Measuring and testing inventions 08/07

20070199365 - Means for calibrating a measuring instrument: Described is a method and an output apparatus for inputting and outputting data from a first electronic device. The input and output apparatus is detachably mountable to the first electronic device and includes at least one storage unit, which stores data obtained by the first electronic device. Further discussed is... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070199366 - Gas sensor unit and sensor cap: A gas sensor unit including a gas sensor and a sensor cap. The gas sensor includes a gas detecting element, an electrode provided on the gas detecting element and a sensor terminal connecting to the electrode for transmitting an output signal from the gas detecting element. The sensor cap is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070199367 - Knocking presence evaluation circuit for an internal combustion engine, knocking identification and control system and corresponding pressure signal processing method: A knocking presence evaluation circuit in an internal combustion engine having a pressure sensor facing a combustion chamber for each cylinder comprised in the engine and suitable to produce a pressure signal. The circuit comprises: an input terminal; a processing block connected by the input terminal to the pressure sensor... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070199368 - Apparatus and method for testing reservoir drilling fluids for drilling unconsolidated tar sands: An apparatus and method for testing fluids to be used when drilling in unconsolidated sand formations includes a container having a first port and a second port and a plurality of perforations through which fluid can be communicated, a bore holder slidingly retained through a portion of the container between... Agent: Carter J. White Legal Department M-i L.L.C.

20070199370 - Drying balance: A drying balance (1) including a pan (3) that rests on a weighing system (2) as well as a heat source (5) for heating and drying a sample (4) on the pan. A sensor (11) measures the absorption coefficient, transmission coefficient, or reflection coefficient of the sample (4) in at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070199371 - Hardness tester with a loading structure of the indenter independent of the stress frame connecting the indenter to the anvil: A hardness tester of a relatively large “cantilevering” and/or designed for permitting application of relatively large loads to the indenter may be constructed in a much slander and lighter manner by employing a loading mechanism based on the use of a second or auxiliary loading arm pivotally anchored to the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070199375 - Valve-testing system and method employing a fluid-transfer system with a reservoir: A valve-testing system for gathering information relating to the operation of a fuel injector. The valve-testing system may include a fluid-transfer system. The fluid-transfer system may include an inlet configured to receive fluid discharged by the fuel injector, an outlet, a reservoir having a first port and a second port,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070199376 - Multi-layer piezoelectric measuring element, and pressure sensor or force sensor comprising such a measuring element: A piezoelectric measuring element (9) consists of at least two piezoelectric crystals (1) showing a transversal effect for the measurement of axially acting forces and/or pressures as well as to a pressure or force sensor comprising said element. The crystals (1) with transversal effect having an opposite polarization (4) to... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070199379 - Metal loss rate sensor and measurement using a mechanical oscillator: The present invention is a mechanical oscillator metal loss sensor for use in a corrosive or erosive environment. The elements include a means for mechanical excitation, and a mechanical oscillator with two regions that corrode differently, where the regions are determined to affect specific influences on the resonance parameters, wherein... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20070199380 - System and method for monitoring a filter: A monitoring assembly for a filter may include a transmitter, arranged on a first side of the filter, configured to emit sound waves. The monitoring assembly may also include a first receiver, arranged on the first side of the filter, configured to receive the sound waves. The monitoring assembly may... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070199381 - Acoustic testing apparatus for testing a laminate material and an acoustic testing method for testing a laminate material: An acoustic testing apparatus for testing a laminate material comprising at least one layer of a first material having a first velocity for a first vibration mode and at least one layer, adjacent to said first layer, of a second material having a velocity for a second vibration mode, approximately... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070199382 - Information processing apparatus and earthquake monitoring method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, an acceleration sensor, a detection unit configured to monitor an output signal from the acceleration sensor and to detect occurrence of an earthquake, and a notification unit configured to send, when the detection unit detects the occurrence of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070199383 - Pipeline integrity analysis using an in-flow vehicle: Apparatus and methods for mapping vibrations in a pipeline using an in-flow vehicle (“IFV”) are provided. The IFV is propelled through a pipeline, either by fluid flow or by self-propulsion. The IFV includes one or more vibration sensors, a power source, and electronic instrumentation that is programmed to records vibrations... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070199384 - Isothermal de-iced sensor: Temperature and pressure sensors are protected from ice buildup by a in heat exchange relationship with a probe surrounding the sensors.... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070199385 - Capacitor electrode formed on surface of integrated circuit chip: A sensor has a sensor housing defining a cavity therein. A first wall partially defining the cavity is deflectable under a physiologically relevant range of pressures. An integrated circuit chip bearing electronics is fixedly mounted within the cavity. A capacitor comprises first and second capacitor plates in generally parallel, spaced-apart... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070199387 - Test stand: A test stand (10) for testing hoists (16) includes a test frame (12) and a tensioning device (14) to apply a tensile load to the hoist (16) being tested. The hoist (16) is connected to the test stand (10) at two connection points (26, 28) to which the tensioning device... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070199389 - Compensating for frequency change in flowmeters: Motion is induced in a conduit that contains a fluid. The motion is induced such that the conduit oscillates in a first mode of vibration and a second mode of vibration. The first mode of vibration has a corresponding first frequency of vibration and the second mode of vibration has... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070199390 - Hand-held pipette comprising at least one track and one brush for displaying a volume value to be sampled: The hand-held pipette comprises at least one track having increments, at least one brush, and a register area arranged to come into contact with each brush after it has traveled a predetermined number of increments.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070193333 - System and method for determining functionality or accuracy of a sensor: A system and method for determining functionality and accuracy of a sensor such that monitoring of a sensor is possible without the provision of redundant sensors. Briefly described, one embodiment is an anemometer operable to detect wind speed adjacent to the wind power installation, a calculating unit operable to calculate... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070193334 - Flow meter type identification: A flow meter monitoring system (100) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The flow meter monitoring system (100) includes a communication interface (101) configured to communicate with one or more flow meters and receive meter calibration values for a flow meter of the one or more flow... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070193336 - Single stage flow modulator for performing comprehensive chromatography: A single stage flow modulator for performing comprehensive chromatography comprises a first chromatographic column, a valve fluidically coupled to at least two fluid conduits, wherein when in a first position, the valve directs a control flow to direct an output of the first chromatographic column to a first detector, and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070193339 - Method and apparatus for measurement of pressure at a device/body interface: A system and method for measuring contact pressures between two surfaces, and especially, between the body and a device resting on the body, e.g., the skin and a breathable gas mask. A deformable, resilient probe having a flow passage therein is initially placed between the two surfaces such that the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070193338 - Method of proof testing glass: A method of proof testing glass containers is disclosed. The method involves applying pressure to a sealed container in two discrete stages as shown in FIG. 1. In the first stage, the pressure is increased to a peak over at a first rate. In the second stage, the pressure is... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070193340 - Gas leak detection device and method for same: A gas leak detection device for a fuel cell system equipped with a main valve (SV1) in a fuel gas supply source (11), comprising a shutdown valve (SV2) provided in a fuel gas supply channel downstream of the main valve (SV1), pressure monitoring devices (p1, p2, 20) for monitoring a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070193341 - Testing device for detecting vapor emission of at least one leakage point, especially of a mechanical shaft seal, particularly in the automotive field: A testing device for detecting vapor emission of at least one leakage point has at least one upstream measuring unit arranged upstream of the leakage point and at least one downstream measuring unit arranged downstream of the leakage point. The at least one upstream and the at least one downstream... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20070193342 - Sensor for detecting hydrocarbons: A fluid sensor comprises a sensor housing, a sensor package, an actuator and a switch. The sensor package is disposed within the sensor housing and includes first and second screens and at least one sensing membrane. The sensing membrane is disposed between the first and second screens and is adapted... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20070193343 - System and method for improved optical measurements during rheometric measurements: A rheometric system includes an optical encoder coupled to a rotating shaft and configured to detect a rotational position of the shaft with respect to a reference. The rotational information is forwarded to a program or memory. An optical rotation plate is mechanically fastenable to the rotating shaft. A laser... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070193344 - Consistency transmitter: The present invention is a consistency transmitter for the measurement of consistency, viscosity, and other properties of matter. The transmitter consists of a measuring element, attached to a bearing-mounted shaft and rotated in the matter to be measured by a direct drive motor that is positioned coaxially with the measuring... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070193345 - Liquid-condition detection sensor: A liquid-condition detection sensor (1) includes a concentration sensor element (260) for detecting the condition of liquid to be measured; a wiring board (40) including a driving control circuit (41) disposed above the concentration sensor element (260); a cable (50) mechanically connected to the wiring board (40), extending downward from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070193347 - Nanoindentation surface analysis tool and method: The present invention provides a novel method for determining the mechanical properties of the surfaces of materials including thin films. Generally, the method is comprised of laterally scanning the surface of the film with an array of cantilever tips varying temperature, load and time to obtain a measurement of mechanical... Agent: Law Office Of Dan Shifrin, PC - Ibm

20070193349 - Tire pressure gauge: A tire pressure gauge for attachment to a valve stem includes a wall defining a chamber having a first port adapted to sealingly engage a valve stem, a probe being mounted in the first port so as to open a valve of a valve stem sealingly engaged by the first... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070193348 - Tire pressure gauge with data transmitter: A tire pressure gauge is provided mountable to a valve stem of a tire/wheel combination or to a rim of a wheel. The tire pressure gauge includes both a proximal display viewable by an individual adjacent the tire/wheel combination and a remote indicator of tire pressure status. This remote indicator... Agent: Bradley P. Heisler Heisler & Associates

20070193350 - Volume measuring device and method: A volume measuring apparatus is provided with: an acoustic tube whose one end is communicated with a container in which an object to be measured is contained; another container communicated with the other end of the acoustic tube; a partition chamber which defines a sealed space disposed adjacent to the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070193351 - Method and apparatus for ion-selective discrimination of fluids downhole: In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed for determining a source of a fluid downhole. The method includes deploying an ion selective sensor downhole, exposing the fluid to the ion selective sensor downhole, measuring an ion concentration at different places within the fluid and using that information to identify... Agent: Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington Schmidt Walker & Tran LLP

20070193352 - Activity monitoring: An activity monitor is provided that corrects for the effects of motion external to the entity being monitored. For example, the activity monitor can overcome the effects of vehicular travel.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070193353 - Silicon inertial sensors formed using mems: A MEMS silicon inertial sensor formed of a mass that is supported and constrained to vibrate in only specified ways. The sensors can be separately optimized from the support, to adjust the sensitivity separate from the bandwidth. The sensor can sense three dimensionally, or can only sense in a single... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070193355 - Accelerometer: An accelerometer is fabricated as a MEMS device and includes an array of capacitive electrode plates mechanically coupled to a common proof mass. The proof mass is constrained to move or vibrate in the plane parallel to the first array of plates. The capacitance between the first array of plates... Agent: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20070193354 - Capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer for element transducer apertures: A capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array includes an improved elementary aperture for imaging operations. The transducer can be of a linear, curved linear, annular, matrix or even single surface configuration. The elementary apertures thereof are formed by a specific arrangement of capacitive micromachined membranes (CMM) so as to exhibit... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070193356 - Gauge with dual scale: A gauge of a vehicle instrument cluster includes a gauge defining a dial. A pointer is rotatably mounted in the instrument cluster and movable to a plurality of positions relative to the dial. A first scale of numbers is arranged sequentially around the dial and corresponds to a first range... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070193357 - Apparatus and method for monitoring the condition of pipelines: Apparatus for condition control of a pipeline with a fluid flow pipe for transport of a fluid, comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in the vicinity of the external surface of the pipeline. By emitting, receiving and analyzing ultrasonic signals by means of ultrasonic transducers it is possible to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070193358 - Capacity detection type sensor element: A capacity detection type sensor element includes a rectangular vibrating plate, a flat back electrode which are provided opposedly with each other, and fixing portions which are provided adjoining to the vibrating plate, and has a predetermined length A of edge at a side adjoining to the vibrating plate. The... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070193360 - Assembly for testing panels under shear-compression loads: Assembly for testing a panel (11) made of composite material under different combinations of shear-compression loads using an universal tension load machine (16), comprising metallic sheets (12) configured to form, together with the panel (11), a frame of rectangular shape in the same plane than the panel (11), being said... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070193361 - Compressive load sensor by capacitive measurement: A thin, flat capacitive load sensor, such as of layered sandwich construction, having a variety of shapes, so as to provide a seal between two or more opposing surfaces. The load sensor includes a thin first and second insulating outer layer between which an inner layer is secured. The inner... Agent: Gregory M. Luck Thompson & Knight, LLP

20070193362 - Fiber optic strain gage: Fiber optical gages that impart physical strain to an optical fiber by varying the tension applied axially to the fiber, which causes a change in the optical property of the light transmitted through the fiber. A gage carrier which provides the benefits of a metal carrier for ease of handling... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070193363 - Stress and/or tension monitoring systems and methods: There is disclosed a system comprising a structure, from 1 to 10 dynamic tension sensors, adapted to monitor a dynamic tension level of at least one point along a length of the structure, and a controller adapted to calculate a dynamic bending stress or strain level at a plurality of... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070193367 - Ultrasonic fluid measurement instrument: An ultrasonic fluid measurement instrument is capable of highly accurate fluid measurement. A measurement part is provided forming a plurality of split channels partitioned by partition boards halfway across a fluid channel, and at least a pair of ultrasonic transmitter-receivers for transmitting ultrasonic waves into the fluid flowing through the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070193371 - Mass flow meter: Strain gauges A, B for a bending portion cross each other and are stuck to a strain gauge sticking portion 7 for a bending portion located in a portion applying centrifugal force or centripetal force of a fluid thereto in a bending portion 4 in a bending circular tube 1... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070193369 - Multiphasic overreading correction in a process variable transmitter: A process variable transmitter is operably coupleable to a source of multiphasic process fluid flow. The process variable transmitter is configured to obtain information relative to temperature, a reference pressure, and differential pressure across a differential pressure producer in the multiphasic process flow. The process variable transmitter is configured to... Agent: Christopher R. Christenson Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070193368 - Ultra low pressure drop flow sensor: A fluid velocity sensor includes a sensor die for detecting a fluid property of a fluid flowing through a low resistance flow channel defined by a flow channel wall. One or more tap can be oriented facing into a direction of a flow stream of a fluid flowing through a... Agent: Intellectual Property Honeywell International Property

20070193370 - Liquid dispenser with volume meter & method: A liquid dispenser comprises a sprayer device and volume meter connected together to form an integral unit that prevents the sprayer device and volume meter from being disconnected without damaging the dispenser. The volume meter has an inlet end portion and a gauge member downstream of the inlet end portion... Agent: Connors Associates

20070193373 - Isokinetic sampling: A method of sampling a multi-phase fluid stream is provided which comprises the steps of: sampling, with a sampling probe, a portion of the fluid stream; measuring the flow rate of said sampled portion; and measuring, independently of the sampling step, the total flow rate of the fluid stream, wherein... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Intellectual Property Law Department

20070193374 - Method for sampling flue gas for analysis containing gas component having high susceptibility to adsorption: An object of the invention is to realize high-accuracy analysis of a flue gas in terms of a trace amount of ammonia so as to control the level of ammonia gas to be added to a flue gas NOx removal apparatus. Since the ammonia gas to be determined is a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070193376 - Sterile single use sampling device: The present invention provides a device for obtaining a sample of fluid from a process conduit. The device includes a tubular core that has a passageway extending therethrough. The tubular core has ends that are attachable to spaced-apart portions of a conduit. A tubular sleeve surrounds the tubular core such... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070193377 - Single phase fluid sampling apparatus and method for use of same: An apparatus (300) for obtaining a fluid sample in a subterranean well includes a housing (302) having a sample chamber (314) defined therein. The sample chamber (314) is selectively in fluid communication with the exterior of the housing (302) and is operable to receive the fluid sample therefrom. A debris... Agent: Lawrence R. Youst

20070193378 - Powder monitor: The inventive sensor illuminates the powder layer (40) by means of sensing segments (30, 31, 32), said powder layer scattering the measuring beams. Flaws in the powder layer lead to increased reflection such that a reflected measuring beam is reflected into the segments (30, 31, 31). The reflected beams are... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070193379 - Electronic scale for measuring gas in pressurized cylinders over a wide range of capacities: A scale for calculating a remaining time that gas remains in a cylinder. An electronic scale calculates an actual tare weight of the gas in the cylinder using the total weight of the cylinder with the gas and the weight of the cylinder when empty. The remaining time that gas... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070193380 - Z offset mems device: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device with a mechanism layer having a first part and a second part, and at least one cover for sealing the mechanism layer. The inner surface of at least one of the covers is structured such that a protruding structure is present on the inner surface... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070186618 - Method and apparatus for testing detectors: An apparatus (10) for testing detectors has a cup or chamber (30) supported within a mid-cap (40) by a support ring (50). An adjustable cap (70) attaches at one end to a mid-cap (40) and at the other end to a step-adjust cap (80) via bayonet mounting. A handle (60)... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20070186619 - Humidity measuring device and method: A humidity measuring device is disclosed. The humidity measuring device includes a housing having a housing interior, a temperature controller thermally engaging the housing, a humidity sensor provided in the housing interior and an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit disposed in fluid communication with the housing interior. A fuel... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070186620 - Method and apparatus for measuring knocking in internal combustion engines: A method and apparatus for measuring knocking in internal combustion engines employs a high temperature transducer, which transducer is mounted within a cylinder. The output of the transducer is solely related to pressure. The output signal from the transducer is directed to the input of a high frequency amplifier associated... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070186621 - Pressure sensor: A choked-flow orifice gas gauge proximity sensor for sensing a difference between a reference surface standoff and a measurement surface standoff is disclosed. Unlike existing proximity sensors, the gas gauge proximity sensor of the present invention replaces the use of a mass flow controller with a choked flow orifice. The... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070186622 - Method and device for measurement of permeation: Simultaneously analysing the isotopic gases having permeated through the material (M) and being present in the second chamber (12), in order to simultaneously calculate permeation through the material (M) of each of the corresponding target gases. The invention further relates to a device for implementing such a method, and a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070186623 - System and method for detecting and quantifying changes in the mass content of liquid storage containers: A storage tank leak detection system, including a quartz crystal type pressure transducer held at a constant temperature, a bubbler-based pressure sensor for reporting tank bottom pressure measurements to the transducer, a fluid surface measurement apparatus to report liquid surface pressure to the transducer, atmospheric pressure measuring apparatus, and a... Agent: Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated

20070186624 - Acoustic method for measuring a signal propagation time in a medical liquid and device for using this method: This invention relates to the field of signal transit time sensors, in particular sensors based on ultrasonic transit times. Existing electronic control circuits for such transit time sensors for measurements on medical liquids, in particular blood, are extremely complex or their time resolution is limited. However, the present invention makes... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070186625 - Apparatus and method to monitor slurries for waste re-injection: A method to inject a slurry into a subterranean formation includes measuring characteristic data from a well in communication with the subterranean formation, estimating downhole properties of the slurry using the measured characteristic data, measuring surface properties of the slurry with a measurement apparatus, determining optimal surface properties for the... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20070186626 - Device for determining the center of gravity of an object: The device for determining the center of gravity of an object measures the moments of the object (e.g., golf club head, or other irregularly shaped object) as it is positioned in three mutually orthogonal axes. As the weight of the object is known, the moments may be divided by the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070186629 - Functionalizable nanowire-based afm probe: The functionalizable nanowire-based AFM probe comprises a cantilever element, a semiconductor nanowire and a catalyst nanoparticle. The cantilever element comprises a crystalline growth surface at one end. The semiconductor nanowire extends substantially orthogonally from the growth surface and, hence from the cantilever element. The catalyst nanoparticle is located at the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070186627 - High aspect ratio afm probe and method of making: The high aspect ratio atomic force microscope (AFM) probe has a cantilever element with a crystalline growth surface at one end. The AFM probe additionally has a semiconductor nanowire extending substantially orthogonally from the growth surface. The AFM probe is made by covering the cantilever element with sacrificial material, leaving... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070186628 - Insertable nanoscale fet probe: The nanoscale FET probe comprises a cantilever element and, at one end of the cantilever element, a nanowire that extends from the cantilever element. The nanowire is electrically connected to the cantilever element at at least one of the ends of the nanowire. The nanowire is capable of being coated... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070186630 - Sensor arrangement and method for producing a sensor arrangement: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement (8), comprising a flange component (9), for external fixing of the sensor arrangement (8) and a sleeve (1), for housing electrical components, which is firmly secured to the flange component (9). The invention also relates to a method for producing a sensor arrangement.... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070186631 - Ice-processing device: An ice-processing device is configured to test a consequence of ice on an aircraft engine component by simulating an effect on the ice upstream of the component.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070186633 - Dual mode contact sensor for automotive vehicle: A dual mode contact sensor for an automotive vehicle includes an impact-responsive tubular sensing member, and a first linear contact which is closed with the outer surface of the tubular sensing member. A second linear contact is mounted within the tubular sensing member such that a higher force impact, sufficient... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070186634 - Method for monitoring the pressure of motor vehicle tires: A method for monitoring the pressure of motor vehicle tires is provided. In the method, a tire pressure value of the filling pressure and a tire temperature value are determined. While taking into account the tire temperature values, the determined tire pressure value is compared with a stored nominal value... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186636 - Precision inflation control device: A method and apparatus to regulate the inflation of objects. To start inflation, the apparatus couples a fluid source to the object via a plenum. Concurrent with inflation, the apparatus substantially continuously measures pressure within the plenum using a sensor sufficiently proximate the object such that pressure measured by the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070186635 - Tire information communication device: A receiving antenna RA of a receiving unit RU is positioned at an inner diameter side of a rotation locus of a transmitting unit TU when a tire T rotates. Consequently, it shortens a reaching distance of electromagnetic waves and lessens its change, thereby making it easy to keep a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070186637 - Tire pressure monitoring apparatus: A tire pressure monitoring apparatus includes a pressure transducer and a valve stem. A spring member connects the pressure transducer to the valve stem. The spring member facilitates relative movement between the pressure transducer and the valve stem.... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070186638 - Method and apparatus for aerodynamic/hydrodynamic testing of a model: An aerodynamic or hydrodynamic test apparatus that permits all air to be evacuated from the test enclosure, such that no free liquid surfaces remain. This permits more accurate testing of structures, particularly at low Reynolds numbers. The apparatus includes a seal that allows the elimination of a liquid free surface.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070186639 - System, method and apparatus for petrophysical and geophysical measurements at the drilling bit: Measurement of petrophysical and geophysical data of formations in a wellbore using a long gauge bit having at least one sensor therewith. The at least one sensor may be installed in at least one flute of the long gauge bit and/or in the long gauge portion thereof. Data for creating... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070186640 - Single point and fiber optic temperature measurement for correction of a gas column weight in a well: Fluid column weight correction using discrete point and fiber optic temperature measurement. A method for determining pressure at a distal end of a fluid column in a well includes the steps of: dividing the fluid column into multiple segments; determining a temperature of each segment; and determining a pressure and... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070186641 - Hunting wind sensor: A wind sensor device consisting of a plurality of light weight, flexible, high tensile strength filaments attached to and depending from a malleable elongated body structure, such as a wire. The filaments are blown by the wind, thus indicating direction. The flexible body structure is used to attached the device... Agent: Douglas T. Johnson Miller & Martin

20070186642 - Convexo concave amplifying device and convexo concave detecting method by use thereof, deformation sensing device and convexo concave detecting method by use thereof, and convexo concave position exhibiting device and convexo concave position exhibiting m: A convexo concave amplifying device for exhibiting a convexo concave by amplifying a sense of a convexo concave of an object, comprising a sensing member and an exhibiting member. The sensing member 101 comprises a flexible sheet able to contact with the surface of the object O and to deform... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070186643 - Thermal liquid flow sensor and method of forming same: A thermal liquid flow sensor and method of forming same. The sensor has a substrate and one or more sensing elements, disposed on the substrate, for sensing a property of a liquid. The liquid flow sensor, which can be for example a microsensor having a microbrick® structure, has a hydrophilic... Agent: Bryan Anderson Attorney, Intellectual Property

20070186644 - Meter with integral register having no visual display of consumption: A combined utility meter and meter register assembly (10) is disclosed in which a housing (11, 13, 31) for both a utility metering element and a meter register has no visual readout or display of metering data. Metering data is signaled through a data port (33) or an antenna (36)... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070186645 - Arrangement for fill level measurement in a tank equipped with a sounding tube: Fuel-, ballast-, utility- or freight-tanks of ships are frequently equipped with an open sounding tube, which serves for the mechanical sounding of the fill level of the medium in the tank. In the case of fill level measurements in the sounding tube with measuring devices, which work with microwave signals,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070186647 - Fuel level measurement device: A fuel level measurement device has a fuel level sensor carried by a fuel level float at the distal end of a pivoting float arm of the device which is preferably part of a fuel pump module located inside of a fuel tank preferably for automotive applications. Preferably a sealed... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070186648 - Linear position indicator system and method: The present invention is directed to system and method for determining a fluid level. The system comprises a sensing rod assembly comprised of releasably connectable rod segments. Each rod segment carries a processor and a plurality of inductors. Each inductor generates a position signal responsive to a float signal. A... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20070186649 - Humidity sensor and semiconductor device including the same: Provided is a humidity sensor whose electrode is set to have an island-like configuration and is enclosed by a humidity sensitive film. As a result, in the humidity sensor, adhesion property between the humidity sensitive films on the electrode is enhanced and thus high reliability is achieved.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070186652 - Digital electronics on suspended assembly: A vibratory rotational rate gyroscope has a suspended assembly isolated from external vibrations by an arrangement of helical springs. This isolated assembly includes both the active components of the rotational rate gyroscope and a digital processing circuit. The digital processing circuit includes digital storage for both externally determined and internally... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070186653 - Speed measurement: The invention relates to a speed measuring device. The aim of the invention is to allow a precise and flexible speed measurement. The aim is achieved, whereby emission components are transmitted through two different paths and detected. A modification to the phase shift between the emission components in both paths,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070186655 - Methods and apparatus for porosity measurement: A method for non-destructively inspecting a composite structure with a single ultrasonic transducer includes determining a calibration amplitude of ultrasonic transmissions emitted by the single ultrasonic transducer to a reflector in a fluid-filled immersion tank and received back at the single ultrasonic transducer. The method also includes inserting the composite... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070186656 - Method and system for noise dosimeter with quick-check mode and earphone adapter: A noise dosimeter with capability to rapidly predict noise exposure over an extended time period based on a measurement of short duration. Either an acoustic or an electrical earphone adapter provides a convenient means to connect the noise dosimeter to an external sound source. A direct input jack operable to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070186659 - Combined pressure and temperature sensor: A combined pressure and temperature sensor for recording the pressure and the temperature of a medium. A sensor element of the combined pressure and temperature sensor includes a through-hole to a diaphragm and a bore for accommodating a temperature sensor. The diaphragm cooperates with a pressure sensor. At an end... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070186658 - Technique for improving pirani gauge temperature compensation over its full pressure range: A method and apparatus are provided for achieving nearly perfect temperature compensation of a heat-loss vacuum gauge over its full pressure range. A voltage is measured across a sensor leg, a sensor leg and a temperature compensating leg connected together in series, or a sensor leg and a fixed resistive... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070186657 - Thermal compensation of pressure measurements: Methods and systems for thermal compensation of pressure measurements by a pressure gauge. Errors in pressure values are reduced by utilizing a predetermined correlation between the error in pressure measurements, due to temperature gradient in a pressure gauge, and the temperature gradient caused by temperature at a surface of the... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20070186660 - Pressure transmitting connector for an endoscopy system: The inventive pressure transmitting connector, in particular for an endoscopy system includes a fluid transporting channel, a blind compartment which opens towards the transport channels by a pipe and closed by a membrane which is deformable according to a pressure in the transport channels and a device for transmitting a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070186661 - Thick film technology based ultra high pressure sensor utilizing integral port and diaphragm construction: A method and apparatus for configuring a pressure sensor. A homogeneous piece of metal can be provided. A pressure port and a machined diaphragm are integrated onto the homogeneous piece of metal, wherein the machined diaphragm is connected to the pressure port. The machined diaphragm can be configured utilizing Advanced... Agent: Bryan Anderson Honeywell International, Inc.

20070186662 - Weight sensor: The invention relates to a weight sensor comprising strain gauges which are deposited in thick films on a support (2). The support is made from an electrically-insulating material which is intended to be applied to a metallic body (1) that is essentially subject to bending. According to the invention, the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070186664 - Strain gauge: A strain gauge (10), comprising a silicon strain sensing element (14) for sensing strain with first and second load points (16) and provided with a pair of piezo-resistors (22) located between said load points such that, when said strain sensing element (14) is subjected to tension or compression at said... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070186665 - Force sensor: The resolution and the signal-to-noise ration of known force sensors as e.g. capacitive force sensors decrease when scaling them down. To solve this problem there is a solution presented by the usage of a nanostructure as e.g. a carbon nanotube, which is mechanically deformed by a force to be measured.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070186666 - Sensor and method for producing a sensor: A sensor has a substrate in which a mechanically deformable area is formed. A first magnetostrictive multilayer sensor element and a second magnetostrictive multilayer sensor element are formed in the mechanically deformable area, wherein the first magnetostrictive multilayer sensor element and the second magnetostrictive multilayer sensor element are connected to... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070186667 - Printed capacitive sensor: The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor comprises a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace, an electrically conductive reference layer on a second side of the dielectric... Agent: Milliken And Company Legal Department, M-495

20070186668 - Wireless sensor platform for harsh environments: Reliable and efficient sensing becomes increasingly difficult in harsher environments. A sensing module for high-temperature conditions utilizes a digital, rather than analog, implementation on a wireless platform to achieve good quality data transmission. The module comprises a sensor, integrated circuit, and antenna. The integrated circuit includes an amplifier, A/D converter,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070186669 - Apparatus for measuring total force in opposition to a moving vehicle and method of using: An apparatus is disclosed comprising a suite of sensors for measuring instant static and dynamic pressure and the speed and acceleration of a vehicle, such as a bicycle. A microprocessor receives data from the sensors and calculates power expended by the rider or other power source by finding the total... Agent: Michael W. Caldwell

20070186670 - Mechanical property measurement of thin films by micro plane-strain compression: This invention is directed to the measurement of stress-strain relationships in thin films using substantially flat, parallel test surfaces with minimal width. This invention is further directed to the measurement of stress-strain relationships in thin films at controlled temperatures and at high strain rates above 100% per second.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070186671 - High mast inspection system, equipment and method: An inspection system for removably mounting to a platform movable in relation to a generally upright mast for inspection of the mast has a mounting support assembly removably fixable to the platform. The mounting support assembly for scanning the mast carries a detector device and collecting mast scanned information. A... Agent: University Of Virginia Patent Foundation

20070186672 - Integrated sensor for airfoils of aircraft, particularly of airplanes and helicopters, as well as rotor blades and airplane airfoil: An integratable sensor for an airfoil of an aircraft such as an airplane and a helicopter comprises a sensor capsule, in whose inner chamber a measuring element for measuring an environmental parameter is situated. A capsule carrier is implemented to accommodate and removably attach the sensor capsule and is integratable... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186673 - Food bar fragility tester: A food bar fragility testing apparatus tests the fragility characteristics of a food bar specimen. The specimen is placed on first and second support rods with one end of the specimen abutting a sidewall of the frame of the tester. The support rods are spaced from the sidewall parallel to... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070186674 - Stress and strain analysis method and its equipment: Provided are a stress analysis method and stress analysis equipment that enable a detailed stress measurement, by using both a photoelasticity measurement method and a stress measurement (mechanoluminescence measurement) which utilizes a mechanoluminescent substance to measure a stress state of an object. Physical quantities that are measurable include individual principal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070186676 - Detectable indicator: A detectable indicator (10) formed on a body (18), the indicator (10) comprising a deformable element (12), a safeguard (14) at least partially surrounding the deformable element (12) and an area (16) in the safeguard allowing access to the deformable element (12).... Agent: William H. Mcneill Osram Sylvania Inc.

20070186677 - Non-contact rf strain sensor: A passive, non-contact radio frequency (RF) strain sensor changes resonant frequency as it is deformed. The sensor's resonant frequency can be determined by monitoring the signals transmitted and/or reflected therefrom upon illumination of the sensor by a known RF signal source. The sensor can be implemented using thin film techniques... Agent: U.s. Army Tacom-ardec Attn: Amstra-ar-gcl

20070186679 - Method and device for determining parameters of fluctuating flow: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the parameters of a fluctuating flow of a fluid in a pipe, wherein at least three electrodes that are placed at a distance from one another in the direction of flow are provided in the periphery of the flow,... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070186680 - Determination of a reception time of an ultrasonic signal by means of pulse shape detection: The present invention relates to an ultrasonic flow sensor equipped with at least one ultrasonic transducer (A, B) for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals (A0, B0) and one receiver unit (4) that is connected to the ultrasonic transducer (A, B) and detects a zero crossing (N) of the ultrasonic signal... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070186681 - Acoustically coupled ultrasonic transit time flow sensors: A transit time ultrasound sensor is employed for the measurement of liquid flow in a conduit, the sensor having an acoustic path formed of materials matched in ultrasound properties to the flow under test, and designed to conform to the shape of the conduit. The sensor can be configured as... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070186683 - Coriolis flow meter and method for determining a signal difference in cabling and first and second pickoff sensors: A Coriolis flow meter includes first and second pickoff sensors, cabling coupled to the first and second pickoff sensors, and a signal injection device coupled to the cabling. The signal injection device is configured to generate one or more reference signals, with the one or more reference signals being substantially... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070186682 - Meter electronics and method for detecting a residual material in a flow meter assembly: A meter electronics (20) and method for detecting a residual material in a flow meter assembly (10) are provided according to the invention. The meter electronics (20) includes a processing system (22) adapted to direct the flow meter (5) to vibrate the flow meter assembly (10) and receive a vibrational... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070186686 - In-line measuring devices and method for compensation measurement errors in in-line measuring devices: The measuring device comprises, for measuring multi phase mixture, a vibratory-type transducer and a measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the vibratory-type transducer. The transducer includes at least one measuring tube inserted into the course of the pipeline. An exciter arrangement acts on the measuring tube for causing the at... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070186685 - 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

20070186684 - Vibrating tube mass flow meter: A vibrating tube meter measures the density, mass flow rate or viscosity of a fluid material including a vibration section. An exciter induces vibrations in the tube vibration section at a resonance frequency. A motion sensor detects motion of the tube from the induced vibrations. A helical coil spring has... Agent: Tiffany & Bosco Camelback Esplanade Ii, Third Floor

20070186687 - Apparatus for measuring bearing thrust load: A bearing rotor thrust sensor assembly is provided for being secured to a bearing housing having a plurality of fingers extending between a pair of opposite portions of the housing. The assembly includes a first anchor member including a first cleat and configured to couple to a first housing portion... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070186688 - Insertable strain gauge spanner: An insertable strain gauge spanner which comprises a spanner body having a rod body and a driving head insertable into the rod body; the rod body having a handle and an inserting opening at one end thereof; the inserting opening can be received the driving head; the rod body being... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070186690 - Assembly for determining torque at a friction coupling: An assembly for measuring force at a friction coupling, more particularly in the driveline of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes an outer plate carrier (6) at which outer plates (7) are held so as to be rotationally secured and in a way so as to be axially displaceable, wherein... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070186691 - Rotation detection device: Torque ripple of a motor due to a rotation detection device is reduced. A periodicity gain multiplier 51 multiplies the rotation angle θ of a detection target by a ripple periodic number m per rotation of the detection target. An adder 53 adds a phase adjusting value “ψ” from a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070186692 - Electric machine apparatus with integrated, high torque density magnetic gearing: An electrical machine apparatus having magnetic gearing embedded therein includes a moveable rotor having a first magnetic field associated therewith, a stator configured with a plurality of stationary stator windings therein, and a magnetic flux modulator interposed between the moveable rotor and the stator windings. The magnetic flux modulator is... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070186693 - Torque detecting apparatus: The number n of N-poles and S-poles circumferentially aligned on the cylindrical magnet that integrally rotates with the first shaft is determined so as to be a greatest integer that satisfies the following formula that includes a maximum value Tmax (Nm) of the torque to be detected and a torsion... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070186694 - Torque detection device and magnet fixing method: An inventive torque detection device includes: a magnetic circuit forming member having a tubular magnet provided at an outer circumferential portion of a first rotating body, and a magnetic ring that is located circumferentially of the tubular magnet and rotated together with a second rotating body connected to the first... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070186695 - Torque detection device: An inventive torque detection device includes: a magnetic circuit forming member having a tubular magnet provided at a first rotating body, and a magnetic ring that is located circumferentially of the tubular magnet and rotated together with a second rotating body connected to the first rotating body; a magnetic flux... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070186689 - Piezoelectric element and method of manufacturing the same: A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric composition pressure sensitive substance, a first electrode, a second electrode and a covering layer. The piezoelectric composition pressure sensitive substance includes a piezoelectric ceramic powder and a flexible organic polymer. The first and second electrodes are connected to the piezoelectric composition pressure sensitive substance... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070186696 - Self-wetting aerosol particulate wet collector apparatus: The present invention provides a self-wetting apparatus for the collection or collection and concentration of particulate matter, such as pathogen particles and aerosol particles, from air. The present invention also provides methods of producing and using the self-wetting apparatus.... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070186697 - Measuring apparatus and measuring method for concrete-forming materials: A measuring apparatus of submergence aggregate according to the present invention comprising a stock bin for storing fine aggregate, a fine aggregate feed hopper placed under the stock bin, a vibrating feeder placed under a discharge opening of the fine aggregate feed hopper, a screen device placed in the vicinity... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070186698 - Fuel deposit testing using burner-based exhaust flow simulation system: A method of using an exhaust flow simulation system to test the effects of exhaust system conditions on various materials. A typical exhaust flow simulator is a burner-based system, in which exhaust from burner combustion is exhausted through an exhaust line. A “test coupon” of the material may be placed... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070186699 - System for inspecting a disk-shaped object: A system for inspecting a disc-shaped substrate 32 is disclosed. The system 100 is surrounded by a housing. A table 2 that is movable in at least an X-direction and a Y-direction and is borne by a mounting plate 22 is provided within the housing 50. The mounting plate 22... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070186700 - Tray for trace collection system: Trace collection system including at least one tray supporting at least one inspected item, a particle release mechanism applied on said inspected item, and a particle collection system, whereby said particle collection system collects a portion of the released particles and the portion of the released particles is analyzed for... Agent: Traceguard Technologies Inc.

20070180889 - Probe replacement method for scanning probe microscope: A probe replacement method for a scanning probe microscope for measuring the surface of a sample, having a cantilever (21) having a probe (20), and a measurement unit for measuring a physical quantity between the probe and sample. The scanning probe microscope is provided with a cantilever mount (22), a... Agent: Mattingly Stanger & Malur

20070180890 - Hinge sensor: The invention regards monitoring the functional position of a hinge through a non contacting sensor, in particular working with a magnetic field, comprising a rotation position generator and a sensor unit, measuring over an angular range, wherein the rotation position generator, in particular the magnet on the one hand, and... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20070180891 - Impulse sensor: An impulse sensor having: a long elastic structure formed of a material to be deformed according to an impulse; a cable insertion hole formed in the elastic structure; and a cable inserted through the cable insertion hole, the cable being operable to cause a variation in propagation energy due to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070180892 - Sensor arrangement: A chemical sensing system has: an interrogation unit operable to wirelessly transmit an interrogation signal and wirelessly receive a response; an environmentally sealed container for holding a chemical analyte; a sensor array unit in fluid communication with the analyte disposed within the container, where the sensor array unit is operable... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070180893 - Apparatus and method for taking gaseous samples: An apparatus and a method for taking out samples of a gaseous medium containing particles, the apparatus comprising a pipe having one end adapted for introduction into the gaseous medium, a tubular filter positioned coaxially with the pipe, a removable closure positioned on the down stream side of the tubular... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070180894 - Tire-side-mounted electronic device: A tire-side-mounted electronic device according to the present invention includes at least two types of power sources having different discharging characteristics from each other. An electric load is connected to the power sources.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070180895 - Hair coloring system and test device capable of being used in such a system: The application relates to a packaging system for a hair coloring product containing: i) at least one container (102) holding a composition comprising at least one hair colorant, said composition forming or intended to form a hair coloring product; and ii) at least one test device (20) designed to perform... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070180897 - Method for recording microstructural changes in a component: The microstructure of components, particularly layer systems, deteriorates under excessive thermal and/or mechanical stress. Previous test methods are destructive, parts being cut out of the layer system and being microstructurally analyzed. The inventive method allows a deterioration to be determined by means of special, simple non-destructive measurements that are repeated... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070180898 - Method for testing nozzles of internal-combustion engines: A method according to the invention makes it possible to make a check of the correct installation and operation of piston cooling nozzles (10) in a cold text prior to the final assembly of the engine by applying compressed air to each piston cooling nozzle (10) and directing the jet... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070180899 - Hand held tire pressure gauge and method for assisting a user to determine whether a tire pressure is within a target range using a hand-held tire pressure gauge: A handheld tire pressure gauge including: a display; a pressure sensor; a memory; a processor being operatively coupled to the display, pressure sensor and memory; and, code being stored in the memory and operable by the processor to: retrieve at least one value indicative of a target tire pressure from... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070180900 - Tire pressure sensor system with improved power saving: A battery powered vehicle tire pressure sensor system has a power saving unit which controls the application of electrical power to the system as a function of tire speed to prolong battery life. The power saving unit has a power control switch which is responsive to tire angular speed. Each... Agent: Warren P. Kujawa

20070180901 - Tire pressure detecting device and tire monitor system: A tire pressure detecting device fixed to a wheel with a tire includes a pressure sensor detecting an internal pressure of the tire and transmits data of detection by the pressure sensor to a vehicle body by radio. The tire pressure detecting device further includes a compensation data storage storing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070180903 - Acoustic fluid level sensor: An acoustic fluid level sensor for use in a chamber contained in a surgical cassette. The sensor has an ultrasound transducer mounted on the outside of the bottom of a fluid chamber and is acoustically coupled to the chamber. The transducer sends a pulse ultrasound signal through the chamber and... Agent: Alcon

20070180904 - Fluid level sensor: A fluid level sensor for use in a chamber contained in a surgical cassette. The sensor has a pair of parallel conductor that project vertically into the chamber forming an open circuit. When surgical fluid contained within the chamber touches the conductor, the circuit is completed and AC voltage or... Agent: Alcon

20070180905 - Torque detecting apparatus and manufacturing method of same: A torque detecting apparatus includes two magnetism collecting rings cylindrical portions enclosing a magnetic circuit forming member provided on a rotating body and a magnetism sensitive device disposed between the protruding pieces protruding from parts of the cylindrical portions in an radially outward direction of the cylindrical portions. It includes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070180906 - Device for locking-unlocking tired wheels of vehicles on a mandrel of a maintenance machine: A locking device for a maintenance machine such as a balancing machine, of a rotating body (5), having a fixed portion comprising a hollow fixed support element (2) borne by the maintenance machine, and a control system (59), and a movable portion comprising a bell-shaped member (12) with flange (13)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070180907 - Micromechanical motion sensor: A micromechanical motion sensor is capable of detecting a deflection imparted to an oscillatably mounted bar spring element excited to a permanent periodic oscillation by an electrostatic oscillating drive to which a periodic drive voltage is applied. To compensate non-linearities of the resonance frequency response of the bar spring element,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070180908 - Method and apparatus for electronic cancellation of quadrature error: Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting a rate of rotation. In one implementation, the method includes vibrating a proof mass at a pre-determined frequency in a drive axis. In response to a rotation, sensing an amount of deflection of the proof mass in an axis orthogonal to the drive... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070180910 - Method of manufacturing vibration gyro sensor element, vibration gyro sensor element, and method of adjusting vibration direction: A drive electrode to which a voltage for allowing a vibrator to vibrate is applied and first and second detection electrodes extending in the longitudinal direction of the vibrator in parallel to each other are formed as the upper electrode such that the drive electrode is interposed between the first... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070180912 - Inertial sensor: In an inertial sensor, a mass is supported by a number of mass support structures positioned within an inner periphery of the mass. The mass support structures are affixed to a substrate by at least one anchor positioned proximate to the mass' center of mass. A number of sensing fingers... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070180913 - Resonance frequency determining method, resonance frequency selecting method, and resonance frequency determining apparatus: A resonant frequency characteristic in a resonant space is detected, based on a base amplitude frequency characteristic obtained by outputting a sound wave of a specified measurement signal from a speaker 13 disposed in a round space 40 and by receiving the sound wave in a microphone 14 disposed in... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070180915 - Method and system for noise dosimeter: A personal noise dosimeter having functionality for increasing the dynamic range of the device. A microphone provides a signal to an RMS detector, which provides a DC signal to a two-stage amplifier circuit. The outputs of the amplifiers are provided to a processor having multiple A/D channels. The processor calculates... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070180916 - Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer and methods of making the same: A method of making a capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer cell is provided. The method includes providing a carrier substrate, where the carrier substrate comprises glass. The step of providing the glass substrate may include forming vias in the glass substrate. Further, the method includes providing a membrane such that at... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070180919 - Characterizing curvatures and stresses in thin-film structures on substrates having spatially non-uniform variations: Techniques and devices are described to use spatially-varying curvature information of a layered structure to determine stresses at each location with non-local contributions from other locations of the structure. For example, a local contribution to stresses at a selected location on a layered structure formed on a substrate is determined... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070180918 - Sensor nodes and self-organising sensor network formed therefrom: In a self-organizing sensor network, a number of sensor nodes organize themselves and include sensor elements, distance measuring elements and communication elements for that purpose. The sensor network is able to precisely locate individual, in particular mobile, sensor nodes.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070180920 - Thread gauge wire apparatus: The Invention is a three-wire apparatus for measuring an external thread. A single length of wire has a first bend and a second bend, which first and second bend divide the single length of wire into first, second and third wire portions. The first, second and third wire portions engage... Agent: Robert J. Yarbrough, Attorney At Law

20070180921 - Advanced thick film load cell: A load cell apparatus and method for forming the same. A load cell apparatus is configured to include a load cell housing and a modular strain gage element that is modularly assembled into the load cell housing. The load cell housing and the modular strain gage element together form a... Agent: Bryan Anderson Honeywell International Inc.

20070180922 - Device for measuring tibio-femoral force amplitudes and force locations in total knee arthroplasty: A probe used during a total knee arthroplasty for measuring forces and locations of their points of application and thereby moments includes two load sensitive plates t to be inserted in one joint-compartment of a knee joint each and each being provided with a top surface and a bottom surface.... Agent: Jones Day

20070180924 - Actuatable capacitive transducer for quantitative nanoindentation combined with transmission electron microscopy: An actuatable capacitive transducer including a transducer body, a first capacitor including a displaceable electrode and electrically configured as an electrostatic actuator, and a second capacitor including a displaceable electrode and electrically configured as a capacitive displacement sensor, wherein the second capacitor comprises a multi-plate capacitor. The actuatable capacitive transducer... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070180923 - Device for varing capacitance: Disclosed is a device for varying capacitance which pertains to the field of application of electronic devices and components. The technical essentials of the present invention lie in that: two dielectrics are disposed in parallel with an isolation layer interposed therebetween; the two dielectrics each are connected to an electrode... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070180925 - Elevator load bearing member wear and failure detection: An elevator load bearing member (22) monitoring device (20) has a controller (30) that applies a first signal (40) and a second signal (50) to at least one tension member (24) in the belt. The first signal (40) in one example has a plurality of pulses (42) of a selected... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070180927 - Multiple point attachment system for specimen loading or deformation: Stresses or deformations can be applied to a specimen, by at least one carrier having a number of flexible fingers extending therefrom, the fingers being securable to the specimen at spaced-apart locations, the carrier typically being attached to a motion-control and load measuring system. The fingers are relatively rigid in... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070180928 - Peak flow measurement device: A peak flow measurement device comprises a hollow body (1) having an inlet (8) for receiving fluid and an outlet (3), wherein the inlet (8) and outlet (3) are spaced apart from each other, the cross-sectional area of the body being greater than the cross-sectional area of the outlet and... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070180929 - In-line measuring devices and method for compensation measurement errors in in-line measuring devices: The measuring device comprises, for measuring multi phase mixture, a vibratory-type transducer and a measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the vibratory-type transducer. The transducer includes at least one measuring tube inserted into the course of the pipeline. An exciter arrangement acts on the measuring tube for causing the at... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070180930 - Force-sensing device: A force sensing device has a single-component metal housing. The housing has an upper rigid housing part and a lower rigid housing part that are interconnected by way of U-shaped spring elements and can be elastically displaced along a displacement axis in relation to each other by the action of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070180931 - Torque meter: A torque meter enables highly accurate measurement of a torque by detecting only the torque, without being affected by various loads. The torque meter includes an elastic member placed in a power transmission channel and being deformed upon application with a torque being measured, and a means for detecting the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070180932 - Core splitters: A core splitter (10) comprises a through in which a core support (30) is carried. A cutting head (200) carries a rotary cutting tool (224) which is contained within a cowling. The trough contains a water bath (372) in which the core (360) is located below the water level so... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070180933 - Method and apparatus for concentrating vapors for analysis: An apparatus and method are disclosed for pre-concentrating gaseous vapors for analysis. The invention finds application in conjunction with, e.g., analytical instruments where low detection limits for gaseous vapors are desirable. Vapors sorbed and concentrated within the bed of the apparatus can be thermally desorbed achieving at least partial separation... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20070180934 - Liquid sampling apparatus: A liquid sampling apparatus. The liquid sampling apparatus includes a body, a first port, and a second port, and a liquid conduit therebetween. A nose portion is provided adjacent the first port sized and shaped for interfitting engagement with, and for opening of, a biased normally closed outlet valve in... Agent: R Reams Goodloe, Jr. & R. Reams Goodloe, P.s.

20070180935 - Automated pipette machine: A pipette nozzle is provided for use on a movable arm on an automated pipette machine. The pipette nozzle includes a body defining a passage therethrough. At least two seating surfaces are provided on the body, including a first seating surface and a second seating surface. The first seating surface... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070180937 - Railway safety apparatus: p

20070180938 - Method and device for determining at least one dynamic property of a deformable solid or fluid material:

20070180939 - Contour follower: A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. The sensors may include hall-effect sensors lying in the first plane... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070175265 - Electronics insert arrangement for a measuring device housing: An electronics insert arrangement for a measuring device includes an electronics insert and an electronics module. The electronics insert includes a first attachment device and a first interface. The electronics module includes a second attachment device and a second interface. For coupling the electronics module to the electronics insert, the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070175270 - Thermally insulated apparatus for liquid chromatographic analysis: A thermally insulated apparatus provides a substantially adiabatic environment for elevated temperature liquid chromatography applications. The thermally insulated apparatus minimizes or eliminates temperature gradients between columns and mobile phases, and maintains a temperature at or near the set point of an operably coupled heating means. The apparatus is also effective... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070175273 - Method for measuring formation properties with a time-limited formation test: An apparatus and method for determining at least one downhole formation property is disclosed. The apparatus includes a probe and a pretest piston positionable in fluid communication with the formation, and a series of flowlines pressure gauges, and valves configured to selectively draw into the apparatus for measurement of one... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070175274 - Watertight fuel-gauge housing: A watertight fuel-gauge housing comprises a housing at least partially positioned in the interior of a fuel tank; a gauge mechanism within said housing for providing an indication of the level of fuel within said tank according to the position of a floating device connected to a shaft that penetrates... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070175275 - Wheel balancer having laser-assisted weight placement system: A wheel balancer for balancing a wheel having a rim and tire. The wheel balancer comprises a chassis and a driven shaft extending away from the chassis for rotating the wheel. An A&D arm, pivotal and axially extendible with respect to the chassis, is also provided. A first laser device... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070175276 - Sensor signal processing system and detector: A detector is made up of a semiconductor integrated circuit in a part, and the semiconductor integrated circuit includes a driving circuit, an AC amplifier, a detection circuit and an amplifier circuit. An input resistor that is connected to input terminals of an operational amplifier includes an internal input resistor... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070175278 - Automated characterization and classification of microorganisms: An instrument, method, use and software program to obtain information rapidly about microorganisms that may spread uncontrolled in hospitals, water supply, food or when used in bio terrorism are described. Vibrational spectroscopy provides data to a computer linked to one or more databases. Comparison of the spectral data and information... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070175279 - Method and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in a structural health monitoring system: Methods and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in a structural health monitoring system. A pair of actuator input signals are sent to an actuator, each resulting in the transmission of stress waves to a corresponding sensor. The sensor then converts these stress waves to a pair of output signals, each having... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070175280 - Sonar sand detection: Methods and apparatus for detecting particles flowing in a fluid within a conduit involve analysis of acoustic pressure signals detected with an array of at least two pressure sensors. The analysis can include monitoring for attenuation in power of the acoustic disturbances within the fluid and/or a reduction in a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070175282 - Thin-film ultrasonic probe having a flexible membrane: An ultrasonic probe for examining an item. The probe includes a body having a contact surface adapted for contacting the item when being examined and an ultrasonic transducer attached to the body and spaced from the contact surface. The probe further includes a spacer positioned in the body between the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070175283 - Systems and methods for remote monitoring of vibrations in machines: A system and method for monitoring the vibrations of a machine that includes a reflective patch affixed to the machine and a vibration detection unit including an optics module. The optics module may be positioned remotely from the machine such that the optics module transmits an electromagnetic beam to the... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070175285 - Mini core in drilling samples for high resolution formation evaluation on drilling cuttings samples: An apparatus and method for mini core in drilling samples accumulated in the cups by sample catcher. It allows the explorations to obtain high resolution formation evaluation on drilling cuttings samples. The Mini Core apparatus consists of narrow tubular with a piston or cap. The thin wall tubular is rotated... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC