Measuring and testing inventions 05/07

20070119225 - Portable pressure switch calibration and diagnostic tool: An apparatus for calibration and testing of pressure switches which are typically used in residential and commercial HVAC systems. The apparatus can be used to test, set or adjust a pressure switch to the manufacturer's specifications. The apparatus includes an exterior housing with an on/off switch, two vacuum nozzles, and... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20070119226 - Method of monitoring and/or determining the condition of a force-measuring device, and force-measuring device: In a method for monitoring and/or determining the condition of a force-measuring device with at least one housing that has an interior space and with at least one force-measuring cell installed in the interior space of the at least one housing, at least one parameter of the atmospheric climate of... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070119227 - Reference volume tube: A reference volume tube (10) which is a bi-directional prover having a prover pipe (12) provided with two detectors (14a, 14b), and tube sections (16a, 16b) provided at the opposite ends. At each position of the tube sections (16a, 16b) closer to the detector (14a, 14b), waiting means (18a, 18b)... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070119228 - Method and device for detecting an incorrectly connected differential pressure sensor: An incorrectly connected differential pressure sensor with a high and a low pressure connection to an exhaust gas duct in parallel with a particle filter can be detected by checking at least one predefined criterion stable operating conditions. If stable operating conditions are present, at least one uncorrected differential pressure... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070119229 - Calibration standard: The invention relates to a calibration standard, especially for the calibration of devices for the non-destructive measurement of the thickness of thin layers with a carrier plate (16) of a basic material and a standard (17) applied on the carrier plate (16), said standard having the thickness of the layer... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070119230 - Device and method for monitoring a gas volume in a unit filled with liquid: A device for monitoring a gas volume in a unit filled with a liquid, where the unit has an inlet line with at least one expansion chamber, and the device includes one or more buoyant bodies floating in the liquid. The floating buoyant body is connected to a shaft, fixed... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070119231 - Incidence probe: The invention pertains to an incidence probe intended to measure the incidence of an air stream flowing outside a skin. The invention finds particular utility in aeronautics for measuring the incidence of an aircraft. According to the invention, the incidence probe comprises a body situated outside the skin and means... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070119232 - Detection sensor and resonator: By using a disc type resonator, a sensor detects a substance having a mass and the mass with high sensitivity. Moreover, it is preferable to detect a change in vibrations of a substance attached or adsorbed to an area having a vibration amplitude equal to or larger than a constant... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070119233 - Sensor for detecting particles in a gas stream and method for its manufacture: A soot particle sensor for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a first electrode device and a second electrode device. The electrode devices are situated at a distance from one another and are able to be exposed to the gas stream, at least in some areas. It... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070119236 - Embedded piezoelectric microcantilever sensors: An apparatus and method for sensing chemical and/or biological analytes includes a deflectable arm of a microcantilever at least partially embedded within a sensing element. A gaseous or liquid medium which may include the analyte being detected is introduced to the sensing element. The sensing element undergoes volumetric expansion or... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070119235 - Gas sensor: A gas sensor where breakage of a separator can be prevented even if impact is applied to an outer sleeve from outside and the separator can be stably held in the outer sleeve. A separator (82) is received in an outer sleeve (44) without contact with the inner circumferential surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070119234 - Solid state gas sensors based on tunnel junction geometry: A gas detector utilizing tunnel junction geometry is disclosed. The gas detector comprises a first electrically conductive material layer, an electrically nonconductive material layer disposed on the first electrically conductive material layer, a second electrically conductive material layer disposed on the electrically nonconductive material layer, a gas source (34) in... Agent: Roetzel And Andress

20070119238 - Collecting conduit, apparatus and method for leakage monitoring and leakage location: A collecting conduit for leakage monitoring and leakage location at an installation, includes a support pipe having openings. An outer surface of the support pipe is covered by a layer being permeable to a substance to be monitored, at least on a segment extending in longitudinal direction of the support... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070119237 - Leak inspection device: In an inspection device in which a leakage of He gas from a product 1 is detected when He gas is pressurized and charged into the product 1 accommodated in a vacuum chamber 2, a variable displacement means, capable of changing the volume of the vacuum chamber corresponding to a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070119239 - Method and apparatus for determination of the concentration of particles in multi-component fluid systems: A method for determining the concentration of a large particle component in a multi-component system. The method requires first separating and concentrating the large particle component of the system by acoustic means and then measuring an acoustical parameter of the separated large particle component. The invention also provides for an... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070119241 - Method and apparatus of driving torsional resonance mode of a probe-based instrument: A method of operating a scanning probe microscope includes using a probe having a cantilever, and oscillating the probe at a torsional resonance frequency thereof. In addition, the method includes substantially increasing torsional drive efficiency with dual actuators disposed on the probe or the probe base. First and second actuators... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070119240 - Semiconductor probe and method of writing and reading information using the same: A semiconductor probe and a method of writing and reading information using the same. The semiconductor probe includes a cantilever and a tip formed on an end portion of the cantilever to write or read information on or from a ferroelectric medium on a surface of which an electrode is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070119242 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine make it possible to monitor a temperature sensor or a lambda sensor in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine for functionality in the entire operating range of the internal combustion engine. To that end, the plausibility of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070119243 - Integrated logging tool for borehole: An apparatus for measuring characteristics of earth formations surrounding a borehole, comprises a resistivity measurement device having a multiplicity of antennae spaced between each other in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus. A neutron measurement device of the apparatus comprises at least a neutron source and at least a neutron... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070119244 - Methods and apparatus for the downhole characterization of formation fluids: Methods and apparatus for investigating a hydrocarbon bearing geological formation traversed by a borehole are disclosed. An example method to characterize a fluid associated with an underground geological formation obtains a sample of the fluid associated with the underground geological formation. The example method measures, in a borehole associated with... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070119245 - Seam abrasion testing device and method of use: There is provided a testing device for testing the seam of a garment that includes a mechanical abrader frame holding elongate members and a control unit. The mechanically oscillating elongate members are each connected to an actuator located within the frame. A test sample is placed on the elongate members... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070119246 - Flow rate estimation method of blood pump: A flow rate estimation method of a blood pump of the present invention includes a first step which has a step in which a plurality of blood pumps are prepared, and a general flow rate estimation formula which includes a correction term is formed using the plurality of respective blood... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070119247 - Liquid flow meter: An apparatus and method for measurement of liquid flow through use of a volumetric mass balance.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070119248 - Finger gripping force measuring device: A finger gripping force measuring device includes a housing having a pressure detecting device, one or more knobs attached to the pressure detecting device for engaging with a finger of a user, and for allowing the finger of the user to apply a pressing force against the pressure detecting device... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070119249 - Speed and temperature sensing in separate cavities in a single sensing head: A sensor apparatus includes a sensor assembly for maintaining multiple and varying sensor components, wherein the sensor assembly comprises a molded sensor head configured to include a first cavity and a second cavity. A first sensor of a first sensor type can be located and maintained within the first cavity.... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20070119250 - Suspension component for a gyroscope in high shock environments: An apparatus in one example has: a first component coupled to a second component by a suspension component; and the suspension component structured to maintain predetermined angular spring rates and to maintain high linear spring rates, that are higher than the angular spring rates, along linear axes of the suspension... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070119251 - Fixing element for a sensor head: A fixing element, is designed on a fixing ring (2) for a sensor head (1) measuring speed of rotation or angle of rotation of a wheel in a motor vehicle. The sensor head (1) has a housing (11) made of plastic, and at least one housing foot (5) fixed to... Agent: Martin A Farber

