Patents by Inventor Yousif Hussain

Yousif Hussain 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).

  • Patent number: 9429458
    Abstract: A flowmeter has a guide structure that can have medium flowing through it and which preferably operates using the Coriolis principle. To provide a flowmeter that allows a high as possible measuring accuracy with a space requirement that is as small as possible, at least one sensor element is applied on an outer surface of the guide structure for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Christopher Rolph, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 9086307
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter (1) having at least one curved measuring tube (2), at least one oscillation generator (3), at least one oscillation sensor (4), at least one measuring device electronics (5) and a housing (6). To provide the housing (6) with increased pressure resistance, in particular against external positive pressure, the housing (6) has a first housing shell and a second housing shell, the first housing shell and the second housing shell completely surrounding the measuring tube (2) so as to form at least a first pressure-resistant hollow space around the measuring tube (2), and the first housing shell and the second housing shell forming a bridge (13) between the inlet (10) and the outlet (11) of the measuring tube (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Christopher Rolph
  • Patent number: 8855958
    Abstract: A method for determining at least one characteristic for the correction of measurements of a Coriolis mass flowmeter which is characterized by an increased accuracy and a low error rate while determining the characteristic is implemented by detecting values of a measurand during constant flow with the reading sensors, calculating at least one location parameter from the detected values, an calculating at least one dispersion parameter from the detected values and the location parameter. The detection of additional values and the calculation of the location parameter and dispersion parameter from the existing and additional values is carried out until the dispersion parameter reaches a threshold value, and then, the location parameter corresponding to the dispersion parameter is used as the characteristic for the correction of the reading of the Coriolis mass flowmeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Xue Wang, Yousif Hussain
  • Patent number: 8806959
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter with at least one measurement tube (2) for forming a flow channel, at least one vibration generator and at least one vibration pick-up, the measurement tube (2) having one inlet end (4), two vibration sections (3a, 3b) and one outlet end (5) and being bent at least in sections such that two U-shaped or V-shaped vibration sections (3a, 3b) which run in essentially parallel planes are formed, and the vibration sections (3a, 3b) can be excited to vibrations by the vibration generator. The flow channel, except for the inlet end (4), the vibration sections (3a, 3b) and the outlet end (5), runs within a solid base (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8763443
    Abstract: A method for operating a density measuring device having a measuring tube filled with the medium for determining the density of the medium, in which the measuring tube is incited to vibrate, the frequency of the vibration determined and the density of the medium being calculated from the determined frequency and other parameters which determine the physical-geometrical properties of the measuring tube. In particular, at least one mechanical stress of the measuring tube is determined, and with the obtained mechanical stress value, the influence of the mechanical stress of the measuring tube and/or the influence of the pressure in the medium on the determined density of the medium are or is—at least partially—taken into consideration or compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Christopher Rolph, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20140083204
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter (1) having at least one curved measuring tube (2), at least one oscillation generator (3), at least one oscillation sensor (4), at least one measuring device electronics (5) and a housing (6). To provide the housing (6) with increased pressure resistance, in particular against external positive pressure, the housing (6) has a first housing shell and a second housing shell, the first housing shell and the second housing shell completely surrounding the measuring tube (2) so as to form at least a first pressure-resistant hollow space around the measuring tube (2), and the first housing shell and the second housing shell forming a bridge (13) between the inlet (10) and the outlet (11) of the measuring tube (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Christopher Rolph
  • Patent number: 8677832
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flow meter (1) which has at least two curved measurement tubes (2), at least one actuator arrangement, at least one sensor arrangement and comprising at least one housing structure (5), the measurement tubes (2) being connected at their inlet end portion and an outlet end portion with at least a first oscillation node plate (3) and a second oscillation node plate (4). The flow meter achieves increased measurement accuracy and a reduced susceptibility to perturbing oscillations by at least one of the oscillation node plates being connected at the inlet end and the outlet end of the housing structure (5). A third oscillation node plate (6) can be additionally arranged on the inlet end portion and the outlet end portion of the tubes, the third oscillation node plate being connected to the housing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Yousif Hussain
  • Publication number: 20140069210
    Abstract: A flowmeter has a guide structure that can have medium flowing through it and which preferably operates using the Coriolis principle. To provide a flowmeter that allows a high as possible measuring accuracy with a space requirement that is as small as possible, at least one sensor element is applied on an outer surface of the guide structure for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Christopher Rolph, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8613228
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter with at least four bent measuring tubes, at least one actuator assembly and at least one sensor assembly, wherein a first measuring tube and a second measuring tube are located in a common first plane and a third measuring tube and a fourth measuring tube are located in a common second plane, wherein the first plane and the second plane run parallel to one another, and wherein all four measuring tubes are joined together in terms of flow on the input side and on the output side with a collector. A Coriolis mass flowmeter for large amounts of flow, which is improved in respect to its measurement accuracy, is implemented in that the geometry and/or the surface characteristics of the measuring tubes are set so that the tube flow resistance of all four measuring tubes is identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8607643
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter with a measuring tube through which a medium can flow, at least one actuator and at least one sensor, wherein the measuring tube is bent between its input and output ends into a first winding and a second winding, the first winding and the second winding merging into one another at a transitional section of the measuring tube. The first winding and the second winding run in parallel winding planes and wherein the first winding and the second winding can be excited to oscillation by the actuator and the oscillations detected by the sensor. The Coriolis mass flowmeter is comparably insensitive to the coupling of external oscillations in that oscillating sections of the first winding and the second winding are bent into a V shape that opens in a direction toward the transitional section of the measuring tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Yousif Hussain
  • Patent number: 8607644
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter having at least four measuring tubes running parallel, the measuring tubes being joined in pairs into a oscillation unit by being inserted in openings in a holding device (1) and wherein at least part of either a sensor or actuator device is attached to the holding device (1). A Coriolis mass flowmeter that has an increased measuring accuracy is implemented in that the measuring tube central axes (3) of a measuring tube pair span a common plane (E), that the holding device (1) has at least two attachment extensions (4), that the attachment extensions (4) extend across the common plane (E) and that the holding devices (1) with the attachment extensions (4) are mirror symmetric relative to the common plane (E) in respect to their projection viewed in the direction of the measuring tube central axes (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8601884
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter having two measuring tubes, wherein two neighboring oscillation node plates are provided on one end of the measuring tube that connect the two measuring tubes to one another and wherein the angle between the planes of both oscillation node plates is determined in such a manner that the vibration of the measuring tubes is minimal up to a predetermined driving force. A method of producing the flowmeter is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang, Chris Rolph, Neil Harrison
  • Publication number: 20130319107
    Abstract: A flow meter (1) having a housing (2) and at least one measuring tube (3), the housing (2) having an internal volume and at least one pressure compensation opening (4), the internal volume surrounding the measuring tube (3), at least in part, and the pressure compensation opening (4) being closed by a closure arrangement (5) is more simply assembled and requires less maintenance due to a connection being formed between the closure arrangement (5) and the housing (2), the connection being separable by the action of an internal pressure in the internal volume on the closure arrangement (5) when a predetermined internal pressure threshold value is reached so that the closure arrangement (5) is released from the housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: KROHNE AG
    Inventors: Yousif HUSSAIN, Christopher ROLPH
  • Patent number: 8528419
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter (1) with at least one sensor arrangement (2) and at least one housing (3), in which the sensor arrangement (2) includes at least one measuring tube (4), at least one oscillation generator (5) and at least one oscillation sensor (6), and the measuring tube (4) being excited by the oscillation generator (5) in at least one operating frequency. To optimize production costs and weight relative to the size of the measuring device is implemented by at least one reinforcement element (10) being arranged in and joined to the housing (3) in such a manner that the implemented eigenfrequencies of the housing (3) are shifted away from the operating frequency of the measuring tube (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Christopher Rolph, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20130139612
