Patents Examined by Lisa M. Caputo
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Patent number: 11802800Abstract: A temperature-sensing device configured to monitor a temperature is disclosed. The temperature-sensing device includes: a first capacitor comprising a first oxide layer with a first thickness; a second capacitor comprising a second oxide layer with a second thickness, wherein the second thickness of the second oxide layer is different from the first thickness of the first oxide layer; and a control logic circuit, coupled to the first and second capacitors, and configured to determine whether the monitored temperature is equal to or greater than a threshold temperature based on whether at least one of the first and second oxide layers breaks down.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shih-Lien Linus Lu
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Patent number: 11788835Abstract: An apparatus for measuring thickness includes: a chamber; a sound wave transmitter transmitting a sound wave in the chamber; a sound wave receiver receiving the sound wave transmitted from the sound wave transmitter in the chamber; and a supporter between the sound wave transmitter and the sound wave receiver.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seonghyeon Cheon
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Patent number: 11789410Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for identifying and tracking products in a material handling system and/or for identifying and handling product defects in a material handling system are provided. An example method may include receiving one or more articles in the material handling system; capturing one or more images of the one or more articles; identifying at least one visual defect indicator on at least one article of the one or more articles; and determining an indication corresponding to at least one of a defect of the at least one article or a portion of the material handling system causing the defect.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLCInventors: Kent Fuller, Brian D. Hysell
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Patent number: 11788896Abstract: The present disclosure provides a forehead thermometer that displays different colors according to detected temperatures and a control circuit thereof, which belong to the technical field of forehead thermometers. The forehead thermometer includes a forehead thermometer body, wherein the forehead thermometer body comprises a housing, an indicator light, a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen comprising a backlight board which is adapted to light up in different colors according to different detected temperatures. The LCD screen is disposed on an upper end face of the housing, and the indicator light is disposed on a side of the housing, and wherein the indicator light is a transparent light guide body capable of guiding light, and an outer end face of the indicator light is located outside the housing; and a light guide plate capable of guiding the light emitted from the backlight board to the indicator light is fixedly disposed in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG RONGSHENG TOOLS CO., LTDInventors: Shijie Zhuang, Zhiwei Zhuang
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Patent number: 11788904Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for measuring a temperature gradient in a layered environment includes a container having a sidewall. An acoustic transducer is positioned on or proximate to an exterior surface of the sidewall of the container. A signal is transmitted from the acoustic transducer into the sidewall of the container. A reflected signal is received by the acoustic transducer, or another acoustic transducer positioned on or proximate to the exterior surface of the sidewall. A computerized device has a processor and a computer-readable memory. The processor is configured to measure a temperature gradient of the reflected signal using an angle of incidence and refraction of the reflected signal. The temperature gradient indicates a temperature of a material within the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: PERCEPTIVE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lazar Bivolarsky, Joel D. Burcham, William Coleman, James M. Heim
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Patent number: 11788901Abstract: Disclosed are a high-sensitivity temperature sensor and a method of manufacturing the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Soong Ju Oh, Jun Sung Bang
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Patent number: 11781918Abstract: A temperature sensor is disclosed. The temperature sensor includes an analog core having at least first and second circuit nodes and configured to provide a temperature dependent output, a multiplexer coupled to the first and second circuit nodes and configured for at least first and second states in each of which the first circuit node couples to a different circuit element and in each of which the second circuit node couples to a different circuit element, and a controller coupled to the analog core and configured to provide a temperature measurement that is an average of at least first and second readings of the temperature dependent output of the analog core, the first reading taken while the multiplexer is in the first state, and the second reading taken while the multiplexer is in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Dong Pan
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Patent number: 11771933Abstract: A fire sensor, fire sensing apparatus and a fire sensing system are disclosed. The fire sensor includes a layer of fibers arranged to cross one another at intersections. The fibers have an electromagnetic property which is changeable upon contact with fire and they are individually connectible to a detector of fire sensing apparatus to detect any change in the electromagnetic property. A change in electromagnetic property detected at any intersection of two fibers will indicate a fire at the location of that intersection. A movement of that location across the sensor will indicate the direction of travel of the fire. The sensing system is capable of sending alerts and extinguishing the fire.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Airbus SASInventors: Arumugam Thinket Selvan, Prakash Hatti
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Patent number: 11774297Abstract: A temperature detection circuit includes a first current path and a second current path. The first current path includes a first transistor with a control terminal coupled to receive a reference voltage and includes a temperature sensing device. The second current path includes a second transistor with a control terminal coupled to a node of the first current path. The second current path includes a node that provides an indication of a detected temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NXP USA, INC.Inventors: Ricardo Pureza Coimbra, Mateus Ribeiro Vanzella, Matheus Silveira Remigio
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Patent number: 11768119Abstract: A capacitive diaphragm gauge (CDG) is positioned in a pressure sensing section of a pressure measuring unit. The CDG is heated to maintain the CDG at a temperature selected to reduce contamination build-up on the diaphragm of the CDG. The pressure sensing section is connected to a first mounting interface of a thermal barrier. A second mounting interface of the thermal barrier is connected to an electronics section. The thermal barrier includes a plurality of struts that mechanically interconnect the two mounting interfaces. The struts have sizes selected to be sufficiently large to cantilever the electronics section from the sensing section. The sizes of the struts are selected to be sufficiently small to reduce the heat transfer from the first mounting interface to the second mounting interface to maintain the second mounting interface below a selected maximum temperature. The struts reduce heat transfer without reducing structural integrity.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO (SHI) CRYOGENICS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Matt Datlen, Kurt Rustin
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Patent number: 11766181Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to screening a body temperature of a human. In some embodiments, there is provided a touchless temperature screening system that screens a body temperature of a human including a housing comprising an output interface; one or more first sensors; a temperature sensor; and a control circuit configured to: cause the output interface to provide one or more messages; receive the one or more user inputs indicative of responses to at least one of the one or more messages; receive temperature data corresponding to the body temperature; determine whether the human meets a health criteria; and transmit a control signal indicative of the human meeting the health criteria in response to the human meeting the health criteria.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Benjamin R. Ellison, Eric Chad Neipling, Addison K. Bostian, Manideep Pabba, Ryan J. Giovacchini, Alisha D. Fleshman, Kipp S. Coco
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Patent number: 11768120Abstract: An improved diaphragm vacuum gauge including a sensor chip that includes a first electrode provided on a base and a second electrode provided on a diaphragm so as to face the first electrode, the diaphragm and the base being disposed with a gap therebetween, and in which a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode changes in accordance with displacement of the diaphragm caused by pressure of a measurement target medium. The diaphragm vacuum gauge further includes an operational amplifier that converts a current output from the first electrode to a voltage and amplifies the voltage, and a coaxial cable that connects the first electrode and the operational amplifier with each other. Further, the first electrode is connected to a virtual ground of the operational amplifier by a core wire of the coaxial cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhide Yoshikawa, Keisuke Obara, Jun Ichihara, Kimihiro Sato
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Patent number: 11761914Abstract: Provided are a method of and a device for measuring a glass transition temperature and a degree of crystallinity of a polymer. According to the measurement method and the device of one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a glass transition temperature and a degree of crystallinity may be measured easily, rapidly, and accurately in a field other than a laboratory, and fast and accurate conversion is possible for various measurement conditions such as temperature, frequency, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Siyoung Choi, Jinwon Park, Jaehong Lee
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Patent number: 11754458Abstract: An analytical toilet, comprising: a bowl for receiving excreta supported by a base; a pressure sensor mounting fixture, comprising: a chamber with an outlet, wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with the contents of the bowl through the outlet, a pressure sensor cavity above the chamber having an inlet in fluid communication with the chamber such that an air bubble is maintained in the pressure sensor cavity, and a pressure sensor adapted to measure the pressure in the pressure sensor cavity is disclosed. The disclosed toilet is able to accurately measure changes to the contents of the bowl by measuring changes to the pressure in the bowl using a pressure sensor that is kept separated from the toilet contents.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Hall Labs LLCInventors: Joshua Larsen, John W. Christiansen, K. Jeffrey Campbell
