Patents Examined by Nathaniel T Woodward
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Patent number: 11808636Abstract: A temperature sensor assembly for measuring temperature of a fluid in a conduit, the assembly comprising a temperature sensor and a thermowell housing the temperature sensor and embedded in a wall defining the conduit. The thermowell has a face for interfacing the fluid that is substantially non-intrusive relative the conduit and a groove that extends radially inward of the thermowell housing to minimize the cross-sectional area of the thermowell body proximate the location of the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITEDInventors: Jean Francois Noel, Alexandre Lupeau, Ted Ørjan Seim Gundersen, Emmanuel Lagrand, Stig Kaare Kanstad
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Patent number: 11808747Abstract: A hydrogen gas sensor is provided. The hydrogen gas sensor includes a polycarbonate substrate having hydrophobic nanostructures. The hydrogen gas sensor further includes a palladium layer in the form of nanoscale petals on the hydrophobic nanostructure. A method of making the hydrogen gas sensor is also provided. The method of making the hydrogen gas sensor includes fabricating the polycarbonate substrate. The method of making the hydrogen gas sensor further includes coating the polycarbonate substrate with the palladium layer. A method of using the hydrogen gas sensor is also provided. The method of using the hydrogen gas sensor includes contacting a palladium coated hydrophobic nanostructure of the hydrogen gas sensor with a gas sample comprising hydrogen gas.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Qasem Ahmed Drmosh
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Patent number: 11808637Abstract: A stimulus indicating device is disclosed. The stimulus indicating device includes a stimulus sensitive amphiphilic gel; and an assembly having a first end and a second end. The assembly may include a top layer, a middle layer comprised of a porous polymer membrane, and a bottom layer. The top layer and the bottom layer may be sealed together on opposing sides of the assembly, and the top layer and the bottom layer may be sealed at the width of the second end of the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Prasidiux, LLCInventors: Joseph C. White, Bani H. Cipriano, Kevin K. Diehn, Rei S. Ambrozy
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Patent number: 11806038Abstract: A method of testing a jaw force of an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes securing a blade of an end effector of the ultrasonic surgical instrument, clamping a jaw member of the end effector against the blade such that a sensor is received within a notch of the jaw member of the end effector, and measuring the jaw force of the end effector using the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Matthias Lester, Jeremy P. Green, Kenneth E. Netzel
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Patent number: 11810216Abstract: In one illustrative configuration, a system and method of air quality monitor minimization/optimization is disclosed. The method may include providing at least a first air quality monitor on a site. The first air quality monitor may be configured to generate a first set of attached parameters. The method may further include providing a SCADA system, on the site, configured to generate a set of SCADA data. The SCADA data, the first set of attached parameters may be processed to determine a redundant/sub-optimized air quality monitor, which may be removed. In other illustrative configurations, the system and method may be utilized to locate and/or quantify emissions.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PROJECT CANARY, PBCInventors: William J. Foiles, Nathan C. Eichenlaub, Kieran J. Lynn, Ray K. Mistry
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Patent number: 11810813Abstract: A system for designing a temperature sensor arrangement includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, including instructions, connected to the processor. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for designing a sensor array, the sensor array includes a first transistor of a first device, and a plurality of second transistors of a second device. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for designing a guard ring region between the sensor array and another circuit of an integrated circuit, the guard ring region includes a transistor structure. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for designing a thermally conductive element between the sensor array and the guard ring region, the thermally conductive element is connected to the transistor structure, the first transistor and each of the plurality of second transistors. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for generating the temperature sensor arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Jaw-Juinn Horng, Szu-Lin Liu
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Patent number: 11802802Abstract: An apparatus for measuring pressure within a fluid path includes a housing defining the structure of the apparatus. The housing includes a fluid path that extends through the housing and allows a fluid to pass through the housing. The apparatus also includes a first volume chamber that is in fluid communication with the fluid path and has a first volume chamber opening, and a second volume chamber with a second volume chamber opening that is less than the first volume chamber opening. A diaphragm separates the first volume chamber from the second volume chamber and fluidly disconnects the second volume chamber from the fluid path. The diaphragm deforms based upon the pressure within the fluid path. The apparatus also includes an interface that is connectable to a pressure sensor, and the second volume chamber is in fluid communication with the interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Haemonetics CorporationInventors: Ming Lei, Matthew Murphy