20070119252 - Tri-axis accelerometer: In an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) accelerometer, including a substrate, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to measure an acceleration along a first axis parallel to a plane of the substrate. The second sensor is configured to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070119253 - Spring member for acceleration sensor, acceleration sensor and magnetic disk drive apparatus: A spring member used in an acceleration sensor, for supporting weight members that cooperate as magnetic field generation members or magnetic field detection sensors includes at least one strip-shaped plate spring with a fulcrum and support sections separated from the fulcrum for supporting the weight members. The at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070119254 - Harmonic fatigue evaluation: A method and apparatus for determining the performance level, amount of wear, and remaining useful life of a new or worn object, preferably of metallic construction through harmonic fatigue evaluation. The object to be tested is struck with a resonant frequency generating device, causing the object to transmit its vibrational... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070119255 - Methods and apparatus for rotary machinery inspection: A method of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) testing a component of an assembly is provided. The method includes positioning a transducer on a face of the component, transmitting ultrasonic waves into the component at a plurality of steering angles, receiving ultrasonic echoes, wherein each received echo is indicative of an acoustic... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070119256 - Porosity reference standard utilizing one or more discrete wires: The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which may substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials having porosity may include a member having at least one... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070119258 - Resonant vibratory device having high quality factor and methods of fabricating same: The invention provides resonant vibratory sensors to render such resonant vibratory sensors more beneficial than conventional MEMS-based and non-MEMS-based resonant vibratory sensors for various usage applications, such as portable applications requiring navigation-grade performance. The resonant vibratory sensors include as examples an oscillator, a vibratory gyroscope and a vibratory accelerometer. In... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070119257 - Vibration detection method and system, battery-less vibration sensor and interrogator therefor: A vibration detection system comprises a battery-less vibration sensor and an interrogator. The sensor comprises a single port surface acoustic wave resonator. The interrogator continuously transmits a carrier wave signal to the resonator while receiving a wave signal reflected from the resonator. The reflected wave signal includes components other than... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070119259 - High sensitivity, low noise piezoelectric flexural sensing structure: A piezoelectric flexural sensing structure having increased sensitivity and decreased noise, without sacrifice of the sensor bandwidth. The structure is made up of a proof mass, a beam with a base and optionally having castellated bonding surfaces and two <011> poled bending mode relaxor piezoelectric crystal plates mounted on the... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070119260 - Squeeze force measuring system: A method of measuring the squeeze force of a package includes applying a compression force to the package, and measuring the compression force as a function of volume change of the package. The compression force may be applied by placing the package in a force tester, and compressing the package... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20070119261 - Flow measuring device and manufacture method thereof: A device for measuring a flow of a fluid is provided. The device includes a base, a channel, and at least two electronic circuits. The channel is mounted on the base, flowing the fluid therein and having at least two sections, and the at least two electronic circuits are electrically... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070119262 - Camp-on coriolis mass flow meter using in-situ calibration: With a Coriolis mass flow meter a mass flow through a pipe is determined by exerting a force and/or moment on at least one location on the pipe, such that vibrations of several vibration modes are excited. The magnitude is determined of the force and/or the moment with which the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070119263 - Correcting for two-phase flow in a digital flowmeter: A flowmeter is disclosed. The flowmeter includes a vibratable conduit, and a driver connected to the conduit that is operable to impart motion to the conduit. A sensor is connected to the conduit and is operable to sense the motion of the conduit and generate a sensor signal. A controller... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070119265 - Measurement transducer of vibration type: The measurement transducer includes: A measuring tube vibrating at least at times during operation and serving for the conveying of a medium, wherein the measuring tube communicates with a pipeline via an inlet tube piece at an inlet end and an outlet tube piece at an outlet end; a counteroscillator,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070119264 - Measurement transducer of vibration-type: The measurement transducer includes: A measuring tube vibrating at least at times during operation and serving for the conveying of a medium, wherein the measuring tube communicates with a pipeline via an inlet tube piece at an inlet end and an outlet tube piece at an outlet end; a counteroscillator,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070119266 - Load cell including displacement transducer, and associated methods of use and manufacture: A load cell reacts to an applied force by displacing a physical component of the load cell. An electrical component of the load cell produces an electromagnetic (EM) field in response to an applied radio frequency signal. The physical component is located in proximity to the EM field, and perturbs... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070119269 - Display device for an electronic torque wrench: An electronic torque wrench for engaging a workpiece, the electronic torque wrench including a wrench body and a wrench head disposed on the wrench body, the wrench head being configured to engage the workpiece. A grip handle is disposed on the wrench body opposite the wrench head and a user... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070119267 - Electronic torque wrench with a torque compensation device: An electronic torque wrench for driving a workpiece includes a wrench body having a handle end and a wrench head receiving end. A wrench head a workpiece receiving end and a mounting end, and the mounting end is removably received by wrench head receiving end. A user interface having a... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070119268 - Mechanical torque wrench with an electronic sensor and display device: A mechanical torque wrench including a wrench body defining an elongated interior compartment and a wrench head including a bar extending therefrom being pivotally secured to a first end of the wrench body. A hand grip located on a second end of the wrench body and a set spring is... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070119270 - Rapid soil drying: A method and assembly are described to dry soil for use in testing a variety of physical and chemical parameters such as phosphorus content. The method broadly involves the steps of particle size reduction, subjecting the sample to an airflow and also heating of the soil sample. It is the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070119271 - Tracking attachment: A tracking attachment (10) adapted and operable to facilitate measuring the alignment characteristics of the rear suspension of a vehicle, including tracking (thrust angle), offset, toe-in and toe-out, and length characteristics. The tracking attachment (10) broadly comprises an adjustment component (12); a bar component (14); one or more target components... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070119272 - Aligning components of a measuring system: A measuring system for calibrating a machine in which a base (10) is attachable to a surface of the machine and a housing (20) is mountable on the base, wherein at least one surface of the base and at least one surface of the housing are each provided with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070113615 - Procedure to calibrate a signal supplied by a lambda sensor and device to implement the procedure: A procedure for the calibration of the lambda measuring signal supplied by the wideband lambda sensor, which is disposed in the exhaust gas area of an internal combustion engine, and a device to implement the procedure are proposed. During the procedure, a correction value is used to ascertain a unit... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070113616 - Device for sample preparation: The invention relates to a method, particularly suitable for the extraction and enrichment of a volatile component from a liquid, solid or gaseous sample for subsequent introduction into an analytical device, for example, a gas chromatograph. The sample is flushed through a packing of extraction material for extraction of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070113617 - Gas sensor: A gas sensor is disclosed having an element holder body with which a senor element is fixedly supported, and an atmosphere-side insulator covering a base portion of the sensor element and providing electrical connection between lead wires and terminal electrodes of the sensor element. The element holder body includes a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070113618 - Knock sensor: A knock sensor includes: a base made up of a flange portion, and a tube portion; a sensor main body including a piezoelectric element that is fitted over an outer peripheral portion of the tube portion; and a stopper ring that is fitted over the outer peripheral portion of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070113619 - Electronic humidity chamber for vapor desorption to determine high capillary pressures: The present invention relates to the use of an electronically controlled humidity chamber with temperature controls: to determine, by vapor desorption, high capillary pressures of core samples; to produce core samples with a high capillary pressure for testing electrical properties; and, using a curve of high capillary pressures from vapor... Agent: G. Alan Witte Law Offices Of G. Alan Witte

20070113620 - Apparatus and method for inspecting quality of molded foam parts: Apparatus and method is provided for reliably testing a quality level of bead fusion in molded foam parts. Such apparatus may be portable and hand-held, and the test procedure will not destroy or damage tested products. In a useful embodiment comprising apparatus for monitoring quality of a molded foam part,... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20070113621 - Leak inspection device: A leak inspection device comprises: a vacuum chamber 2 for accommodating a product 1; a vacuum pump 3 for discharging air from the vacuum chamber; a He gas bomb 4 for supplying and charging He gas into the product; and a leak detector 5 for detecting He gas which has... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070113622 - Methods and systems for hydrostatic testing a pipeline: A method of hydrostatic testing a selected section of a pipeline having fluid flow therethrough, including the steps of introducing into the pipeline a pig train including a leading seal pig, a supply liquid slug, a first isolation tool, a test liquid slug and a second isolation tool; permitting the... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20070113623 - Method and apparatus for storage tank leak detection: An intrinsically safe, precise, and cost effective storage tank leak detection system. Embodiments include a highly precise quartz crystal type pressure transducer, secured in a vacuum and held at a constant temperature. Said transducer is used in combination with data correction and regression techniques to yield a storage tank leak... Agent: Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee

20070113624 - Concentration detector and fuel supplier with said detector: A concentration detector is disclosed, which is adapted to detect a concentration of a liquid fuel in a container. The concentration detector includes a rotating means positioned underneath a level of a liquid fuel and rotatable at an angle θ on a X-Y plane. The rotating means includes at least... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070113625 - Liquid state detecting apparatus: A liquid state detecting apparatus including a detecting element which outputs a signal associated with a concentration of a particular component of a liquid contained in a liquid container; an abnormality determination unit which determines whether or not the liquid is in a particular abnormal state based on the output... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070113626 - Method of measuring the flexibility of a golf club shaft: A method of measuring the frequency characteristics of a golf club shaft by taking measurements at a plurality of predetermined locations along the length of the shaft being measured. These measurements are used to determine the overall characteristics of the shaft. This method enables shafts to be matched at each... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC

20070113627 - Fitness for use of fiberglass insulation: A method for determining the water resistance of glass fiber based insulation to wetting by water is disclosed. The method generally comprise the steps of placing a sample of insulation into contact with a source of water for a defined period of time; removing the insulation sample from the water... Agent: Johns Manville Intellectual Property (r21d)

20070113628 - Production method of indentation curve and hardness test method: A production method of an indentation curve is given, in which when an indentation curve showing a relationship between indentation force and indentation depth in a process of indenting an indenter into a surface of a sample is produced, a measurement range using an (i-n)th (here, i and n are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070113629 - Method for detecting errors in sensor values and error detection device: Method provided for implementation in a data processing device for monitoring a permissible integrity of a measured variable of a dynamic system with the steps: Determination of at least one measurement series with respectively one number (n) of measurements (zk) by means of at least one sensor device with respectively... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070113630 - Probe apparatus: In a probe apparatus that intermittently irradiates a sample with excitation light to observe the sample while subjecting a cantilever including a probe arranged to face a surface of the sample to self-excited vibration at a predetermined frequency, the sample is irradiated with the excitation light at a predetermined timing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070113631 - Method for determining fluctuating fuel properties during the operaion of a power plant: The invention relates to a method for detecting fluctuating fuel properties during the operation of a power plant. According to the inventive method, the actual operating characteristics of the power plant are used to determine the efficiency of the power plant and a change in fuel properties is concluded from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070113632 - Engine idle performance fault source control system: An engine idle fault control system that identifies a source of rough idle in an engine includes a first module that monitors an idle speed of the engine and that generates a rough idle signal, and a second module that monitors a fuel control parameter. A third module determines a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070113633 - Leak check apparatus for fuel vapor processing apparatus: A leak check apparatus performs a leak check of a fuel vapor processing apparatus based on a change in a negative pressure in a purge line during leak down. The pressure change during leak down is corrected by measuring an amount of vapor generated after the purge line is opened... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070113634 - Leak diagnostic device for fuel vapor treatment device: A lag time is set in a period from the time when a leak down is finished to the time when measurement of the amount of fuel vapor is started for the purpose of returning a deformed fuel tank to its original shape. A fuel vapor amount estimating means is... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070113636 - Tire pressure sensor system with improved sensitivity and power saving: A battery powered tire pressure sensor system with a high sensitivity stretch sensor assembly having a variable resistance longitudinal displacement characteristic. The stretch sensor assembly has at least two juxtaposed stretch sensors, each with a first layer bearing the variable resistance element and a second support layer. The sensor assembly... Agent: Warren P. Kujawa

20070113635 - Tire-inflation method, and device and machine for implementing the method: The invention relates to a tyre-inflation method and to a device and machine which are used to carry out said method. The inventive method consists in adjusting the pressure of a tyre (5) according to a corrected set value Pcc which is calculated using formula (I), wherein: Pc is a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070113637 - Tire pressure monitoring apparatus: A tire pressure monitoring apparatus includes a pressure transducer having a housing and a valve stem secured to the housing. The valve stem projects through an opening in a wheel for holding the tire. A retention clip is secured to the valve stem. The retention clip includes a plurality of... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070113638 - Single phase sampling apparatus and method: A single phase sampling apparatus and method for retrieving a formation fluid sample at or above the bubble point of the sample. The apparatus utilizes a gas charge contained between a sample piston and a charging piston to maintain a formation sample at the desired pressure. The charging piston utilizes... Agent: Jones Day

20070113639 - Method and apparatus for estimating a property of a downhole fluid using a coated resonator: A method and apparatus for estimating a property of a fluid downhole are disclosed. The apparatus includes a coated flexural resonator disposed in the downhole fluid. The resonator is coated to reduce effects of adhering surfactants suspended in the downhole fluid. The method uses the coated resonator to estimate a... Agent: Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington Schmidt Walker & Tran, LLP

20070113640 - Real time management system for slickline/wireline: A real-time line management system and associated methods. A line management system for use in conjunction with an operation in a subterranean well includes a line installed in the well during the operation, and a computing device which indicates a used life of the line during the operation. A method... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070113641 - Vertical mount mass flow sensor: A thermal mass flow meter for measuring flow rate of a fluid includes a conduit that is configured to receive the fluid and that defines a primary flow path between an inlet and an outlet of the conduit. The conduit is bound at least in part by a sensor receiving... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070113642 - Chemical impedance detectors for fluid analyzers: A chemical impedance detector having several electrodes situated on or across a dielectric layer of a substrate. The electrodes may be across or covered with a thin film polymer. Each electrode may have a set of finger-like electrodes. Each set of finger-like electrodes may be intermeshed, but not in contact,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070113643 - Thermal flow sensor: A thermal flow sensor can adjust the temperature of a heating element in a highly precise and reliable manner with the use of simple circuits, devices and process steps. The sensor includes an amplifier section (7) that amplifies a voltage across opposite ends of at least one of resistors (3,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070113644 - Non-contact condensation detecting method and non-contact condensation detecting apparatus: A disclosed detector element includes a substrate including a void, a heating unit including a heat generating electrode bridged across the void, and a temperature sensor including a temperature sensor electrode provided above the void. The heat generating electrode and the temperature sensor electrode are warped, cantilevered, and standing up... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070113645 - Hydrometer/fluid level sensor: A battery and battery condition indicator are provided with a seal as monolithic structures whereby the indicator is inserted in an opening in the battery and sealed there against via ribs in the battery confronted by a surface of the indicator and/or ribs on the indicator embedded in a surface... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070113646 - Liquid sensor and ice detector: An improved apparatus and a method of measuring and interpreting reliably, simply and accurately the information on continuous liquid level, liquid temperature and other liquid properties within a vessel. The apparatus is suited for economical manufacturing and could be made of a powered heater element and temperature sensors that can... Agent: Josef Maatuk

20070113647 - Switch assembly, electric machine having the switch assembly, and method of controlling the same: A pump assembly for pumping a liquid and a method of controlling the pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor coupled to a pump, and an electronic switch assembly electrically connected to the motor to control the current through the motor. The electronic switch assembly includes an electronic switch,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070113648 - Humidity sensor having humidity sensitive film and method for manufacturing the same: A humidity sensor includes: a sensor chip including a capacitive humidity sensor element and a connection electrode, wherein the capacitive humidity sensor element includes a humidity sensitive film having relative permittivity changeable in accordance with humidity, and wherein the connection electrode is electrically connected to the humidity sensor element; a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070113649 - Cantilevered bioacoustic sensor and method using same: A sensor for sensing bioacoustic energy includes a housing comprising an interfacing portion configured to establish coupling with a body part during use of the sensor. An anchoring arrangement is defined on the housing. A transducer member has an anchoring end and at least one free end. The anchoring end... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070113650 - Gauge and method for indicating one or more properties of a loose-fill insulation: A portable gauge and method are used to determine an as installed property of a loose-fill insulation in a building cavity wherein the cavity has a given depth, an open front, a rear surface, and sidewalls defined by spaced apart framing members. The gauge includes a frame for extending between... Agent: Johns Manville

20070113651 - Sensor for profiling system: A sensor for detecting an acceleration on a surface. The sensor exchanging messages with a computing means through a communication interface. The sensor comprises an accelerometer for outputting a signal representative of the acceleration and an interface unit comprising a transmitting circuit. The interface unit receives the signal representative of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070113652 - Wireless position sensing wafer: A wireless position sensing wafer includes at least one accelerometer that measures acceleration along one direction. Integrating acceleration allows velocity and displacement from a starting point to be obtained. Orientation may be obtained from one or more gyroscopes or from a magnetic sensor. One or more artificial magnetic fields may... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz LLP

