Patents Issued in October 20, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160305799
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of sensors, and, more particularly, to a system and method for remotely virtualizing deployed optical sensors to dynamically upgrade/optimize the deployed sensor's performance and to extend the life of a deployed sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: FAZ TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robin Lewis, Neil Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20160305800
    Abstract: A vortex flow measuring device of process automation for ascertaining a process variable, a property of a medium and/or a composition of a medium, comprising at least one sensor unit and one display unit. The sensor unit and the display unit are arranged spatially separated from one another, wherein the display unit and the sensor unit are provided with one or more communication means, which are designed for establishing a wireless data transfer route between the display unit and the sensor unit. At least the communication means of the sensor unit is operated by means of an energy harvester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Rainer Hocker, Michael Carr
  • Publication number: 20160305801
    Abstract: A device and method for positioning an orifice plate carrier in an orifice fitting. The positioning device is secured in an upper chamber of the fitting and includes an insert having a first end and a second end, and a back side, a first side, and a second side each extending from and connecting the first and second ends to form a through-passage with a front side. The through-passage is configured to allow the orifice plate carrier to pass therethrough. The first and second sides include a first cutout and a second cutout, respectively, which are configured to allow a gear to pass therethrough. The gear engages grooves on the orifice plate carrier to pass the orifice plate carrier through the upper chamber. The positioning device provides consistent and repeatable alignment in guiding the orifice plate carrier in and out of the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Blake Crouch, Gregory Theron Jay
  • Publication number: 20160305802
    Abstract: An air data system includes an avionics system and a plurality of sensors associated with the avionics system, each of the sensors providing a signal indicative of a parameter used by the avionic system to determine the flight status of the aircraft. At least one air data probe is electronically coupled to the avionics system. At least one pitot static probe is coupled to a pressure transducer through pneumatic tubing, the pressure transducer is electronically coupled to the avionics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Chong, Ronald F. Liffrig
  • Publication number: 20160305803
    Abstract: A measuring tube for a magneto-inductive flow measuring device, comprising a support tube (3, 13, 23, 33, 53, 62, 73, 103), a liner (22, 52, 72, 102) arranged in the support tube (3, 13, 23, 33, 53, 62, 73, 103) and a reinforcement means (15, 25, 35, 55, 65, 125) embedded in the liner (22, 52, 72, 102), characterized in that a helical contour (6, 16, 26, 36, 56, 76, 86, 106, 126) is arranged between the support tube (3, 13, 23, 33, 53, 62, 73, 103) and the reinforcement means (15, 25, 35, 55, 65, 125), and a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having such a measuring tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Werner Wohlgemuth, Frank Voigt
  • Publication number: 20160305804
    Abstract: A flowmeter for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe includes a tube having a channel disposed in the pipe through which fluid in the pipe flows. The flowmeter includes an upstream transducer in contact with the pipe and positioned so plane waves generated by the upstream transducer propagates through the channel. The flowmeter includes a downstream transducer in contact with the pipe and positioned so plane waves generated by the downstream transducer propagate through the channel and are received by the upstream transducer which produces an upstream transducer signal. The downstream transducer receives the plane waves from the upstream transducer and provides a downstream transducer signal. The flowmeter includes a controller in communication with the upstream and downstream transducers which calculate fluid flow rate from the upstream transducer signal and the downstream transducer signal. A method for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Emanuel Gottlieb, Donald R. Augenstein
  • Publication number: 20160305805
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a conduit for receiving a flow of a fluid and a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) including: a pair of ultrasonic transducers, wherein each transducer comprises a piezoelectric element divided into a plurality of segment electrodes and the FPC is bonded around the conduit; and a control circuit configured to sequentially activate the segment electrodes using a pulse train to cause at least one of the piezoelectric elements to emit a sonic signal. A delay time between activation of each successive segment electrode controls a phase velocity and an angle of emission of the corresponding sonic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: JOSEPH BAUMOEL
  • Publication number: 20160305806
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter comprises a cavity disposed in the wall of a flow tube. This cavity is preferably elongated along a direction perpendicular to a flow axis and has a flat interior surface portion proximal an interior surface of a wall of the flow tube. A piezoelectric transducer has a surface bonded to the flat interior surface portion of the cavity so as to transmit and receive acoustic signals through a thin window in the wall of the flow tube. An encapsulant, which may be combined with other elements, such as a mechanical strengthening piece, bonds the second side of the piezoelectric wafer to a second surface of the cavity. In a particular preferred embodiment, the cavity may be a dovetailed groove cut into a wall of the flow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Murray F. Feller
  • Publication number: 20160305807
    Abstract: A consumption meter including a foldable printed circuit board assembly is disclosed, which foldable printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board substrate having at least a first and a second rigid part, wherein electronic components and a battery are mounted on the first rigid part, which also includes an electrical ground plane, and a radio frequency antenna extends mainly on the second rigid part, a first flexible part of the printed circuit board substrate being arranged to allow the printed circuit board assembly to be folded so that the first and second rigid parts extend in two different but substantially parallel geometric planes. Furthermore, a consumption meter, such as an ultrasonic flow meter including such a foldable printed circuit board assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Jens Drachmann
  • Publication number: 20160305808
    Abstract: A flowmeter of the thermal type, having a heated flow-sensing probe and a temperature-sensing reference probe, in which the flow is passed through nozzles to form two jets and those jets are directed at the heated portion of the heated probe and the temperature-sensing portion of the reference probe, while flow around the supporting portion of the heated probe is minimized. Such a flowmeter allows low gas flows to be measured without the use of capillary elements that are subject to plugging and can create unwanted pressure drops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Roger Dennison
  • Publication number: 20160305809
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory R. Lanier, John M. Kerwin, Colin H. Murphy, Larry B. Gray
  • Publication number: 20160305810
    Abstract: A hub, sight glass column and bottom sediment and water bowl are described. The hub is adapted to interconnect multiple machine fluid equipment to a single port on a machine. The hub is provided with an adjustable fitting connectable to a housing, and recessed within the hub. The sight glass column is configured to be indirectly attachable to a machine via a machine connector such that machine fluid is transferable from the machine to the sight glass column. The sight glass column further has a remote sensing port, and a lockable oil level ring. The bottom sediment and water bowl has a conically shaped bottom to direct fluid to a drain valve, and an indicator located on an upper tip of the drain valve. The indicator is configured to provide information with respect to one or more contaminant or property of machine fluid within the bottom sediment and water bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: James Chester Fitch, Thomas Chester Fitch, James Bennett Fitch, Jeremy J. Wright
  • Publication number: 20160305811
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for measuring pressurized liquid fuel level in a fuel tank used on a vehicle comprising measuring the pressure of the fuel to generate a pressure signal and measuring the temperature of the fuel to generate a temperature signal. A fuel level signal is determined from the pressure signal and the temperature signal and changes in the fuel level signal are determined over time. A first point of the fuel level signal indicating approaching emptying of the tank is identified when changes in the fuel level signal exceed a given value and the approaching emptying of the tank is signaled to an operator of the vehicle in response to identifying the first point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Brent J. Grothaus, Nicholas J. Stein
  • Publication number: 20160305812
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensing head. The sensing head is configured to transmit a pulse through a first probe of at least a first probe and a second probe. The sensing head is also configured to receive the pulse from the first probe and identify that the pulse was received through the first probe. The sensing head is further configured to determine a depth of a material in contact with the first probe in response to receiving the pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Ron Beselt, Cris Andronic, Frank Martin Haran
  • Publication number: 20160305813
    Abstract: A system for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium in a container, comprising a sensor module with an oscillatable unit, which is arranged in such a manner in the container that the oscillatable unit extends to a defined immersion depth in the medium, or that the oscillatable unit is placed at the height of the predetermined fill level, a tubular extension and/or a temperature reduction unit of a defined length, a contacting module and an electronics module, composed of an exciter/receiving unit, which excites the oscillatable unit to execute oscillations and receives the oscillations of the oscillatable unit. Two electrical coupling paths are associated with the electronics module, and a control/evaluation unit, which based on at least one oscillation variable of the oscillations or based on a change of an oscillation variable of the oscillations, provides information concerning the process variable or the reaching of the predetermined fill level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Dotsch, Franco Ferraro, Philipp Walser, Andreas Krumbholz, Robert Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160305814
