Patents Examined by Mirellys Jagan
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Patent number: 11460349Abstract: A sensor probe (10) for measuring a food preparation parameter, comprises an elongate handle portion (12) for manipulating the sensor probe, an elongate sensor portion (14), and a stepped connecting portion (16) connecting the handle portion (12) and the sensor portion (14), such that the longitudinal axis of the handle portion is offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the sensor portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Electrolux Appliances AktiebolagInventors: Jennifer Burkhardt, Michael Herzog, Scott King, Bianca Puchinger
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Patent number: 11454550Abstract: A temperature detection device includes a temperature detection diode, a comparator, and a forward current correction circuit. The comparator compares a forward voltage of the temperature detection diode with a threshold voltage and outputs a level signal corresponding to a temperature state. The forward current correction circuit includes a current mirror circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, a third transistor, an operational amplifier and a variable resistor, and corrects a forward current of the temperature detection diode to change the forward voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Mori
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Patent number: 11454551Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a pair of thermocouple wires, a temperature measuring junction formed by joining tip ends of the pair of thermocouple wires together, an outer tube having a tip end in which the temperature measuring junction is held, an insulator insulating the pair of thermocouple wires from the outer tube, and a glass seal filled in a base end of the outer tube. The pair of thermocouple wires disposed in the outer tube have surfaces where passive films are respectively formed due to the oxidization of the metallic materials on the surfaces of the pair of thermocouple wires.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Motoki Sato, Takahiro Ogura
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Patent number: 11454600Abstract: A thin film thermal conductivity temperature sensor may have a spiral heating element having very tightly spaced conductors that allow the spiral heating element to act as a solid disc. Further, multiple electrical connections to the spiral heating element can be provided to allow the size of the heating and temperature sensing element to be changed. The sensor can be used in determining thermal characteristics of different material samples to be determined.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: C-THERM TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventor: Michael Emanuel
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Patent number: 11454598Abstract: A thermal conductivity detector (TCD) includes: a detection channel through which a gas to be measured flows as a fluid; a thermal conduction part that has a filament provided at a position in the detection channel where the filament comes into direct contact with the fluid flowing through the detection channel, thereby conducting heat through the fluid flowing through the detection channel; and a detection circuit for detecting an electric signal based on a change in a voltage or a current of the filament. The thermal conduction part has a plurality of filament sections that are substantially parallel to a flow direction of the fluid flowing through the detection channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori Takahashi
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Patent number: 11454601Abstract: A substrate evaluation chip is used to perform a test for evaluating a thermal characteristic of a mounting substrate that is mountable a power semiconductor. The substrate evaluation chip includes an insulating substrate bonded with the mounting substrate, and a heating pattern that is formed on a surface of the insulating substrate by a metallic film and is arranged by having a predetermined shape that is optimized to beat the insulating substrate more uniformly. The insulating substrate is a substrate in which an insulating film is formed on a surface of a single crystal substrate having a thermal conductivity of 250 [W/mK] or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, YAMATO SCIENTIFIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuaki Suganuma, Shijo Nagao, Akio Shimoyama, Dongjin Kim, Kazutaka Takeshita, Naoki Wakasugi
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Patent number: 11448555Abstract: Exemplary systems for detecting water include: a light source positioned to transmit thermal radiation through a sample; a lens assembly positioned to: receive the thermal radiation transmitted through the sample; and focus the transmitted thermal radiation onto a filter positioned between the lens assembly and a detector; and a cooling subsystem for cooling the filter and the detector to a temperature below that of the sample. Methods for detecting presence of water in a sample are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Mihail Bora
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Patent number: 11437861Abstract: A testing assembly comprising a test object and a test object holder. The test object holder includes a body with an aperture defined therethrough. The test object is located in the aperture and an adhesive sheet is positioned over the aperture and the test object to retain the test object in place during testing.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daman Kapoor, Fei Zhao, Matthew A Tamashiro, Jiahui J Dong, Jeffrey Douglas Louis, Michael Victor Paauwe, Ryllian Zhang