20070113653 - Multiple axis accelerometer: A sensor for measuring acceleration in three mutually orthogonal axes, X, Y and Z is disclosed. The sensor comprises a sensor subassembly. The sensor subassembly further comprises a base which is substantially parallel to the X-Y sensing plane; a proof mass disposed in the X-Y sensing plane and constrained to... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070113654 - Weighted bioacoustic sensor and method of using same: A sensor for sensing bioacoustic energy includes a housing comprising an interfacing portion configured to establish coupling with a body part during use. The sensor includes a transducer element coupled to the interfacing portion of the housing and configured to sense sounds produced by matter of biological origin. One or... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070113655 - Method for ultrasonic elastic modulus calculation and imaging: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for generating an image of an article, wherein the image represents the articles elastic modulus. The method comprises the steps of measuring a time of flight value at a point on a test sample utilizing ultrasonic sound waves, measuring the position of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070113656 - Acoustic imaging system: A system for providing an acoustic image that visually represents sound includes a light source, a liquid membrane, a sound source and a display device. Light from the light source is directed at one face of the liquid membrane as the sound source generates sound waves that are directed to... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070113657 - A shaker assembly for shaking a component in order to induce vibration thereto: A shaker assembly for shaking a tested component. The shaker assembly permitting a vibration to be induced within the tested component, such as for use in measuring operating characteristics of the tested component.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070113658 - Surface acoustic wave pressure sensor: A surface acoustic wave pressure sensor includes: a substrate and at least one flexible membrane, suspended over a cavity defined in the thickness of the substrate, the membrane being elastically deformable by a pressure applied by a fluid and being defined between a first surface facing the cavity and a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070113659 - Pressure sensor: The pressure sensor as claimed in the invention can have both a small outside diameter and can also be economically produced by the housing (2) sitting on the pressure measuring cell (3) and the housing (2) and the pressure measuring cell (3) being connected to one another on the face... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070113660 - Pressure sensor: A pressure sensor includes a sensor element having a sensing portion for generating a signal upon receiving a pressure, a pressure transmission member having one end attached to a sensing portion of the sensor element and a diaphragm having two sides that warp under application of the pressure. One side... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070113661 - Sensor system and method for manufacturing a sensor system: A micromechanical pressure sensor includes a substrate having a front side and a back side, the front side facing a medium and the back side being situated on the opposite side of the substrate. A sensor diaphragm having at least one sensor area is situated on the front side, and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070113662 - Diaphragm structure: A diaphragm structure with a first substrate including a first surface with an annular groove therein and a second opposing surface with an annular groove on each side of annular groove in the first surface defining a first diaphragm. A second substrate also includes a first surface with an annular... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070113663 - Capacitance dual electrode pressure sensor in a diffusion bonded layered substrate: The disclosure pertains to a space-conserving integrated fluid delivery system which is particularly useful for gas distribution in semiconductor processing equipment. The present invention also pertains to an integrated fluid flow network architecture, which may include, in addition to a layered substrate containing fluid flow channels, various fluid handling and... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20070113664 - Capacitive micromachined acoustic transducer: A micromachined capacitive acoustic transducer including an electrode formed by a perforated plate and another electrode formed by a shallowly corrugated membrane anchored at one or more positions on the substrate which also supports the said perforated plate is described. Also disclosed includes: a fixed perforated plate; a movable shallowly... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20070113665 - Pressure and temperature sensing element: A pressure and sensing element is provided that includes one piezo-resistive sensing element configured as a single light implant square, and may produce outputs relating to both a pressure and temperature that has been sensed. The piezo-sensing element may operate as a piezo-resistive radial element when a constant current is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070113666 - Tire pressure gauge with sensor support: A pressure gauge is provided for monitoring pressure within a reservoir, such as air within a vehicle tire. The gauge is particularly configured to allow it to remain upon a valve stem of the tire even when the tire is in operation. A receiver of the gauge can be coupled... Agent: Bradley P. Heisler Heisler & Associates

20070113667 - Method and system of providing power to a pressure and temperature sensing element: A method and system of providing power to a pressure and temperature sensing element is provided. Polarity switching is added to a current source for a sensor, which includes one piezo-resistive sensing element configured as a single implant square located at an edge of a diaphragm of the element, and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070113668 - Pressure sensor housing and configuration: A pressure sensor housing and configuration is provided for a single-square-sensor (SSS) sensing die. A sensor includes a glass wafer hermetically bonded to the SSS chip. The SSS chip is then positioned between a header and a cover, which can be glued together using an epoxy, for example. A tube,... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070113669 - Method and apparatus for measuring force particularly torque: A method and apparatus for measuring the force applied by a first member coupled to a second member by a connecting body, by: transmitting a cyclically-repeating energy wave through the connecting body from a first location thereon to a second location thereon; measuring the transit time of the cyclically-repeating energy... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi Inc

20070113670 - Method for estimating transmission input torque: A method for estimating transmission input torque is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of measurable characteristics that influence transmission input torque. Thereafter, transmission input torque values are measured on a sample powertrain operating at a plurality of different combinations of the measurable characteristics. A look-up table including the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070113671 - Method of crack growth testing for thin samples: A method of determining the crack growth life of a thin, polymeric material is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a sample of the thin, polymeric material having a predetermined length, width and thickness. A groove is then formed in the sample followed by the formation of a... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070113672 - Method and apparatus for measuring compression in a stator core: The present invention a method and apparatus for measuring the compression of a stator core 10 that comprises attaching a measuring device 22 to a tensioner 20, placing the tensioner on an end of a through-bolt 12 of the stator core, and performing at least one act of tensioning the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070113673 - Uniform shear application system and methods relating thereto: Disclosed herein is a shear application system for applying substantially uniform amounts of shear throughout a powder sample. The shear application system preferably includes a cylinder assembly having an inner cylinder, a housing, an inner set of lugs, and an outer set of lugs. The inner cylinder has an external... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070113674 - Systems of measuring, recording and evaluating the deformation and/or wear of structures and positioning with respect of their axis: A system for measuring, recording, and evaluating a deformation and/or wear of structures and positioning the structures with respect of their axis. The system includes at least one sensor for measuring a vector with respect of planes X and Y. The sensor evaluates a point of a form of the... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070113675 - Circuit board clamping mechanism and testing device using the same: A circuit board clamping mechanism and a testing device using the same. The circuit board clamping mechanism is for clamping a main circuit board and an extending circuit board. The extending circuit board is coupled with the main circuit board, and there is a titling angel between the extending circuit... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070113676 - Measurement of non-aqueous phase liquid flow in porous media by tracer dilution: A method and apparatus for measuring in situ flow of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) through a porous medium is described. A tracer is introduced into a well or boring located in the medium and the tracer concentration in the well kept uniform by mixing. The rate at which the tracer... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070113677 - Converter control with lc filtering: The invention relates to an arrangement for signal processing in ultrasonic transducers in flow meters, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is acted upon by a drive signal, the ultrasonic transducer being connected to a resonant circuit matched to the frequency of the drive signal. The resonant circuit can be, in particular,... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070113678 - Method for testing a mass flow rate meter: A method of testing a mass flow rate meter functioning on the Coriolis principle, in which an apparatus of the mass flow rate meter is subjected to a predetermined oscillation excitation and the associated oscillation response is recorded. Then the recorded oscillation response is compared with a previously recorded oscillation... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070113679 - Torque measuring apparatus: A torque measuring apparatus is described that comprises a chassis, a reversible electrical motor having a motor housing and a rotatable output shaft projecting from one end of said motor housing, motor mounting means mounting said motor housing for rotation relative to said chassis, means for connecting said motor output... Agent: Nicholas A. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20070113681 - Pressure distribution sensor and sensing method: A spatial pressure distribution sensor comprises a sensor array and a processor. The sensor array comprises an array of pressure sensors. Each of the pressure sensors is operable to generate a respective pressure signal in response to pressure applied to it. The pressure signal quantifies the pressure with greater than... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070113680 - Torque sensor using signal amplitude analysis: An apparatus and method for noncontact, optical measuring of any of torque, torque angle, shaft speed, and shaft direction by at least one of a rotatable or non-rotatable flexure with input and output ends, a light source for generating a light signal, a field mask carrying a pattern of opaque... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070113682 - Device for determining the actual reversal of the direction of rotation of a reversing rotational drive: A device for determining the actual reversal of the direction of rotation of a rotational drive continuing to operate after previous switching of the direction of rotation, in particular for window lifting systems or sliding roof drives in a motor vehicle, has a sensor wheel (1) with a coding structure... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070113683 - Torque sensor system including an elliptically magnetized shaft: A torque sensor includes a shaft and a magnetic sensor. The shaft may have at least one active region having an elliptical magnetization. The magnetic sensor may be configured to sense a magnetic field about the shaft, where the magnetic field is representative of a torque applied to the shaft.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070113684 - Apparatus and method for generating and sensing torsional vibrations using magnetostriction: Provided is a method and apparatus for generating and sensing torsional vibrations using magnetostriction, in order to perform modal testing on a bar, a pipe, a shaft, a beam, or the like. The apparatus includes a torsional vibration generating part transmitting torsional vibrations to a test part having an arbitrary... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070113685 - Aerosol collection apparatus and methods: Apparatus and methods for detecting the presence of an airborne chemical or biological analyte utilize: a substantially gas- and liquid-impermeable container; means for introducing a substantially analyte-free collection liquid into said container; means for rapidly sampling ambient air and transferring said analyte therefrom into said collection liquid, said sampling means... Agent: Solomon Zaromb

