Thermal measuring and testing inventions 08/08

20080205478 - Urea sensor: A urea sensor includes a detecting portion which, in use, is immersed in a liquid accommodated in a urea solution tank for detecting the thermal conductivity of the liquid to detect whether the liquid accommodated in the urea solution tank is an aqueous urea solution; and an enclosing member enclosing... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20080205479 - Apparatus and method for sensing change in environmental conditions: An apparatus for sensing a change in environmental conditions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a coating or a wire between two surfaces that has a mechanical property changed as a result of a change in the environmental conditions. The change in the mechanical property of the coating or wire results... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p.

20080205480 - Device for continuous temperature measurement of molten steel in the tundish using optical fiber and infra-red pyrometer:

20080205481 - Method and apparatus for measurement and control of temperature for infused liquids: A device according to present invention embodiments measures the temperature of fluid within an IV line at selected locations. The device may be in the form of a fitting including a projection in fluid communication with a fluid channel to receive a temperature sensor. A thermally conductive receptacle may be... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080205482 - Method and testing equipment for leds and laser diodes: The present invention is a non-invasive method and associated apparatus for determining the junction temperature for an LED or laser diode (collectively “LED”). First a sample LED is placed in a heat chamber and the change of the LED's peak wavelength is recorded over time, as is the change in... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20080205483 - High temperature thermocouple design and fabrication: A method for fabricating a thermocouple capable of long-term operation in high temperature, hostile environments without significant signal degradation or shortened thermocouple lifetime due to heat induced brittleness.... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc

20080205484 - Temperature sensor and method of producing the temperature sensor: In a temperature sensor having a temperature sensitive element, a sheath pin connected to the temperature sensitive element, and a cover case. The cover case, filled with a filler, accommodates the temperature sensitive element and the sheath pin. A hardening temperature of the filler is not less than an actual... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080205485 - Installation mechanism for temperature sensor: An installation mechanism for installing in an outer wall of a fluid flow passage a temperature sensor equipped with a thermal sensitive device and a cylindrical casing retaining the thermal sensitive device. The installation mechanism a mount base to be joined to the fluid flow passage, an attachment to be... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080198895 - Substrate temperature measurement by infrared transmission: A method and apparatus for measuring a substrate temperature during a thermal process are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for measuring a substrate temperature during a thermal process includes an evacutable chamber, a substrate heater positioned to heat a substrate disposed in the chamber, and a sensor positioned to... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080198896 - Airflow sensor for filter blockage detection: A thermal management system includes an airflow sensor that measures airflow in an air path inside an enclosure to be cooled, wherein the air path includes a filter and a fan. A controller is responsive to the airflow sensor for monitoring the rate of airflow inside the enclosure and determining... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080198897 - Heater with temperature detecting device, battery structure with heater, and heater unit: There are provided a heater with temperature detecting device capable of accurately detecting the temperature of a laminated sheet heater (the temperature of a heater element) by a temperature detecting device, a battery structure provided with this heater with temperature detecting device, and a heater unit. A first heater with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080198898 - Apparatus, system and method for high resolution identification with temperature dependent resistive device: A temperature measuring and identification (TMID) device obtains identification information and temperature information of a connected device having a temperature sensing circuit (TSC). The TSC includes a temperature sensing element (TSE) connected in parallel with a voltage clamping network (VCN) that limits the voltage across the TSE to an identification... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20080198899 - Temperature detection circuit: Provided is a temperature detection circuit in which an erroneous operation which may be caused at the time of activation of a power supply can be prevented. While an output voltage of a temperature sensor circuit (200) and a reference voltage of a reference voltage circuit (300) are insufficient after... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080198900 - Temperature measurement system: The invention provides a temperature measurement system including a temperature sensor and means for biasing the temperature sensor in the direction of a thermal energy source in response to receiving thermal energy from the source. The invention also provides a continuous casting system including at least one temperature sensor disposed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080192798 - Method for calibrating infrared thermometer: The present invention discloses a method for calibrating an infrared thermometer, which can obtain a sensitivity of a radiation sensor of an infrared thermometer and a reference resistance of an ambient-temperature sensor of the infrared thermometer. The method of the present invention uses an infrared thermometer to detect two test... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080192797 - Standard radiation source: The present standard radiation source comprises a black body having a cavity, a shielding plate positioned at an open end of the cavity, at least one first heater positioned in the shielding plate, at least one second heater positioned on the outer wall of the black body, a first insulation... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080192799 - Thermal erosion test device and method for testing thermal protection materials of solid propellant thrusters: The invention relates to a thermal erosion test device for testing thermal protection materials for use in a solid propellant thruster. The device comprises a support for holding a plate made of the thermal protection material for testing so that its faces a face of a block of solid propellant,... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080192800 - Battery condition detection apparatus: A battery condition detection apparatus is composed of a semiconductor element, and a lead frame and mold resin. The semiconductor element is composed of plural diodes connected in series as a temperature sensitive element for detecting a temperature of a battery and a communication circuit for outputting a temperature detection... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080192801 - Temperature switch: A temperature switch comprises a material (14) which melts and concomitantly undergoes a change in an electrical characteristic at a predetermined temperature. The temperature switch also includes at least two electrical contacts (10, 12) for detecting the change in the electrical characteristic. The material (14) comprises an organic cation and... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080192802 - Colour switching temperature indicator: A temperature indicator (101) is adapted to be provided on a surface (116) for providing a first type of light emission and a second type of light emission (L2). The temperature indicator (101) comprises a light-emitting diode (108) for providing said first type of light emission and a light-emitting electrochemical... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080192803 - Extreme temperature optical sensor designs and signal processing: Two new techniques to form extreme environment minimally invasive freespace targeted optical temperature sensors using preferably single crystal Silicon Carbide (SiC) optical sensor chips. One technique uses wavelength signal processing exploiting the SiC chip's quadratic nature of its Thermo-optic effect. The other sensing method uses spatial signal processing while utilizing... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080192804 - Temperature sensor: A temperature sensor includes a compare subject voltage output unit, a temperature range decision unit, and a temperature signal output unit. The compare subject voltage output unit is configured to output a reference voltage having a constant value irrespective of a change of an external temperature and a third temperature... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080192805 - Attaching in situ thermal management equipment to high pressure storage tanks for industrial gases: A system for attaching in situ thermal management equipment, such as a heat exchanger, to a high pressure gas storage tank in a manner which fixes the in situ equipment in the interior of the tank, to the tank, but does not constrain the axial location of the in situ... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080187020 - Heat flow flux type differential scanning calorimeter: There is provided a differential scanning calorimeter in which a base line stability and a responsiveness are improved. There is made a constitution in which the stability is ensured by making a neck-like part in a heat passage from a heat reservoir 1 to a sensor plate 4 and, at... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080187021 - Time-temperature indicating device: The present invention is generally in the field of measuring and indicating techniques and relates to a time-temperature indicating device and methods of manufacturing and reading this device. More specifically, the time-temperature indicator (TTI) device comprises at least one active reactant being at least a part of a component that... Agent: Warren M. Cheek, Jr. Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080187022 - Temperature measuring device particulary of a patient: It is disclosed a device (100) for measuring a patient's temperature using an infrared thermometer (1) to detect the intensity of an infrared radiation coming from the body of that patient, whose temperature is wished to be known; the device further comprises a room-temperature sensor to send said temperature to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080187023 - Temperature measuring device: A temperature measuring device includes a temperature sensor and at least two printed circuit boards connected together and extending transversely to one another for establishing an electrical connection between the temperature sensor and a connecting cable.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080187024 - On chip temperature measuring and monitoring method: A device temperature measurement circuit, an integrated circuit (IC) including a device temperature measurement circuit, a method of characterizing device temperature and a method of monitoring temperature. The circuit includes a constant current source and a clamping device. The clamping device selectively shunts current from the constant current source or... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. Yorktown

20080187025 - Temperature sensor having a rotational response to the environment: Methods and systems of the invention are directed to a temperature sensor that includes a substrate, a first conductive plate, and a second conductive plate. The substrate is formed of a material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The first conductive plate is formed of a material having... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080187026 - Temperature detection circuit: A temperature detection circuit includes a bandgap reference voltage generation circuit, a detection output circuit, and an output conversion circuit. The bandgap reference voltage generation circuit generates a first reference voltage and causes a bias current to flow through a current path to produce a thermal voltage. The current path... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC