Using A Conductivity Determining Device Patents (Class 324/439)
  • Patent number: 11964698
    Abstract: Resin plate-shaped mudguards 11 are disposed on vehicle width direction outer sides of left and right side members 7 below a cab. A cab rear member 12 is fixed to a vehicle body frame 5 and extends upward from the vehicle body frame 5 to support a rear end side of the cab from below. Mudguard brackets 17 for supporting the left and right mudguards 11 are fixed to an upper end portion of a support member 15L of the cab rear member 12. The mudguard 11 is disposed forward of the mudguard bracket 17 and supported by the mudguard bracket 17. A BSM radar 10 detects information of an object around a vehicle, is disposed on a vehicle width direction outer end portion behind the mudguard 11, and is fixed to a second bracket 19 of the mudguard bracket 17 via a radar bracket 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayoshi Serizawa, Gilwha Jin
  • Patent number: 11802827
    Abstract: A single stage high pressure mercury injection capillary pressure measurement apparatus includes a sample sub-assembly, a transducer sub-assembly, a hydraulic intensifier, and a gas cylinder. The sample sub-assembly includes a casing having walls defining an interior volume, a penetrometer arranged in the casing, the penetrometer having walls defining a sample volume, an annular space defined between the walls of the casing and the walls of the penetrometer, and a common chamber fluidly connected to the annular space by a fluid line and to the sample volume of the penetrometer by a tubing. The transducer sub-assembly is fluidly connected to the sample sub-assembly via the common chamber and includes a plurality of high-pressure transducers a plurality of low-pressure transducers. The hydraulic intensifier is fluidly connected to the common chamber and is configured to apply a high pressure to the annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Al-Huwaider, Shouxiang Mark Ma
  • Patent number: 11674864
    Abstract: Provided is a water leakage detection device, including: a pair of metal electrodes containing a first end and a second end; a warning device connected to the first end of the pair of metal electrodes, and configured to issue a warning based on a potential difference between the pair of metal electrodes; and a power supply which is connected to the second end of the pair of metal electrodes, and configured to apply a voltage between the pair of metal electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventor: Norihiro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11662129
    Abstract: An icemaker appliance and a method for making clear ice are provided. The icemaking apparatus includes a cabinet forming an ice storage compartment. A reservoir is provided within the ice storage compartment. A liquid supply conduit is configured to supply liquid to the reservoir. An ice mold is configured to freeze liquid at the ice mold. A nozzle is configured to dispense the liquid from the reservoir to the ice mold. A controller is configured to execute instructions that perform operations. The operations include dispensing, from a body of liquid at the reservoir, a flow of liquid toward the ice mold; freezing, at the ice mold, a first portion of the flow of liquid received from dispensing the flow of liquid to the ice mold; providing, to the reservoir, a second portion of the flow of liquid dispensed toward the ice mold; and providing, from the liquid supply conduit to the reservoir, a supply of liquid after dispensing the flow of liquid toward the ice mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Alan Joseph Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11580594
    Abstract: A management server is configured to perform a process including: a step of obtaining a utilization history of each user in the previous month when a condition for performing a dividing ratio setting process is satisfied; a step of updating a utilization record evaluation; a step of calculating a first dividing ratio; a step of updating a driving record evaluation; a step of calculating a second dividing ratio; and a step of setting a dividing ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Igata, Shin Sakurada, Kuniaki Jinnai, Motoyoshi Hatta, Shota Hirose
  • Patent number: 11536690
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical circuit for electrochemical measurement of a solution, said electrical circuit comprising: a voltage generation circuit; an operational amplifier that has an output (OUT), a non-inverting input (+IN), and an inverting input (?IN), wherein the output (OUT) is connected to a counter electrode (CE) in contact with the solution, the inverting input (?IN) is connected to a reference electrode (RE) in contact with the solution, and the non-inverting input (+IN) is connected to the voltage generation circuit; a capacitor that is connected between the output (OUT) and inverting input (?IN) and has a capacitance of 1 ?F or greater; and a current measurement circuit that is connected to a working electrode (WE) in contact with the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: PROVIGATE INC.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Yanagimoto
  • Patent number: 11493473
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a failsafe value for a biosensor having two perimeter electrodes, a distal electrode, and a proximal electrode are disclosed. A liquid measuring medium is applied to a capillary channel of the biosensor. The method includes applying an alternating voltage to the perimeter electrode and the proximal electrode, measuring conductivity to determine a first impedance between the perimeter electrode and the proximal electrode, applying the alternating voltage to the perimeter electrode and the distal electrode, measuring conductivity to determine a second impedance between the perimeter electrode and the distal electrode, determining a value using the first impedance and the second impedance, and providing an error message to the user if the value is out of tolerance. If the value is out of tolerance, then defects or breaks in the electrodes and/or reagent in a reaction area are present and the method disallows the test result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Terry A. Beaty, Michael Harrison Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11493467
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor that can appropriately sense the amount of abrasion powder (conductive substance) in a mechanical device of any size, and thereby to provide a sensor that can be generally used for preventive maintenance of any mechanical parts. The sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. A voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode to accumulate conductive substance between the first and second electrodes in order to sense a decrease in electric resistance between the first and second electrodes. The distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nakamura, Kazuhiko Sakurai, Masaki Harada, Toshihide Fujii
  • Patent number: 11360069
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a container, a connection interface, and a controller. The container stores a specimen. The connection interface is provided inside the container and allows detachable connection of detection units that detect different substances. The controller judges a quality of the specimen stored in the container on the basis of a substance emitted by the specimen and detected by a detection unit connected to the connection interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohide Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11353428
    Abstract: Lateral boundaries of a fluidic passage of a fluidic device incorporating at least one BAW resonator structure are fabricated with photosensitive materials (e.g., photo definable epoxy, solder mask resist, or other photoresist), allowing for high aspect ratio, precisely dimensioned walls. Resistance to delamination and peeling between a wall structure and a base structure is enhanced by providing a wall structure that includes a thin footer portion having a width that exceeds a width of an upper wall portion extending upward from the footer portion, and/or by providing a wall structure arranged over at least one anchoring region of a base structure. Anchoring features may include recesses and/or protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Rio Rivas, Vincent K. Gustafson
  • Patent number: 11338696
    Abstract: An evaluation jig comprises a female terminal connectable to a male terminal of a charging connector. The female terminal includes a plurality of contact pieces and a support portion. Each contact piece has a flexible piece, and a contact portion protruding toward the center axis from an inner surface of the flexible piece. The flexible piece forms a portion of a cylinder having the center axis. The flexible piece has a length equal to or larger than twice an outer diameter of the cylinder in a direction parallel to the center axis. The flexible piece is elastically deformable so that the flexible piece has a distal end portion to be displaceable in a radial direction of the cylinder relative to a proximal end portion of the flexible piece. The contact portion has a shape curved so as to protrude inward in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisato Kawahara, Hiroaki Yuasa, Hidetoshi Kusumi, Kyoko Inayoshi
  • Patent number: 11231391
    Abstract: A sensor element includes: a main pump cell constituted by an inner electrode provided to face a first inner space into which a measurement gas is introduced, an external electrode provided on an element surface, and a solid electrolyte therebetween; and a measurement pump cell constituted by a measurement electrode provided to face a second inner space communicated with the first inner space, an external electrode, and a solid electrolyte therebetween. A diffusion resistance from a gas inlet to the inner electrode is 200 to 1000 cm?1. For the first inner space and a unit electrode part of the inner electrode, a space length is 2.5 to 10 mm, a space thickness is 50 to 300 ?m, an electrode length/the space length is 0.5 to 1.0, and an electrode width/the space width is 0.5 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Takayuki Sekiya, Shota Kageyama
  • Patent number: 11186201
    Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for calculating a battery lifetime of an electric vehicle are described herein. One or more embodiments include receiving via a wide area network, at a network computing device, actual battery use data of a specific electric vehicle, expected battery use data, and battery use data from each of a one or more network connected electric vehicles and calculating an estimated lifetime of a battery of the specific electric vehicle based on the actual battery use data, the expected battery use data, and the battery use data from the one or more network connected electric vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel Trnka, Vladimir Havlena
  • Patent number: 10827742
    Abstract: An electrical deterrent system and method including a pulse generator, power source, and substrates with accompanying electrodes for attaching to different types of surfaces and supports on various manufactured structures to repel pinnipeds from a manufactured or man-made structure that otherwise is not intended for pinniped use. The system is repeatable, controllable and scalable and includes docking type interchangeable sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Lee Roy Carstensen
  • Patent number: 10670661