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Patent number: 11796512Abstract: A system for non-destructive testing of a bond condition of concrete beams reinforced by steel rods is described. The system includes a transducing transmitter, a transducing receiver, and an ultrasonic pulse generator configured to generate drive signals for the transducing transmitter and receive a plurality vibrational waves at the transducing receiver. The system further includes a computing device including a measurement circuit configured to record a transit time for each vibrational wave and divide a distance between the transducing transmitter and the transducing receiver by the transit time to determine a pulse velocity of each vibrational wave, a comparison circuit configured to identify a highest pulse velocity of the vibrational waves and compare each highest pulse velocity to a first reference pulse velocity, and a decision circuit including an artificial neural network configured to identify a compromised bond condition around a steel rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityInventor: Muhammad Saleem
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Patent number: 11796400Abstract: A lifetime estimation system for estimating a lifetime of a heating source is provided in an apparatus for heating a target object using the heating source and performing a feedback control of a target object temperature using a temperature controller based on a temperature measurement value of the target object measured by a temperature measuring device. The temperature controller controls a power supplied to the heating source and performs a temperature control using a state space model to perform the feedback control of the temperature of the target object. The lifetime estimation system includes a temperature monitor unit that monitors the temperature measurement value of the target object, a hunting amount detection unit that detects a hunting amount in a stable region of the monitored temperature of the target object, and a lifetime estimation unit that estimates a lifetime of the heating source from the detected hunting amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventor: Masahito Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11796371Abstract: An acoustic volume sensing device is disclosed. The device includes a housing comprising a reference volume chamber and a variable volume chamber, the reference volume chamber and the variable volume chamber connected by a resonant port, a first MEMS microphone located in acoustic relation to the variable volume chamber, a second MEMS microphone located in acoustic relation to the reference volume chamber, a MEMS speaker located in acoustic relation to the reference volume chamber, and a circuit board in electric connection with the first and second MEMS microphones and the MEMS speaker.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., John M. Kerwin, Colin H. Murphy, Larry B. Gray
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Patent number: 11788903Abstract: An optical temperature sensor head having an optical fibre and a sensor material, which is optically connected to a free end of the optical fibre. The free end of the optical fibre has an overmould made of a plastics material, which engages over a free end of the optical fibre and forms a protective body. A transparent window is arranged in the protective body. The window permits an optical connection with the free end of the optical fibre. Luminescence radiation from a sensor material can enter the optical fibre. The protective body has the effect that the temperature sensor head is mechanically stable and is insensitive to environmental influences. A temperature sensor device having such a temperature sensor head. An electric machine having a winding with a winding wire, which is connected to a proposed temperature sensor head.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: NEXANSInventors: Helmut Steinberg, Dietmar Volkl
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Patent number: 11788902Abstract: Systems and methods for determining temperature or temperature related variables using a sensor having a measurement surface include a sensor body having one or more walls and containing an intermediary material, a window providing a measurement surface, a first temperature sensor obtaining a first temperature at or near the window, a second temperature sensor located within the intermediary material, and a processor configured to receive the first temperature and the second temperature and determine a temperature adjustment based on those temperatures. The temperature adjustment can be used to adjust a value of a temperature related variable based on the temperature at the measurement surface, for example for calculating a refractive index of a fluid. Additional temperature sensors may be included and further included in the determination of the temperature adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.Inventor: Michael Manfred
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Patent number: 11788897Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for a time temperature indicator (TTI) which is capable of providing a summary of the time and temperature history of a good to which it is coupled, optionally including with regard to providing an indication as to whether one or more temperature thresholds have been breached. According to other embodiments, the TTI specifically provides an indication as to whether a temperature threshold at or around the freeze point has been breached, optionally even without providing a time and temperature history.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: FRESHPOINT QUALITY ASSURANCE LTD.Inventor: Husein Salman
