Abstract: A thermal conductivity detector includes a first pipe path that houses a filament, a second pipe path and a third pipe path that connects the first pipe path to the second pipe path. In the third pipe path, first, second and third gas lead-in portions are arranged in this order from the first pipe path toward the second pipe path. A carrier gas is led to the first and third gas lead-in portions alternately, and a sample gas is led to the second gas lead-in portion. The distance between the second and third gas lead-in portions is equal to or smaller than 1.3 times of a maximum dimension of an opening formed at the second gas lead-in portion. At least part of the third pipe path between the second gas lead-in portion and the third gas lead-in portion has a cross sectional area that is equal to or smaller than an area of the opening formed at the second gas lead-in portion.

Abstract: A sensing manipulator of an articulated arm is disclosed. The sensing manipulator includes a compliant section and a movement detection system provided along a first direction of the compliant section such that movement of the compliant section along both the first direction and at least one direction transverse to said first direction, are detectable by the movement detection system.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes, in a single housing section, a substrate mounting surface 31 mounted with a substrate including a light emitter and a light receiver and a mirror section including plural reflectors. Then, in the housing section, all of the plural reflectors are integrally molded on an inner surface of the housing section to multiple reflect light emitted from the light emitter and cause the light to enter the light receiver in an opposing direction of one side and the other side in an extension direction of the substrate mounting surface.

Abstract: A sensor having a set of grid of bars that are in contact from their bottom at the corners with a set of protrusions that are in contact from above with a plurality of intersections, each having a sensing element, of a grid of wires disposed on a base, and a top surface layer that is disposed atop the grid of bars, so that force imparted from above onto the top surface layer is transmitted to the grid of bars and thence to the protrusions, and thence to the intersections of the grid of wires which are thereby compressed between the base and protrusions; and that the protrusions above thereby focus the imparted force directly onto the intersections. A sensor includes a computer in communication with the grid of wires which causes prompting signals to be sent to the grid of wires and reconstructs a continuous position of force on the surface from interpolation based on data signals received from the grid of wires. A method for sensing.

Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a rotatable vane extending away and support from a mounting plate, a housing extending way from an opposite side of the mounting plate, and a sensor coupled to the vane. The angle of attack sensor communicates with an electronics module enclosed within the housing or mounted remotely with respect to the angle of attack sensor. The electronics module includes a processor, computer-readable memory, and a communication device. The computer-readable memory is encoded with instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronics module to perform steps of a damage detection method.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatuses used for extracting heavy rare gas. An example method includes passing inlet air through an airflow path of an apparatus, removing carbon dioxide and gaseous water from the inlet air, and cooling the inlet air to a threshold temperature while passing along the airflow path. The method further includes passing the cooled inlet air through an adsorption chamber of the apparatus to adsorb heavy rare gas from the cooled inlet air while the cooled inlet air is in a gaseous state, and extracting the heavy rare gas from the adsorption chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus to simulate fluid loss through vugs in formations includes a housing defining an inner volume, and having a first end and a second end. The inner volume represents an inner region of a wellbore formed in a formation containing a vugular loss zone. The housing can receive wellbore fluid within the inner volume. A first cover late, which sealingly covers the first end, represents a first volumetric boundary of the inner region of the wellbore. A second cover plate, which sealingly covers the second end, represents a second volumetric boundary of the inner region of the wellbore. An outlet in the second cover plate can be switched between open and closed states. The outlet in the open state represents a vug in the inner wall of the wellbore. The apparatus includes a pressure port configured to transmit fluidic pressure in a direction of gravity within the inner volume and to apply the fluidic pressure to the wellbore fluid within the inner volume.

Abstract: A measuring device is provided for determining a filling level, a limit level, a pressure, or a flow rate of a material to be measured, including: a main body configured to be disposed above the material to be measured; a measuring body configured to be disposed below the main body, the measuring body including a sensor element configured to detect a measurement signal, and a position sensor configured to detect a position of the measuring body, the main body and the measuring body being formed separately from one another and being coupled to one another; and an evaluation device configured to evaluate the measurement signal detected by the sensor element and/or to evaluate the position of the measuring body.

Abstract: An aeronautical composite structure configured to monitor a physical status of a bonded portion between structural components using a multi-core optical fiber. A method and system for monitoring the physical status of a bonded portion in an aeronautical composite structure also uses a multi-core optical fiber. More particularly, the invention relates to a structure and method for monitoring the physical status of a bonded portion of an aeronautical composite structure from its manufacturing to its use in flight using a multi-core optical fiber.

Abstract: A base may include a body shaped to support an electronic device thereon such that the electronic device is spaced apart from the surface when the base is mounted on the surface. A base may include a channel formed on a bottom portion of the body, wherein the channel is located between a portion of the electronic device and the surface when the base is located on the surface. A base may include one or more passages formed through sides the body, the one or more passages in communication with the channel.