    Abstract: A method estimates a weight of a motor vehicle including front and rear wheel assemblies, using a smart communication device, after loading of the vehicle. The method includes identifying the vehicle in the smart communication device, using a camera of the smart communication device to capture and process a photograph of at least one wheel with at least one point of the vehicle brought to sink down jointly upon the loading of the vehicle with a suspension of the wheel of the vehicle, determining a clearance of the wheel assembly opposite the photographed wheel, calculating a load value on the wheel assembly of the photographed wheel and a load value on the opposite wheel assembly as a function of the respective clearances of these wheel assemblies, to determine a total load value, and using the smart communication device to inform a user of a load state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventor: Guillermo PITA-GIL
  • Publication number: 20160305815
    Abstract: A luggage scale and identification tag system is a combination identification tag and luggage weight scale system having a body with a clear plastic card insert for displaying a business card or other visual identification means on one side and a scale with a display face and graduated weight measurements on the other side. The scale has a spring mechanism that is able to indicate a weight when loaded; the indication via mechanical (analog) means. Simplified versions may just be connectable to luggage via a tie strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Alan Berman
  • Publication number: 20160305816
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to processes and software used to standardize the calculation of the weight and CG of a product. The processes and software integrate data from multiple sources and confirm the accuracy of the data. The software program standardizes the calculation of weight and CG by using a central calculation worksheet accessible to all users tasked with determining the weight and balance of a product. The software includes functionality for viewing Bill of Material (BOM) and 3D images, for operating a calculation worksheet, for storing and filtering data, and for reporting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Preston SHERIFF, Ryan Patrick FRANS, James Joseph CAMPBELL
  • Publication number: 20160305817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a proximity luminance sensor obtained by assembling a housing array to a printed circuit board array using an adhesive layer, prior to separation into individual proximity luminance sensors, thereby preventing contamination or damage to lenses, decreasing the optical interference phenomenon, reducing the manufacturing cost and manufacturing time, and thus substantially improving productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Yung Jun KIM, Ja Guen GU, Su Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20160305818
    Abstract: An adding unit adds an input signal generated in a signal generating unit connected to a specific pixel electrode portion out of pixel electrode portions arranged around a certain pixel electrode portion to an input signal generated in a signal generating unit connected to the certain pixel electrode portion. A discriminating unit discriminates whether a carrier input pattern coincides with any one of a plurality of discrimination patterns, and the carrier input pattern indicates, per the pixel electrode portion, presence of any carrier received in the certain pixel electrode portion and the pixel electrode portions arranged around the certain pixel electrode portion. The counting unit increments the number of photons in the case where the discriminating unit discriminates that the carrier input pattern coincides with any one of the discrimination patterns and further the input signal output from the adding unit after addition has a value exceeding a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Minoru ICHIKAWA, Kazuki FUJITA, Harumichi MORI
  • Publication number: 20160305819
    Abstract: A UV exposure dosimetry system includes at least one UV sensor that accurately measures the UV irradiance intensity. The system can generate extrapolated UV intensity data based on measured UV intensity data to correct unreliable UV measurement due to inconsistent irradiation of UV light. The UV dosimetry system integrates the extrapolated UV intensity data over time to calculate the real-time UV dosage and the vitamin D production by taking into account factors comprising UV sensor location, body surface area, clothing coverage, and sunscreen usage. Based on the measurement, the system can predict the time remaining to skin burn and the time remaining to reach daily goal of vitamin D production. The UV dosimetry system supports multi-user control through an advanced and user friendly input and output interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jie Lian, Nabyl Bennouri, Nattapon Chaimanonart
  • Publication number: 20160305820
    Abstract: A compact, mapping spectrometer and various embodiments of the spectrometer are described. Methods for performing high-resolution spectroscopic, spatial, and polarimetric analyses of electromagnetic radiation across the complete electromagnetic spectrum, using spectrometer embodiments of the invention, are also described. The spectrometer and associated methods are useful for producing spectral and hyperspectral images associated with the incoming radiation and for identifying other information about electromagnetic radiation of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: NANOHMICSM, INC.
