Abstract: The invention relates to a detection device for detecting a property of a medium, comprising at least one detection sensor, wherein the detection sensor is arranged in a housing, the housing comprising a housing cover. The housing cover is a one-piece molded part, and a compensation element is arranged on or in the housing cover which forms at least one inlet channel with an inlet port for the medium. The inlet channel has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are arranged at an angle different from zero to each other and a closure means closes the first portion of the inlet channel.

Abstract: A system which eliminates the need for wayside monitoring of railcar wheel bearings and wheels includes a temperature sensor located on the railcar in close proximity to the bogie; a measuring laser located on the railcar in close proximity to the bogie and arranged to monitor breakage; a power source for the temperature sensor and the measuring laser; and a wireless transmitter to transmit the data collected by the temperature sensor and the measuring laser.

Abstract: In a sensor device for detecting moisture on a pane comprising at least one transmitter which emits light which is reflected at the pane and received by at least one receiver, an optical system is provided between the transmitter and the receiver, which brings about a multiple reflection between the pane and the optical system. A particularly good measurement is thereby made possible.

Abstract: A position indicator includes a capacitor having a capacitance that changes in correspondence to a force applied to one end part of a housing. The capacitor is configured by a pressure detecting chip that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode with a predetermined distance defined therebetween to have capacitance Cv formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The capacitance Cv changes when the force applied to the one end part of the housing is transmitted to the first electrode to thereby change a relationship (e.g., the distance) between the two electrodes. A pressure transmitting member having predetermined elasticity is disposed on the first electrode such that the force applied to the one end part of the housing is transmitted to the first electrode of the semiconductor element via the pressure transmitting member.

Abstract: A measuring instrument includes at least a measuring element and a sealing fitting having a two-part design that provides structural improvements with regard to permanent tightness and in service conditions under vibration and temperature.

Abstract: A measuring device (30) including a device housing (31) having at least one housing section (37;36) and including a measuring unit (32) that is arranged at least partially inside the device housing (31). The at least one housing section (37;36) includes a first segment made of a first material and a second segment made of a second material that differs from the first material. The first material is an elastomeric or thermoplastic-elastomeric plastic with a rebound resilience of less than 40% and a Shore-A hardness of less than 80, and the second material is a hard thermoplastic or a metal.

Abstract: A position detecting sensor is mounted in a sensor attachment groove that opens on a side surface of an actuator and extends in an axial direction of the actuator. The position detecting sensor includes a housing that houses a sensor main body, and a guide member inserted into the sensor attachment groove. The guide member is of a shape such that, when the guide member is inserted into the sensor attachment groove, the guide member is required to be rotated in one direction around an axis parallel with the axis of the actuator and then rotated in a direction opposite to the one direction. After the guide member has been inserted into the sensor attachment groove, attachment thereof to the sensor attachment groove is completed by application of a fastener.

Abstract: A hazard detector includes a chassis configured to house components of the hazard detector. The chassis includes a front defining a central aperture. The front has a domed contour such that an outer edge of an inner portion extends beyond an outer periphery of the front. The inner surface tapers from the outer edge toward the inner portion. The detector includes a mesh formed to the contour of the front so the mesh is flat against the front. The mesh defines an aperture corresponding to the central aperture. The detector includes a grille secured to the chassis that defines an aperture corresponding to the central aperture and defines openings positioned along the grille. An inner surface of the grille includes a contour corresponding to the contour of the front so the mesh is flat against the inner surface. The mesh is positioned between the grille and the chassis.

Abstract: A cover for a duct sensor includes an outer envelope extending circumferentially around the cover, a seal projecting from the outer envelope and extending circumferentially around the outer envelope, a duct extending through the cover and defining a plurality of walls including side walls, and a front surface connecting to the outer envelope and to the walls of the duct. A guide runner is laterally arranged along a side wall of the duct. An opening in the front surface of the cover provides an entry for a circuit board into the duct, and the guide runner is configured to support a circuit board extending through the duct.

Abstract: Provided is a chromatography column stored in a storage container. The storage container for the column includes: a container body for storing the chromatography column; and a cover threadedly engaging with the container body. A groove for threaded engagement with the cover is formed in an inner wall of the container body. Sealing members are arranged on an inner bottom surface of the container body and a lower surface of the cover, respectively. When the container body and the cover are threadedly engaged with each other, the cover enters the container body to cause the sealing members on the inner bottom surface of the container body and the lower surface of the cover to press both a lower surface and an upper surface of the column, to thereby fix the column inside the container body and seal a fluid passage hole of the column.

Abstract: A protective cover mountable on a pitot prob disposed on the fuselage of an idle aircraft adapted to be tailored to similar covers mountable on other probes of such aircraft, including a tubular body of a braided fabric material provided with a recess therein for receiving the leading end of a pitot tube therein, a first annular member disposed in such recess adjacent an open end thereof having a portion of the tubular body projecting therethrough, including such member therein and a second annular member disposed substantially coaxially with such first annular member and secured to such tubular body of braided fabric material, having at least one tab provided on the exterior thereof provided with means to tether such cover to similar covers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a torque sensor cover. According to an embodiment of the present invention, as a second cover is formed of plastic through injection-molding, costs and weight can be reduced as compared with a wire cover manufactured of aluminum through casting according to the related art.

Abstract: In a computer-implemented method and system for capturing the condition of a structure, the structure is scanned with a three-dimensional (3D) scanner. The 3D contact scanner includes a tactile sensor system having at least one tactile sensor for generating 3D data points based on tactile feedback resulting from physical contact with at least part of the structure. A 3D model is constructed from the 3D data and is then analyzed to determine the condition of the structure.

Abstract: A housing part for a sensor for a vehicle transmission is able to be connected at the sensor housing to an additional housing part along a joining area by means of a joining process. The housing part has at least one uniform wall thickness or adjusted optical material properties in the joining area.

Abstract: A proximity sensor includes a body, a coil, a cap being cylindrical and having a bottom, a hollow housing, and a ring-shaped sealing member. The body includes the coil bobbin at a first end. The coil is wound around the coil bobbin. The cap is to be placed to a body so as to cover a coil bobbin. The housing includes, at a fist end, a circular-cylinder portion having an opening. The housing is to be placed to the body in such a manner that the cap protrudes from the opening. The sealing member is disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the cap and the inner peripheral surface of the circular-cylinder portion of the housing.

Abstract: A hand-held compression-tester for golf balls applies a biasing force to the golf-ball, loads it, and then releases the load so that only the biasing force remains. Based on the evolution of a loading curve during these intervals, the compression-tester estimates a compression value.

Abstract: To suppress variations of a vacuum pressure atmosphere in a physical sensor, a physical sensor in which a sensing part that measures a physical quantity is provided in a vacuum space, includes a sensor part in which a plurality of substrates are stacked, and a cavity substrate 9 having a space and provided on an upper surface side or a lower surface side of the sensor part by bonding, wherein the sensing part communicates with a space of the cavity substrate via a ventilation passage 11a provided in the sensor part.

Abstract: A module for a gas sensor module is described herein. The module can include a first portion. The first portion of the module can include a first body and at least one first micro-resonator coupling feature disposed in and traversing the first body. The first body can be configured to be disposed within a cavity of a housing of the gas sensor. The at least one first micro-resonator coupling feature can be configured to align with at least one optical device of the gas sensor when the first body is disposed within the cavity of housing of the gas sensor. The at least one first micro-resonator coupling feature can be configured to have at least one first micro-resonator disposed therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sampling unit for the concentrates preparation device. The unit comprises a base body, a movable rod, a limiting pin, a sampling chamber, a sampling bore, an axle sleeve and an isobaric chamber. The sampling chamber passes through the upper and lower surfaces of the base body, the isobaric chamber is a cylindrical blind bore, the isobaric chamber passes through the front surface of the base body and passes through the front and back surfaces of the sampling chamber. The axle sleeve has an interference fitting with the isobaric chamber, the movable rod hermetically slidingly mates with the axle sleeve, the head and tail ends of the gas permeable passage respectively communicate with the isobaric chamber and the outside. Concentrates can be taken out through the sampling bore of the sampling unit, the movable rod can take samples freely with the help of gas permeable passage for keeping the pressure balance of ends of the movable rod.

Abstract: A transmission includes sensors positioned adjacent respective pairs of magnetized bands on a shaft of the transmission for detecting magnetic flux emanating from the bands in response to torque on the shaft. The transmission further includes an electronics interface assembly configured to respectively provide drive signals to the sensors and to receive from the sensors, in response to the drive signals, output signals indicative of the torque on the shaft as detected by the sensors.