Measuring and testing inventions 04/07

20070089478 - Method for operating a sensor for recording particles in a gas stream and device for implementing the method: A method for operating a sensor for recording particles in an exhaust gas flow and a device for carrying out the method are provided, in which at least one measure of the exhaust gas flow is ascertained and in which the measure of the exhaust gas flow is taken into... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070089479 - Ultrasonic inspection reference standard for porous composite materials: An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials having porosity may include a member, having at least one thickness and defined by a plurality of holes, that is manufactured from a fiber-free polymer resin. The ultrasonic inspection reference standard may have similar acoustic properties to prior art, porous, fiber-reinforced, composite... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070089480 - Helmet with shock detector, helmet attachment device with shock detector & methods: A helmet includes a head enclosure with an open cavity for the head of a user and a shock detector attached to the head enclosure that provides a signal when the head enclosure is subjected an impact exceeding a predetermined level.... Agent: Connors Associates

20070089481 - Portable gas meter: A portable, preferably explosion-proof gas meter is improved in respect to shock loads and has a cylindrical measuring cell (5) and an evaluating circuit on a printed circuit board (6). The measuring cell (5) is connected to the printed circuit board (6) and is mounted in the housing in a... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070089482 - Oxygen sensor: An oxygen sensor includes a sensing element detecting an oxygen concentration in a measurement gas that flows in a pipe, a cylindrical protector which covers an outside of the sensing element and whose top end portion projects toward an inside of the pipe. An outside diameter D of the protector... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070089483 - Analysis systems and methods: A method of analyzing a composition including live crude includes separating the composition into a vapor phase and a liquid phase. A composition of the vapor phase is determined with a gas chromatograph. At least a portion of the liquid phase is deposited in a vessel, and a headspace vapor... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070089484 - Compact field-mountable gas chromatograph with a display screen: The present invention is directed to a gas chromatograph having a display screen. The gas chromatograph includes an explosion-proof housing and a transparent panel secured to the housing. The display screen is disposed in the housing and is visible through the transparent panel. A gas chromatograph (GC) assembly is disposed... Agent: Abb Inc.

20070089485 - Method, sensor and system for measuring a lower heating value and a wobbe index of a gaseous fuel: A method for measuring a lower heating value of a gaseous fuel. The method includes mixing a gaseous fuel with air to provide a combustible air-fuel mixture. The air-fuel mixture is directed to flow across a flow surface of a first micro-hotplate maintained at a constant temperature. A change in... Agent: John S. Beulick (12764)

20070089486 - Impact absorbing structure of gas sensor: A gas sensor includes a sensor element holder, a porcelain insulator, an outer cover disposed on a housing to surround the porcelain insulator, and a sensor element disposed in the housing. The gas sensor also includes outside springs and at least one pair of terminal springs each of which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070089488 - Lighter device with flow restrictor and methods of manufacturing and testing same: A lighter device having a flow restrictor and associated methods for manufacturing and testing such lighter device and flow restrictor are described. The flow restrictor may be formed of a porous member to achieve a substantially fixed or varying flame height. The flow restrictor may be tested before or after... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070089487 - Method of detecting connection of test port on an endoscope: A method detects proper connection of a test connection to an endoscope port which leads to an interior space beneath a flexible sheath on an endoscope. Both the interior space and an air buffer are pressurized and then isolated from each other. Pressure in the interior space is vented and... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070089490 - Method and apparatus for v-bank filter bed scanning: Embodiments of the invention generally related to a method and apparatus foe scanning a v-bank filter. In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter includes a hollow body having first and second ends. An outlet, formed at the second end of the body, is adapted for coupling a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.

20070089489 - Methods and systems for integrity testing of porous materials: The invention relates to integrity testing of porous material using a plurality of gases and to an apparatus and system for performing the same.... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20070089491 - Method for controling the sealing of a tank on an aircraft: In a process for controlling a tank of an aircraft in flight configuration, provided with at least one filling fitting and at least one purge fitting, a detection gas supply is connected to at least one of the purge or filling fittings. An adaptor for measuring pressure and/or controlling the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070089492 - Resistivity phase change material: Various devices and methods employing a resistive phase change material are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070089493 - Liquid chromatographic method and system: A chromatographic monitor includes an array of flow cells with individual light sensors that are collectively an array of photodiodes. The output from the photodiodes are multiplexed. To prevent losing information, the photodiodes are each connected to a different one of a plurality of inputs to the multiplexer through a... Agent: Vincent L. Carney Law Office

20070089494 - Methods for monitoring fouling of aqueous systems including enhanced heat exchanger tubes: Novel methods for monitoring and recording fouling of aqueous systems are disclosed. The methods employ a heat transfer test assembly including an outer tube member, a heating rod positioned within the outer tube member, a ribbed tube sleeve fitted over the heating rod and thermocouples for sensing the wall temperature... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070089495 - Method of inspecting the profile of a connection zone between a cylindrical portion and a taper of a turbomachine part: A method of inspecting the profile of the connection zone between the cylindrical portion and the taper of a turbomachine part, the surface profile of the part being geometrically defined by at least one first zone corresponding to the taper of the part, at least one second zone corresponding to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070089496 - Three-dimensional nanoscale metrology using firat probe: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is a force sensor for a probe based instrument. The force sensor can comprise a detection surface and a flexible mechanical structure disposed a first distance above the detection surface so as to form a gap between the flexible mechanical structure... Agent: Georgia Tech Research Corp. C/o Bryan W. Bockhop

