Thermal measuring and testing inventions 09/06

20060209920 - Probe for electronic clinical thermometer: Providing a probe for an electronic clinical thermometer, which can measure a surface temperature and a deep body temperature of a human body securely in short time, the probe includes a cylindrical housing, a bottomed metal pipe fitted into a top end of the cylindrical housing, and a substrate having...

20060209921 - A method of determining ambient air temperature: A method of predicting ambient air temperature outside a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The method measures air temperature with a temperature sensor, applies a correction strategy, and determines a predicted temperature value....

20060203876 - Method of determining properties of patterned thin film meatal structures using transient thermal response: The present invention measures a structure including multiple narrow metallic regions, each being disposed between neighboring regions comprising a second, non-metallic material. One step of the method is exciting the structure by irradiating it with a spatially periodic excitation field made up of excitation stripes in order to generate a...

20060203877 - Dynamic acoustic thermometer: Acoustic temperature measurement at a remote location is provided. An acoustic source transmits acoustic radiation to an acoustic receiver along an acoustic path. The path passes through or near the remote location. The temperature is non-uniform along the path. A change in an integrated acoustic delay between the source and...

20060203878 - Test strip dispenser and thermometer holder: An assembly comprising a thermometer, test strip material and a housing that forms first and second separate compartments for receiving the test strip material and the thermometer, respectively....

20060203879 - Condensation sensor: A measuring device for detecting a humidity and temperature of a window surface including at least one moisture sensor and at least one temperature sensor placed on the window surface, an evaluation unit connected downstream from the moisture and temperature sensors, and a signal converting and linking unit placed between...

20060203880 - Water stream comfort indication device: Devices for indicating when a water stream at some temperature flowing through a plumbing fixture is comfortable for at least one user to physically contact. Devices include at least a control unit, a temperature sensor, and an output device. The temperature sensor senses a temperature representative of the water stream....

20060203881 - Detachable electronic pacifier thermometer: An electronic pacifier thermometer is provided. The electronic pacifier thermometer is composed of a pacifier device and a measurement device. The pacifier device has a built-in temperature sensing element (e.g., a temperature sensor) and a connector element. The measurement device contains a display, a circuit board mainly which is controlled...

20060203882 - Temperature detector/indicator: The invention relates to an electrical and/or optical temperature detector/indicator based on conductive polymers, said detector/indicator being suitably used in such packages for products, the temperature changes of which need to be monitored....

20060203883 - Temperature sensing: Temperature sensing circuits are provided herein. In some embodiments, they comprise first and second transistors coupled together in a current mirror configuration and first and second diodes. The first diode is coupled to the first transistor, and the second diode is coupled to the second transistor. A temperature sensing signal...

20060203884 - Adaptable probe assembly for a measuring instrument: An adaptable probe assembly for a measuring instrument includes a probe module and a plurality of probe ends. The probe module is adapted to provide a parameter value signal to a base unit of the measuring instrument. Each of the probe ends is adapted to be removably communicatively connected to...

20060203885 - Core stopping structure for an electronic clinical thermometer: A core stopping structure for an electronic clinical thermometer comprising a stopper protruded out of an inner wall of a thermometer body, a stopping member provided on a core and configured to block relative movement of the stopper, whereby when the core is pulled out of the thermometer for a...

20060203886 - Simplified thermal isolator for temperature sensor: A thermal isolator is provided for use with a sensor having a sensing element. The isolator has a main body made of a thermally insulating material. The main body has an outer surface, a sensor receiving passage for receiving the sensor, and at least one venting port fluidly communicating with...

20060198421 - Method and apparatus for electronically generating an outline indicating the size of an energy zone imaged onto the ir detector of a radiometer: A radiometer includes a sighting system that generates a digital image of an object surface having an area that is to be imaged onto the IR detector. A shape outline is overlaid on the digital image of an object surface to indicate the extent of the energy zone that is...

20060198422 - Electrophoretic display medium and device: An electrophoretic display includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, wherein at least one of the one or more set of particles comprise particles having a cationic coating thereon imparting a substantially uniform positive charge to the particles. The display medium is included in an...

20060198423 - Thermochromic body cavity device: A body cavity device of cylindrical, spherical, annular, or tubular form with thermochromic pigments that change color in response to temperature changes. The device can be used to induce stimulation within a body cavity such as a vagina, discern the temperature within, and assess the state of vasocongestion based on...

20060198424 - Probe structure for an ear thermometer: A probe structure for an ear thermometer includes a housing, a sleeve component, a sensor unit and a holding component. The housing has a first containing room to contain the sleeve component having a second containing room. The sleeve component has a front end formed with a reflective surface. The...

20060198421 - Method and apparatus for electronically generating an outline indicating the size of an energy zone imaged onto the ir detector of a radiometer: A radiometer includes a sighting system that generates a digital image of an object surface having an area that is to be imaged onto the IR detector. A shape outline is overlaid on the digital image of an object surface to indicate the extent of the energy zone that is...

20060198422 - Electrophoretic display medium and device: An electrophoretic display includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, wherein at least one of the one or more set of particles comprise particles having a cationic coating thereon imparting a substantially uniform positive charge to the particles. The display medium is included in an...

20060198423 - Thermochromic body cavity device: A body cavity device of cylindrical, spherical, annular, or tubular form with thermochromic pigments that change color in response to temperature changes. The device can be used to induce stimulation within a body cavity such as a vagina, discern the temperature within, and assess the state of vasocongestion based on...

20060198424 - Probe structure for an ear thermometer: A probe structure for an ear thermometer includes a housing, a sleeve component, a sensor unit and a holding component. The housing has a first containing room to contain the sleeve component having a second containing room. The sleeve component has a front end formed with a reflective surface. The...