Patents Assigned to Micro Motion, Inc.
  • Spool body for a vibrating densitometer
    Patent number: 11555769
    Abstract: A spool body is provided that is adapted for use in a vibrating densitometer. The spool body comprises a core and a plurality of spines that emanate distally from the core. At least one channel is defined by the plurality of spines, wherein a cantilever mode of the spool body lies outside a predetermined natural frequency range of a vibrating tube portion of the vibrating densitometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Megan Casey, Anthony William Pankratz
  • DESIGN TO REDUCE STRAIN IN CORIOLIS FLOW SENSOR
    Publication number: 20230003566
    Abstract: An embodiment of a balance bar (230) is disclosed. The balance bar (230) comprises a first side portion (231) having a hollow interior for receiving a flow tube (220), a central portion (233) having a hollow interior for receiving a flow tube (220), and a first side flexible portion (234) comprising at least one flexible coupler (250), the first side flexible portion (234) coupling the first side portion (231) with the central portion (233), wherein the first side portion (231) and the central portion (233) are both more rigid than the first side flexible portion (234).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Praveen RAO, Martin Andrew SCHLOSSER
  • METHODS FOR COUPLING AND HERMETICALLY SEALING COMPONENTS COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20220395933
    Abstract: A method for forming a pressure fit hermetic seal between a second component (104) and an interior member (108) is disclosed. The method comprises steps of coupling the second component (104) to a first component (102) by applying heat to one or more of the first component (102) and the second component (104) and allowing the first component (102) and the second component (104) to cool, wherein the applying heat step and allowing to cool step form the hermetic seal by causing compression of a hermetic element (106) against the second component (104) and by causing compression of the hermetic element (106) against the interior member (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventor: Clinton R. GRIFFIN
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MAPPABLE I/O CHANNEL ON AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMITTER
    Publication number: 20220397948
    Abstract: An electrical transmitter (100) is provided that comprises an ethernet connection (118) and a power source. Electronics (112) are configured to receive the ethernet connection (118) and the power source. The electronics (112) comprise logic operable to detect the power source and accept power from either the ethernet connection (118) or a dedicated power connection (116). A remappable power connection terminal (114) with the electronics (112) is operable to accept power when the dedicated power connection (116) is detected, and operable to accept a non-power connection when power from the ethernet connection (118) is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew S. KRAVITZ, Tonya L. WYATT, Anthony GENTILE
  • VIBRATORY FLOWMETER AND METHODS AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR METER VERIFICATION
    Publication number: 20220390267
    Abstract: A vibratory flowmeter (5) for meter verification is provided, including meter electronics (20) coupled to the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R) and coupled to a driver (180), with the meter electronics (20) configured to: vibrate the flowmeter assembly (10) in a single mode using the driver (180), determine a single mode current (230) of the driver (180) and determine first and second response voltages (231) generated by the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R), respectively, compute frequency response functions for the determined first and second response voltages (231) from the determined single mode current (230), fit the generated frequency response functions to a pole-residue model, and verify proper operation of the vibratory flowmeter (5) using the meter stiffness value (216), residual flexibility (218), and the meter mass (240) in embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cunningham, David J. Kapolnek, Matthew J. Rensing, Christopher George Larsen
  • ENHANCED SUPERCRITICAL FLUID MEASUREMENT WITH VIBRATORY SENSORS
    Publication number: 20220390262
    Abstract: A method for inferring an inferred speed of sound of a flow fluid is disclosed. The method is conducted by a computer system (200) having a processor (210) and a memory (220), the processor (210) configured to execute instructions from the memory (220) and store data in the memory (220), the memory (220) having a SoS inference module (202). The method includes inferring, by the SoS inference module (202), the inferred speed of sound of the flow fluid based on an inferential relationship between a measured density of the flow fluid and the inferred speed of sound of the flow fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Timothy PATTEN, Anthony William PANKRATZ
  • DETECTING AN ORIENTATION OF A VIBRATORY METER AND COMPENSATING A MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE DETECTED ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20220390343
    Abstract: A meter electronics (20) for detecting an orientation and compensating a measurement based on the detected orientation is provided. The meter electronics (20) comprises an interface (401) configured to communicatively couple to a sensor assembly (10) and a processing system (402). The processing system (402) is configured to detect an orientation of the sensor assembly (10) based on one or more sensor signals provided by the sensor assembly (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventor: Marc Allan BUTTLER
  • CORIOLIS FLOW METER WITH FLOW TUBE INCLUDING INSERTS
    Publication number: 20220381599
    Abstract: A Coriolis flow meter (100) comprises a driver (180) coupled to a flow tube (800,900), the driver (180) configured to oscillate the flow tube in a drive direction, a pick-off sensor (170L, 170R) coupled to the flow tube (800,900), configured to measure a movement of the flow tube (800,900), and the flow tube (800,900) comprises a conduit (852) having an interior surface (854), and a plurality of inserts (856a, 856b, 856c, 856d, 956a, 956b), each respective insert of the plurality of inserts (856a, 856b, 856c, 856d, 956a, 956b) being coupled to at least a first position (858) on the interior surface (854) of the conduit (852).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Treat LANHAM, Christopher A. WERBACH
  • Correcting a measured flow rate for viscosity effects
    Patent number: 11499857
    Abstract: A system (600, 700) for correcting a measured flow rate for viscosity effects of a fluid in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The system (600, 700) includes a sensor assembly (10) and a meter electronics (20) communicatively coupled to the sensor assembly (10). The meter electronics (20) is configured to receive sensor signals from the sensor assembly (10), determine a non-viscosity correlation parameter based on the sensor signals, and correlate the non-viscosity correlation parameter to a viscosity of a fluid in the sensor assembly (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean M. Standiford
  • Minimizing a crest in a multi-tone drive signal in a vibratory meter
    Patent number: 11493374
    Abstract: A system (800) for minimizing a crest in a multi-tone drive signal in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The system (800) includes a drive signal generator (810) configured to generate the multi-tone drive signal for the vibratory meter (5) and a drive signal detector (820). The drive signal detector (820) is configured to receive the multi-tone drive signal, determine a first maximum amplitude of the multi-tone drive signal having a component at a first phase, determine a second maximum amplitude of the multi-tone drive signal having the component at a second phase, and compare the first maximum amplitude and the second maximum amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cunningham, Matthew Joseph Rensing, Mark James Bell
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFERRING ENERGY AND BURNING PROPERTIES OF A FLUID IN A PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20220349867
    Abstract: A method for inferring energy content of a flow fluid in a gaseous state is disclosed. The method is carried out by a computer system (200) having a processor (210) and memory (220), the memory (220) having an inference module (204), the method comprising inferring, by the inference module (204), the inferred energy content of the flow fluid in the gaseous state from an inferential relationship between the inferred energy content of the flow fluid in the gaseous state with at least one measurement taken of the flow fluid in the liquid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: George Alexander MACDONALD, Tony WRIGHT, Timothy James PEGG, Hans Christopher LOEWENHEATH, Anthony William PANKRATZ
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE DETERMINATION OF FLUID ENERGY CONTENT
    Publication number: 20220349797
    Abstract: A method for determining an inferential relationship between an inferred energy content and at least one measured quantity is disclosed. The inferential relationship yields an inferred energy content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventor: George Alexander MACDONALD
  • Vibratory flow meter with multichannel flow tube
    Patent number: 11486750
    Abstract: Vibratory meters (5), and methods for their use measuring a fluid are provided. Each vibratory meter includes a multichannel flow tube (300) comprising two or more fluid channels (302), a pickoff (170), a driver (180), and meter electronics (20) configured to apply a drive signal to the driver at a drive frequency ?, and measure a deflection of the multichannel flow tube with the pickoff. In examples, at least one fluid channel has an effective diameter that is related to velocity of sound and drive velocity. In further examples, the driver may apply a drive signal to the driver having a drive frequency proportional to the velocity of sound and effective diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark James Bell, Joel Weinstein, Mitalee Nayan Desai, Clinton R. Griffin
  • Method of compensating for mass flow using known density
    Patent number: 11486752
    Abstract: A method for determining a mass flow measurement is provided. The method comprises calibrating a flowmeter sensor at a first temperature and flowing a fluid having a second temperature through the flowmeter sensor. A density of the fluid is input into meter electronics. A compensated mass flow value of the fluid is determined by meter electronics, wherein the Modulus of Elasticity of the flowmeter sensor is unknown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Timothy Patten, Robert Barclay Garnett
  • Manifold
    Patent number: 11473954
    Abstract: A manifold (400, 600, 700) with reduced vortex shedding, a vibrator) meter (5) including the same, and a method of manufacturing both are described. The manifold (400, 600, 700) comprises a first conduit section (202), a second conduit section (204), a splitter section (406, 606, 706) positioned between the first conduit section (202) and the second conduit section (204), the splitter section (406, 606, 706) including a first splitter face (408a, 608a, 708) facing the first conduit section (202), and a first protrusion (412a, 612a. 712), at least a portion of which is positioned on the first splitter face (408a, 608a, 708).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: David Skinkle, Anthony William Pankratz, Jeffry D. Foster
  • Vibratory flowmeter and methods and diagnostics for meter verification
    Patent number: 11473961
    Abstract: A vibratory flowmeter (5) for meter verification is provided, including meter electronics (20) coupled to the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R) and coupled to a driver (180), with the meter electronics (20) configured to: vibrate the flowmeter assembly (10) in a single mode using the driver (180), determine a single mode current (230) of the driver (180) and determine first and second response voltages (231) generated by the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R), respectively, compute frequency response functions for the determined first and second response voltages (231) from the determined single mode current (230), fit the generated frequency response functions to a pole-residue model, and verify proper operation of the vibratory flowmeter (5) using the meter stiffness value (216), residual flexibility (218), and the meter mass (240) in embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J Cunningham, David J Kapolnek, Matthew J Rensing, Christopher George Larsen
  • Dual sensor vortex flowmeter
    Patent number: 11473947
    Abstract: A vortex flowmeter includes a housing having an interior cavity, a vortex shedder supported by the housing and extending into the interior cavity, an ultrasonic sensor, a bending moment sensor and a controller. The ultrasonic sensor is configured to produce an ultrasonic flow rate output that is indicative of the flow rate of a fluid flow through the interior cavity. The bending moment sensor is configured to produce a bending moment flow rate output that is indicative of the flow rate of the fluid flow through the interior cavity. The controller is configured to generate a flow rate measurement that is indicative of the flow rate based on the ultrasonic flow rate output and/or the bending moment flow rate output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Mikhailovich Druzhkov, Andrey Vasilyevich Babenkov, Anton Alexeyevich Chernovol
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIAGNOSTIC FROM A DEVIATION OF A FLOW METER PARAMETER
    Publication number: 20220326060
    Abstract: A method for detecting a deviation in a flow meter parameter is provided. The method includes measuring a flow tube temperature in a plurality of locations; and calculating a temperature gradient based on the measured temperatures. The method also includes detecting a deviation in the flow meter parameter if the calculated temperature gradient exceeds a temperature gradient threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. CUNNINGHAM, Andrew Timothy PATTEN
  • NOTIFICATION OF EVENTS AND APPORTIONING OF PROCESS DATA IN A METER
    Publication number: 20220307883
    Abstract: A meter electronics (20) configured to notify of an event and apportion process data is provided. The meter electronics (20) comprises a memory (230) configured to continuously store the process data (410) for a duration (412), a processor (210) communicatively coupled to the memory (230). The processor (210) is configured to detect one or more events (430) in the process data (410) and at least one of generate a notification (460) and apportion the process data (410) based on the detected one or more events (430).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew S. KRAVITZ, Matthew A. HELLER, Nathan C. MURRA, Tonya L. WYATT
  • STABILIZED MODE SPLITTING FIN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20220299350
    Abstract: An embodiment of a fin sensor is disclosed. The embodiment of the fin sensor has a base, the base coupled to a first fin and a second fin, the fin sensor further having at least two transducers coupled to the fins, the first fin being coupled to the second fin by at least one fin coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Andrew SCHLOSSER, Frederick Scott SCHOLLENBERGER, Joel WEINSTEIN