20070113686 - Tubing for transporting air samples in an air monitoring system: An air monitoring system includes a tubing having a metallic inner layer and an outer jacket to provide optimal transport of air samples.... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070113687 - Bed water sampling device: The simultaneous taking of water samples from the bottom of a column of water in the bed water above a water bed is of use for scientific investigation of the transition zone between the water bed and the water column lying above the same, for the determination of parameter gradients.... Agent: Law Offices Of Karl Hormann

20070113688 - Method for tissue osmometry: A measurement system including a staging unit including a substrate having piezoelectric properties and a conductive electrode formed on the substrate, the conductive electrode including an area adapted to receive a sample, and an oscillator coupled to the conductive electrode. A method including in a tissue sample having a mass... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070113689 - Methods and systems for determining moisture transfer characteristics of welding materials: Systems and methods are presented for determining a transfer characteristic of welding electrodes, flux, or other welding consumable, or materials used in producing welding consumables, in which an analytical scale or other weight measurement instrument is situated within an environmental chamber to weigh welding consumable test items while the atmospheric... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070113692 - Fault diagnosis apparatus: A fault diagnosis section activates a driving component alone, measures an operation state signal and a paper passage time, and stores feature values (Vm, σv, Tqs, σts) extracted as a determination reference in a storage medium. A paper passage fault determination section determines whether or not a fault has arisen... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070113690 - Method and system for navigating a nondestructive evaluation device: A system for the nondestructive evaluation of aircraft comprising a plurality of positional transmitters forming a perimeter around a test airplane and an inspection station within the perimeter. The inspection station includes a moveable cart, a nondestructive testing device coupled the cart, and a computer coupled to the cart and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070113691 - Monitor for injection molding machine: Variables such as injection pressure and injection velocity are detected at a predetermined sampling cycle for each molding cycle and the variables for a plurality of past molding cycles starting from the latest molding cycle are stored. Change patterns of the stored variables of the respective molding cycles are displayed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070107487 - A calibration system: A system for self-calibration and self-tuning of sensors. The sensors may be calibrated statically and dynamically. The calibration may be automatic. Static calibration may be performed via a slope seeking loop. Dynamic calibration may be performed with both the slope seeking loop and a variation of the slope seeking set... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070107488 - System and method for enabling calibration of sensors used for detecting leaks in compartments: A system for enabling calibration of sensors used for detecting leaks in compartments comprising a structure, a sensor, a test manager, an arm, a transducer, and logic. The sensor is mounted on the structure, and the test manager is configured to provide an indication as to whether a compartment has... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070107489 - Device for test running power nut runners: A device for test running of power nut runners comprises a main body (10;50) with a nut (11;54), a screw (12;52) with a nut runner engaging head (13;55), a clamping element (14;56) co-operating with the screw (12;52) and spring unit (17;59) to be clamped between the clamping element (14;56) and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070107491 - Measuring device for the measurement of dewatering rates of paper machines: The invention relates to a measuring device for measurement of the volumetric flow of liquids, in particular for the measurement of dewatering rates from paper machines, having a container for receiving a liquid whose volumetric flow is to be measured, whereby the container has a bottom on which the liquid... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070107490 - Surgical cassette: A surgical system and cassette, the cassette having an identification method that is specific to the cassette. Suitable methods include bar coding or Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”). Cassette information that may be encoded include features such as lot number and performance characteristics, such as pressure sensor calibration data, flow and... Agent: Alcon

20070107492 - Self-calibrating oversampling electromechanical modulator and self-calibration method: An oversampling electromechanical modulator, including a micro-electromechanical sensor which has a first sensing capacitance and a second sensing capacitance and supplies an analog quantity correlated to the first sensing capacitance and to the second sensing capacitance; a converter stage, which supplies a first numeric signal and a second numeric signal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070107493 - Gas sensor: The object of the present invention is to provide a gas sensor in which a gas detection element is mounted on a wiring substrate; in which a protective cap having gas inlets formed therein is attached to the wiring substrate; and which has a structure capable of effectively preventing emanation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070107494 - High impedance thin film for strain gauge applications: A resistive thin film (1) made of grains (3) of conductive material having an average size, in a dielectric medium (2) is characterized by the total thickness of the film (2) being between 3 and ten times the average size of the grains (3). The film (1) is used to... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070107495 - Particle adsorption chamber, sampling apparatus having a particle adsorption chamber, and sampling method using the same: A particle adsorption device includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet by which air can pass through the chamber, a support for supporting an adsorbent plate in the chamber, and at least one porous plate disposed in the chamber to control the air flow through the chamber and... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070107496 - Method and apparatus for monitoring the integrity of components and structures: The present invention is for a method and apparatus for monitoring the integrity of a component or structure, in particular though not exclusively, by monitoring a pressure state that can be maintained within cavities either inherently provided or specifically formed in the component or structure.... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070107497 - System and method for controlling emission of acoustic energy for detecting leaks in vehicles: A system for detecting leaks in vehicles comprises memory, a plurality of transducers, at least one sensor, an input device, and logic. The memory stores a plurality of transmit profiles. The transducers are disposed in a vehicle and configured to emit acoustic energy. The sensor is disposed outside of a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070107498 - Sensor for detecting the adulteration and quality of fluids: A relaxation time constant associated with a fluid can be determined and then compared with a stored reference value. The difference between the relaxation time constant and the stored reference value can then be calculated in order to provide qualitative and/or quantitative data indicative of an adulteration of the fluid.... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20070107499 - Flow path switching valve and high performance liquid chromatograph using the same: The present invention is directed to reduce the dead volume in a flow path with trap functions. A flow path switching valve 1 is provided, which includes a rotor, i.e., rotor 3, and a housing top 9 having four ports 7a-7d connected to external flow paths, wherein two ports used... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070107500 - Sensing moisture uptake of package polymers: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to sense moisture uptake of package polymers in humid environment. A capacitor is formed in a semiconductor package having a capacitance changing according to a real-time moisture adsorption in the package. A capacitance circuit provides measurement of the capacitance of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070107501 - Nanoscale displacement detector: A nanoscale displacement detector includes a cantilever integrated with an optical resonator, referred to herein as a “microresonator.” The microresonator and cantilever are configured such that displacement of the cantilever relative to the microresonator causes a change in the resonant frequency of the microresonator. The change in the resonant frequency... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070107502 - Overlay measurement methods with firat based probe microscope: A method, system and unit for determining alignment in a layered device such as a semiconductor device includes providing a first layer having detectable surface and subsurface material properties and positioning a patterned photoresist layer over the first layer, patterned photoresist layer having detectable surface and subsurface material properties. The... Agent: Georgia Tech Research Corp. C/o Bryan W. Bockhop

20070107503 - Filling level sensor: The invention relates to a filling level sensor having a lever arm 8 which has a float at one end and is held at its other end by a clip 5, a carrier 1 composed of plastic, a bearing, arranged on the carrier 1, for the clip 5 and/or the... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070107504 - Inspection system for a turbine blade region of a turbine engine: An inspection system formed at least from a viewing tube for inspecting aspects of a turbine engine during operation of the turbine engine. An outer housing of the viewing tube may be positioned within a turbine engine using at least one bearing configured to fit into an indentation of a... Agent: Siemens Corporation

20070107506 - Method for tire rolling simulation on sand: A method for tire rolling simulation on sand comprises the steps of modeling a tire using finite elements to build a tire model, modeling a sandy road using finite volumes to build a sandy road model which can exhibit elastoplasticity with both elastic and plastic properties, and executing a numerical... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070107505 - Sensor transponder and a procedure for measuring tire contact lengths and wheel load: The present invention relates to a sensor transponder (1) and a procedure for calculating a tyre contact length (6). The sensor transponder (1) is arranged with at least one acceleration sensor on the inner side of a running surface (2) of a tyre (9). The signals from the acceleration sensor... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070107507 - Mute processing apparatus and method for automatically sending mute frames: A mute processing method used in a multi-person communication system is provided. The method is capable of automatically sending mute frames when there are no sound inputs from terminals of the multi-person communication system. The method includes the steps of: collecting input signals from a microphone; calculating an energy level... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070107508 - Scanner and method for detecting pressures on a member: A scanner and associated method for detecting pressures on a test member are provided. The scanner can be provided with an electronic module that includes an analog-digital (A/D) converter associated with each channel of the scanner and configured to provide digital signals representative of the pressures detected by pressure sensor... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070107509 - System for transmitting pressures between a detachable part and a fixed part of a scale model placed in aerodynamic tunnel: System for transmitting pressures between a detachable part (2a,2b) and a fixed part (1) of a model in a wind tunnel, which presents pressure tapping holes (3a-3h) and pressure outlets (5a-5h) in the detachable part connected together by means of internal conduits (4a-4h), and pressure inlets (7a-7h) in the fixed... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20070107510 - Multi-function air data sensor: An air data sensor that determines a body's angle of attack, static air pressure, total air pressure, mach number, static air temperature and true air speed in one device using pressure and temperature readings. The air data sensor includes a probe that protrudes into an airflow to collect data, a... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C. Attn: Norman P. Soloway

