Thermal measuring and testing inventions 10/08

20080259989 - Systems and methods for temperature measurement using n-factor coefficient correction: Various systems and methods for temperature measurement are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide temperature measurement systems. Such temperature measurement systems include a variable current source and a diode connected transistor. The variable current source is capable of applying two or more distinct currents to the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080259990 - Temperature sensor circuit and calibration method thereof: A temperature sensor circuit comprises a first monitor voltage generation circuit that generates a first monitor voltage with a characteristic that changes with respect to temperature; a second monitor voltage generation circuit that generates a second monitor voltage with a characteristic that changes by a variation amount different from the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080259991 - Apparatus and method incorporating an indicator chamber for elevated temperature pressure vessel or weld testing: In a method and system for testing the integrity of pressure vessels, or welds on flanges or the like, at elevated temperatures, a pressurized mixture of a gaseous environmentally safe composition is formed within an indicator chamber in a housing receiving a pressurized gas and containing a surface in the... Agent: Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. Ste. 2500

20080259992 - Resonance tag with temperature sensor: A temperature-history sensor includes a resonance circuit composed of at least a capacitor and a coil. The temperature-history sensor has a display for indicating a predetermined set temperature of the temperature-history sensor. The capacitor has at least a thermofusion material between electrodes of the capacitor, and the melting point of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259993 - Moisture meter with non-contact infrared thermometer: A moisture meter with non-contact temperature measurement capability having a housing, a moisture-detecting device coupled to or contained at least partially in the housing, and having an output related to measured moisture parameters, a non-contact, optically-based temperature sensing device coupled to the housing, having an output related to sensed temperature,... Agent: Brian M. Dingman Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20080259994 - Infrared radiation temperature measuring system with error source radiance optical filtering system and method using the same: Disclosed herein is a system and method for measuring radiation temperature through filtration of optical error sources, which can measure surface temperatures of a heating substance within a heating furnace. The system comprises a front lens to collect infrared rays from a measuring target and from surroundings, a pin hole... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080259995 - Temperature measuring probe, in particular for a household appliance: A temperature measuring probe with a hollow outer shell including an electrically conductive section and an electrically insulating section. A temperature sensor including a resonator is disposed in the electrically conductive section and electrically conductively connected to the electrically conductive section. An antenna including a shortened monopole is disposed in... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080259996 - Method of signalling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar composition comprising thermochromic pigment or dye: The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080259997 - Systems and methods for pwm clocking in a temperature measurement circuit: Various systems and methods for pulse width modulated clocking in a temperature measurement are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide temperature measurement systems with a variable current source, a transistor, and a pulse width modulation circuit. The variable current source is operable to provide a first... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080259998 - Temperature sensor with digital bandgap: A system comprises a temperature sensor generate multiple base-emitter voltage signals by sequentially providing various currents to a transistor, and a system controller to determine a differential voltage signal according to the multiple base-emitter voltage signals, the differential voltage signal proportional to an environmental temperature associated with the transistor.... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger, LLP/cypress

20080259999 - Systems and methods for resistance compensation in a temperature measurement circuit: Various systems and methods for temperature measurement are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for temperature measurement that include exciting a provided transistor with at least four sequential input signals of different magnitudes. In response, the transistor exhibits a sequence of output signals corresponding to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080259989 - Systems and methods for temperature measurement using n-factor coefficient correction: Various systems and methods for temperature measurement are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide temperature measurement systems. Such temperature measurement systems include a variable current source and a diode connected transistor. The variable current source is capable of applying two or more distinct currents to the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080259990 - Temperature sensor circuit and calibration method thereof: A temperature sensor circuit comprises a first monitor voltage generation circuit that generates a first monitor voltage with a characteristic that changes with respect to temperature; a second monitor voltage generation circuit that generates a second monitor voltage with a characteristic that changes by a variation amount different from the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080259991 - Apparatus and method incorporating an indicator chamber for elevated temperature pressure vessel or weld testing: In a method and system for testing the integrity of pressure vessels, or welds on flanges or the like, at elevated temperatures, a pressurized mixture of a gaseous environmentally safe composition is formed within an indicator chamber in a housing receiving a pressurized gas and containing a surface in the... Agent: Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. Ste. 2500

20080259992 - Resonance tag with temperature sensor: A temperature-history sensor includes a resonance circuit composed of at least a capacitor and a coil. The temperature-history sensor has a display for indicating a predetermined set temperature of the temperature-history sensor. The capacitor has at least a thermofusion material between electrodes of the capacitor, and the melting point of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259993 - Moisture meter with non-contact infrared thermometer: A moisture meter with non-contact temperature measurement capability having a housing, a moisture-detecting device coupled to or contained at least partially in the housing, and having an output related to measured moisture parameters, a non-contact, optically-based temperature sensing device coupled to the housing, having an output related to sensed temperature,... Agent: Brian M. Dingman Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20080259994 - Infrared radiation temperature measuring system with error source radiance optical filtering system and method using the same: Disclosed herein is a system and method for measuring radiation temperature through filtration of optical error sources, which can measure surface temperatures of a heating substance within a heating furnace. The system comprises a front lens to collect infrared rays from a measuring target and from surroundings, a pin hole... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080259995 - Temperature measuring probe, in particular for a household appliance: A temperature measuring probe with a hollow outer shell including an electrically conductive section and an electrically insulating section. A temperature sensor including a resonator is disposed in the electrically conductive section and electrically conductively connected to the electrically conductive section. An antenna including a shortened monopole is disposed in... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080259996 - Method of signalling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar composition comprising thermochromic pigment or dye: The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080259997 - Systems and methods for pwm clocking in a temperature measurement circuit: Various systems and methods for pulse width modulated clocking in a temperature measurement are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide temperature measurement systems with a variable current source, a transistor, and a pulse width modulation circuit. The variable current source is operable to provide a first... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080259998 - Temperature sensor with digital bandgap: A system comprises a temperature sensor generate multiple base-emitter voltage signals by sequentially providing various currents to a transistor, and a system controller to determine a differential voltage signal according to the multiple base-emitter voltage signals, the differential voltage signal proportional to an environmental temperature associated with the transistor.... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger, LLP/cypress

20080259999 - Systems and methods for resistance compensation in a temperature measurement circuit: Various systems and methods for temperature measurement are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for temperature measurement that include exciting a provided transistor with at least four sequential input signals of different magnitudes. In response, the transistor exhibits a sequence of output signals corresponding to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080253426 - Method of assaying a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock: Disclosed herein is a method of assaying a crude oil, the method includes measuring at least two selected properties of the crude oil with one or more laboratory-independent devices using at least two different techniques wherein each technique is predictive of each respective property, transmitting the measured properties to a... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20080253427 - Sensor apparatus systems, devices and methods: A sensor apparatus and sensor apparatus system for use in conjunction with a cassette, including a disposable or replaceable cassette. In some embodiments, the cassette includes a thermal well for permitting the sensing of various properties of a subject media. The thermal well includes a hollow housing of a thermally... Agent: Michelle Saquet Temple

20080253428 - Strain and hydrogen tolerant optical distributed temperature sensor system and method: A distributed temperature sensing system and method includes an optical sensing waveguide. The optical sensing waveguide is a single mode waveguide having a substantially pure silica core and a large outer diameter. The system further includes an optical instrument optically connected to the optical sensing waveguide. The optical instrument is... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080253429 - Method for detecting fault of oil temperature sensor for automatic transmission: A method for detecting a fault of an oil temperature sensor of an automatic transmission by using a determining means for detecting the fault of the oil temperature sensor. The method includes any one or more of the steps of 1) determining the fault of the oil temperature sensor by... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080253430 - Method for measuring the temperature in a furnace: Method for measuring the local temperature in an industrial furnace (1) equipped with a burner (3), where at least two temperature sensors (21, 22) are arranged at different locations in the furnace (1). A virtual temperature measuring point is created by the association of each temperature sensor (21, 22) with... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080247441 - Low cost multimode calorimeter: A structure of calorimeter provides a calorimetric head (1) comprising a calorimetric cell (10) suitable for receiving a sample holding container (20) containing a sample (25) to examine. The cell (10) is arranged according to a first shield (3), or active shield. Outside the active shield (3) a second shield... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080240200 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: On the fulfillment of a specified condition, a temperature signal outside an actuating device is detected to which a piezoelectric actuator is assigned. A piezoelectric temperature value is determined by the temperature signal. A temperature-capacitance characteristic value of the piezoelectric actuator is determined by the piezoelectric temperature value through specified... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080240201 - Method for evaluating solder joint portion: A method for evaluating a solder joint portion by means of which a part and a substrate are joined to each other includes a preparation process for preparing the substrate including the solder joint portion, a thermal shock process for applying thermal shock to the solder joint portion multiple times,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240202 - Micromechanical device with temperature stabilization and method for adjusting a defined temperature or a defined temperature course on a micromechanical device: A micromechanical device includes a micromechanical functional structure and an electromagnetic radiation heating associated with the micromechanical functional structure, which is formed to cause a spatially and temporally defined temperature or a spatially and temporally defined temperature course in the micromechanical functional structure.... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmerman , Stockeller & Zinkler C/o Keating & Bennett , LLP