Abstract: A force sensor includes a first structure, four strain generation parts, and a second structure. The first structure is formed in such a way that a third axis penetrates therethrough. The four strain generation parts are provided along first and second axes on a reference plane formed by the first and second axes. The second structure is connected to the first structure with the strain generation parts interposed therebetween. The strain generation parts each includes a first beam part extending along the first axis or the second axis, and a second beam part extending in a direction orthogonal to the first beam part and connected to the first beam part at an intermediate part. The strain generation parts are formed in such a way that they are line-symmetric with respect to both the first axis and the second axis when projected in a direction of the third axis.

Abstract: An integrated heating airspeed tube and an unmanned aerial vehicle where the integrated heating airspeed tube has a tube body and a heating component. The tube body is provided with a heating cavity, the heating component is located inside the heating cavity, and the heating component and the tube body are integrally formed. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes the integrated heating airspeed tube as described above. The integrated heating airspeed tube and the unmanned aerial vehicle are heated in the tube body through the heating component, so that the heating removes liquid, effectively preventing liquid from blocking the integrated heating airspeed tube, and meeting the using requirements in severe weather. At the same time, the integrated heating structure design is higher in reliability and is not easy to cause operation failure, and saves the assembly cost.

Abstract: The innovation described herein generally pertains to a system and method related a wireless remote monitoring system for a tank, wherein the wireless monitoring system is incorporated into or coupled to a lid for the tank. The wireless remote monitoring system for the tank can include a cover system that includes a lid mountable on a corresponding tank, the lid comprising a space sized and shaped for receiving the wireless remote monitoring system therein, wherein the wireless remote monitoring system is operatively coupled to a sensor.

Abstract: A microscale collector and injector device comprises a microscale passive pre-concentrator (?PP) and a microscale progressively-heated injector (?PHI). The ?PP devices comprises first and second substrate portions, a first collection material, a ?PP heater, and an outlet. The first substrate portion defines an array of microscale diffusion channels. The first and second substrate portions cooperate to define a first compartment in fluid communication with the diffusion channels. The first collection material is disposed within the first compartment, at least partially surrounding the outlet. The ?PP heater is disposed in thermal communication with the second substrate portion. The ?PHI device comprises third and fourth substrate portions, a second collection material, and a plurality of ?PHI heaters. The third and fourth substrate portions cooperate to define a second compartment. The second collection material is disposed within the second compartment.

Abstract: A tube adapter for a pipeline for conveying a medium includes a pipeline section having a tubular, first channel for inserting the pipeline section into the pipeline, and a tubular, second channel, which is arranged at a first predeterminable angle to the first channel and connected with the first channel. In a transition region between a wall of the first and a wall of the second channel, at least one hollow is present in a wall of the first and/or second channel. The present disclosure further includes an arrangement having a measuring device and a tube adapter according to the present disclosure as well as to a method for producing a tube adapter according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: There is provided a housing unit having an immersion detection function, as a housing of an electronic device requiring waterproofing. A housing unit includes a casing liquid-tightly defining an internal housing space and housing an internal device in the housing space, and an immersion detector that detects whether liquid leak into the housing space of the casing. The casing includes a sealing means for waterproofing a joint, an entryway, or an opening. The immersion detector includes an electrolyte salt and a continuity detector that detects a change in conductivity when the liquid comes into contact with the electrolyte salt. The electrolyte salt is arranged inside the casing and further inside the casing than the sealing means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a field device of automation technology comprising a measuring transducer for ascertaining a measurement signal and a measurement transmitter for output of the measurement signal ascertained. The field device has at least one housing of the measuring transducer and/or of the measurement transmitter, in which electronic components of the measuring transducer and/or of the measurement transmitter are arranged, characterized in that the electronic components are embedded in an epoxide polymer foam, which is a reaction product of a self foaming, potting compound comprising at least the following components: 25 to 75 wt-% of a diglycidyl ether resin; at least one amine containing hardening system comprising a Mannich base; and at least one foaming agent, and a method for manufacturing a field device of automation technology.

Abstract: A sensing module for monitoring a cabin of a vehicle includes an environmental sensor configured to sense organic compounds in ambient air of the cabin and a particle sensor configured to detect particulate matter in the ambient air. The sensing module further includes a controller operably connected to the environmental sensor and the particle sensor and configured to receive sensor signals from the environmental sensor and the particle sensor and to transmit data to a remote server via the Internet. The sensing module has a housing configured to mount to a windshield of the vehicle. The housing supports the environmental sensor, the particle sensor, and the controller.

Abstract: To simplify architecture of a measurement device for affixing to a wall of a moving object or stationary object located in a flow, a device includes a support having compartments with an opening that opens to the exterior of the support at the free face in which sensors are housed, the support having a free face and a face to come into contact with the wall, the free face being opposite the face. The device includes a cavity with a printed circuit board, the compartments including an opening that opens to the exterior of the support in the cavity. The cavity is made in the free face opening into it. The circuit board is upside down in the cavity with the printed face towards the interior of the support. The sensors attached to the circuit board are suspended in the compartments. The unprinted face affords an aerodynamic smooth and planar surface.

Abstract: A system for determining snowpack characteristics includes a weight plate, at least one pressure sensor, and an inert plate surrounding the weight plate. The weight plate and the inert plate can be spaced apart from one another, and, in some cases, the weight plate has a perimeter and the inert plate surrounds the entirety of the perimeter of the weight plate with a gap formed therebetween.