20070107511 - Printed-circuit board having a plastic part for accommodating a measuring device: The arrangement relates to a hot-film mass flow meter for recording the flow rate of a flowing medium in the intake tract or the charge air tract of an internal combustion engine. A substrate part is provided, that accommodates a sensor chip, which is allocated to a channel that has... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070107512 - Flow state observation device and flow state observation method: The present invention discloses a device for observing a flow state comprising a translucent duct. It further comprises an irradiation unit irradiating projection light, a condensing unit condensing the projection light along a length direction with respect to an axial core area of the translucent duct in which a fluid... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070107513 - Method and apparatus for liquid level measurement of fuel cell: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring the liquid level in a container of a fuel cell, comprising: a container, a plurality of sensors and a circuit device. The container has a chamber for storing the liquid fuel. These sensors are respectively electrically connected to... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070107514 - Integrated sensor arrangement: An integrated sensor array has a substrates, at least one sensor element, and a signal processing device integrated in the substrate and connected or capable of being connected with the sensor elements. A layer having a measuring surface is capable of being detachably bonded to the substrate so that a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070107515 - Propeller tuner assembly: One embodiment of a propeller tuner assembly (10) formed in accordance with the present disclosure includes a frame (12) and a bearing assembly (64) having a coupler (90) adapted to selectively couple a propeller (20) to the frame (12). The coupler (90) is selectively movable from a first position where... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070107516 - Surface acoustic wave sensor: A surface acoustic wave sensor for detecting a target substance by measuring the change in frequency due to the mass applied to a reaction membrane placed on a surface acoustic wave element has high sensitivity due to the improvement of the structure surface acoustic wave element. The surface acoustic wave... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070107517 - Verification of continuity: Techniques are described for eliminating the potential continuity errors in fluid connection devices, such as tubes, which can arise in complex systems where many tubes are used. The techniques are based upon the use of ultrasound, light or pressure waves being transmitted along the connecting device using a transmitter and... Agent: David Arnold

20070107518 - Apparatus, system, and method for protecting a motion-sensitive device: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for protecting a motion-sensitive device. The apparatus includes an identification module, a determination module, and a scheduler. The identification module identifies a use-intensive task involving the motion-sensitive device. The determination module determines a motion forecast that predicts a substantially motionless time interval. The... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070107520 - Porosity reference standard utilizing a mesh: The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials having porosity may include a member having at least one thickness... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070107519 - Wireless acoustic wave sensor system for use in vehicle applications: An acoustic wave sensor system, comprising a plurality of acoustic wave sensing devices for detecting a multiplicity of varying conditions and a common interrogation component that communicates with each acoustic wave sensing device among the plurality of acoustic wave sensor devices for providing an interrogation signal to each acoustic wave... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20070107521 - Vibration sensor: In a vibration sensor for outputting, as vibration signals, variations of capacitance between a fixed electrode and a diaphragm 3 electrode opposed thereto, the diaphragm electrode 3 has slits 3a formed in the same plate member to define a diaphragm portion 3b positioned centrally to be vibrated and displace only... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070107523 - Distributed pressure sensoring system: A system is provided for sensing and monitoring pressure conditions and variations over an actual or represented surface area of a workpiece in a process chamber. The system includes a substrate and a plurality of micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS) pressure sensors fixed to the substrate.... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20070107524 - Hermetic chamber with electrical feedthroughs: An exemplary pressure cavity is disclosed that is durable, stable, and biocompatible and configured in such a way that it constitutes pico to nanoliter-scale volume. The exemplary pressure cavity is hermetically sealed from the exterior environment while maintaining the ability to communicate with other devices. Micromachined, hermetically-sealed sensors are configured... Agent: Law Offices Of Kenneth W. Float

20070107522 - Pressure sensor device: Thickness of a pressure-detecting piezoelectric substrate (2) that is thinner than that of a supporting piezoelectric substrate (3) and that has a surface acoustic wave element for pressure detection (7a) on its lower surface is mounted on the supporting piezoelectric substrate (3) having a surface acoustic wave element for reference... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070107525 - Process transmitter with overpressure vent: An overpressure vent in a transmitter housing of a process transmitter. The transmitter is configured for coupling to an industrial process and measuring a process variable. The transmitter includes an enclosure having a cavity formed therein. A process coupling is configured to couple the cavity to the industrial process. The... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070107526 - Load sensor: A load sensor includes fixed portions, a load bearing portion subjected to a load, and strain detecting elements each detecting a strain of a substrate in response to the load. In this load sensor, slits each of which can disperse a stress applied to the substrate in response to the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070107527 - Composite material and method of controlling damage thereto and damage sensor: A composite material has a laminated structure of fiber-reinforced resin layers and films of a shape-memory alloy. A predetermined strain has been applied to each film. A damage sensor has a film of an alloy of nickel and titanium. An electric circuit is bonded to the film, and strain gages... Agent: Law Offices Martin A. Farber P.C.

20070107528 - Versatile strain sensor employing magnetostrictive electrical conductors: A strain sensor includes a load carrying body configured to strain in response to a load applied along a load path. The sensor further includes a magnetostrictive electrical conductor affixed to the body but out of the load path. Application of the load causes the body to strain, which in... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070107529 - Uniaxial thermal and/or mechanical deformation-measuring device system and method employing a bragg grating optical fibre: Uniaxial deformation-measuring device includes a section of optical fiber equipped with a Bragg grating aligned with the measurement axis, and a test body subjected to the deformations to be measured, this device includes the fixing points for attaching the fiber to the test body. The fixing points are separated by... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070107530 - System, method, and apparatus for wireless non-powered stress history and fatigue monitoring of a structure: A wireless, non-powered fatigue monitoring sensor uses a piezoelectric element that is attached to the surface of or embedded within a structure to be monitored. When subjected to stress over time, the material properties of the element change reliably and permanently. These properties are used to determine the fatigue history... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070107531 - Force measurement element: A force measurement element measures an introduced force by means of a double flexural beam and a displacement sensor. The double flexural beam makes possible a double spring shape that makes possible an optimization with regard to elongation distribution.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070107533 - Clamp-on measuring device: A clamp-on measurement device, for attachment to a support, with at least one instrument transformer, a retaining device for holding the instrument transformer and a fastening device (4) for attachment of the retaining means to the support. The retaining device can be attached to the fastening device (4) such that... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070107532 - Sensor holder: TThe present invention refers to a sensor holder (10) for arranging a sensor (32) through the wall and into communication with the inside of a housing (44). It comprises a first and a second component (12,14), the first component (12) being adapted to hold said sensor (32), the second component... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070107534 - Test specimen holder: A test specimen holder includes at least one pair of wedges, a plurality of pistons and a tie bar connected to each of the pistons. A single cylinder body is operable with each of the pistons and the wedges. The cylinder body is adapted to urge the wedges together with... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070107535 - Ultrasonic flow meter, flow measurement method, and computer program: [Organization] An ultrasonic flowmeter includes the fluid velocity distribution measuring means comprising: a graph output means for outputting a flow velocity distribution graph displaying the flow velocity in two axes of positions in the inner diameter direction of the fluid pipe relating to the measuring line and fluid velocities corresponding... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107536 - Device and method for measuring forces and moments: A device for measuring forces and moments acting on a body comprises a measuring structure (12) made up of one or more elements and provided with a plurality of connection elements or bindings (17, 18, 37) for connecting the elements of the structure (12) and/or a body (11) the stress... Agent: James V Costigan Hedman & Costigan

20070107539 - Biobriefcase aerosol collector: A system for sampling air and collecting particles entrained in the air that potentially include bioagents. The system comprises providing a receiving surface, directing a liquid to the receiving surface and producing a liquid surface. Collecting samples of the air and directing the samples of air so that the samples... Agent: Eddie E. Scott Assistant Laboratory Counsel

20070107538 - Biobriefcase aerosol collector heater: A system for sampling air and collecting particles potentially including bioagents entrained in the air for detection. The system comprises collecting a sample of the air with the particles entrained in the air, directing the sample to a receiving surface, directing a liquid to the receiving surface thereby producing a... Agent: The Regents Of The University Of California

20070107537 - Biobriefcase electrostatic aerosol collector: A system for sampling air and collecting particles entrained in the air comprising a receiving surface, a liquid input that directs liquid to the receiving surface and produces a liquid surface, an air input that directs the air so that the air with particles entrained in the air impact the... Agent: Eddie E. Scott Assistant Laboratory Counsel

20070107540 - Method and apparatus for assessing or characterizing properties of powdered or particulate materials: A method for assessing a property or properties of a powdered or particulate material, which includes: containing the material within, or causing the material to flow through, a rotating vessel or chamber supported via a sensor indicative of force or weight, monitoring an output signal from the sensor as the... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070101800 - Liquid or gas sensor and method: Fluid sensor containing a fluid cell (1) to enclose a volume of fluid (7), i.e. a gas or liquid, that is to be analysed and a method for producing such a fluid sensor. The fluid sensor comprises an electromagnetic energy source (3) arranged to transmit electromagnetic waves (4) into the... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070101801 - Gas sensor: A gas sensor having an elastic insulating member including a longitudinal hole for receiving an air permeability filter assembly and a passage portion communications between the longitudinal hole and an outer side thereof.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070101803 - Apparatus for permeability analysis: An apparatus for permeability analysis which transmits a testing fluid to the tubular specimen and measures the volume of the testing fluid permeating through the tubular specimen. The apparatus for permeability analysis has a tubular specimen, a cylindrical frame, a carrier gas flow inlet leading from the outside of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070101802 - System and process for break detection in porous elements for screening or filtering: A method of detecting breaks in a porous element in a material separator is disclosed. A shielding is created in the material separator to form a barrier to RF energy. The shielding is formed with a path through the barrier capable of allowing RF energy and material to flow therethrough.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070101804 - Ultrasonic liquid viscosity sensor using mode conversion: The present invention provides a liquid viscosity sensor comprising an ultrasonic source, a sampling body and an ultrasonic receiver. The sampling body includes a sampling face contactable by a sample of liquid, in use. The source is operable to generate a longitudinal ultrasonic wave which follows a path through the... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20070101806 - Engine misfire identification device for internal combustion engine and hybrid vehicle equipped with the same: In response to the on condition of an engine misfire identification switch SWj (step S110: No), the engine misfire identification device of the invention sets a maintenance-based engine misfire identification pattern and performs engine misfire identification across the whole operable range of an engine (step S120). When a frequency of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070101805 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, is described. The engine has a number of cylinders (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4), and in each of the cylinders (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4), one movable piston is accommodated, which is capable of passing through an intake phase... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070101807 - Intake device for internal combustion engine and method of measuring intake air amount: An intake device for an internal combustion engine includes a restriction valve provided in an air intake path of the engine, and an air flow rate sensor for measuring the amount of air suctioned into the air intake path which is provided on the downstream side of the restriction valve.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070101808 - Single phase fluid sampling apparatus and method for use of same: An apparatus (100) for obtaining a plurality of fluid samples in a subterranean well includes a carrier (104), a plurality of sampling chambers (102) and a pressure source (108). The carrier (104) has a longitudinally extending internal fluid passageway (112) and a plurality of externally disposed chamber receiving slots (159).... Agent: Lawrence R. Youst Danamraj & Youst, P.C.

20070101809 - Fluid level detection using rf: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to fluid level detection. In general, in some implementations, a fluid level detector includes a radio frequency transmitter, and a plurality of radio frequency detectors arranged to receive radio frequency signals from the radio frequency transmitter when above a fluid level. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070101810 - Radar level gauge with variable transmission power: A pulsed radar level gauge, comprising a transmitter for generating and transmitting a signal in the form of a pulse train, means for receiving pulses reflected in said tank, and to form an analogue tank signal based on these reflections, an analogue to digital converter for sampling and digitizing said... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070101811 - Distributed impedance sensor: An apparatus is disclosed for measuring one or more parameters of a variable physical structure, at least one of the parameters being fluid level, position, velocity or acceleration. The apparatus includes an electromagnetic sensing element comprising at least two electrically conductive members that are electrically insulated from one another. A... Agent: David S. Nyce

20070101812 - Miniature package for translation of sensor sense axis: A ceramic L-shaped or T-shaped packaging apparatus for a Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) inertial sensor die that translates the sensor sense axis perpendicular to the normal input plane for direct attachment to a system-level printed circuit board (PCB).... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070101813 - Single chip tri-axis accelerometer: Single chip 3-axis thermal accelerometer devices include a substrate, at least one cavity etched in the substrate, a fluid disposed in the cavity, a bridge structure suspended over an opening of the cavity, and a plurality of heater elements and temperature sensing elements disposed on the bridge structure. The substrate... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070101814 - High-temperature piezoelectric vibration sensor assembly: An integral connectorless hermetically sealed high-temperature piezoelectric sensor housing and cable assembly includes signal conditioning/processing circuitry having a charge amplifier-differential amplifier combination with integral trim capacitor and/or a voltage divider network in at least one signal processing path to provide the ability to custom adjust input impedances and balance common-mode... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070101815 - Ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials: An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for a composite material includes a block comprising the composite material. The block further comprises a first plurality of parallel rectangular-shaped channels within the block and a second plurality of parallel rectangular-shaped channels within the block, wherein the second plurality of channels extend at about... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20070101816 - Digital log amplifier for ultrasonic testing: The apparatus and method of the present invention provides a plurality of linear amplifiers simultaneously processing an ultrasonic signal. Each amplifier of the plurality of linear amplifiers has a predetermined gain level suitable for achieving the desired output signal level for input to an analog to digital (A/D) converter for... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070095122 - Method for directing a controlled movement of a vehicle component: Methods for facilitating controlled movement of at least one vehicle wheel. The methods include the step of presenting a display of information, such as by visual display or audible signals, to an operator to direct a manual controlled-speed movement of the vehicle wheel. The controlled-speed movement may be a rotational... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070095123 - Noise eliminating apparatus, weight measurement apparatus, method of eliminating noise, and method of designing digital filter: A filter coefficient calculator of a weight measurement apparatus calculates filter coefficients using a predetermined arithmetic expression and outputs them to a signal processor. The signal processor carries out a filtering process on a weighing signal using the filter coefficients. The arithmetic expression includes a spectrum parameter specifying a band... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070095124 - Inertial north finder: A non-gyroscopic inertial seeker system for determining the azimuth of a body relative to the true North. The system includes a fluid rotor angular accelerometer which provides a periodic output signal, and means to extract the body azimuthal direction relative to the true North from the periodic output.... Agent: Mark M. Friedman C/o Polkinghorn

20070095126 - Gas chromatograph module with an electronic device: The present invention is directed to a gas chromatograph (GC) module having a column assembly and a printed circuit board mounted to a valve assembly. A plurality of electronic devices are mounted to the circuit board. The electronic devices include non-volatile memory, pressure sensors and detector devices.... Agent: Abb Inc.

20070095125 - Microdischarge detector method and apparatus: A differential microdischarge detector system. The system comprises two microdischarge detectors (MDDs). One of the MDDs is connected to receive sample analytes to be measured, while the other MDD is connected to receive a reference sample that contains interfering gases and none or a much lower concentration of the sample... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070095127 - Moisture detection and control using sensor feedback: A method for moisture detection and removal is provided. The method involves providing discrete feedback as an indication of current moisture accumulation on a surface of a perforated plane, wherein the plane includes at least one moisture sensor, integrated within the surface to form the plane, comparing the indication of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070095128 - Miniaturized membrane and shell for a pressure measuring sensor: Membrane (24) of a shell (20) of a pressure sensor, having an upper and lower chamber (34, 23), wherein the membrane is made by a support wall (36) and a cap (41) having an upper and lower sheets (31, 32), the support wall having a central aperture (33), the support... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070095129 - Cantilevers for sensing fluid properties: A system for sensing a property of a fluid comprises a fluid channel operable to receive the fluid therein, a flexible arm having a free end positioned within at least a portion of the fluid channel, a fluid actuator disposed sufficiently close to the flexible arm such that actuation of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070095130 - Rough road detection system: A rough road detection system includes a collection module, a statistical module, and a comparison module. The collection module collects samples from a vibration sensitive signal. The statistical module removes a periodic anomaly from the samples and removes a random anomaly from the samples with a filter having a filter... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070095131 - Abnormal condition detecting system for engine: In an abnormal condition detecting system, an electronic control unit determines that a condition for carrying out a process for detecting an abnormal condition of an electric motor and/or electric supply lines for the motor is satisfied, when a position of a control valve is at its initial closed position.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070095132 - Starter motor apparatus and method for starter motor testing: An apparatus for holding a starter motor for testing has a base, a first pad mounted to the base that provides a support rest to a first side of the starter motor, a ratcheting arm having a second pad for contacting a second, opposite side of the starter motor, and... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070095133 - Tire pressure gauge: A tire pressure gauge includes a casing, conduits and a pressure indicator. The conduits are in fluid communication with one another, and are connectable to respective valves of tires of a vehicle. The pressure indicator is operable to provide an indication that is indicative of the pressure in at least... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070095134 - Apparatus for detecting pressure: The present invention relates to apparatuses for detecting fuel pressure in internal combustion engines. The invention especially relates to internal combustion engine applications in which fuel reaches a high pressure. The apparatus according to the invention is a simple switch apparatus. In the apparatus the fuel pressure moves a piston... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070095135 - Method for determining drag characteristics of aircraft and system for performing the method: A method for designing aircraft including providing a model of the aircraft and a plurality of sensors mounted on the model. The method further includes positioning the aircraft model in a fluid tunnel at an initial attitude and measuring an initial orientation of the aircraft model while the aircraft model... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070095136 - Multiphase flowmeter: Apparatus and method for measuring one or more fluid flow rates in a gas and liquid multiphase system, in which the multiphase flow is separated in-line into, gas and liquid flows, measurements on the liquid and/or gas streams are taken in the region immediately following the separation, the flows are... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070095137 - Magnetic induction switching circuits and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include magnetic induction switching circuits and methods. In one embodiment the present invention includes a magnetic induction switching circuit comprising a magnetic induction device for sensing a magnetic field and generating signals corresponding to the polarity of the field. A detection control unit detects the... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20070095138 - Method and apparatus for measuring the structural integrity of a safe-life aircraft component: The structural integrity of a safe-life aircraft component on an aircraft is measured and assessed by a processing unit. The component includes a load-bearing metal element that is free from cracks. In the method, acoustic emissions generated in the metal element are converted into electronic signals. The acoustic emissions converted... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070095139 - Method and apparatus for non-destructive testing of concrete structures: An ultrasonic pulse is applied from a transmission probe for longitudinal waves kept in contact with the external surface of a concrete structure into the interior of the structure, and a reflected wave returning after being reflected by the boundary face of the concrete structure is detected with a reception... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070095140 - Single-side ultrasonic inspection systems and methods: Ultrasonic systems and methods for inspecting a channel member through a skin or panel are provided. The channel member may be a stiffener for an aircraft component such as a trapezoidal stringer attached to a skin of an aircraft fuselage. Transducers of the system are disposed on a side of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070095141 - Porosity reference standard for ultrasonic inspection of composite materials: A porosity reference standard for ultrasonic inspection of composite materials includes a right prism manufactured from a solid isotropic material and a porosity created within the right prism. The porosity reference standard may be a glass block that encloses a plurality of simulated voids created through laser etching. The porosity... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20070095142 - Systems and methods for self-synchronized digital sampling: Systems and methods for self-synchronized data sampling are provided. In one embodiment, a system for capturing synchronous data samples is provided. The system comprises an analog to digital converter adapted to capture signals from one or more sensors and convert the signals into a stream of digital data samples at... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070095143 - Fluid pressure sensing chamber: A pressure sensing chamber having a tubing extension with a reduced diameter portion extending through the chamber. The tubing contains a plurality of ports so as to allow the purging of air from the chamber, but the ports are sized so that bubbles entering the tubing cannot easily flow into... Agent: Alcon

20070095144 - Low cost high-pressure sensor: A pressure sensing apparatus including a thin disc of a metal having a ceramic material layer and piezoresistive elements formed thereon. A surface of the disc is bonded to a diaphragm assembly on a pressure port base constructed of a low cost metal. The bonding process is performed at low... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc. - Patent Department

20070095145 - Pressure sensor: A pressure sensor includes a casing formed with a first case and a second case that has a pressure introduction hole for introducing a measurement object, a pressure sensing portion in the casing and a metal diaphragm disposed between an end face of the first case and a reception face... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070095146 - Internal pressure simulator for pressure sensors: In oil-filled pressure sensors, the measured pressure is applied to a compliant isolation diaphragm, which causes the pressure of the internal oil to increase until it equals the external pressure. The pressure is sensed by a pressure sensing capsule, such as a MEMS piezoresistive pressure sensor. The invention incorporates an... Agent: Kenneth Watov Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20070095147 - Capacitive pressure sensor: A capacitive pressure sensor is provided. The capacitive pressure sensor includes a glass substrate that has a pair of surfaces facing each other. A first silicon substrate has a fixed electrode passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at one surface and a projection passing through the glass substrate... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070095148 - Pressure sensor: A lower capacitive electrode and a capacitive electrode of an opposite substrate are provided to mutually facing surfaces of a TFT substrate and the opposite substrate, respectively; and a seal member is provided to the peripheral part of both substrates. The seal member creates a predetermined gap between the substrates,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070095149 - Electric power tool with optimized operating range: The invention relates to an electric power tool (1), having an electric motor (8) that serves to drive a tool (6). The electric power tool (1) is characterized in that a sensor unit (9) that detects the contact pressure of the tool (6) against a workpiece (7) cooperates with a... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070095151 - Coriolis flowmeter: A pair of second drive devices (5, 5) for alternately driving the flow tube (3) rotationally are disposed at positions laterally symmetrical with respect to the drive device (4). The paired second drive devices (5, 5) are driven in phase; the drive device (4) is driven with the opposite phase... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070095152 - Vibration-type measurement pickup for measuring media flowing in two medium-lines, and inline measuring device having such a pickup: A measurement pickup includes at least four measuring tubes for conveying media to be measured. Each measuring tube has a first in-/outlet end and a second in-/outlet end. During operation, the measuring tubes vibrate, at least at times, especially simultaneously. The measurement pickup further includes an electromechanical exciter mechanism causing... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070095153 - Inline measuring device: An inline measuring device which serves for measuring at least one physical, measured variable of a medium conveyed in a pipeline, includes a measurement pickup of vibration-type, as well as a measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the measurement pickup. The measurement pickup includes at least one, essentially straight measuring... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070095150 - Method and apparatus for measuring cryogenic flow: A method for calculating a mass flow rate of a cryogenic fluid within a flow tube includes positioning a sensor within a stream of cryogenic fluid flowing through the flow tube. The sensor is operatively coupled to a strain gauge. A difference between a dynamic pressure in the fluid stream... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070095154 - Method and device for producing screw connections: m

20070095155 - Digital beam torque wrench: A digital beam-type torque wrench has a main beam and a stationary beam having a distal end thereof fixedly attached at or near a distal end of the main beam. A sensing assembly is disposed generally at a proximal end of the main beam and includes a displacement sensing element... Agent: C. James Bushman

20070095156 - Flexure system for strain-based instruments: A device for measuring forces on a sensor body, comprising a beam. An array comprising at least one recess is formed in the beam. The array has a length-to-height ration of less than 1.0. At least one strain transducer is mounted in at least one recess, wherein when incorporated in... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070095157 - Method and apparatus for analysis of elements in bulk substance: A substance analyzer utilizing Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis for identifying characteristics of a substance and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The analyzer is small enough to be portable and to allow its use in many applications where current analyzers cannot be utilized. The analyzer uses a neutron... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070095158 - Automatic sampler: An automatic sampler for automatically sampling liquid samples to be introduced into apparatuses that analyze liquid samples, such as liquid chromatographs, includes a needle with a tapered tip end for suctioning and ejecting liquid, a mechanism for moving the needle in the horizontal and vertical directions, and an injection port... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070095159 - Sampling device and method for an automatic analyser: A method and device for an automatic analyzer, in particular for blood analysis sampling consists in displacing a sampling needle (5) rotatable around an axis (X2) which forms an angle with the sampling needle. The method and device are particularly suitable for use in a small blood sampling automate.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070095160 - Structural assessment and monitoring system and associated method: A system and method for assessing and monitoring a structure are provided. The system includes at least one radio frequency identification tag, and at least one non-destructive inspection sensor for acquiring data indicative of the structure and providing the acquired data to the radio frequency identification tag. The system could... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP