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Thermal measuring and testing December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/11

20110317737 - Zero heat flux temperature sensing device: The invention relates to a zero heat flux temperature sensing device (100) for sensing a core body temperature of an object (113). The zero heat flux temperature sensing device (100) comprises a layer (107), a first temperature gradient sensor (105), a first heat flux modulator (103) and a heat flux... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20110317738 - Temperature cabinet support structure: A framework is provided for positioning a testing cabinet for testing an appliance. The framework includes a base for supporting the appliance; a first side frame attached to the base; a rear frame attached to the base; a second side frame attached to the base and located opposite to the... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation

20110317740 - High temperature measurement probe: A high temperature measurement probe comprises an elongate probe body having a measuring head which in use is located in a hot fluid flow. The probe further comprises a thermocouple extending along the interior of the probe body to terminate at a temperature-sensing thermocouple junction inside the measuring head. The... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110317739 - Sensor temperature sensing device: The present disclosure includes sensing device embodiments. One sensing device includes a heater layer, a resistance detector layer, constructed and arranged to indicate a temperature value based upon a correlation to a detected resistance value, an electrode layer, and a sensing layer.... Agent: Honeywell International, Inc.

20110317741 - Resistance temperature sensor: A resistance temperature sensor with a first temperature sensor element and a second temperature sensor element, wherein the first temperature sensor element comprises a first measuring path and the second temperature sensor element a second measuring path, wherein the first and the second measuring paths extend on a substrate, wherein... Agent: Endress + Hauser Wetzer Gmbh + Co. Kg

20110310923 - Method for non-destructive testing of at least partially open hollow components or system components for tightness in series production: A method for non-destructive testing of open hollow components for tightness supplies a gas under pressure into the component and cools the component in a punctiform manner. Detecting a leak out of the component using a thermographic camera and using a computer connected downstream of the thermographic camera to visualise... Agent:

20110310924 - High strength spring steel wire and high strength spring and methods of production of the same: m

20110310925 - Optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device: There is provided an optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device which measures a temperature distribution along an optical fiber (3) using backward Raman scattering light generated in the optical fiber. The device includes: a reference temperature thermometer (11) disposed in the vicinity of the optical fiber so as to measure... Agent: Yokogawa Electric Corporation

20110310926 - Sensor: An electrical temperature sensor (10) comprises a liquid crystalline material (12). First and second electrically conductive contacts (14), (16), having a spaced relationship therebetween, contact the liquid crystalline material (12). An electric property measuring device is electrically connected to the first and second contacts (14), (16) and is arranged to... Agent: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC

20110310928 - Signal determination apparatus and temperature determination apparatus: A temperature determination apparatus includes a signal detection section having an A/D input port, a thermistor that is connected to the A/D input port and outputs an analogue signal to the A/D input port, and a switch section that shifts a level of the analogue signal to a low level.... Agent:

20110310927 - Washing machine, in particular a laundry machine or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, equipped with a device for detecting the temperature of the electric resistance used for warming up the wash liquid: The present invention relates to a washing machine (2), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, comprising: a tub (3) adapted to contain a wash liquid (4), an electric resistance (1) for heating the wash liquid (4), a temperature sensor (5) for detecting the temperature of... Agent: Indesit Company S.p.a.

20110305257 - Temperature measuring apparatus: A temperature measuring apparatus comprises a casing, an infrared sensor assembly, a probe, and a trigger device. The infrared sensor assembly is disposed in the casing. The trigger device is connected between the casing and the probe in such manner that when the probe moves toward the casing, the trigger... Agent: Avita Corporation

20110305258 - Planar thermopile infrared microsensor: An IR sensor comprises a heat sink substrate (10) having portions (12) of relatively high thermal conductivity and portions (14) of relatively low thermal conductivity and a planar thermocouple layer (16) having a hot junction (18) and a cold junction (20), with the hot junction (18) located on a portion... Agent:

20110305259 - Non-conducting zirconium dioxide: A resistance thermometer is provided having a measuring resistor in a form of a 0.1 to 10 μm thick structured platinum layer applied to an electrically insulated surface of a substrate and an electrically insulating coating layer covering the platinum layer. The substrate or its surface contains zirconium dioxide, which... Agent: Heraeus Sensor Technology Gmbh