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Patent number: 11428584Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a sensor element including a thermosensitive body, a protection tube accommodating the thermosensitive body part of the sensor element, and a filler filling a space between the protection tube and the sensor element inside the protection tube. The sensor element includes a first covering layer made of a first electrical insulator, the first covering layer covering the thermosensitive body, and a second covering layer made of a second electrical insulator, the second covering layer covering the first covering layer. The first covering layer has elastic modulus smaller than elastic modulus of the second covering layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Tatsuyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 11422038Abstract: The system includes a thermal probe with a heat-sensitive element, a fluid-tight plunger body, shaped to completely wrap the heat-sensitive element of the probe, a probe support including two orifices for joining the system to the duct, linked by an inner channel substantially axially extending in a main flow direction of the fluid in the support and including a radial opening through which the plunger body is configured to be at least partially submerged inside the inner channel. More particularly, the inner channel is delimited by a tubular wall having an inner surface with a depression located facing the opening in order to limit singular pressure losses of the fluid likely to be generated by the presence of the plunger body in the fluid by defining a flow pathway of the fluid around the plunger body.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Thomas Fernandes, Jérémy Dreux, Olivier Pujol
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Patent number: 11415466Abstract: A temperature measuring device for determining a medium temperature by a temperature of a measuring point on a surface enclosing the medium includes: at least one measuring sensor; at least one reference sensor; and a measured value processing device which is connected via a cable to the at least one measuring sensor and via a cable to the at least one reference sensor. The at least one measuring sensor and the at least one reference sensor are arranged along a main thermal connection path between the surface enclosing the medium and surroundings. The at least one measuring sensor is arranged close to the measuring point. A thermal resistance between a relevant measuring sensor and the at least one reference sensor is smaller than a thermal resistance between a relevant reference sensor and the surroundings.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Peter Ude, Wilhelm Daake, Juergen Horstkotte, Guruprasad Sosale, Joerg Gebhardt, Paul Szasz, Andreas Decker
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Patent number: 11408774Abstract: Disclosed is a sensing device for measuring the temperature of a container enclosing a fluid that is stationary or in motion, the sensing device comprising: a band for completely encircling and conforming to the outer surface of the container; a thermally conductive material disposed on a housing portion that abuts the surface of the container on one side when the device is mounted on the container and on a second side abuts the temperature sensor; a wireless communication means in communication with the sensor, wherein the wireless communication means transmits temperature data to a remote wireless device, thereby notifying a user when a temperature measurement falls above or below a target temperature or range thereof; and the band being made of elastomeric material so that when mounted on the container, or tightened therearound, the temperature sensor abuts snugly against the thermally conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Canchill, Inc.Inventor: Paul Keenan
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Patent number: 11408775Abstract: An attachment structure for a temperature sensor that is attached to a flexible thin plate-shaped cable and detects the temperature of a unit cell of a battery pack having a plurality of unit cells connected with each other includes: the flexible thin plate-shaped cable; a chip-shaped temperature measuring element that is incorporated on a conductor exposed portion of the flexible thin plate-shaped cable and detects the temperature of the unit cell; and a metal leaf spring that is placed around the conductor exposed portion of the flexible thin plate-shaped cable and has a plurality of legs surrounding the temperature measuring element, and an elastic piece configured to energize the plurality of legs toward the unit cell. The temperature measuring element is sheathed with a moisture-proof material between the plurality of legs of the metal leaf spring.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Matsushima
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Patent number: 11408778Abstract: An electronic device housing encloses a temperature sensing system including a temperature sensor and a differential temperature probe. The differential temperature probe includes a flexible substrate defining two ends. A first end is thermally coupled to the temperature sensor and a second end is thermally coupled to a surface, volume, or component of the electronic device. The temperature probe is an in-plane thermopile including a series-coupled set of thermocouples extending from the first end to the second end. A temperature measured at the temperature sensor can be a first measured temperature and a voltage difference across leads of the differential temperature probe can be correlated to a differential temperature relative to the first measured temperature. A sum of the differential temperature and the first measured temperature is a second measured temperature, quantifying a temperature of the second end of the differential temperature probe.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James C. Clements, Chad A. Bossetti, Habib S. Karaki, Paul Mansky
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Patent number: 11408779Abstract: A temperature sensing assembly includes a sheath defining an interior space, a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor has first and second conductors extending within the interior space of the sheath and joined at a first junction point. The first conductor is constructed of a first material and the second conductor is constructed of a second material that is different than the second material. The second temperature sensor has third and fourth conductors extending within the interior space of the sheath and joined at a second junction point. The third conductor is constructed of a third material and the fourth conductor is constructed of a fourth material that is different than the fourth material. The first material is different than each of the third and fourth materials. The first junction point is adjacent to the second junction point.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: DAILY THERMETRICS CORPORATIONInventor: Raymond Litteaur
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Patent number: 11402274Abstract: To obtain a temperature sensor device having high reliability and high sensitivity without cost increase. This temperature sensor device includes: a housing provided with a temperature sensor module having a temperature detection element and an external connection terminal connected to the temperature detection element via a lead wire, which are integrated using a first formation member made from a thermoplastic resin, the temperature sensor module being covered with a second formation member made from a thermoplastic resin, so as to form a connector for connecting the external connection terminal to an external signal processing circuit; and a case into which the temperature sensor module is press-fitted and which is opposed to the housing, wherein the first formation member and the second formation member are welded to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Kishimoto
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Patent number: 11402278Abstract: A low-temperature dry body temperature calibrator used for temperature calibration of an element, and including a furnace body, a control panel assembly and a housing of modular design, the furnace body and control panel are assembled in the housing, the top surface of the housing has a plurality of heat dissipation holes, the top of the control panel assembly is spaced apart from the top surface of the housing, a flow guiding fan is at the top of the control panel assembly, and a flow guiding plate inclined to the heat dissipation holes on the top surface of the housing is above the flow guiding fan. The furnace body has a compact structure, and the radiators have a light weight and a high heat dissipation efficiency, improving the operation stability and temperature measurement accuracy of the furnace body, and the furnace body is suitable for temperature measurement of low-temperature elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: BEIJING CONST INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Jianjun Lin, Xuecan Li, Chengjiang Wu
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Patent number: 11396823Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a temperature of a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises obtaining individual sensor readings from functioning temperature sensors of a sensor array, where a number of the functioning temperature sensors is less than a total number of temperature sensors in the sensor array; applying correction factors to the individual sensor readings of the functioning temperature sensors based on deviations of the individual sensor readings from a total average temperature of all the temperature sensors in the array, to obtain corrected individual sensor readings; and determining a corrected total average temperature as a sum of the corrected individual sensor readings divided by the number of functioning temperature sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Martin Drolet, Melanie Brillant
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Patent number: 11378462Abstract: A waterproof thermometer for monitoring a food temperature during a cooking process includes a rechargeable battery for supplying power, a thermal sensor for measuring the food temperatures, and a processing unit for wirelessly transmitting data via an antenna. The waterproof thermometer further includes a first conductive part for containing the thermal sensor, the processing unit, and the rechargeable battery, a first insulating part for containing the antenna, a second insulating part, and a second conductive part. The first insulating part is surrounded by the second insulating part, and separated from the second insulating part by an air filled gap. The first conductive part, the first insulating part and the second conductive part form a first hermetic shell for providing waterproof function. The first conductive part, the second insulating part, and the second conductive part form a second hermetic shell for providing protection to the first insulating part from being damaged.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: GRANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Chwan-Chia Wu, Mendel Lin
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Patent number: 11378463Abstract: A sensor assembly having a sensor body with a upper surface adjacent an item to aid in detecting the temperature of the item. The sensor assembly includes a diaphragm with a disc portion and stem that has the sensor body. The disc portion enables movement of the upper surface to adapt to the inclination and location of the surface. A spring urges the sensor body into engagement with the surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventor: Nicholas McColl