    Inventors: Byron G. Zollars, Chris W. Mann, Gabriel Elpers
  • Publication number: 20160305821
    Abstract: A high SNR in-situ measurement of sample radiance in a low-temperature ambient environment is used to accurately characterize sample emissivity for transmissive, low-emissivity samples. A low-e mirror is positioned behind the sample such that the sample and low-e mirror overfill the field-of-view (FOV) of the radiometer. The sample is heated via thermal conduction in an open environment. Thermal conduction heats the sample without raising the background radiance appreciably. The low-e mirror presents both a low emission background against which to measure the sample radiance and reflects radiance from the back of the sample approximately doubling the measured signal. The low-e mirror exhibits a reflectance of at least 90% and preferably greater than 98% and an emissivity of at most 7.5% and preferably less than 2% over the spectral and temperature ranges at which the sample emissivity is characterized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Steven F. Cook, Colton L. Noble, Justan V. Forsyth
  • Publication number: 20160305822
    Abstract: There is provided a temperature measurement method for measuring a temperature of an ultraviolet light transmittance member transmitting ultraviolet light. The method includes: detecting ultraviolet light transmitted through the ultraviolet light transmittance member using a spectroscopic measurement unit, and obtaining an absorption edge wavelength of the ultraviolet light transmittance member; and deriving a temperature of the ultraviolet light transmittance member on the basis of the obtained absorption edge wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160305823
    Abstract: A detector of terahertz (THz) energy includes a MOSFET having an extended source region, and a channel region depleted of free carriers, which MOSFET operates in a sub-threshold voltage state and has an output that is an exponential function of THz energy supplied to the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Zeljko IGNJATOVIC, Hanan DERY
  • Publication number: 20160305824
    Abstract: Graphene and ferroelectric materials are used as tunable sensors for detecting and measuring radiation, such as infrared radiation. The low absorption and reflectance of graphene and interconnected graphene networks, for example in the infrared, are exploited for use in such tunable sensors. The active layer makes use of a unique property of ferroelectric materials, known as the pyroelectric effect, for measuring the intensity of impinging radiation. Using graphene electrodes may offer a significant increase in sensitivity, tunability and mechanical flexibility of sensors, such as infrared sensors. In one method, intensity of radiation is measured using variations in the doping level of the graphene electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Barbaros Ozyilmaz, Eeshan Sandeep Kulkarni, Sascha Pierre Heussler, Antonio Helio Castro Neto
  • Publication number: 20160305825
    Abstract: The invention concerns a temperature probe (1) comprising a thermistor provided with a heat-sensitive element connected to two electrically-conductive output wires, two electrically-conductive metal blades presenting proximal end portions connected, by welding, to the respective output wires and supporting said heat-sensitive element at a distance from said proximal end portions, and a plunger body (5) made in a plastic material overmolded by injection at least around the proximal end portions of the blades, of the output wires and of the heat-sensitive element, said plunger body presenting an end portion (50) overmolded directly all around the heat-sensitive element, said heat-sensitive element being wrapped only by said plunger body. The present invention finds application in the field of temperature measurement of a fluid circulating within a combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: MGI COUTIER
    Inventor: Ben Hammouda Chokri
  • Publication number: 20160305826
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to monitor components of an aircraft landing system are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining an initial temperature of at least one of a wheel or a fuse plug based on a temperature value to be provided by a first temperature sensor; estimating a temperature of a brake assembly based on a temperature value provided by a second temperature sensor; after determining the initial temperature, estimating a subsequent temperature of the at least one of the wheel or the fuse plug; and determining if the subsequent temperature is a peak temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Trent Daryl Miller
  • Publication number: 20160305827