20110299562 - Diverse and redundant resistance temperature detector: A diverse and redundant resistance temperature detector (“D&R RTD”) is provided. The D&R RTD is utilized in obtaining temperature readings in environments, such as fluids and gasses, by measuring electrical characteristics of the D&R RTD that are influenced by the temperature. Furthermore, the D&R RTD's are arranged such that a... Agent: Analysis And Measurement Services Corporation

20110299563 - Device for determining thermal conductivity and methods for the use thereof: The application relates to a device based on the electrothermal method for determining thermal conductivity, which allows the examiniation of various phenomena, with a high level of reliability, through the study of the thermal behaviour of materials. The device is constitated by a sample-carrying cylinder surrounded by a resistance element... Agent: Universidad Del Valle

20110299564 - Dynamic estimation of cell core temperature by simple external measurements: Methods and systems for dynamically estimating the core temperature of at least one cell in a battery during an operative period. The method includes receiving by at least one controller the surface temperature, the current, the voltage, the state of charge, and the period of time from the initiation of... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20110299565 - Mri compatible medical device temperature monitoring system and method: A temperature monitoring system for a medical device comprises an optical transmit/receive unit, an elongate optical fiber having a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner core extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and one or more fiber Bragg grating elements formed in the inner core... Agent: Imricor Medical Systems, Inc.

20110299566 - Pyroelectric temperature sensor and a method for measuring a temperature with the pyroelectric temperature sensor: A temperature sensor includes first and second lower electrodes, a ferroelectric layer having polarization, a semiconductor layer; and first to third upper electrodes. The second upper electrode is interposed between the first upper electrode and the third upper electrode in a plan view. The semiconductor layer includes a first channel... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110299567 - Process variable transmitter with thermocouple polarity detection: A process variable transmitter for measuring a temperature of an industrial process, includes a first electrical connector configured to couple to a first wire of a thermocouple, the first electrical connector includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first and second electrodes are configured to electrically couple to... Agent:

20110299568 - Ear cap supplying device, ear cap and ear cap set: An ear cap supplying device, an ear cap and an ear cap set are provided. The ear cap supplying device includes a movable containing device and an output device. The movable containing device is used for containing at least one ear cap. The output device is used for exporting the... Agent: Taidoc Technology Corporation

20110292963 - Laser position detection system: A laser or other heat source detection device is produced by creating a grid pattern on a polymer backing. The grid pattern comprises a PTC compound heat resistive ink in the form of discrete elements coupled by conductive ink lines or stripes. A resistance measurement device measures for an increase... Agent: Conductive Compounds, Inc.

20110292964 - Method for modeling and parameter extraction of ldmos devices: A method for modeling the performance of a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device across a wide temperature range is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of positioning the device in an environment chamber operable to create a plurality of environment temperatures; connecting the pins of the device to... Agent:

20110292965 - Method and system for measuring a parameter in a high temperature environment using an optical sensor: A dual parameter sensor for sensing temperature and mechanical or chemical or related information is disclosed. The sensor is formed of an optical waveguide suitable for use in-situ in a high temperature environment having a Bragg grating written into a core region thereof with short-pulsed electromagnetic radiation. By noting the... Agent:

20110292966 - Temperature sensor for flexible circuit: A flexible circuit configured to electrically couple circuit boards is provided. The flexible circuit includes opposite circuit board mating ends and a flexible body extending therebetween. Conductive pathways extend along the body of the flexible circuit to electrically couple the circuit boards. The flexible circuit also includes a temperature sensing... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20110292967 - High resolution measurement of thermistor thermometry signals with wide dynamic range: A thermistor amplifier device comprising a first amplifier and a second amplifier is provided. The first amplifier generates an analog temperature signal output based on a voltage across at least one thermistor. The second amplifier generates an offset voltage input to the first amplifier, wherein the offset voltage is based... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110292968 - Thermoelement: A thermoelement (1) for measuring the temperature in gaseous or fluid media by means of one or more thermocouples (4) comprising wires of different metals welded together which give off a resulting electrical voltage when heated and are configured as a measuring insert (2) arranged in an insulating rod (3)... Agent:

20110292969 - Wireless temperature sensor having no electrical connections and sensing method for use therewith: A wireless temperature sensor includes an electrical conductor and a dielectric material on the conductor. The conductor is electrically unconnected and is shaped for storage of an electric field and a magnetic field. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the conductor resonates to generate harmonic electric and magnetic... Agent: United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And