20070089498 - Method and apparatus of high speed property mapping: A probe instrument having a probe that interacts with a sample surface to perform a mechanical property measurement at high speed includes a scanner producing relative motion between the sample and the probe. In addition, a probe actuator produces relative motion between the sample and the probe, in a generally... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070089497 - Method and device for the contactless excitation of torsional vibrations in a one-sidedly clamped-in spring cantilever of an atomic force microscope: A method for exciting free torsional vibrations in a spring cantilever, which is clamped in on one side and has a longitudinal extension, of an atomic force microscope (AFM) is disclosed. The invention provides by the one-sidedly clamped-in spring cantilever being placed at a distance over a surface between which... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070089499 - Control system for gas turbine engines: In a control system for a gas turbine engine that uses the outlet pressure of the turbine as an importation control parameter, when the high pressure sensor for detecting the outlet pressure of the turbine is found to be faulty, it is determined if an estimated value of the outlet... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070089500 - System and method for diagnosing a controller in a limited rotation motor system: A method of analyzing a limited rotation motor system is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a motor control frequency domain signal that is representative of a frequency domain representation of the motor control signal responsive to a first digital signal that is representative of a motor control... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070089501 - Method for monitoring exhaust gas condensates: A method for monitoring exhaust gas condensates to identify corrosive conditions is provided. The method includes producing an exhaust gas stream by combustion in an engine and supplying the exhaust gas stream to an exhaust system. The exhaust gas stream may be cooled to form a condensate. The conductivity of... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070089502 - Detection of wake vortices and the like in the lower atmosphere: Two SODAR systems (12a and 12r) for detecting and characterizing vortices (16) shed from landing or departing aircraft (14) as at an airport (10) are positioned so that one, the active system (12a) is located beneath the likely vortices (16) and the other, the reference system (12r) is located away... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070089504 - Gas flow measuring apparatus: A gas flow measuring apparatus includes a detecting element including a heating resistor and a thermo-sensitive resistor disposed on a diaphragm and external terminals connected to the heating resistor and the thermo-sensitive resistor, and a flow rate detecting unit which controls heating temperature of the heating resistor and which detects... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070089503 - Thermal airflow meter: A thermal airflow meter excellent in flow-rate measurement accuracy is provided. The airflow meter has a flow-rate measuring element comprising a heat resistor and a temperature-compensating resistor which are formed on the a first base member. A second base member of the airflow meter, provided with a drive circuit and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070089505 - Liquid level control device: The present invention relates to a self-contained device to maintain a specific level of liquid in a pool, spa or other small body of water. More specifically, the invention relates to a self-contained mechanical device that can be detachably mounted to a spa at a desired level and maintain the... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070089506 - Tank gauge: A tank gauge for measuring the level of a liquid in a tank or other container is disclosed. The gauge comprises a float which floats on the surface of the liquid to be measured or monitored, mechanically linked to a direct drive system for indicating the level of the liquid... Agent: Bryan D. Wright

20070089507 - Measuring reservoir: A measuring reservoir for measuring the volume of the second component of a two-component mixture by the given volume of the first component and the given ratio of the mixture components is described. The reservoir has a housing of transparent material with measuring scales marked on the outside. The first... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070089508 - Programmable vehicle gauge apparatus, system, and method: A programmable vehicle gauge generates and presents display information in accordance with a user modifiable gauge processing configuration. In the exemplary embodiment, data from one or more digital sensor systems is extracted from a digital sensor signal in accordance with a user modifiable data extraction configuration, the extracted data is... Agent: Charles D. Gavrilovich, Jr., Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey, LLP

20070089509 - Digital coriolis gyroscope: Apparatus, systems, and methods to control the frequency of a plurality of gyroscopes are disclosed. The gyroscopes are configured such that each individual gyroscope operates independently of one another and at the same pre-determined frequency. To accomplish this, the natural frequency of each gyroscope is determined, and a reference signal... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070089510 - Vibratory gyro bias error cancellation using mode reversal: The method and apparatus in one embodiment may have: 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 across comers of the beam at approximately 45 degrees to sides of the beam, the... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070089512 - Mems sensor driving device, mems sensor driving method, and active sensor using mems: A MEMS sensor driving device drives a MEMS sensor including a supporter provided on a surface of a substrate, an elastic member having one end connected to the supporter, and an oscillator which is supported by another end of the elastic member in a suspended state over the surface of... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070089511 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a package having a cavity in the interior thereof, a support member that extends out from a face of the cavity, and a semiconductor element fixed to the support member without contacting the faces that form the cavity.... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070089513 - Resonator based transmitters for capacitive sensors: Oscillator circuits formed using various different topologies can be used to generate signals depending on the capacitance of a capacitive sensor. The sensor capacitance is used to pull the resonance frequency of a resonator included in an oscillator circuit. As the capacitance changes, the oscillator frequency changes in direct relation.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070089514 - Semiconductor-type three-axis acceleration sensor: There is provided a semiconductor-type three-axis acceleration sensor having a high shock resistance, a small difference between outputs of piezo resistors of X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis, a small size, high sensitivity and a high output. A flexible arm is composed of flexible widening parts and a flexible parallel part. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070089516 - Chemical micromachined microsensors: The present invention provides sensors based on micromachined ultrasonic transducer technology. The sensors preferably include a plurality of sensor elements, but may include only one sensor element. Arrays of sensors are also provided. Sensor elements include a functionalized membrane supported over a substrate by a support frame. The functionalized membrane,... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070089515 - Piezoelectric cantilever sensors: A piezoelectric cantilever with a non-piezoelectric, or piezoelectric tip useful as mass and viscosity sensors. The change in the cantilever mass can be accurately quantified by monitoring a resonance frequency shift of the cantilever. For bio-detection, antibodies or other specific receptors of target antigens may be immobilized on the cantilever... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070089517 - Phased array ultrasonic methods and systems for generator rotor teeth inspection: Methods and systems for inspecting a generator rotor is provided. The system includes a phased-array ultrasound transducer that includes an active face including a plurality of transducer elements formed in an array, the elements are configured to be excited in a predetermined sequence to generate a transmission beam of ultrasound... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070089519 - High-q longitudinal block resonators with annexed platforms for mass sensing applications: Disclosed are sensing apparatus, such as mass sensors, comprising longitudinal block resonators having annexed platforms that offer the improved mass sensitivity at micron scale, high-Q in air, simplicity of fabrication, and improved reliability. Exemplary mass sensors comprise a central block separated from a substrate. Two annexed platforms are coupled to... Agent: Law Offices Of Kenneth W. Float