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Patent number: 11787375Abstract: An installation system for an associated housing includes a sensor and a tool. The sensor includes: a barrel portion, a sensing end of the barrel portion, a non-sensing end of the barrel portion, an over-mold portion at the non-sensing end, and a wire extending from the non-sensing end. The tool includes a handle and an applicator secured to the handle. The applicator includes a first applicator portion, a second applicator portion, and a channel. When the over-mold portion of the sensor is proximate to a channel opening and the channel opening is blindly inserted into the associated housing opening, a force applied to the handle along an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle frictionally seats the sensor in the associated housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Nianqing Zhou, Daniel P Zula, Shu Yan Liu
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Patent number: 11779232Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible pressure sensor using a multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold, and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a flexible pressure sensor having improved flexibility, sensitivity, and stability for use in a wearable device, and a method for manufacturing the same. Further, the present invention relates to a physical sensor for measuring a force applied from the outside, and more particularly, to a multi-directional physical sensor using a multi-layer microchannel array, which may sense all forces applied from the outside in three-dimensional directions such as a perpendicular direction and a parallel direction by applying the multi-layer microchannel array to a body having a three-dimensionally protruding shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Inkyu Park, Kyuyoung Kim
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Patent number: 11774275Abstract: A method for proving or calibrating a first flow meter integrated into a common platform with a second flow meter is provided. The first flow meter comprises a first driver, a first flow tube, and a first meter electronics, and the second flow meter comprises a second driver, a second flow tube, and a second meter electronics. The method includes configuring the first flow meter to vibrate the first flow tube with a first driver voltage at a first default driver voltage amplitude using the first meter electronics, and configuring the second flow meter to vibrate the second flow tube with a second driver voltage at a second standby driver voltage amplitude using the second meter electronics.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.Inventors: Andrew Timothy Patten, Charles Depenning
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Patent number: 11774298Abstract: Multi-point thermocouples and assemblies are disclosed for ceramic heating structures. The disclosed embodiments provide multi-point connections in distinct areas to provide good temperature-sensing contacts between metal thermocouples and ceramic bodies while also providing improved flexibility. As such, cracking of ceramic bodies for heating structures is avoided. For one embodiment, assemblies including a multi-point thermocouple and a ceramic body are used in bake plates for processing systems that process microelectronic workpieces. The metal thermocouple has a flat surface used for connections to the ceramic body. Preferably, the thermocouple is relatively thin and provides improved connection sites and flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Melvin Verbaas, Kentaro Asakura, Takashi Mochizuki, Takahisa Mase, Nobutaka Yoshioka, Saki Matsuo
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Patent number: 11774294Abstract: An amplifier includes an amplification circuit including an input circuit receiving an input signal and configured to output an output signal by amplifying the input signal; and an offset cancelling circuit configured to cancel offset by controlling the input circuit according to activation control signal and offset control signal, wherein the offset cancelling circuit cancels the offset according to the offset control signal after the activation control signal is activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Gwanak Analog CO., LTD.Inventor: Suhwan Kim
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Patent number: 11768092Abstract: A flow rate assembly can include a housing having a measurement channel extending along the housing axis and through a portion of the housing between the first and second ends of the housing, an outer cup portion positioned at least partly within the housing, and a transducer positioned within the outer cup portion and sealed from fluid flow past the outer cup portion, the transducer having a width perpendicular to the housing axis and greater than the width of the measurement channel, the transducer configured to generate an ultrasonic signal and to direct the ultrasonic signal through the measurement channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Blue-White Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Robert Gledhill, III, John Nguyen, Patrick M. Murphy, William M. McDowell
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Patent number: 11768186Abstract: An illustrative example hydrogen concentration sensor includes a first end plate. A hydrogen evolving electrode assembly that generates hydrogen is situated adjacent the first end plate and at least partially exposed through an opening through the end plate. A separator plate is between the hydrogen evolving electrode assembly and a detection electrode assembly. The separator plate includes a passage to allow a flow of hydrogen generated by the hydrogen evolving electrode assembly to the detection electrode assembly. A second end plate is situated adjacent the detection electrode assembly and includes a second opening where a portion of the detection electrode assembly is exposed to a fluid of interest to provide an indication of a concentration of hydrogen in the fluid of interest.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: HYAXIOM, INC.Inventors: Joshua Preston, Marc Soldini