    Abstract: Provided are battery management apparatuses and methods. The battery management apparatus includes a sensitivity determiner configured to determine sensitivity of a battery state based on sensed battery information and previous battery state information, and an execution parameter adjuster configured to adjust a parameter for estimating the battery state based on the determined sensitivity of the battery state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Sun Hwang, Jin Ho Kim, Sang Do Park, Tae Won Song
  • Patent number: 10620183
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and computer-implemented methods are provided for the real-time quantification of crude oil in an effluent from coreflooding apparatus. Disclosed here is a method of determining the amount of crude oil in an effluent from a coreflooding apparatus by blending the effluent stream with a solvent stream in a mixing device to produce a mixed stream, supplying the mixed stream to an in-line phase separator to produce a first stream containing the solvent and the crude oil from the effluent stream and a second stream containing water and water-miscible components from the effluent stream; and passing the first stream to a continuous flow spectrophotometer to determine the amount of crude oil in the effluent stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Dmitry Kosynkin, Mohammed Alaskar
  • Patent number: 10613074
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and computer-implemented methods are provided for the real-time quantification of crude oil in an effluent from coreflooding apparatus. Disclosed here is a system for real-time quantification of crude oil in an effluent from a coreflooding apparatus. The system includes a coreflooding apparatus, a mixing apparatus in fluid communication with the coreflooding apparatus via an effluent line and with a solvent delivery unit via a solvent line, an in-line phase separator in fluid communication with the mixing apparatus via a mixed stream delivery line, a continuous flow analyzer in fluid communication with the phase separator via an oil-phase line and configured to receive a stream containing the solvent and crude oil via an oil-phase line and to transmit a plurality of absorption values to a data analysis engine, and the data analysis engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Dmitry Kosynkin, Mohammed Alaskar
  • Patent number: 10612078
    Abstract: A sensor incorporates one or more working electrodes, a counter electrode and a reference electrode. The sensor is inserted in a needle and connected to control electronics to detect the concentration of target molecules. The electrodes are arrays of nanostructures increasing the detection surface area. The nanostructures are functionalized with nucleic acids which bind to select target molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Meisam Honarvar Nazari, Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman, Axel Scherer
  • Patent number: 10571307
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a device for measuring a measurement variable, wherein a first inductance is supplemented by a capacitance to form a parallel resonant circuit and is excited by a micro-controller. A measuring inductance coupled to the first inductance is measured by the electronic control unit. Therefore, a measured variable can be deduced and only very few components are required in addition to the electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventor: Heinrich Acker
  • Patent number: 10551344
    Abstract: A method and devices for controlling a potentiostat control loop circuit to provide an accurate cell voltage for electrochemically sensing a sample, wherein the cell voltage corresponds to a difference between electrode voltages a working electrode and a reference electrode of a three-electrode potentiostat are provided. The devices include a potentiostat control loop circuit having a first amplifier with an output connected to a counter electrode of the three electrode potentiostat and a first input connected to a first potential and a first switched capacitor network including a first capacitance device having a first electrode connected to a second input of the first amplifier. The first switched capacitor network is also operatively connected to the first amplifier for operating in a first mode and a second mode t switchably couple the second input of the first amplifier to the reference electrode of the three-electrode potentiostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventor: Yoshio Nishida
  • Patent number: 10479298
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and a system for automatic and intelligent determination and usage of internal reserve energy in an energy system associated with a vehicle. The system processes pre-configured inputs and inputs collected in real time, generates a distribution optimization profile which possesses information on values of different control parameters required to keep selected components operational, by considering energy availability in the energy storage system. Further, the system distributes energy to selected components, based on the distribution optimization profile. Further, the system verifies whether the selected distribution optimization profile matches a safe use profile and if not, automatically overrides settings associated with the distribution optimization profile to ensure safe driving of the vehicle, with at least a minimum comfort level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MAHINDRA ELECTRIC MOBILITY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chetan Kumar Maini, Prakash Ramaraju, Vinten D Diwakar, Pallavi Kar, Kartik Gopal, Nagendra Babu Sathyanarayana
  • Patent number: 10429332
    Abstract: An oil degradation meter and a method for evaluating oil degradation are provided, in which a user is enabled to arbitrarily set a degradation of oil/fat using an acid value (AV value) as an index, and capable of learning a replacement time of oil/fat easily with a stable reproducibility, even in a case where a condition such as a moisture amount in food (deep-fried food) is different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ATAGO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hideyuki Amamiya, Akihito Kubota
  • Patent number: 10393686
    Abstract: A conductivity meter for measuring an electrical conductivity of a liquid medium having a housing, a conductive first measuring cell and a control device for controlling the first measuring cell, wherein the first measuring cell has a first conductivity measuring range, a first electrode and a second electrode, and wherein the first measuring cell and the control device are arranged at the housing. To provide a conductivity meter for measuring an electrical conductivity of a liquid medium, whose conductivity measuring range is increased, the conductivity meter has a second measuring cell with a second conductivity measuring range, that the second measuring cell is arranged at the housing, and that the control device is designed for controlling the second measuring cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KROHNE MESSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Glasmachers, Christoph Schmits
  • Patent number: 9999886
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to methods and systems for on demand droplet generation and impedance based detection. The microfluidic system can utilize an electrical sensor for detecting an electrical property of a fluid and for generating an electrical signal indicating a change in the electrical property of the fluid; a droplet generator coupled to the electrical sensor configured to generate the droplet from the fluid in response to the electrical signal from the electrical sensor; and a microfluidic channel coupled to the droplet generator for receiving the droplet. The method for generating droplets involves measuring an electrical property of the fluid, transmitting an electrical signal indicative of the electrical property, and forming the droplets from the fluid based on the electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Javier L. Prieto, Robert Lin, Abraham Phillip Lee, Jeffrey S. Fisher
  • Patent number: 9935326
    Abstract: A fuel cell system for generating electric power by supplying an anode gas and a cathode gas to a fuel cell includes: an idle stop unit adapted to stop extraction of a current from the fuel cell in accordance with an operation state of the fuel cell system; and an idle stop recovery unit adapted to restart the extraction of the current from the fuel cell in accordance with the operation state of the fuel cell system. The idle stop recovery unit limits, on the basis of an output voltage of the fuel cell before recovery from idle stop, the current to be extracted from the fuel cell after the recovery from the idle stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumio Kagami
  • Patent number: 9923397
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal and a battery manager configured to sense a state of charge of the battery; a load circuit coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal and configured to receive discharge power from the battery; a power generator coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal and configured to supply charge power to the battery; and a controller configured to control the battery pack and the power generator and to force discharging of the battery to make the state of charge of the battery equal to a reference value when a signal to initiate self-discharging is received from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ria Ju, Eui-Hwan Song
  • Patent number: 9863996
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a quality of an electrical connection of a test part is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first fixture holding the test part to one side of the electrical connection, a second fixture holding the test part to a second side of the electrical connection, wherein the first fixture and the second fixture apply a twist to the test part, and a electrical test module configured to test an electrical resistance of the electrical connection when the twist is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Carlos Gutierrez Martinez
  • Patent number: 9778299
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting the breakthrough of hardness in a water softener measures a change in the conductivity of elongated cation-exchange material in contact with the treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Thomas A. Davis, David Nemir
  • Patent number: 9778224
    Abstract: An ionization device includes a first electrode comprising a conductive member coated with a dielectric layer. The ionization device also includes a spine extending adjacent to and at least partially along the first electrode. The ionization device further includes a second electrode comprising conductive segments disposed adjacent the first electrode. Each one of the conductive segments contacts the spine at a respective contact location. The dielectric layer of the first electrode separates the conductive member of the first electrode from the spine and the second electrode. The ionization device is configured to create plasma generating locations corresponding to respective crossings of the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Smiths Detection Montreal Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Kubelik, Simon Feldberg, Bohdan Atamanchuk, Mark Piniarski, Mark Lekhter, Daniel Levin, Vlad Sergeyev, Henryk Zaleski
  • Patent number: 9664085
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst disposed at an exhaust system of an engine for using ammonia that is generated from urea water as a reducing agent to reduce NOx contained in exhaust gas, a device that injects urea water to the SCR catalyst, an inlet-side electrode that detects capacitance within the SCR catalyst at least from a vicinity of an inlet of the SCR catalyst to a vicinity of an intermediate section in an exhaust gas flowing direction, an outlet-side electrode that detects the capacitance within the SCR catalyst at least from the vicinity of the intermediate section to an outlet of the SCR catalyst in the exhaust gas flowing direction, and a calculation unit that calculates an ammonia adsorption amount within the SCR catalyst on a basis of the capacitances detected from the inlet-side and the outlet-side electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadashi Uchiyama, Hidekazu Fujie, Naoto Murasawa, Satoshi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 9618468
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring electrical conductivity and a system for measuring electrical conductivity using the same. The method includes obtaining a cell constant of a conductance cell using a conductivity standard solution, pouring a solution desired to be measured in the conductance cell, and applying predetermined direct current (DC) voltages to electrodes, disposed in the conductance cell, in a manner of changing the predetermined DC voltages in stages at each preset time (t), obtaining resistance of the solution, as a slope, from a linear relationship between the voltage and a peak current, measured for each voltage, and calculating electrical conductivity of the solution using the cell constant and the resistance of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD., KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jong Yun Kim, Yong Suk Choi, Sang Eun Bae, Jei Won Yeon, Kyuseok Song
  • Patent number: 9482698
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a primary side circuit including one or more voltage nodes; and a monitoring circuit operating to monitor one or more parameters of the primary side circuit, and including at least one sensing circuit and at least one processing circuit within a secondary side circuit, where the sensing circuit includes a resistor network having an input for receiving a first sensed voltage from a first of the voltage nodes of the primary side circuit, traversing an isolation boundary between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit while adhering to a safety specification, which includes a primary-secondary isolation requirement, and having an output for providing a first modified sensed voltage to the processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Raritan Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Suchoff
  • Patent number: 9458042
    Abstract: In order to achieve reproducible operating parameters of the shaping process of an I.S. glassware forming machine, a central control of all blowing and cooling air flows is proposed, in which in accordance with sections a volume flow of the cooling air including the inlet-side and outlet-side temperatures thereof are measured by means of a measuring device (51, 52) and a heat loss which is associated with the section is ascertained. The heat thus removed in sections is compared with standard values, wherein in the event that tolerance zones are exceeded a variation of the volume flow is initiated by the actuation of restrictors (53, 54). All of the sections of the glassware forming machine which are intended for passage of cooling air are monitored in this way, namely on the basis of a determinable heat loss, so that uniform cooling conditions, which are adapted to a mathematical model, and in this respect a reproducible product quality are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HEYE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Friedrich Borcherding, Benedikt Felgenhauer, Dennis Isensee, Eckhard Möller
  • Patent number: 9410839
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the rate of flow of an ion-containing fluid in a channel are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a captive sensor operable to detect changes in capacitance value due to the deflection of the ions in the fluid by a magnetic field, and a processor operable to determine a flow speed of fluid from the detected change in capacitance value and a predetermined value of magnetic field strength. Such apparatus may be implemented using CMOS technology. The apparatus may operate in a magnetic field generated by a permanent magnet and measure the flow reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Friso Jedema, Casper van der Avoort, Stephan Heil, Kim Phan Le, Olaf Wunnicke
  • Patent number: 9233199
    Abstract: Control methods of a dialysis machine for allowing the dialysate-side detection of a recirculation in an arteriovenous shunt of a patient during ongoing hemodialysis are described. A sensor is arranged downstream of a dialyzer and detects a change of a physicochemical parameter PD of outflowing dialysis fluid. Control elements are provided to guide the dialysis fluid in a selected manner through the dialyzer or pass it by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: B. BRAUN AVITUM AG
    Inventors: Silvie Krause, Christof Strohhoefer, Joern Ahrens, Alex Castellarnau, Soeren Weyer
  • Patent number: 9221347
    Abstract: A charging control system that controls charging of an automobile that uses electric power as motive power include a receiving unit that receives electric power demands from an electric power supplier side; and a control unit that controls charging on and off of the automobile. The control unit changes a ratio of a charging-on duration and a charging-off duration in each duration in allowable charging durations for the automobile according to changes of the electric power demands over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kuribayashi, Hitoshi Yano, Koji Kudo, Kazuhiko Ogimoto, Kazuto Kataoka, Takashi Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9047746
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a patient's compliance with a medication regimen includes an electronic tag integral with or attached to a medicine delivery device such as a capsule, the tag having an antenna and a receiver/transmitter, the system also including a reader positioned externally for detecting the presence and location of the delivery device in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventors: Neil R. Euliano, II, Brent A. Myers, Jose C. Principe, Venkata V. Meka, Glen Flores
  • Patent number: 9035661
    Abstract: A flow-through conductivity sensor assembly comprises a housing (4) having a flow passage with an inlet end and an outlet end. The cross section of at least a section of the flow passage extension between the inlet and outlet ends is divided into a conductivity measuring channel (2) and a parallel by-pass channel (3) of larger cross-sectional area than the measuring channel (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventors: Lars Andersson, Stefan D'Argy, Patric Fricking, Joachim Tollstoy
  • Patent number: 9024588
    Abstract: An emergency power supply device is provided to supply emergency power to a direct voltage circuit. The direct voltage circuit has a first potential tap and a second potential tap, comprising an energy storage unit. The energy storage unit has a plus pole and a minus pole, and one of the poles is connected to the first potential tap via a first connection. The other pole is connected to the second potential tap via a second connection. At least one of the connections has a directional electric current meter and at least one of the connections has an interrupter. The directional electric current meter can measure a flow of charging current. The interrupter can prevent a flow of charging current, and the interrupter can be controlled as a function of the flow of charging current that has been measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Moog Unna GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Rösmann
  • Publication number: 20150042352
    Abstract: Various samples are generated on a substrate. The samples each includes or consists of one or more analytes. In some instances, the samples are generated through the use of gels or through vapor deposition techniques. The samples are used in an instrument for screening large numbers of analytes by locating the samples between a working electrode and a counter electrode assembly. The instrument also includes one or more light sources for illuminating each of the samples. The instrument is configured to measure the photocurrent formed through a sample as a result of the illumination of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: John M. Gregoire, Jian Jin, Kevin S. Kan, Martin R. Marcin, Slobodan Mitrovic, Paul F. Newhouse, Santosh K. Suram, Chengxiang Xiang, Lan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8937477
    Abstract: The invention provides a biochemical measuring device including: a measuring unit configured to measure a base current and a peak current; a time counting unit configured to count an elapsed time from the contact of a sensor electrode to a reference solution until the start of measurement of the base current; and a control unit, wherein the control unit acquires a concentration of a specific substance using the base current value when the elapsed time is equal to or longer than a stationarizing time, and when it is shorter than the stationarizing time, acquires the concentration of the specific substance using the stationary base current value measured by the measuring unit when the elapsed time is shorter than the stationarizing time instead of the current value of the base current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Tanita Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuro Murayama
  • Patent number: 8878557
    Abstract: Equipment for indicating a bed-wetting in a bed comprising a bed-wetter sheet and a measuring- and control system. A measuring circuit is furnished to test whether the electrode in the bed-wetter sheet are intact, and afterwards to measure the conductivity in the normal state between the two from each other electrically isolated electrodes whereby the conductivity between the two electrodes will fall drastically by a bed-wetting, human fluids containing salt being spread on the sheet, and indicate the bed-wetting. The measuring circuit is furnished to as a part of a routine to enter into a resting state whereby the measurement is performed with a prearranged fixed time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Linak A/S
    Inventors: Kjeld Kristiansen, Allan H. Madsen
  • Patent number: 8872520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor comprising a substrate (10) carrying a field effect transistor (30) having a gate electrode (32), the sensor further comprising a measurement electrode (36) spatially separated from the gate electrode; and a reference electrode (40), said measurement electrode being in configurable conductive contact with said gate electrode, the sensor further comprising a charge storage element (60) comprising a first electrode connected to a node (38) between the measurement electrode and the gate electrode; and a second electrode configurably connected to a known potential source (80). The present invention further relates to a method of performing a measurement with such a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: Axel Nackaerts, Matthias Merz
  • Patent number: 8760178
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a method for measuring a target component in an erythrocyte-containing specimen with high reliability while suppressing the influence of the Ht value of the specimen. [Solution to Problem] In the measurement method of the present invention, first, prior to measurement, a relationship between amounts of the target component and a plurality of signals corresponding thereto is provided. Then, a plurality of signals derived from the target component in the erythrocyte-containing specimen are acquired with a biosensor. With reference to the relationship, the amount of the target component in the specimen is determined based on the thus-acquired plurality of signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Arkray, Inc.
    Inventor: John James Rippeth
  • Patent number: 8717045
    Abstract: A microorganism number-measuring apparatus includes: measurement container including measurement liquid; rotary driver; bacteria-collection signal generator; measurement signal generator; output amplifier for amplifying outputs of signal generators and; I/V amplifier; impedance measuring unit for measuring impedance of liquid; microorganism number-computing unit for computing the number of microorganisms present in liquid; solution conductivity-computing unit for computing conductivity of liquid; and warm-up section for warming up at least one of I/V amplifier and output amplifier. Warm-up section computes a warm-up signal based on the conductivity computed by conductivity-computing unit. Warm-up section computes the warm-up signal having a current the same in magnitude as that flowing through measurement electrode by using the measured solution conductivity, and applies the signal to at least one of I/V amplifier and output amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidenori Morita
  • Patent number: 8710848
    Abstract: A modular sensor system for continuous measurement of analytes in continuous flow has a fluidic module, a sensor module, an optional reference module, and a cover part which are stacked on top of each other and firmly connected with each other so as to be releasable. The fluidic module includes a fluid duct having an inlet and an outlet. The sensor module includes a sensor compartment which has at least one sensor and is in fluid communication with the fluid duct of the fluidic module. The optional reference module is in fluid communication with the fluid duct of the fluidic module by means of a diaphragm. The cover part seals the sensor module or the reference module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Büerkert Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Oberndorfer, Katrin Rudolph, Michael Winkler
  • Patent number: 8643377
    Abstract: A method of detecting impurities in a high-temperature aqueous solution and an apparatus of detecting impurities for the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of detecting impurities in a high-temperature aqueous solution comprising a reducing agent using an electrochemical water chemistry technology detecting the electrochemical current varied according to the degree in which the impurities in the high-temperature aqueous solution hinder the formation of an oxide film that is formed on a noble metal electrode, and an impurity detecting apparatus comprising a noble metal electrode, a counter electrode, and a device of applying the electrochemical potential and measuring the electrochemical current for the method of detecting impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Jei-Won Yeon, Kyuseok Song, Jaesik Hwang, Myung Hee Yun
  • Patent number: 8624577
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for identifying a cable path may be provided. The system may include a cable set operable to transmit data, the cable set comprising power delivery wires designed to transmit electrical power. The cable set may also comprise two adapters proximate respective ends of the cable set, the first adapter operable to be coupled to a signal generator operable to transmit electrical power across the power delivery wires. In some embodiments, the cable set may further comprise a circuit coupled to the power delivery wires of the cable set, the circuit operable to receive electrical power from the signal generator and allow at least a portion of the electrical power to continue across the power delivery wires. The cable set may further comprise an indicator coupled to the circuit and operable to emit light when electrical power from the circuit is received at the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Charles B. Bradley, II
  • Patent number: 8618820
    Abstract: This is a method for analyzing the purity of water at the outlet from a purification device. It includes the following steps: a) sending the liquid at the outlet from the filter means to a resistivity measuring cell to determine its resistivity ?UPW; b) establishing a reference mode by exposing a portion of the liquid to said oxidation means (2) during a given number of significantly different time periods; c) determining by regression the resistivity at infinity ??REF of said liquid in this reference mode; d) establishing an analysis mode by causing said liquid to be analyzed to pass through the resistivity measuring cell; e) determining the resistivity at infinity ?? of said liquid in this analysis mode by successive iterations; and f) calculating the quantity of organic compounds contained in the purified liquid from this resistivity at infinity ?? and at least the values ?UPW and ??REF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
  • Patent number: 8617397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reverse osmosis filtration devices, and more particularly, to membrane filtration devices (10, 11, 12) that have flow meters and fluid conductivity meters powered by RFID tags. Embodiments of the present invention comprise reverse osmosis filters and filtration systems comprising measuring devices, including flow and conductivity meters. The meters of the present invention are preferably located on or within permeate core tubes (16) of filtration devices and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Hydranautics, Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Ikeyama, Mark Wilf