20070089518 - Method and apparatus for orthopedic implant assessment: Methods and apparatus are described for orthopedic implant assessment. A method includes characterizing wear of an orthopedic implant including measuring a dimension in a direction that defines a path that passes through an articulating surface of a wear element of the orthopedic implant using at least one thickness sensor. An... Agent: John Bruckner PC

20070089520 - Pressure sensor: A pressure sensor includes a case with an air passageway having a first opening leading to an inside of the case and a second opening leading to an outside of the case, pressure sensing means that is placed inside the case and includes a pressure sensing surface for detecting pressure,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089521 - Method and apparatus for the sonic detection of high pressure conditions in a vacuum switching device: A method and apparatus for detecting a high pressure condition within an interrupter includes introducing high intensity ultrasonic sound into the outer wall of a vacuum interrupter through a sonic wave guide, then listening for the reflected and retransmitted response signals. The characteristics of the response signals are utilized to... Agent: Lorimer Labs

20070089522 - Differential pressure measuring system and differential pressure measuring method: A differential pressure measuring system includes a light source for emitting a light, a first transducer for attenuating the intensity of the emitted light in a first range, depending on a first pressure, and providing a first light, a second transducer for attenuating the intensity of the first light in... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20070089523 - Pressure sensor and manufacturing method of the same: An adapter (2) disposed between joint (1) and diaphragm (3) includes an axis portion (21) and a flange (22) projecting radially from the axis portion (21). The axis portion (21) is arranged so that one end thereof does not interfere with the joint (1) and the other end is welded... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070089524 - Optical interferometric pressure sensor: A capacitive vacuum measuring cell has a first housing body and a membrane, both of Al2O3 ceramic or sapphire. The membrane is planar with a peripheral edge joined by a first seal to the first housing body to form a reference vacuum chamber. A second housing body of Al2O3 ceramic... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070089525 - Pressure sensor device: A sensor substrate 1 having on its lower surface a surface acoustic wave element 2 for detecting pressure is mounted on a supporting substrate 6 through a sealing member 4 surrounding a sensor section 2. A sealing space S is formed by the sensor substrate 1, the supporting substrate 6,... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070089526 - High accuracy, high temperature, redundant media protected differential transducers: A semiconductor chip for use in fabricating pressure transducers, including: a semiconductor wafer having a top and a bottom surface, a layer of an insulating material formed on the top surface, the bottom surface having at least two recesses of substantially equal dimensions and spaced apart, the recesses providing first... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070089527 - Anti-entrapment system: An anti-entrapment system for preventing objects from being entrapped by a translating device includes a capacitance sensor positioned adjacent to the translating device and a controller. The sensor has first and second conductors separated by a separation distance and a compressible dielectric element interposed between the conductors. The conductors have... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070089528 - Strain detection for automated nano-manipulation: We disclose a strain detector for in-situ lift-out, comprising a nano-manipulator probe shaft; a strain gauge mounted on the probe shaft; and a first cut-out on the probe shaft. The first cut-out has a rectangular cross-section. There is a second cut-out on the probe shaft; the second cut-out having a... Agent: John A. Thomas L.b. 48

20070089529 - Method and system for determining mail piece dimensions using swept laser beam: A method of measuring a mailpiece includes deflecting a laser beam through an arc, determining an angle at which the laser beam is currently directed, and calculating a dimension of the mailpiece based at least in part on the determined angle.... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070089530 - Method and apparatus for acoustoelastic extraction of strain and material properties: An ultrasound machine processes ultrasonic data according to acoustoelastic properties of the materials to obtain strain information without specific assumptions with respect to the material properties of the measured material or a variety of different material properties normally not obtained by ultrasound machines.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070089531 - Wake stabilization device and method for reducing the aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles: An improved method and device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance of bluff base vehicles by increasing the pressure on the bluff base of the vehicle by controlling the wake flow and the interaction of the wake flow with the vehicle bluff base region. An improved... Agent: Richard Michael Wood

20070089532 - Hydraulic motor drive sensor adapter: Angular movement detectors may be disposed within or proximate to joints in one or more members of articulated arms and linked via one or more communications networks to a controller to provide angular movement data to the controller for use in controlling movement of the articulated arm. The communications networks... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070089533 - Compliant coupling force control system: A force compliant mechanism (750) for a force control system (600) includes a housing (752). A force compliant volute spring member (754) that has an input end (790) and an output end (792) is disposed within the housing (752). A force actuator input shaft (798) operates in response to a... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070089536 - Strain gauge type sensor and strain gauge type sensor unit using the same: A strain gauge type sensor and a strain gauge type sensor unit using the sensor are improved in sensitivity. In a strain gauge type sensor 1 for measuring at least one of multiaxial force, moment, acceleration, and angular acceleration, externally applied, diaphragms 15 and 16 different in thickness are formed... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070089534 - Testing instrument for power steering wheel shaft: A testing instrument includes a work table, a hydraulic pipe, a positioning device, a power steering wheel shaft mounted on the positioning device and provided with a pull lever and a torque lever, a torque device provided with a universal joint connected to the torque lever of the power steering... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070089535 - Digital torque control display: The present invention provides a digital torque control display that has external screw lines formed at the front end of the gun body and a torque adjuster is placed on it, and in the internal diameter of the torque adjuster has internal screw lines that can be used on the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070089537 - Structure of attaching a rotation-detecting sensor: An attaching structure of a rotation-detecting sensor comprises (a) a rotation-transferring medium, (b) a rotation-detecting sensor having (b1) a detection portion that detects a variation in magnetic field due to the rotation of the rotation-transferring medium to convert the variation into an electric signal and (b2) a main body having... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070089538 - Method for manufacturing magnetostrictive torque sensor: A method for manufacturing a magnetostrictive torque sensor compriseis the steps of forming magnetostrictive films on a rotating shaft of a magneto-strictive torque sensor, creating magnetic anisotropy in the magnetostrictive films formed in the magnetostrictive film formation step, and demagnetizing the rotating shaft. The demagnetization step is provided in any... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070089539 - Sensor system including a magnetized shaft: A sensor includes a shaft and a magnetic sensor. The shaft may have at least one magnetized active region. The magnetic sensor may be configured to sense a magnetic field about the shaft, and may provide an output representative of torque applied to the shaft, shaft rotational speed and shaft... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070089540 - Method and apparatus to facilitate testing of printed semiconductor devices: A printing platform receives (102) (preferably in-line with a semiconductor device printing process (101)) a substrate having at least one semiconductor device printed thereon and further having a test structure printed thereon, which test structure comprises at least one printed semiconductor layer. These teachings then provide for the automatic testing... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070089541 - Aseptic fluid sampler and method: An aseptic sampling arrangement that provides selective access to an interior of a fluid enclosure. The sampling arrangement includes a septum cartridge and a securing element for use with the fluid enclosure. A locking arrangement is provided to allow selective access to the septum cartridge and the securing element. The... Agent: Attention Of Karen A. Fitzsimmons Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070089542 - Systems and methods for residue collection: Systems and methods for the detection of substances (particularly particulate substances) within mail pieces, specifically letters and other “flats” of mail. In particular, the systems and methods are for the detection of residues of Chemical or Biological Warfare Agents (CBWAs) which may be present within the mail pieces. The system... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20070089543 - Sample analyzer: The present invention has been made to simplify assembly and maintenance of a sample analyzer including: a flow passageway 3 that flows fluid, such as a sample, air, or the like; one or more fluid control units 5 that control the flow of the fluid on the flow passageway 3;... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

