Patents Assigned to Sporian Microsystems, Inc.
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Patent number: 11940336Abstract: A capacitive pressure transducer includes a shielded spacer positioned between the capacitor electrodes and driven with a separate voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sporian Microsystems, Inc.Inventors: Evan Pilant, Dale Schoonover, Jakob Oreskovich, Brittany McGrogan, Eric Schneider, Bradley Smith, William VanHoose
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Patent number: 11346698Abstract: Heat resistant sensors equipped with any of a variety of transducers for measuring any of a variety of properties of fluids are constructed with components comprising materials that can withstand very high temperatures. Some embodiments of the sensors include a first pressure sensitive element and a second pressure sensitive element with respective first and second membranes positioned in juxtaposed relation to each other to form a capacitor. Some embodiments include a pusher that extends from the membrane toward a first electrode. Some embodiments have a housing comprising a ceramic substrate with a sensor element mounted on an inside surface of the substrate. Other embodiments have direction sensing capabilities including a heater positioned in a core material and at least three temperature sensors located at or near the peripheral surface of the core material and spaced apart angularly in relation to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Sporian Microsystems, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Jon Lubbers, Evan Pilant, Alex Brand, Laura Ferlin, Samuel Hotaling, Steve Sheeran, Jakob Oreskovich, Eric Schneider, Thomas Schahrer, Lewis Wright
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Publication number: 20200400477Abstract: Heat resistant sensors equipped with any of a variety of transducers for measuring any of a variety of properties of fluids are constructed with components comprising materials that can withstand very high temperatures. Some embodiments of the sensors include a first pressure sensitive element and a second pressure sensitive element with respective first and second membranes positioned in juxtaposed relation to each other to form a capacitor. Some embodiments include a pusher that extends from the membrane toward a first electrode. Some embodiments have a housing comprising a ceramic substrate with a sensor element mounted on an inside surface of the substrate. Other embodiments have direction sensing capabilities including a heater positioned in a core material and at least three temperature sensors located at or near the peripheral surface of the core material and spaced apart angularly in relation to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Jon Lubbers, Evan Pilant, Alex Brand, Laura Ferlin, Samuel Hotaling, Steve Sheeran, Jakob Oreskovich, Eric Schneider, Thomas Schahrer, Lewis Wright
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Patent number: 10436661Abstract: Heat resistant sensors equipped with any of a variety of transducers for measuring any of a variety of properties of fluids are constructed with components comprising materials that can withstand very high temperatures. Some embodiments of the sensors include a base comprising non-conductive ceramic material, and some embodiments of the transducers include conductive ceramic materials with resistivities that vary as a function of temperature. Some embodiments of the sensors also include electrical conductors comprising electrically conductive ceramic material or electrical conductors comprising an electrically conductive refractory metal on the base. Other embodiments of the transducers include a capacitor constructed of materials that can withstand very high temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Yiping Liu, Jon L. Lubbers, Evan Pilant, Laura Rodrigues, Laurel Frediani, Brian Schaible, Brady Knowles, Aris Legorreta
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Patent number: 7652767Abstract: An improved optical sensor and methods for measuring the presence of various materials or constituents in a fluid sample uses reactive material(s) in a fluid environment. The reactive materials have optical properties that change in the presence of a target material that may be present in the environment. An optical emitter generates light that is directed to the reactive materials, and one or more optical detectors receive reflected light from one or more interfaces in the optical path between the emitter and the detector(s), one or more of the interfaces having a reactive material. The reactive material(s), emitter(s), and detector(s) are selected based on the desired target material to be sensed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Sporian Microsystems, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Brian Schaible, Wenge Zhang, William Garrett
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Patent number: 7602496Abstract: An improved optical sensor and methods for measuring the presence of various materials or constituents in a fluid sample uses one or more reactive materials in a fluid environment. The reactive materials have optical properties that change in the presence of one or more target materials that may be present in the environment. One or more optical emitters generate light that is directed to the reactive material(s), and one or more optical detectors receive light from the reactive material(s), and the presence or absence of the target material is determined based on the light received at the optical detector(s). The reactive material(s), emitter(s), and detector(s) are selected based on the desired target material to be sensed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Sporian Microsystems, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Brian Schaible, Wenge Zhang, William Garrett, Christopher P. Mattison
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Publication number: 20080094632Abstract: An improved optical sensor and methods for measuring the presence of various materials or constituents in a fluid sample uses reactive material(s) in a fluid environment. The reactive materials have optical properties that change in the presence of a target material that may be present in the environment. An optical emitter generates light that is directed to the reactive materials, and one or more optical detectors receive reflected light from one or more interfaces in the optical path between the emitter and the detector(s), one or more of the interfaces having a reactive material. The reactive material(s), emitter(s), and detector(s) are selected based on the desired target material to be sensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Brian Schaible, Wenge Zhang, William Garrett
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Publication number: 20080094624Abstract: An improved optical sensor and methods for measuring the presence of various materials or constituents in a fluid sample uses one or more reactive materials in a fluid environment. The reactive materials have optical properties that change in the presence of one or more target materials that may be present in the environment. One or more optical emitters generate light that is directed to the reactive material(s), and one or more optical detectors receive light from the reactive material(s), and the presence or absence of the target material is determined based on the light received at the optical detector(s). The reactive material(s), emitter(s), and detector(s) are selected based on the desired target material to be sensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: KEVIN HARSH, BRIAN SCHAIBLE, WENGE ZHANG, WILLIAM GARRETT, CHRISTOPHER P. MATTISON