Patents Assigned to SENTEC AS
  • Patent number: 11506303
    Abstract: A valve position sensor is described. The valve position sensor includes a sensor housing for placement on a moving component of a valve. A print circuit board assembly is disposed within the housing. The print circuit board assembly includes one or more micro sensors that includes a magnetometer and a gyroscope. A processing unit performs a calibration routine that associates magnetometer data received from the magnetometer with valve position data received from the gyroscope. The processing unit receives data from the magnetometer and compares the received magnetometer data with the calibration data to determine valve position data relating to an estimate of the valve position. A transmitter wirelessly transmits event data including valve position data to an external receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SENTEC AS
    Inventors: Øystein Gismervik, Ronny Karlsen, Jørn R Sandø
  • Patent number: 11428566
    Abstract: A level sensor assembly (10) for measuring physical properties indicative of a quality of a urea solution (AdBlue/DEF), where at least a portion of said level sensor assembly (10) is inserted in a tank (50), said level sensor assembly (10) comprises a header unit (12) mounted in an aperture of the tank (50); heating tubes (20) inserted in the tank for heating/thawing the urea solution in the tank (50) and one or more tubes (22) for suction of urea solution from the tank (50), said tubes (20,22) being connected to the header unit (12); and a level sensor (24,26) for measuring level of urea solution in the tank (50). Further, a detachable UQS sensor (30) is installed in the header unit (12), said UQS sensor (30) being at least partly submerged in a liquid pool (32) of urea solution in the header unit (12), and the liquid pool (32) in the header unit (12) comprises a compressible and/or expanding bottom (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SENTEC AS
    Inventors: Øystein Gismervik, Jørn R. Sandø, Torsten Artz
  • Publication number: 20200232840
    Abstract: A level sensor assembly (10) for measuring physical properties indicative of a quality of a urea solution (AdBlue/DEF), where at least a portion of said level sensor assembly (10) is inserted in a tank (50), said level sensor assembly (10) comprises a header unit (12) mounted in an aperture of the tank (50); heating tubes (20) inserted in the tank for heating/thawing the urea solution in the tank (50) and one or more tubes (22) for suction of urea solution from the tank (50), said tubes (20,22) being connected to the header unit (12); and a level sensor (24,26) for measuring level of urea solution in the tank (50). Further, a detachable UQS sensor (30) is installed in the header unit (12), said UQS sensor (30) being at least partly submerged in a liquid pool (32) of urea solution in the header unit (12), and the liquid pool (32) in the header unit (12) comprises a compressible and/or expanding bottom (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SENTEC AS
    Inventors: ØYSTEIN GISMERVIK, JØRN R. SANDØ, TORSTEN ARTZ