20070089545 - Methods and apparatus for rotary machinery inspection: Methods, apparatus and systems for machinery testing and inspection using a manipulator are provided. The apparatus includes a tubular shaft, an operator end coupled to the tubular shaft and including a first spool rotatably coupled to the operator end, an effector including an attachment end that includes a second spool... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070089546 - Methods and apparatus for rotary machinery inspection: Methods and systems for an in-situ inspection system includes at least one source of an inspection fluid, a source of an atomizing fluid, a control panel configured to control a flow of at least one of the inspection fluid and the atomizing fluid, and a mixing box configured to mix... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070089544 - Ultrasonic miniature air gap inspection crawler: A miniature air gap inspection crawler. The miniature air gap inspection crawler may include a base, a linear drive mechanism and a circumferential drive mechanism such that either the linear drive mechanism or the circumferential drive mechanism may be employed, and an inspection module connected to the base.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070089547 - Method and apparatus for sensing integrity degradation in turbine engine components: A method for detecting integrity degradation of a turbine engine component includes the steps of detecting oxygen in a cavity of a turbine engine component; receiving a signal confirming the detection of oxygen; and detecting an integrity degradation of the turbine engine component by the detection of oxygen.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070089548 - Process and apparatus for testing a material under a high temperature and pressure environment: A test facility is provided for testing materials under high temperature, pressure, and mechanical loads. The facility provides a physically scaled system that simulates conditions in hot sections of gas turbine engines. A test article is coated with a test material and exposed to a hot combusting flow in a... Agent: Joseph Brostmeyer Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.

20070089549 - Apparatus and methods for adjustably supporting probes: Apparatus and methods for adjustably supporting probes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor support assembly includes a base member adapted to be positioned proximate to and move along a surface of a material, the base member including a first outwardly projecting engagement member and a second outwardly projecting engagement... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070089551 - Cantilever probe structure for a probe card assembly: A probe for a probe card assembly includes a beam and a fulcrum element. The fulcrum element is positioned between a base end portion of the beam and a tip end portion of the beam and is adapted for contact with the beam such that the beam is cantilevered by... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070089550 - Windowed pre-filter holder: A windowed pre-filter holder for a detector includes a proximate coupling for engaging with a detector and including a seal for sealingly the engaging one end of a pre-filter with a detector; a distal coupling for engaging the other end of the pre-filter; and a windowed protective housing extending between... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20070084265 - Detector mounting in paramagnetic gas analyzers: The invention relates to paramagnetic gas analyzer with a housing, comprising: an electromagnet with an air gap; power source for said electromagnet; a sample gas conduit and a reference gas conduit into said air gap; an exit conduit communicating with said air gap for removing the intermixed gases; pressure detecting... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070084266 - Knocking state determination device: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a correlation coefficient K based on the result of comparing a vibration waveform of an engine and a knock waveform model stored previously; calculating a magnitude value LOG(V) from the magnitude V detected based on a signal transmitted from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070084267 - Knocking state determination device: An engine ECU executes a program including a step of calculating intensity values LOG(V) based on signals transmitted from a knock sensor; a step of deciding a maximum value V(MAX) in frequency distribution of intensity values LOG(V) for N cycles (N is a natural number); a step of calculating a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070084268 - Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils system: The present invention includes an apparatus, method and centrifuge permeameter system that includes a hydraulic permeameter adapted for use in a centrifuge; and an automated data acquisition system, wherein the centrifuge permeameter non-destructively determines one or more soil characteristics from a sample of granular material such as soil, rock, and... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070084269 - System, methods, and compositions for detecting and inhibiting leaks in engine oil systems: System, methods, and compositions are described for detecting and inhibiting leaks of an engine oil system. The composition may include an engine oil system sealant and a light activated compound. The engine oil system sealant(s) inhibit leak(s) in the engine oil system. One or more of the light activated compounds... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070084270 - Mems sensor package leak test: Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting leaks in a MEMS sensor package, and in particular, a MEMS sensor package that includes an oscillating structure or element that has a Quality (Q) value. The method and apparatus may include measuring the Q value of the MEMS sensor at a first... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070084271 - Method and apparatus for estimating basicity of a used, all-loss cylinder lubricant: A method and apparatus for determining the total base number of a used lubricant from an open, all loss, lubricating system. An AC voltage signal is applied between electrodes immersed in the used lubricant and a used-lubricant dependent response to the applied signal measured. The used lubricant base number is... Agent: Teresan W. Gilbert The Lubrizol Corporation

20070084272 - Constant-force rheometer: The present invention is generally directed to a method for measuring interfacial stick-slip transitions (SST) and an improved constant-force shear capable of measuring interfacial SST. Some embodiments are capable of measuring SST under simple shear conditions and/or in highly entangled polymer melts. Some embodiments include the application of a constant... Agent: Roetzel And Andress