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Patent number: 11747212Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compact temperature sensor displaying a temperature-resistance relationship. The temperature sensor comprises cross-coupled CMOS technology exhibits negative resistance, resulting in resistance-sensitive temperature sensing and amplification. The temperature sensor can be tuned to operate across a wide range of temperatures via modulation of a biasing current. The present disclosure further relates to subthreshold operation of CMOS technology.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventor: Munir A. Al-Absi
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Patent number: 11740116Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibronic sensor for determining a process variable of a medium in a containment, comprising a mechanically oscillatable unit, a driving/receiving unit and an electronics unit having an adaptive filter. The present invention relates also to a method for operating the sensor. The electronics unit is embodied alternately to execute a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The driving/receiving unit is embodied during the first operating mode to excite the oscillatable unit using an electrical excitation signal. During the second operating mode, the exciting of the oscillatable unit is interrupted and the oscillations of the oscillatable unit are received and transduced into an electrical, received signal. At least one filter characteristic of the adaptive filter is set such that a predeterminable phase shift is present between the excitation signal and the received signal, and the process variable is determined from the received signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KGInventors: Sascha D'Angelico, Raphael Kuhnen, Tobias Brengartner, Izabella Sandor
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Patent number: 11733076Abstract: An airflow detection device for detecting whether an air output path is obstructed can be mounted in the air output path and includes a carrying portion, a metallic sensing portion and a metallic air plate portion that are respectively positioned on the carrying portion and have different electrode polarities, so as to detect obstruction of the air output path. The airflow detection device can be applied to products located in remote areas, mountain areas, or other places where maintenance workers cannot inspect the products frequently for the state of their dust screens or ventilation holes, and can help warn of conditions such as ventilation hole obstruction to avoid product overheating due to dust or dirt accumulation on dust screens or ventilation hole obstruction, adverse impacts on product performance, service live or stability, or system crash.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Alpha Networks Inc.Inventor: Wei-Hung Tsai
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Patent number: 11733118Abstract: Provided is a pressure detection device that can suppress variation in the pressure detection characteristics of a pressure detection unit from occurring due to individual differences in the shape of flow passage units, variation in work in mounting the flow passage unit on the pressure detection unit, or the like. The pressure detection device including: a pressure detection unit; a flow passage unit; and a mounting unit configured to removably mount the flow passage unit on the pressure detection unit. The pressure detection unit has a pressure detecting diaphragm and a sensor rod arranged at the center part of a first surface of the pressure detecting diaphragm. The flow passage unit has a flow passage diaphragm, and a displacement of the flow passage diaphragm in contact with the top surface is transmitted to the pressure detecting diaphragm via the sensor rod.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SURPASS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Hasunuma
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Patent number: 11733106Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor for measuring temperature of a fluid within a vessel, the vessel having a first region and a second region and the fluid having a temperature profile extending between the first region and the second region, the sensor comprising an array of elements, each element having a temperature-dependent parameter, the array being capable of deployment within or adjacent the vessel such that the array extends along the vessel for measuring the temperature profile, the elements of the array being coupled together between an input and an output, the input being coupled or capable of being coupled to a driving source for driving the sensors, and the output being coupled or capable of being coupled to a detector for measuring an aggregate of the temperature-dependent parameter from the array of elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Oxford University Innovation LimitedInventors: Malcolm Duncan McCulloch, Peter Michael Armstrong
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Patent number: 11733210Abstract: An ultrasonic detection and tensile calibration test method for bonding strength grade comprising bonding an upper substrate block to bonding groove(s) to form a theoretical bonding area, and applying a downward actual tensile force to a lower substrate block; obtaining an actual bonding area of the theoretical bonding area; calculating a first actual bonding strength by using the actual tensile force and the actual bonding area, and comparing the first actual bonding strength with a second actual bonding strength calculated to verify the correctness of the theoretical bonding area as a calibrated bonding strength; forming a bond strength table in which the theoretical bonding areas, the actual bonding areas and the first actual bonding strengths are in one-to-one correspondence; and using the actual bonding area to find the actual bonding strength corresponding to the actual bonding area from the bonding area bonding strength table.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chunguang Xu, Lei He, Dingguo Xiao, Qiutao Wang