Abstract: A stretchable temperature sensor includes one or more elastomeric ionic conducting layers; at least two electronic conducting elements, wherein the one or more ionic conducting layers and one or more electronic conducting elements are configured and arranged to provide at least one electrical double layer at a first contact area between the ionic conducting layer and a first electronic conducting element in a sensing end and at least one electrical double layer at a contact area between the ionic conducting layer and a second electronic conducting element in an open end of the temperature sensor; wherein the second electronic conducting element provides a connection at the open end to an external circuit for measuring a signal generated in response to a temperature condition at the sensing end.

Abstract: An overheat detection system for an aircraft, the system comprising a first bleed monitoring computer, BMC1, configured to identify leakages in a pneumatic system, the BMC1 including a first optical controller, a second bleed monitoring computer, BMC2, the BMC2 including a second optical controller, an optical fiber link connecting the first optical controller of the BMC1 and the second optical controller of the BMC2 for communication between the BMC1 and the BCM2 and between the first optical controller and the second optical controller, wherein the first and the second optical controllers are configured to detect overheat of the optical fiber link based on a wavelength shift of a modulated optical signal transmitted through the optical fiber link, and transmit signals to the first BMC1 and the second BMC2 based at least on the detected overheat.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for determining the temperature, comprising a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and electronics which are configured to apply an electrical signal to the first temperature sensor and/or the second temperature sensor and to tap off at least one reception signal from the first temperature sensor and/or the second temperature sensor. The apparatus also comprises at least six connection lines for making electrical contact with the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the connection lines are arranged and configured such that the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are connected in series and can have the transmission signal applied thereto such that the first reception signal can be tapped off from the first temperature sensor and/or the second reception signal can be tapped off from the second temperature sensor.

Abstract: Temperature data is wirelessly received from a food thermometer inserted into food. A remaining time for cooking the food is estimated based at least in part on the received temperature data. The progression of a recipe to at least two new stages is indicated on a user interface based on the received temperature data. According to one aspect, the food thermometer includes a thermal sensor configured to measure an internal temperature of the food or an ambient temperature adjacent the food. It is determined that the indicated temperature measured by the thermal sensor increased by at least a threshold value from a previously indicated temperature wirelessly received from the food thermometer, and the progression of the recipe is indicated on the user interface to a new cooking stage.

Abstract: Described are a two-dimensional wind-speed and wind-direction sensor and a system thereof, relating to the field of sensing devices. The two-dimensional wind-speed and wind-direction sensor includes: an X-direction wind speed probe assembly and a Y-direction wind speed probe assembly, the X-direction wind speed probe assembly and the Y-direction wind speed probe assembly are perpendicular to each other, and the X-direction wind speed probe assembly is configured to measure a X-direction wind speed including a wind speed in the reverse direction of an X-axis, Vx?, and a wind speed in the forward direction of the X-axis Vx+; and the Y-direction wind speed probe assembly is configured to measure a Y-direction wind speed including a wind speed in reverse direction of an Y-axis, Vy?, and a wind speed in the forward direction of the Y-axis, Vy+.

Abstract: A resonance device with improved precision of temperature control. The resonance device includes a platform; a resonator including a vibrator and one or more holding arms that connect the vibrator and the platform to each other such that a first groove is provided around the vibrator. Moreover, the resonance device includes a sensor with a measurement portion that measures temperature and a heater formed on the platform. A second groove is provided between the measurement portion and the heater.

Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring temperature in an environment by creating a first beam having an energy of about 50 mJ/pulse, and a pulse duration of about 100 ps. A second beam is also created, having an energy of about 2.3 mJ/pulse, and a pulse duration of about 58 ps. The first beam and the second beam are directed into a probe region, thereby expressing an optical output. Properties of the optical output are measured at a sampling rate of at least about 100 kHz, and temperature measurements are derived from the measured properties of the optical output. Such systems and methods can be used to measure temperature in environments exhibiting highly turbulent and transient flow dynamics.

Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system does not include an external on/off switch or any remote on/off switching mechanism. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.

Abstract: A resistive particle sensor is described for detecting soot in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, including a sensor element having two strip conductors, which extend spaced apart in meanders in parallel to one another in an area of the sensor element that may be exposed to the exhaust gas, and a resistance strip conductor, the two strip conductors each being capacitively connected via capacitor elements to the resistance strip conductor.

Abstract: A temperature monitoring apparatus configured to monitor a temperature of a portion of a vehicle's electrical energy distribution network is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first optical fibre including one or more temperature sensing sections, each temperature sensing section being for thermal contact with a portion of a vehicle's electrical energy distribution network. Each temperature sensing section is arranged to produce, in response to an optical input signal, an optical output signal indicative of the temperature of the temperature sensing section. The apparatus is arranged to determine a temperature of the portion of the vehicle's electrical energy distribution network based on one or more of the output optical signals in use.

Abstract: A bathythermograph buoy and an associated method of operation are provided to measure temperature and/or optionally other parameter(s) within an ocean or another body of water. A bathythermograph buoy includes a housing and one or more sensors carried by the housing and configured to repeatedly measure one or more respective parameters as the bathythermograph buoy descends. The bathythermograph buoy of one example also includes a memory carried by the housing and configured to store representations of the one or more respective parameters measured by the one or more sensors. The bathythermograph buoy further includes a buoyancy modification device configured to increase buoyancy of the bathythermograph buoy to permit the bathythermograph buoy to ascend.

Abstract: A temperature sensing device and a temperature sensing method are provided. The temperature sensing device includes a sensor and an analog-to-digital converter. The sensor generates a first sensing result corresponding to an ambient temperature based on a first condition and generates a second sensing result corresponding to the ambient temperature based on a second condition. The second sensing result is different from the first sensing result. The analog-to-digital divides the first sensing result and the second sensing result to obtain a quotient value and generates an output digital code value corresponding to the ambient temperature according to the quotient value.

Abstract: A power circuit module includes an electronic circuit board, a heat generating element mounted on a first surface of the electronic circuit board and being a semiconductor electronic component that constitutes a part of a power circuit, a temperature detecting element that detects the temperature of the heat generating element, an electric circuit wiring, a heat dissipating body that dissipates heat of the heat generating element, and a heat conduction sheet having elasticity and flexibility, and a thickness. The heat conduction sheet is between the heat generating element and the heat dissipating body, the temperature detecting element is thermally connected to the heat generating element via the heat conduction sheet and is electrically connected via the electric circuit wiring, and with regard to the sizes of the components, the following relationship holds: temperature detecting element<heat generating element<heat dissipating body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring temperature of a liquid. The apparatus includes at least one temperature sensor arranged in a sensor head. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing the apparatus. At least one internal volume of the sensor head is at least partially filled with at least one first material and at least one second material. The first material serves for affixing at least one component of the temperature sensor within the sensor head, and the second material serves for heat conduction within the sensor head.

Abstract: The sensor assembly of the present disclosure comprises a temperature detector and a support element having a middle segment, a first end segment and a second end segment. A coupling body couples the temperature detector thermally conductively with the support element. The temperature detector and coupling body are connected by material bonding and arranged on a first surface of the support element. The coupling body is connected with the support element by material bonding to form a coupling body to support element connection zone. Additionally, a smallest bending stiffness, which the middle segment has in the region of the coupling body to support element connection zone, is greater than a smallest bending stiffness, which the support element has, as a whole, and/or greater than a smallest bending stiffness, which the first end segment has, and/or greater than a smallest bending stiffness, which the second end segment has.

Abstract: A heat radiation-resistant NTC temperature sensor comprises a measurement rod which is in contact with a plane of an object to be measured. A cavity for accommodating a thermistor is provided in an axial direction of the measurement rod, and the thermistor is in close contact with an upper wall of the cavity of the measurement rod. The thermistor is connected to an external detection device through a wire. The temperature sensor can be used for temperature measurement of a pan bottom, and it has an accurate temperature measurement and a high reaction speed, and it can prevent surrounding heat radiation from affecting the temperature measurement.

Abstract: A sensor unit disclosed herein is a sensor unit that is to be mounted in a housing section included in a device, and the sensor unit includes a FPC including a detection line and having flexibility, a temperature sensor connected to a connection portion of the detection line on a surface of the FPC, and an elastic member disposed on the surface of the FPC so as to be elastically deformable. The elastic member is to be elastically compressed within the housing section to press a first plate member mounted on a back surface of the FPC toward the device by a resilient force.

Abstract: The thermal analysis apparatus configured to measure thermal behavior accompanying a temperature change of a sample in a heating furnace, includes: the heating furnace having an opening, through which the sample is observable; a thermal behavior measurement unit for measuring the thermal behavior; an imaging unit for capturing image data of the sample in the heating furnace through the opening; a storage unit for storing the thermal behavior and the image data with respect to a temperature; a control unit; and an image processing unit for generating predetermined color information based on the image data, the control unit being configured to instruct the image processing unit to generate the predetermined color information with respect to a plurality of temperatures, and cause a predetermined display unit to display a plurality of pieces of the predetermined color information and the thermal behavior in superimposition with respect to the plurality of temperatures.

Abstract: A smoke and temperature detection system includes a plurality of fiber optic cables terminating in a plurality of nodes positioned to monitor a fire or smoke condition at one or more protected spaces, and a temperature detection fiber optic cable having a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings arrayed along the temperature detection fiber optic cable. A control system is operably connected to the plurality of fiber optic cables and to the temperature detection fiber optic cable. The control system includes a first light sensitive device configured to receive a scattered light signal from the plurality of fiber optic cables, and a second light sensitive device configured to receive a reflected light signal from the fiber Bragg gratings. The control system is configured to detect a temperature at the fiber Bragg gratings based on one or more properties of the reflected light signal received at the second light sensitive device.