20070084273 - Deconvolving tip artifacts using multiple scanning probes: The present invention comprises an apparatus and a method for using multiple scanning probes to deconvolve tip artifacts in scanning probe microscopes and other scanning probe systems. The invention uses multiple scanning probe tips of different geometries or orientations to scan a feature, such as a semiconductor line or trench,... Agent: Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20070084274 - Fuel supply apparatus for and pressure control method of internal combustion engine: A leak diagnosing technology in which a diagnostic space capable of being closed is defined which includes therein a fuel tank and a canister, the closed diagnostic space being pressurized by an air pump to diagnose of presence or absence of a leak in the diagnostic space based on whether... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070084276 - Method and apparatus for evaluating a cornering stability of a wheel: A method and apparatus derives a change amount in the cumulative value of displacement for the unit of time as a change ratio in tire deformation by using the cumulative value of displacement derived present time and the cumulative value of displacement derived last time, and calculate a rate of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070084275 - Method and device for inspecting tire: A method and a device for inspecting a tire, the method comprising the steps of, in a rim assembly station (G) separated from an inspection station (K) having a tire inspector (58) installed thereon, forming a rim/tire assembly (44) in a setup by assembling one side and the other side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070084277 - Apparatus and method for detecting fluid entering a wellbore: The method and apparatus of the present invention provides for detecting a flow of a formation fluid entering into a wellbore. An ultrasonic sensor is placed in a wellbore. The sensor has a resonant member that is exposed to a fluid in the wellbore. At a location in the wellbore,... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070084278 - Method of estimating joint moment of bipedal walking body: The joint rotational angles of joints 9, 11 and 13 of each leg 2 of a bipedal walking body 1 are detected to grasp the positions/postures of the corresponding rigid bodies 10, 12 and 14 of each leg 2 on a leg plane passing the joints 9, 11 and 13... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070084279 - Apparatus and method for controlling micro-fluid temperature: An apparatus for controlling micro-fluid temperature is provided. The apparatus includes a chip, a fixed stand, a heat-absorption block, and an actuator. The chip has a reaction chamber for disposing a micro-fluid, and the temperature of the micro-fluid rises by heating the chip to reach the required reaction temperature. In... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070084280 - Semi-constant temperature excitation method for fluid flow sensors: Excitation power to fluid flow measurement sensor is applied in such a way so as to maintain some part of the sensor elements at a constant temperature relative to the ambient fluid temperature and some part of the sensor elements to change its temperature with fluid flow which results in... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070084281 - Radar level gauge system and coupling: A radar level gauge system for measuring a filling level of a content contained in a tank is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter and a probe, configured to guide transmitted microwave energy towards the content. Further, it comprises a coupling comprising a mechanical connection configured to mechanically connect the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070084282 - Tank gauging system: A tank gauging system for sensing product parameters of a product contained in a tank is disclosed. The system comprises a microwave-based level gauging unit and a temperature gauging unit. A controller of the system includes an external interface adapted to enable communication between the tank gauging system and an... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070084283 - Safety tank level gauging system: An apparatus and method is disclosed to automate the measurement of the fluid levels of individual tanks used at the work site of an oil well. An ultrasonic transducer may be removably attached to each tank at the site. The fluid level of each tank may be determined from the... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070084284 - Environment difference detector: An environment difference detector includes an elastic surface wave element equipped with a substrate including a surface having an annular surface acoustic wave circulating path, a surface acoustic wave exciting/receiving unit exciting a surface acoustic wave along the circular path and receiving the circulated surface acoustic wave, and a sensitive... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070084285 - Sealing process inspection device: In a first object the present invention provides a method for the inspection of the quality of the sealing of a packages and more specifically the method of the present invention allows the on-line inspection of the air-tightness of a package. Said method comprising the following steps of (i) acquiring... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070084286 - Sensing apparatus and method: The present invention relates to the field of sensing apparatus (10) in detecting particles in air sampled from a number of locations. In one aspect the present invention provides for the determination of the time of flight of a signal transmitted between a transmitter (42, 44) and a receiver (44,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070084290 - Convenient ultrasonic inspection device: An ultrasonic transducer device is pressed against the front surface of a structure, emits an ultrasonic pulse into the structure, and detects an echo profile from the structure. An indicator is activated if the echo profile includes a return pulse that at least is received from between the front surface... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070084287 - Systems and methods for detecting fluids: Fluids such as saline solution that are disposed in containers such as contact lens packages can be detected by directing ultrasonic energy at the container and receiving a return reflection of the ultrasonic energy. The ultrasonic energy and the return reflection can propagate through a shroud that substantially isolates the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070084289 - Ultrasonic detection measurement system using a tunable digital filter with 4x interpolator: An ultrasonic inspection system utilizes a tunable digital filter with 4× interpolation. The system is used for scanning objects to be tested and includes a transmit/receive device to generate a test signal and receive an echo signal. A signal processing circuit processes the echo signal with one or more digital... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070084288 - Ultrasonic fault detection system using a high dynamic range analog to digital conversion system: A method and apparatus for effecting ultrasonic flaw detection of an object processes an echo signal received from the object being tested in at least three signal channels, wherein the echo signal is scaled to different degrees along each channel to increase and extend the dynamic range of an associated... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070084291 - Method for detecting a pressure of a medium and pressure measuring device: A pressure measuring device for detecting a pressure to be measured of a medium, having a pressure housing; a converter situated in the pressure housing for converting a mechanical force produced by the pressure to be measured into an electrical signal; an output unit for outputting the electrical signal; a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070084292 - Fastener assembly and method: A fastener assembly and method are provided. In one embodiment, the fastener assembly comprises a nut compatible with a threaded shaft. A rotation indicator having at least one indicator extension is attached to the nut. At least one protruding structure extends from the nut. The protruding structure interferes with the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070084293 - Pressure responsive sensor: In accordance with one embodiment, a sensor includes a fibrous region contacting at least two electrodes. The fibrous region has an electrically conductive coating. The fibrous region has a resistance and when the fibrous region is compressed, the resistance changes. In another embodiment, a method of making a pressure responsive... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070084294 - Strain detector: The present invention provides a strain detector improved in output characteristic, in which no internal stress is generated in strain resistance elements even with it fixed on a fixing member. The strain detector is configured in that a detection hole is provided nearly at the center of a insulating substrate,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070084295 - Displacement-measuring apparatus and power-measuring apparatus: A displacement amount measuring apparatus for measuring the amount of the displacement of a movable member (3) with a displacement sensor (81) by extending and/or retracting a specimen (S) by an operating means (100) to displace the movable member (3) and a generated force measuring device for measuring, with a... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070084296 - Method and apparatus for testing shear strength of curved core material: A method and an apparatus for testing the shear strength of curved core material. The method comprises the steps of: (a) bonding one side of a test specimen of curved core material to a convex curved surface of a first support; (b) bonding the other side of the test specimen... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070084297 - Oscillating vane actuator apparatus and method for active flow control: An oscillating vane actuator for active control of fluid flow over a surface includes a pivoted vane surrounded by a wedge-shaped chamber, and first and second conduits with openings adjacent the surface. The actuator also includes a rotating shaft with a connecting rod to actuate the vane in a oscillatory... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20070084298 - Method for measuring a medium flowing in a pipeline and measurement system therefor: For measuring a medium, the medium flows through at least one inline measuring device measuring tube joined into the course of a pipeline, especially a measuring tube which vibrates, at least at times. Using an inline measuring device sensor arrangement arranged on the measuring tube and/or in its vicinity and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070084299 - Load sensor plate: A load sensor plate (100) is adapted for manufacture by stamping spaced apart openings (110) through a thin blank to define flexure beams (112) beside the openings (110); and forming the blank with spaced apart columnar walls (102), (106) joined by a web (104) having the openings (110) and the... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070084300 - Vacuumized receptacle for sample collection: A portable receptacle is vacuumized for use in taking an air or gas sample for subsequent examination to determine type, origin, components of the air or gas. Critical to a long shelf life of the vacuumized receptacle is a valve which virtually seals the receptacle for months or years permitting... Agent: James D. Givnan, Jr.

