Patents by Inventor Vladamir Melnikov

Vladamir Melnikov has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for determining a flow velocity of a fluid or a fluid component in a pipeline
    Patent number: 9134158
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining a flow velocity of a fluid or a fluid component in a pipeline is described. The device comprises a transmitter adapted to be placed inside the pipeline and arranged to transmit an ultrasound signal into the fluid or fluid component in a first direction; a receiver adapted to be placed inside the pipeline and arranged to receive a dispersed ultrasound signal, generated by dispersion of the ultrasound signal by the fluid or the fluid component in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, and to provide a receiver signal representing the dispersed ultrasound signal; and, a processing unit arranged to receive said receiver signal and to determine a frequency difference between the transmitted ultrasound signal and the dispersed ultrasound signal and determining the flow velocity of the fluid or the fluid component based on said difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NEST INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Vladamir Drobkov, Vladamir Melnikov, Andrey Shustov