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flow meter (1) which has at least two curved measurement tubes (2), at least one actuator arrangement, at least one sensor arrangement and comprising at least one housing structure (5), the measurement tubes (2) being connected at their inlet end portion and an outlet end portion with at least a first oscillation node plate (3) and a second oscillation node plate (4). The flow meter achieves increased measurement accuracy and a reduced susceptibility to perturbing oscillations by at least one of the oscillation node plates being connected at the inlet end and the outlet end of the housing structure (5). A third oscillation node plate (6) can be additionally arranged on the inlet end portion and the outlet end portion of the tubes, the third oscillation node plate being connected to the housing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: KROHNE AG
    Inventors: Tao WANG, Yousif HUSSAIN
  • Publication number: 20130042701
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter with at least one measurement tube (2) for forming a flow channel, at least one vibration generator and at least one vibration pick-up, the measurement tube (2) having one inlet end (4), two vibration sections (3a, 3b) and one outlet end (5) and being bent at least in sections such that two U-shaped or V-shaped vibration sections (3a, 3b) which run in essentially parallel planes are formed, and the vibration sections (3a, 3b) can be excited to vibrations by the vibration generator. The flow channel, except for the inlet end (4), the vibration sections (3a, 3b) and the outlet end (5), runs within a solid base (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: KROHNE AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20130042700
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter with a measuring tube through which a medium can flow, at least one actuator and at least one sensor, wherein the measuring tube is bent between its input and output ends into a first winding and a second winding, the first winding and the second winding merging into one another at a transitional section of the measuring tube. The first winding and the second winding run in parallel winding planes and wherein the first winding and the second winding can be excited to oscillation by the actuator and the oscillations detected by the sensor. The Coriolis mass flowmeter is comparably insensitive to the coupling of external oscillations in that oscillating sections of the first winding and the second winding are bent into a V shape that opens in a direction toward the transitional section of the measuring tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: KROHNE AG
    Inventors: Tao WANG, Yousif HUSSAIN
  • Patent number: 8353220
    Abstract: A method for determining the viscosity of a medium with a Coriolis mass flowmeter, wherein the Coriolis mass flowmeter has at least two measuring tubes that medium can flow through and a measuring device, wherein the measuring device has at least two actuator assemblies, wherein a measuring tube plane is defined by the measuring tube central axis and wherein the actuator assemblies are arranged on both sides of the measuring tube plane and outside of the measuring tube plane. Elaborate constructional measures for the Coriolis mass flowmeter are avoided by the measuring tubes being excited with a measuring device to at least oppositely directed torsion oscillation (and optionally additionally to plane oscillation) with the actuator assemblies being alternately actuated with opposing effective directions so that at least the viscosity of the medium is determined by evaluation of values from the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8342035
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter having at least one measuring tube assembly (1) and at least one mounting assembly (2), wherein the mounting assembly (2) includes at least one bracket (3) mounted on the measuring tube assembly (1) and at least a part of an actuator assembly (4) and/or a sensor assembly (5) supported by the bracket (3) for oscillation generation and/or oscillation compilation so that measuring tube assembly (1) can be excited into oscillation in a reference oscillation plane (X-plane). The Coriolis mass flowmeter oscillation behavior is improved for increasing the quality of measurements by the center of gravity of the mounting assembly (2) being set in the reference oscillation plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8272275
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter having a measuring tube that can be excited to oscillation and a magnet assembly (1) serving to generate oscillations and/or to receive oscillations. The magnet assembly (1) includes at least one permanent magnet (2) and a magnet holder (3) holding the permanent magnet (2). The Coriolis mass flowmeter that has a mounting for the permanent magnet, which can withstand long-term oscillation stress and can reliably protect the permanent magnet is implemented by the magnet holder (3) consisting of nonmagnetic metal such as stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventors: Yousif Hussain, Chris Rolph, Neil Harrison