Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Sughrue, Mion, Zion, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
  • Patent number: 6320393
    Abstract: A dielectric constant sensing device of the present invention comprises a transmission line consisting of a first electrode formed of a conductor being wound like a longitudinal cylinder, a second electrode provided to be separated from the cylindrical surface of the first electrode at a predetermined distance, and a chamber for introducing a measured fluid between the first electrode and the second electrode, whereby a dielectric constant of the measured fluid can be sensed based on a rate of a pulse voltage wave propagated over the transmission line. Accordingly, the fluid dielectric constant sensing device which is able to attain high precision by a simple structure can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuaki Yasui, Mitsuhiro Ono, Susumu Nagano