20070084301 - Bound materials core measuring device: A bound materials core measuring device includes a tubular body to accommodate a core sample of road or pathway surfacing bound material. The tubular body has a plurality of graduated scales extending therealong at spaced intervals therearound to enable the core sample to be measured from a plurality of angles... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20070084302 - Gas chromatograph sample injector: In a sample injector for a gas chromatograph, the present invention improves the throughput of a GC analysis including the derivation of a target compound and reduces the tedious work of handling a reagent for the derivation. According to the present invention, a derivation reagent R is suctioned into a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070084303 - Method and apparatus for testing materials:

20070079644 - Ripe melon detector: The ripe melon detector determines the ripeness of opaque fruit including melons by determining the resonant frequency of the melon and correlating the resonant frequency with information of expected frequency for ripe melons. The detector includes a sound transmitting transducer, a transducer for receiving sound from the melon and a... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070079645 - Method and system for defect investigation of component: One surface of a component is obliquely ensonified through a liquid or gaseous first medium with a checking sound beam produced by a transmission/reception transducer for defect investigation of the component. A response sound beam, which is reflected back from the surface to the transmission/reception transducer, is received and its... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070079646 - Sensor and assembly for hydrometric measurements: A hydrometric sensor comprises a cable with a conducting core (1) surrounded by a dielectric sheath (2) which is interrupted at a succession of measurement stations (4), provided with a dielectric shield (6) with reduced section around which extends a volume filled with the test material. A portion of the... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20070079647 - Method of determining cetane number of fuel in internal combustion engine: An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables to determine the cetane number of fuel in a state in which it is actually used for running an internal combustion engine with an improved degree of accuracy. A fuel injection for cetane number determination in which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070079648 - Gas line leak evacuation and monitoring system: An apparatus and method for evacuating gas from the soil surrounding a leaking gas conduit utilizes non-sparking and static dissipating components to reduce the risk of an explosion. The evacuation of gas from probes in boreholes in the vicinity of the leak is induced solely by a downstream blower where... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070079649 - Integrity testable multilayered filter device: The present invention comprises a filter housing having two or more layers of filters. Each layer is preferably spaced apart from each other so as to provide a chamber or gap between them. A port or vent is located within the chamber or gap between the two layers to provide... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20070079650 - Method and apparatus for checking the tightness of a tank system, in particular of a motor vehicle: A method of and an apparatus for checking the tightness of a tank system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle by means of overpressure or underpressure, in which a first controllable valve is disposed in a connection between the tank system and an overpressure or underpressure source,... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070079651 - Method for ensuring the reliability of technical components: The invention relates to a method for ensuring the reliability of technical components, especially of internal combustion engines and the parts thereof, by means of a test program.... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070079652 - Methods and systems for determining reservoir properties of subterranean formations: Methods and systems are provided for evaluating subsurface earth oil and gas formations. More particularly, methods and systems are provided for determining reservoir properties such as reservoir transmissibilities and average reservoir pressures of a formation layer or multiple layers using fracture-injection/falloff test methods. The methods herein may use pressure falloff... Agent: Robert A. Kent Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20070079653 - Method and apparatus for detecting liquid levels in liquid-storage containers: A method and apparatus for sensing different levels of liquids in their respective containers in a liquid-consuming and/or producing instrument system. According to a preferred embodiment, an elongated liquid-sensing probe having axially spaced electrodes adapted to sense liquid at multiple levels is arranged in each container of liquid. A controller,... Agent: Beckman Coulter, Inc.

20070079654 - Package for electro-mechanical systems: A packaging system in one example comprises an improved mechanical packaging system for a circuit board disposed between housing elements, the improvement comprising an upper housing member having a centrally disposed opening provided therethrough, a unitary electromagnetic shield disposed on at least an upper surface of the circuit board and... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070079655 - Control unit and acceleration sensor system: Described is a control unit and an acceleration sensor system, the control unit having an electronic safety switch which, as a function of a signal of an acceleration sensor system, releases output stages for actuating passenger protection means independently of a processor and the processor actuates the output stages as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070079656 - Micro-machined acoustic wave accelerometer: A micro-machined acceleration sensing apparatus includes a piezoelectric substrate that functions as a propagation medium. A diaphragm is configured upon the substrate, wherein the diaphragm is etched to form one or more etched cavities. Sensing elements are formed on the diaphragm, wherein a first sensing element among the sensing elements... Agent: Deanna J. Nelson

20070079657 - Governor and a power generating device and an apparatus using the governor: It is intended to provide a governor that is small, does not produce wear particles or noise, is low cost, is not affected by differences in attitude, is not affected by magnetism, and has outstanding durability. The governor has a rotor that rotates using energy supplied from an energy storage... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070079658 - Rotating aperture for ultrasound imaging with a capacitive membrane or electrostrictive ultrasound transducer: An aperture rotates for ultrasound imaging with an ultrasound transducer responsive to bias for operation, such as cMUTs or electrostrictive crystal transducers. By rotating a bias aperture relative to a time delay aperture, a more isotropic beam profile results. Acoustic energy is transmitted with one arrangement of bias and time... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070079659 - Multi-capillary viscometer system and method: This apparatus relates to an improved apparatus and method for sensing fluid differential pressures. The apparatus can be applied in multi-capillary solution viscometers and gel permeation chromatography systems used in the characterization of polymers. A valve is used to alter a flow path in a measurement circuit to reduce or... Agent: The Matthews Firm

20070079660 - Acoustic flow sensor: A fluid flow sensor uses pairs of acoustic transducers to generate quasi-helical acoustic beams reflected multiple times from an inside surface of a pipe. The transducers are arranged so that each two pairs generate counter-rotating beams. When fluid flowing in the pipe has both a rotary and an axial flow... Agent: David Kiewit

20070079662 - Apparatus and methods for adjustably supporting probes: Apparatus and methods for adjustably supporting probes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor support assembly includes a base member adapted to be positioned proximate to and move along a surface of a material, the base member including a first outwardly projecting engagement member and a second outwardly projecting engagement... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070079661 - Sensor attachment structure and ultrasonic sensing device: A sensor attachment structure includes a sound receiving member for receiving an ultrasound, an ultrasonic sensor attached to the sound receiving member. The ultrasonic sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and a substrate recess portion recessed from the first surface of the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070074560 - Loadcell live idler platform scale: The loadcell live idler platform scale has an idler to support a conveyor belt and a frame on which the rollers are mounted. The weighbridge has four load cells connected perpendicular to each end of the frame, strain gauges to receive deflections from each pair of load cells, a speed... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070074561 - Fluid permeability measurement system and method: A system for measuring the permeance of a material. The permeability of the material may also be derived. The system provides a liquid or high concentration fluid bath on one side of a material test sample, and a gas flow across the opposing side of the material test sample. The... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070074562 - Oil quality sensor structure for permanent applications: An oil quality sensor system comprise an acoustic wave viscosity and an etch rate sensor. The etch rate sensor system includes a piezoelectric substrate and one or more sensing layers configured upon the piezoelectric substrate. A layer of gold is generally configured above the sensing layer(s), such that the gold... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20070074563 - Engine wear and oil quality sensor: A viscosity and corrosivity sensor apparatus includes a substrate upon which one or more electrodes are configured. The electrode(s) are exposed to a liquid, such as automotive oil. An oscillator can be connected to the electrode, wherein the oscillator assists in providing data indicative of the corrosivity and data indicative... Agent: Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20070074564 - Method and device for the automatic maintenance of minimum required air pressure within a tire: This is a device for the automatic maintenance of minimum tire pressure. The device is a self contained unit placed inside the cavity of a tire and affixed to the wheel. The unit determines the pressure therein and correlates for temperature. The device also contains an array of elements comprised... Agent: Mr.george Jason Rennich

20070074566 - Power generation utilizing tire pressure changes: A method of powering one or more electronic devices in a tire monitoring system using a tire pressure based energy scavenger is provided. With this method, a tire is rotated on a surface to generate pressure changes within the tire. These pressure changes are then converted into electrical energy with... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070074565 - System for virtual prediction of road loads: A system is provided for full-vehicle analytical road-loads prediction, which reduces the time and cost of modeling tires and tire-road interface, using road load simulations rather than actual measurements. The system includes a method to perform tire tests in a virtual environment, a road-load tire model for simulations in multibody... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070074567 - Wheel assembly, wheel and wheel condition determining apparatus: An air pressure inside a tire is positively adjusted in an optimum state. In a wheel assembly, a tire is attached to a wheel. A pressurizing means is provided in the wheel assembly for pressurizing air inside the tire. A depressurizing means is also provided in the wheel assembly for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074568 - Level transmitter: The invention relates to a level transmitter, having a lever arm which carries a float at one end and is received by a bracket at its other end, a support made of synthetic material, a bearing arranged on the support for the brackets and/or the lever arm, a level sensor... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070074569 - Stress sensitive humidity sensor based on a mems structure: A humidity sensing apparatus and method include a substrate and a MEMS structure, wherein the MEMS structure is supported by the substrate. The MEMS structure comprises a humidity-sensitive material in association with a movable member such that when the humidity-sensitive material changes with humidity, the MEMS structure moves the movable... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20070074570 - Gunhard shock isolation system: An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is provided that includes a container that defines a cavity. A sensor suit or ISA having a housing is provided in the container of the IMU. A dampening material is provided between the housing of the ISA and the container of the IMU. The dampening... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070074571 - Ultrasonic sensor self test: An ultrasonic measurement instrument comprises a housing including a pair of spaced apart legs to define a gap therebetween. Each leg includes an interior cavity. An ultrasonic circuit comprises a transmit circuit for driving a transmit crystal receive in the interior cavity of one of the legs and a receive... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070074572 - Electromagnetic acoustic transducers for use in ultrasound inspection systems: An ultrasound system for inspecting an object is provided. The ultrasound system includes an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) and a pulser-receiver system. The EMAT is configured to generate acoustic signals representative of the area being inspected and comprises a flux concentrating non-conductive pole piece separating a radio frequency (RF) coil... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070074573 - Ultrasonic head for pulse-echo multichannel inspection: Ultrasonic head for pulse-echo multichannel inspection applied to flat and curved surfaces, which is connected to a displacement system (3), and which comprises a chassis (1) housing a tilting frame (4) joined to said chassis via a first point of rotation (1a) and a second point of rotation (1b) which... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20070074574 - Micro-electro-mechanical pressure sensor: A pressure sensor is disclosed for measuring fluid pressure comprising a pressure sensing structure comprising a mass target suspended on a spring mechanism, wherein the mass target and the spring mechanism together exhibit high Q mechanical resonance, wherein the mass target has an area which is presented in a plane... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20070074575 - Device for invasively measuring fluid pressure: A device for invasively measuring fluid pressure is disclosed. The device includes a disposable housing having a fluid contacting area and a non-fluid contacting area. A disposable diaphragm in a substantially non-elastic state is disposed within the housing and separates the fluid contacting area from the non-fluid contacting area. A... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070074576 - Methods and apparatus for sensing pressure: Methods and apparatus for sensing pressure in a hostile environment are described. In one example embodiment, a microwave radar based sensor is provided. The sensor is coupled to a signal conditioning unit. The signal conditioning unit includes at least one of a processor configured to determine a sensor value and... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070074577 - Pressure sensor: A pressure sensor is constructed of a plastic package. The plastic package incorporates in the same material a sensing diaphragm including tensile and compression regions. Deposited on the diaphragm are metal electrodes and a polymer film having piezoresistive properties. The electrodes and/or the polymer film are directly printed onto the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Dept. Ab2

20070074578 - System and method for sensing differential pressure: A differential pressure sensing system is provided. The sensing system includes a membrane layer having a channel extending diametrically therein, and including one or more cavities provided radially outbound of the channel and at least one resonant beam disposed in the channel and configured to oscillate at a desired frequency.... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070074579 - Wireless pressure sensor and method of forming same: A pressure sensor system includes a pressure sensing capacitor and an inductor integrated in a substrate. The pressure sensing capacitor includes a conductive diaphragm for detecting a pressure differential and an electrode separated from the diaphragm by a predetermined gap formed in the substrate. The inductor and pressure sensing capacitor... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20070074580 - Sensing system based on multiple resonant electromagnetic cavities: A system and a method for measuring properties and health of structures are disclosed. The system comprises a number of sensors connected to a single antenna. Each sensor has a body that defines an electromagnetic resonator. The electromagnetic resonator produces a response signal in response to an interrogation signal. The... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070074581 - Method and system for calculating railroad track ballast resistance: A method of estimating a resistance value for ballast, over a given length of track, used at a crossing on a railroad track that has a crossing warning system where a inductance of the track over the given length, an inductance of the track over the given length of the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070074584 - Gentle touch surgical instrument and method of using same: A surgical grasper is provided. The grasper comprises a handle, two jaws operably connected to the handle, which jaws can be actuated by the handle, and a sensor. A surgical grasper for use in robotic surgery is also provided. The grasper comprises a shaft, two jaws at a distal end... Agent: Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.

20070074582 - Sensor mounting structure with adjustable swivel ball and panel mounting mechanism: A mounting device for supporting a sensing device in relation to a supporting structure, and related method of installing a sensing device, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the mounting device includes a first housing portion having a first appendage, and a second housing portion having a second appendage,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20070074583 - Sensor mounting structure with snapping feature: Disclosed herein is a sensing device mounting mechanism allowing for a sensing device to be mounted in relation to a supporting structure. The sensing device mounting mechanism comprises a housing portion having a snapping mechanism. The snapping mechanism allows the housing portion to be coupled to at least one of... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20070074585 - Vibration-type measuring sensor: This sensor, for a fluid and suitable for use in a pipeline at least temporarily containing the fluid flowing therethrough, has at least one curved measuring tube, which vibrates during operation and guides the fluid, and a housing enclosing the measuring tube. The housing is composed of a metal cap... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070074586 - Resolver reference position adjustment method: A resolver reference position adjustment method is capable of minimizing a detection error in the rotation angle of a rotor of a motor. In the resolver reference position adjustment method in which a reference position of a resolver of an axial double angle n mounted on an end of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070074587 - Method and sensor arrangement for load measurement on rolling element bearing: Method and sensor arrangement for determining a contact force vector acting on a rolling element hearing in operation. Sensor signals are received from a plurality of sensors measuring performance characteristics of the rolling element bearing. The received sensor signals are processed to determine the contact force vector. The plurality of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070074588 - Magnetostrictive torque sensor and electrically powered steering apparatus using same: A magnetostrictive torque sensor includes a rotating shaft that is rotated by an applied torque, magnetostrictive films formed around the entire circumferential periphery of a surface of the rotating shaft in at least one location, sensor coils for sensing a change in impedance of the magnetostrictive films, and a torque... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070074589 - Magnetostrictive torque sensor and electrically powered steering apparatus using same: A magnetostrictive torque sensor comprising a first magnetostrictive film, a second magnetostrictive film, and a third magnetostrictive film formed over the entire circumferential periphery of a surface of a rotating shaft. A first sensor coil, a second sensor coil, and a third sensor coil for sensing changes in impedance are... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070074590 - Method and system to detect malfunctions in an iontophoresis device that delivers active agents to biological interfaces: An active agent delivery device is operable to deliver an active agent such as a drug or therapeutic agent to a biological interface such as skin or mucous membrane. The device, such as an iontophoresis device, may include one or more human-perceptible indicators operable to provide an indication of a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070074592 - Sensor mounting structure allowing for adjustment of sensor position: A mounting device configured for mounting a sensing device in relation to a supporting structure, and related method of mounting, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the mounting device includes a first support component capable of being mounted at least indirectly in relation to the supporting structure, a second... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20070074591 - Sensor mounting structure with light pipe: A sensing device mounting mechanism, and related method of operating such a mechanism, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the mechanism can include a housing that is mountable to a support structure. The housing can define an interior for receiving and supporting a sensing device. The mechanism further includes... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue