Measuring and testing inventions 04/08

20080092626 - Miniaturised separation column with bonding agent for a gas chromatograph: The invention concerns a separation column in microsystem technology for a gas chromatograph comprising a first substrate, a second substrate which is arranged on the first substrate, wherein a trench structure is provided in at least one substrate and the trench structure is sealed off relative to the environment, a... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080092627 - Gas chromatograph with improved thermal maintenance and process operation using microprocessor control: A gas chromatograph controlled by a pair of microprocessors to have improved thermal maintenance and process operation. The microprocessors are operable to run independently of each other, with one microprocessor controlling heaters and other control devices and the other microprocessor running a graphical user interface. The two microprocessors are separated... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080092628 - Gas sensor: This gas sensor is provided with: a detection element that measures a gas concentration of a detection target gas contained in an examination gas; a substrate having a heating element; and a supporting member that is fixed to the substrate, protrudes from the heating element, and supports the detection element.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080092631 - Poisonous gas detector: This invention relates to a device for detecting poisonous gas comprising a means for detecting poisonous gas and a means for automatically triggering an opening for air exchange. In levels of a poisonous gas reach a predetermined dangerous level, then the means for automatically triggering an opening for air exchange... Agent: Heather A. Kartsounes

20080092633 - Method for detecting the hermetic sealing of enclosed areas: This invention relates to a method by means of which it is possible, with highest possible precision and without any major expense, to determine the air tightness of an enclosed space, such space being particularly well suited to the use of the inert-gas fire extinguishing technology described above. Specifically, it... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080092634 - Storage tank leak monitoring and venting apparatus: A leak monitoring and emergency venting apparatus for a double-walled tank includes a pipe for connecting a space between the walls of the tank to the atmosphere, a plug releasably closing an outer end of the pipe, and a pressure gauge in the plug in fluid communication with the interior... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP Intellectual Property Department-nwj

20080092635 - Instrument and method for detecting and reporting the size of leaks in hermetically sealed packaging: An instrument for detecting leaks in a hermetically sealed package. The instrument includes (i) a hollow needle, (ii) a mass flow rate sensor in sealed fluid communication with the lumen defined by the hollow needle, and (iii) a vacuum pump. The vacuum pump is in fluid communication with the lumen... Agent: Sherrill Law Offices

20080092636 - Methods for manufacturing unleaky closed containers and leak testing apparatus: In a leak testing apparatus and a method for manufacturing unleaky closed containers having first and second flexible wall areas with different flexibility characteristics, a biasing member is moved toward and onto the first flexible area and a force detector monitors a biasing force at the second flexible area. A... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080092640 - Surface position measuring method and surface position measuring device: A surface position measuring method capable of measuring a position on a soft surface accurately and rapidly (real time), with low invasiveness. The method comprises the steps of measuring the spectrum of thermal oscillation of a cantilever with the distance between a cantilever tip and a sample surface being changed,... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080092641 - Wear compensated torque measurement system: A braking system including a torque tube and a rotor-stator stack, wherein the torque tube at least partially deforms during braking. The torque tube includes a passage formed in therein, and a displacement sensor is placed with the passage, wherein the displacement sensor detects deformation of the torque tube. The... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080092643 - Sensor configuration: A sensing means comprises four uniaxial sensors each capable of detecting a movement component along a respective axis having a respective orientation and arranged such that the angles between any two of said respective orientations of said respective axes are substantially equal, wherein the uniaxial sensors are arranged such that... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20080092645 - Themal type flow rate measurement apparatus: Thermal type flow rate meters for measuring the flow rate of intake air of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle or the like have encountered a problem of an increase in pulsation errors during high engine speed and high pulsation. Meanwhile, digitally recovering responses has posed a problem... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080092648 - Detection of moisture in refrigerants: Moisture can be detected in a refrigerant background such as HFC (Hydrofluorocarbon) HFC-134A and HFC-152A and exampled by HFC-23, HFC-32, HFC-143A, HFC-125, HFC-245FA, HFC-227EA, and the like. The system can include a light source operating at any one of several wavelengths within the water absorption bands at wavelengths such as... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080092656 - System for monitoring level variations in a soil subjected to erosive and sedimentary agents, and monitoring method and element: A system for monitoring level variations of at least one bottom region (20) of a solid subjected to erosive and sedimentary agents, which comprises at least one a monitoring element (15) fastened to said bottom, said at least one monitoring element (15) comprising sensor means (120) for detecting a response... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092658 - Systems, methods and apparatus for non-disruptive and non-destructive inspection of metallurgical furnaces and similar vessels: Some embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and apparatus for more accurately determining the thickness of a refractory lining included in an operating metallurgical furnace. Specifically, in some embodiments a transient propagated stress wave is used to determine the condition of a refractory lining, and additionally, provide a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080092659 - Whispering gallery mode ultrasonically coupled scanning probe microscopy: Scanning probe microscopes include a probe tip coupled to a tuning fork or other acoustic resonator so as to apply a shear force when contacted to a specimen surface based on an applied acoustic signal. A secondary ultrasonic transducer is in acoustic communication with the specimen and a resonant structure.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080092661 - Methods and system for ultrasound inspection: Methods and apparatus for fabricating a component is provided. The method includes receiving an ultrasound image of the component, selecting a subimage that includes a first surface of the component and an inspection area of the component, combining a filtered subimage with the selected subimage, and outputting the combined image... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080092662 - Transport packaging testing device: A transport packaging testing device includes a vibration table horizontally supported on a stand through coil springs provided at four corners of the back side of the vibration table; a table surface provided on an upper face of the vibration table that holds a test object thereon with a holding... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080092663 - Method and apparatus for measuring pressure inside a fluid system: A disclosed method determines fluid pressure inside a vessel without compromising the integrity of the vessel. A sensor is positioned in operative communication with the external wall of the vessel such that expansion of the external wall of the vessel exerts a force against the sensor that is directed substantially... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080092664 - Measuring device for detecting stresses of a bearing arrangement: The invention relates to a measuring device for detecting stresses of a bearing arrangement, said stresses being measurable based on elastic changes in shape. The inventive measuring device comprises at least one light source which is directed onto at least one light passage and at least one light sensor. The... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080092665 - Device for dynamically load testing a sample: The invention describes a device for dynamically load testing a sample that comprises a bearing, to which the sample can be directly or indirectly connected in a detachable manner, as well as a counter-bearing that can be effectively connected to the sample by means of at least one actuator element... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080092666 - Tracer measurement in multiphase pipelines: The present invention relates to a method for measurement of total phase volumes in multiphase flow in pipelines. The multiphase fractions comprise hydrocarbon liquid phase and/or water phase and/or transported solid phases. One or more tracers are injected into the pipeline, preferably at the inlet and the tracer concentration(s) are... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080092671 - Torque sensor: A torque sensor is provided in which a magnetic body can be easily positioned and fixed, and in which an excessive force is prevented from being exerted on a resin or the magnetic body when the magnetic body is press-fitted to a shaft, whereby no resin is damaged, and further... Agent: Michael L. Crapenhoft C/o Hiroe & Associates

20080092674 - Oral sensation measuring device for foods: A probe is inserted at a predetermined speed into a food to be measured, and vibrations created by the insertion are acquired by a piezoelectric element. The vibrations are displayed, and the pulse number per unit time on the basis of the insertion speed of the probe is calculated so... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087068 - Methods for controlling one or more parameters of a flow cytometer type measurement system: Various methods for controlling one or more parameters of a flow cytometer type measurement system are provided. One embodiment includes monitoring parameter(s) of the measurement system during measurements of sample microspheres. The method also includes altering the parameter(s) in real time based on the monitoring. Another method includes monitoring a... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20080087069 - Pressure sensing device: At least one pair of capacitively coupled electrodes contained in a structure is used to sense the deflection of a diaphragm in a pressure or force sensor for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the diaphragm. Preferably the structure has properties (such as one or more of the following:... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080087072 - Field mounted analyzer with a graphical user interface: The present invention is directed to a field-mounted analyzer having a graphical user interface (GUI). The analyzer has a display screen visible from the exterior of the housing. A plurality of magnetically-actuatable switches are mounted behind the display screen. The GUI has a plurality of windows that may be displayed... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080087073 - Apparatus and method for assessing the condition of at least one circulating band in a paper machine: The invention relates to an apparatus for assessing the condition of at least one circulating band in a papermaking machine including a permeability measuring device, a moisture measuring device, a fiber web moisture measuring device, an evaluator, a reel-up and an other moisture measuring device. The permeability measuring device measures... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080087074 - Method and apparatus for v-bank filter bed scanning: Embodiments of the invention generally related to a method and apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter. In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter includes a hollow body having first and second ends. An outlet, formed at the second end of the body, is adapted for coupling a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080087078 - Logging system and method for in-situ fluids sensing through optical fiber with attenuation compensation: A method for optically sampling characteristics of subsurface fluids within a wellhole using continuous, non-pulsed light transmitted downhole in optical fibers for both sampling and reference light channels for accurate attenuation compensation.... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20080087079 - Sun sensor using mid technology: A sensor arrangement is provided in a motor vehicle for determining solar radiation incident on the motor vehicle, having at least one electro-optic component that is fastened to a one-piece or multi-piece support using MID technology.... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080087082 - Method and device for measuring acceleration and/or inclination by using thermal convention of a fluid: Provided is an apparatus for measuring acceleration and a tilt angle using thermal convection of a fluid which includes a container containing the fluid, a heating body including a first heating element and a second heating element arranged in the container and a crosspoint that is formed as end portions... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080087086 - Sensor system: Rather than increasing the mass of the structure, the structure in a sensor system suspends its substrate from some mechanical ground. Motion of the substrate relative to the mechanical ground thus provides the movement information. To those ends, the sensor system includes a base, a substrate, and a flexible member... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080087087 - Acceleration sensor with redundant contact holes: An acceleration sensor includes a mass and a supporting member linked by a flexible beam. A strain detector having low-resistance areas at both ends is formed near a boundary between the beam and the mass or between the beam and the supporting member A dielectric film formed on the supporting... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080087088 - Ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly: Apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy collected at different radial positions about a first axial... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080087094 - Pressure sensor: A pressure sensor includes a diaphragm having a displaceable elastic inner portion, wherein the inner portion displaces in response to a pressure difference between first and second sides of the diaphragm. A radiation source may be configured to transmit first and second beams of radiation. A light receiver may be... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080087097 - Strain measuring device and fixing method of strain measuring: In a tie bar strain measuring device, even if an elongation is generated in a belt for attachment, a strain gauge can be pressed against a tie bar continuously with a sufficient pressing force by absorbing the elongation. The strain gauge is fixed to a strain gauge fixing member, and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080087099 - Antenna device for injecting or extracting microwaves into/from tubular hollow bodies, and device for measuring mass flow by using antenna devices of this type: The invention relates to an antenna arrangement for in-coupling or out-coupling of electromagnetic high frequency waves, especially microwaves, in a pipe-shaped hollow body (1). This antenna arrangement comprises at least one flat patch element (2, 3) as a radiator element, which is applied on a dielectric substrate (8) within a... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20080087100 - Flowmeter: A flowmeter, in particular a magnetoinductive flowmeter, for measuring the flow rate of a moving medium has a measuring tube through which the medium is channeled and a flow-measuring device is positioned within the measuring tube. A valve housing is provided that is produced jointly with the measuring tube as... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080087101 - Particulate matter sensor: A particulate matter detection sensor includes a particulate matter detection filter and a differential pressure measuring part measuring a differential pressure between an inlet and an outlet of the particulate matter detection filter. The particulate detection filter has a filtration area of about 0.1 to about 100 cm2.... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080087103 - Weighing system with plural weighing cells: A weighing system (1) with a plurality of weighing cells for respectively weighing a plurality of materials. The weighing cells have essentially the same configuration, are arranged interchangeably in a two-dimensional array, are releaseably fixed on a support element (6) and have electrical connectors.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087104 - Traveling test apparatus for vehicle: A traveling test apparatus for a vehicle includes a flat-belt mechanism that includes a first pair of rollers, and a first endless belt wound around the first pair of rollers, the flat-belt mechanism being configured such that at least one tire of the vehicle contacts the first endless belt, and... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080087105 - Shear force sensing device: At least one shear force sensor is used to measure the shear force on a member, when the member is in contact with and pressed against a polishing or planarization surface and a lateral force is applied between the two surfaces. Preferably the structure and the surface of the structure... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080087109 - Systems and methods for residue collection: Systems and methods for the detection of substances (particularly particulate substances) within mail pieces, specifically letters and other “flats” of mail. In particular, the systems and methods are for the detection of residues of Chemical or Biological Warfare Agents (CBWAs) which may be present within the mail pieces. The system... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080087111 - Systems and methods for non-destructive mass sensing: The invention provides systems and methods for measuring the mass of a substance. In one method, energy is applied to a substance and a response resulting from the application of energy as measured. The mass of the substance is then determined based at least in part on the measured response.... Agent: Nektar Therapeutics

20080087116 - Level sensor with redundant accelerometers: An acceleration measurement system is provided. The system includes at least first and second accelerometers. The first accelerometer has an electrical characteristic that varies with acceleration in a first axis. The second accelerometer also has an electrical characteristic that varies with acceleration in the same first axis. A controller is... Agent: Christopher R. Chistenson Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080087117 - Custom vehicular monitoring device: The present invention discloses a method and system for providing custom vehicular monitoring gauges for individuals. The custom vehicular monitoring gauges include a display face having an upper show surface and a lower surface. A sensor scale and a display area are located on the upper show surface of the... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080083264 - Apparatus and method to test abrasion resistance of material using airborne particulate: An apparatus and method to test the abrasion resistance of materials. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a conduit network, a primary air stream generating device to generate a primary air stream in the conduit network, a secondary air stream generating device to produce a secondary air stream in the... Agent: U.s. Army Soldier Systems Center

20080083267 - Leak testing device with a permanent coupling: A leak testing device to be positioned between two adjacent conduits comprises a generally cylindrical body defining a recess therethrough and including first and second end portions for cooperating with the respective end portions of two adjacent conduits. The body includes an opening between the first and second end portions.... Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.c.

20080083270 - Carbon nanotube detection system: A system and method of multi-dimensional force sensing for scanning probe microscopy is provided.... Agent: Xidex Corporation

20080083275 - Thermistor-based fuel sensor: A system for sensing a fuel level includes sensors that sense the fuel level and a voltage source that applies a constant voltage to the sensors for a predetermined time. The system includes a control module that measures outputs of the sensors at a beginning and at an end of... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080083277 - Method and apparatus for selection of balancer static imbalance correction mode: A method for measuring the imbalance characteristics of a rotating body, and for determining if an application of at least one imbalance correction weight in only one of two identified imbalance correction weight planes is sufficient to reduce the measured imbalance characteristics of the rotating body to an acceptable residual... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080083278 - Vibrating gyroscopic sensor and method of adjusting vibrating gyroscopic sensor: A vibrating gyroscopic sensor element including a cantilever vibrator, at least one first depression on the cantilever vibrator, a pair of detection electrodes provided on the cantilever vibrator and at least one second depression on the cantilever vibrator. The cantilever vibrator projects from a base area of the vibrating gyroscopic... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080078229 - Caliper method, system, and apparatus: A caliper atomic force microscope (AFM) comprises two AFM probes (each comprised of an oscillator and an attached tip) that operate on a sample in a coordinated manner. The coordinated operation of the AFM probes may be spatially or temporally coordinated. The result of the coordinated operation may be an... Agent: Xidex Corporation

20080078232 - Personal breathalyzer having digital circuitry: The present invention relates to a portable, personal breath tester device for testing the blood alcohol content of the user of the device. The breath tester comprises a circuit board, wherein a sensor, a liquid crystal display, and a processing unit are installed on and electrically connected to the circuit... Agent: Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.

20080078238 - Test method for the determination of an oil separation tendency of lubricating greases and test device for carrying out the same: The invention relates to a test method and a test device for the determination of an oil separation tendency of lubricating greases under pressure load. In the method, a predetermined test pressure is applied to a test volume (2) filled with lubricating grease (27) over a predetermined test period (32),... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080078240 - Scanner for probe microscopy: A scanner for probe microscopy that avoids low resonance frequencies and accounts better for piezo nonlinearities. The x, y and z axes of a linear stack scanner are partially decoupled from each other while maintaining all mechanical joints stiff in the direction of actuation. The scanning probe microscope comprises a... Agent: Robert Berliner Berliner & Associates

20080078247 - Non-destructive testing of pipes: To perform a non-destructive condition assessment of a pipe carrying a fluid, an actual value representative of the propagation velocity of an acoustic disturbance propagating between two longitudinally separated points on the pipe is determined. A corresponding predicted value for the propagation velocity is computed as a function of at... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20080078254 - Force measuring device: The invention relates to a load gauge comprising a generator-sensor assembly. Said assembly comprises a generator unit that generates a magnetic field and a sensor unit that is sensitive to magnetic fields, said generator unit and sensor unit being displaceable by a force in relation to one another. According to... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd