring device for measuring contents, such as liquids and granulated solids, having a usable volume for measuring. The adjustable measuring device includes a housing, a platform having a lower position and an upper position, and an adjusting system for moving the platform between the lower position and the... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070022811 - Accelerometer having adjustable damping: An apparatus and method for an accelerometer mechanism having a proof mass that is suspended for out-of-plane motion between first and second damping plates, wherein at least one of the first and second damping plates is movable between first and second positions relative to the proof mass under the control... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070022812 - Inertial sensor with disturbing current reduced by reducing the width and the spacing of tracks in critical zones: The inertial sensor comprises a piezoelectric plate having a vibrator member defined therein that carries excitation electrodes connected to an excitation circuit comprising conductor tracks carried by the piezoelectric plate, the excitation circuit including a disturbing circuit portion in which two conductor tracks extend on either side of a midplane... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070022813 - Acceleration sensor, electronic device comprising the same, and acceleration measuring method: There is provided an acceleration sensor that is capable of detecting acceleration with high precision and capable of reducing the size and cost due to its simple structure. The acceleration sensor comprises: a pair of cantilevers arranged on a same straight line or almost in parallel in such a manner... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070022814 - Semiconductor sensor: A disclosed semiconductor sensor includes a proof-mass, a frame disposed around the proof-mass and including at least a silicon layer, a beam for supporting the proof-mass, the beam being disposed at a first surface side of the frame between the proof-mass and the frame, a piezoresistor disposed on the beam,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070022815 - Method of inspecting a substrate using ultrasonic waves and apparatus for performing the same: A method of inspecting a substrate is provided comprising applying ultrasonic waves to a substrate, receiving echo pulse signals transmitted through the substrate, and analyzing received echo pulse signals to detect defects in the substrate. Thus, defects in the substrate may be detected.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070022816 - Pressure indicating apparatus: A pressure indicating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus indicates pressure change in a device, the apparatus comprises: a pointer, optical sensing means, a planar element and indicating means. The pointer moves in response to the change in pressure, which in turn moves the planar element. Light from the optical sensing... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070022817 - Ultra-precision micro-differential pressure measuring device and ultra-precision differential pressure measuring device: The ultra-precision micro-differential pressure measuring device comprises a device body 1 having an inner space part therein, a pressure receiving plate 3 which is installed inside the inner space of the device body 1 and divides the said inner space hermetically into a lower space 7 and an upper part... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070022818 - Object detecting apparatus: An object detecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric sensor provided at an edge portion of an opening/closing body for emitting an output voltage which changes corresponding to an external force applied to the edge portion and a detection circuit for receiving the output voltage of the piezoelectric sensor and for judging... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070022819 - Object detecting apparatus: An object detecting apparatus includes: a piezoelectric sensor including a first electrode, a piezoelectric material surrounding the first electrode, and a second electrode surrounding the piezoelectric material and provided at an outer edge portion at a side of an opening of a door for a vehicle having a door panel;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070022820 - Device for detecting a cracked substrate: A substrate detection system is disclosed to include a conveyer that delivers the substrates, a sensor that detects the length of each substrate being delivered by the conveyer over the top side of the sensor, and a processor that compares the detection length value of each substrate detected by the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070022821 - Apparatus for testing a fuselage structure having a longitudinal and circumferential curvature: s

20070022822 - Method of and apparatus for evaluating elastic member quality: A quality evaluating apparatus has an inspection table for placing a first or second metal separator, and a light-permeable plate for applying a predetermined pressure to a ridge of the first or second metal separator to deform the ridge and allowing a deformed state of the ridge to be inspected... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070022823 - Magnetic flow transducer and flow meter incorporating the same: A magnetic transducer (109) for measuring the flow of a fluid (108) has electrodes (102) and an alternating magnetic field (107), an electrode (102) having lower noise energy at frequencies below 5 Hz than an electrode comprising carbon or corrosion-resistant metal alloy. The noise characteristic of the electrode (102) at... Agent: Bruce E. Lilling Lilling & Lilling P.C.

20070022824 - Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a fluid flowing within a pipe: A method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a fluid flowing within a pipe is provided and includes at least one sensing device. The at least one sensing device includes a first sensor segment having a first segment polarity and being associated with a first outer portion... Agent: Robert D. Crawford Cidra Corporation

20070022825 - Fluidic oscillation flow meter: An apparatus (10) is provided for determining the flow rate of a gas. The apparatus comprises a housing (12) forming a vaporization chamber (14) for converting a fluid into a gas vapor when subjected to heat (22). An oscillation flow meter is formed within the housing (12), thereby being integrated... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070022826 - Flow meter and method: The invention relates to a new method and a new apparatus to accurately measure flow rates in injection systems such as gasoline, direct injection gasoline and diesel downstream of the injector where the fuel (liquid in general) is discharged from a nozzle (e.g. an injector). More specifically, it measures the... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070022828 - Interdigital force switches and sensors: An interdigital electronic device comprises a conductor, an interdigital electrode, and a composite material disposed between the conductor and the interdigital electrode for electrically connecting the conductor and the interdigital electrode under application of sufficient pressure therebetween. The composite material comprises conductive particles at least partially embedded in an electrically... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070022827 - Angular velocity sensor: An angular velocity sensor includes a first gimbal portion, a second gimbal portion connected to the first gimbal portion by first torsion bars provided at opposing sides of the first gimbal portion, a frame portion connected to the second gimbal portion by second torsion bars provided at the opposing sides... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070022829 - Sensor pad for controlling airbag deployment and associated support: A sensor pad for controlling the deployment of an automobile airbag. Weight sensing pad 10 is used in the seat 54 of an automobile, (not illustrated), to detect the presence of an occupant on the seat. Weight sensing pad 10 is used in conjunction with the vehicle's airbag control module... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070022830 - Id-od discrimination sensor: A sensor body for use in a pig for determining characteristics of a pipeline wall though which the pig passes includes a circuit board and a single coil wrapped around the circuit board. A microcontroller is mounted to the circuit board and connected to the single coil and configured to... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070022831 - Integrated in situ scanning electronic microscope review station in semiconductor wafers and photomasks optical inspection system: A substrate inspection system includes two or more inspection modules supported on a plate. A chamber is supported beneath the plate by a translation system, which is configured to provide horizontal displacement of the chamber under the plate to permit loading and unloading of a substrate to/from the chamber. Thus,... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070022832 - Sensor device for non-intrusive diagnosis of a semiconductor processing system: A battery powered sensing device for diagnosing a processing system and method for using the same are provided. The support platform generally has physical characteristics, such as size, profile height, mass, flexibility and/or strength, substantially similar to those of the substrates that are to be processed in the processing system,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP