Abstract: A fluid level detector is provided, which has a transmitter, a receiver, and a sensing zone adjacent the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter and receiver are arranged such that when an electric field forms between the transmitter and receiver, a fringe electric field extends from the transmitter into the sensing zone. The transmitter and receiver are both on a same side of the sensing zone, and a fluid located at the sensing zone changes a measured capacitance at the transmitter and receiver system.

Abstract: An adjusting device for a pressure detector that is capable of arbitrarily adjusting the initial position of a membrane member is provided. An adjusting device for a pressure detector includes a control unit that sequentially executes a first step in which a predetermined adjusting pressure is generated in a first zone by activating a pump with the first zone being closed by the closing of an electromagnetic valve, and a second step in which a gas-phase portion, the first zone, and a second zone are combined into a closed space by disabling the closing of the electromagnetic valve; and an adjusting-pressure-acquiring unit that acquires the adjusting pressure to be generated in the first step, the adjusting pressure being acquired in accordance with a relationship between a pressure and a capacity of the first zone in the first step and a pressure and a capacity of the combination of the gas-phase portion, the first zone, and the second zone in the second step.

Abstract: The odor exploration method explores an odor based on odor information generated using a plurality of sensor elements each outputting a detection signal according to the state of adsorption by indicating an adsorption reaction unique to each odor substance, and an arithmetic unit generating the odor information by quantifying each detection signal from the sensor elements. The method includes a detection step detecting a first gas containing odor substances, a generation step generating a first odor information group generated based on a detection result of the first gas, a preparation step preparing a second odor information group generated based on a detection of a second gas, and a calculation step calculating a sum of or a difference between the second odor information group and the first odor information group based on a sum of or difference between the odor information generated for the first gas and for the second gas using the same sensor element.

Abstract: The stent has an expansive force 0.05 N/mm or less per unit length when it has a diameter equal to the lower limit diameter of the target blood vessel and is measured under the following conditions. A radial force testing system manufactured by Blockwise Engineering LLC is used as a tester. The test conditions include a temperature of 37° C.±2° C. in the chamber of the tester; a stent diameter of 0.5 mm for start of test, and a rate of increase of diameter of 0.5 mm/s in the tester. The test method includes radially compressing the stent disposed in the chamber; recording an expansive force while gradually increasing the diameter of the chamber at the rate of increase of diameter; and dividing the expansive force by the effective length of the stent to calculate an expansive force per unit length.

Abstract: A measurement method includes: a step of acquiring first observation point information; a step of acquiring second observation point information; a step of calculating a path deflection waveform at a third observation point; a step of calculating a path deflection waveform at a central position between the first observation point and the second observation point; a step of calculating a measurement waveform as a physical quantity at the third observation point; a step of calculating an amplitude coefficient at which a difference is minimized between the measurement waveform and a waveform obtained by multiplying the path deflection waveform at the third observation point by the amplitude coefficient; and a step of calculating, based on the path deflection waveform at the central position and the amplitude coefficient, an estimation waveform as a physical quantity at the central position.

Abstract: A sensor for determining a measurand dependent on a concentration of a gaseous analyte in a liquid medium includes: a closed measurement chamber with a gas sensor sensitive to the gaseous analyte for generating a measurement signal which is dependent on the concentration of the gaseous analyte in the measurement chamber; a diffusion membrane impermeable to liquid and gas-permeable to the gaseous analyte, which diffusion membrane closes the measurement chamber and includes a medium-contacting second surface; an evaluation unit for determining the measurand on the basis of the measurement signal; and an ultrasound emission unit designed to introduce ultrasonic waves into the medium such that a mixing of the medium is generated in a volume adjacent the medium-contacting second surface. Further disclosed is a method for determining the measurand dependent on the concentration of the gaseous analyte in the liquid medium using the disclosed sensor.

Abstract: A contact force sensor device (10) comprises a gas-inflatable balloon (20) 5 arranged to switch from a deflated state (D) to an inflated state (J) in which it protrudes out of a support member (11); a valve assembly (34) to inflate/deflate the gas-inflatable balloon (12) with a gas; a detector (41) of a force-related value related to a force acting on the inflated gas-inflatable balloon (20) including a membrane (22) due to a contact with a wall (90) 10 outside of support member (11); a processing unit (60) configured to receive a detection signal (45) and to consequently calculate a contact force signal (54) according to a predetermined function; and a notification device (70) configured to receive the contact force signal (54) and to notify it to a user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the sector of self-diagnostic composite materials. In particular, the invention presents an agent, which can be cross-linked together with a curing agent in a matrix, e.g. an epoxy resin, and fibres, e.g., carbon fibre, in order to obtain a composite material containing a reporting probe capable of detecting stress, fatigue and microscopic cracks in the material with high spatial resolution and sensitivity.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for evaluating system inertness, such as the inertness of a LC or other fluidic system. Some methods are directed to tests wherein the column has been removed prior to injecting a sample including a positive (e.g., metal reacting moiety) control into the system. Some methods can include: (1) repeatedly injecting the sample into a system, the system comprising: fluidic paths wherein interior surfaces of the fluidic paths define wetted surfaces, and wherein at least a portion of the wetted surfaces of the fluidic flow path are coated with an inert coating, wherein the inert coating is inert to at least one analyte in the sample; (2) detecting a value associated with the positive control; and (3) analyzing values associated with the detected positive control to determine system inertness.

Abstract: A developing cartridge for an imaging device may include: a housing; a developer roller supported by the housing and configured to rotate about an axis of the developer roller; and a coupling gear on a first side of the housing and configured to rotate; a transmission rod configured to move in response to a rotation of the coupling gear, a first part of the transmission rod on the first side of the housing; a first protrusion movably mounted on a second side of the housing, and configured to move in response to a movement of the transmission rod; and a second protrusion on the first side of the housing, extending toward the second side of the housing, and the second protrusion comprising a guide surface configured to cause the transmission rod to move toward the second side of the housing in response to the rotation of the coupling gear.

Abstract: One or more examples relate to a detector. A signal that the detector is configured to sense is a differential value. Such a differential value may be indicative of a difference in self-capacitance indications that are exhibited at first and second internal capacitors. Such a differential value may be proportional to a relationship between a first material and a second material present at a device-under-test coupled to electrodes of the detector. Such a differential value may be proportional to a vertical elevation of a surface of a material present at a device-under-test coupled to electrodes of the detector. A difference in coupling capacitances may be obtained by performing complimentary acquisition processes utilizing symmetric capacitive sensors. When the acquisition processes are performed substantially simultaneously, coupling error indications that may be present in the self-capacitance indications are not present in the differential value.

Abstract: An inertia measurement device, which is used in combination with a satellite positioning receiver that outputs a positioning result at every T seconds in a positioning system equipped on a vehicle, when a Z-axis angular velocity sensor, a position error P[m] based on the detection signal of the Z-axis angular velocity sensor while the vehicle moves at a moving speed V[m/sec] for T seconds satisfies Pp?P=(V/Bz)×(1?cos(Bz×T)) (where, a bias error of the Z-axis angular velocity sensor is Bz[deg/sec] and a predetermined allowable maximum position error during movement for T seconds is Pp[m]), and a bias error Bx and By of the Y-axis angular velocity sensor satisfies Bz<Bx and Bz<By.

Abstract: A momentum measurement device is disclosed. The momentum measurement device includes a measurement sensor including a printed circuit board and an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a communication element, and a processor connected to the printed circuit board, and a cover configured to surround a first surface and a side surface of the measurement sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring cell for carrying out chemical analyses, having a vessel, in which at least one liquid to be analyzed is located; a heating wire, which is guided at least partially around an outer wall of the vessel, so that the liquid inside the vessel can be heated in a uniform and controlled manner; and a first temperature sensor, which determines and/or monitors a first temperature of the liquid. The measuring cell furthermore comprises a magnetic stirrer with a stir bar and a cover for closing the vessel, wherein the cover has a plurality of ducts, wherein at least one first duct is provided for at least one first analysis sensor, which determines and/or monitors at least one chemical and/or physical variable of the liquid of the vessel and wherein at least one second duct is provided for a liquid line.

Abstract: A drive transmitter includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an opening through which a rotary shaft passes, a wall orthogonal to an axial direction of the first member, and a drive transmitting portion by which a driving force is transmitted. The second member has a rigidity greater than the first member and is configured to be fastened to the first member. A space is between the second member and the first member, with the first member and the second member being overlaid in a fastening direction of the second member, prior to fastening of the first member and the second member. At least a part of the wall of the first member defining the space with the second member is configured to shift toward the second member to reduce a diameter of at least a part of the opening at the fastening.

Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks for capturing one or more of SO2, CO2, and H2O are disclosed herein. Non-limiting examples of metal-organic frameworks include NbOFFIVE-1-Ni and AIFFIVE-1-Ni, among others. The metal-organic frameworks can be used in applications for removing and/or sensing one or more of SO2, CO2, and H2O from a fluid composition or an environment, either of which can proceed under dry or humid conditions and/or at room temperature.

Abstract: A developing device includes a rotatable developing member, a developing container, a first communication opening, a second communication opening, a first feeding screw including a first rotation shaft, first and second blade portions, a second feeding screw including a second rotation shaft, third and fourth blade portions, a developer discharge opening provided upstream of an upstream end of the second communication opening in a first direction, and a third communication opening provided upstream of the upstream end of the second communication opening in the first direction. In a second direction opposite to the first direction, the third communication opening overlaps with the second blade portion. In the first direction, the third communication opening overlaps with the fourth blade portion. In the first direction, a downstream end of the third communication opening is positioned downstream of a downstream end of the developer discharge opening.

Abstract: A method and device for accurately monitoring, displaying, and remote reporting of turbulent material flow streams in confined channels and pipes is provided. The device can have multiple cams coupled to an obstruction, and a spring. The multiple cams can have a cam profile, and the cam profile and the spring may be selected to linearize a rotation of the obstruction over a range of fluid flow velocities. The obstruction can include have multiple obstructions each in a different area of a cross-section of a pipe, improving the accuracy of the device.

Abstract: A direction in which a first drive transmission gear urges a first drive gear using a first urging portion when a drive force is not input to a first drive input portion is defined as a first direction. A direction in which a second drive transmission gear urges a second drive gear using a second urging portion when a drive force is not input to a second drive input portion is defined as a second direction. The second direction has a force component in a direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a straight line connecting a rotation center of the first drive gear and a rotation center of the second drive gear.

Abstract: A diaphragm seal includes a first diaphragm that faces a measurement medium, a sealed-liquid housing, and a second diaphragm. The first diaphragm receives pressure from the measurement medium. The sealed-liquid housing houses a sealed liquid for transferring the pressure to a transmitter. The second diaphragm causes hydrogen intruded into the sealed liquid to permeate through the second diaphragm and be discharged from the sealed liquid.