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly draws heat away from the cold junction of a thermopile element to increase the thermopile's power output. In one example, the heat sink assembly includes a first thermally conductive securing mechanism, a second thermally conductive securing mechanism, and a thermally conductive tube having a first end and a second end. The first end of the thermally conductive tube is secured between the first securing mechanism and the second securing mechanism. In some cases, the first end of the thermally conductive tube may include a flanged region adjacent the first end with at least part of the flange region secured between the first securing mechanism and the second securing mechanism. The flange may help with heat transfer to the thermally conductive tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: David Heil, Frederick Hazzard, Ravindra Khosla
  • Publication number: 20160305828
    Abstract: A stirring paddle for isothermal titration calorimetry includes a blade secured to one end of a shaft. The blade has an edge and a pair of opposing surfaces. A lip extends from the edge and forms a non-zero angle with respect to the opposing surfaces. In some embodiments, the blade has a twisted rectangular shape defined by a pair of first opposing edges and a pair of second opposing edges. One of the first opposing edges is oriented at a rotation angle with respect to the shaft axis that is different than an orientation of the other first opposing edge with respect to the shaft axis. Advantageously, the stirring paddle achieves improved turbulent mixing of injections into liquid within a sample cell, resulting in shorter measurement times. The improved mixing efficiency allows the stirring paddle to be operated at a lower rotation rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: David Serrell
  • Publication number: 20160305829
    Abstract: A mobile thermal sensor system, a mobile device case, and a process for fabricating a mobile thermal sensor system are described that include using a heat spreader (e.g., a heat sink). In an implementation, the mobile thermal sensor system includes a substrate configured to support an electrical component; a thermal detector package coupled to the substrate, the thermal detector package including a first thermopile, a second thermopile, and a reference temperature detector; and a heat spreader coupled to the substrate. In another implementation, a mobile device case can include a case configured to house a mobile device, where the mobile device includes a mobile thermal sensor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Arvin Emadi, Jerome C. Bhat
  • Publication number: 20160305830
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inch pounds per turn (IPPT) computing device that provides for the calculation of IPPT of a garage door spring coil. The IPPT computing device computes the IPPT required of the garage door spring coil by measuring the strain induced on a calibrated shaft used to lift the weight of the garage door. The IPPT computing device is inserted into the winding end cone of a garage door torsion spring assembly, and the door is slightly lifted off of the floor. This measurement is done by disabling the cable ends spring end so the counterbalance force is removed from the door. The IPPT tool measures the torque (strain on the calibrated rod) needed to lift the door and inputs the torque value automatically into an IPPT calculator mounted on the tool. When other door parameters are entered into the calculator, the IPPT is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas A. Mello, II
  • Publication number: 20160305831
    Abstract: The present invention provides a deformation detection sensor which combines a magnetic resin dispersing a magnetic filler in a resin with a magnetic sensor, of which stability of detection property is highly enhanced. The present invention thus provides a deformation detection sensor which comprises: a magnetic resin-containing polymer foam which comprises a magnetic resin, in which a magnetic filler is contained, and a polymer foam in which the magnetic resin is included, and a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic change caused by a deformation of the magnetic resin-containing polymer foam, wherein the magnetic resin has an elastic modulus of 0.1 to 10 MPa, and a production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Takuya Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20160305832
    Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor that includes a piezoelectric film, first and second adhesive layers, first and second plate electrodes and a glass plate. The piezoelectric film includes first and second principal surfaces. The first adhesive layer attaches the first plate electrode to the first principal surface. The second adhesive layer attaches the second plate electrode to the second principal surface. The second plate electrode is attached to the glass plate such that the second adhesive layer and the second plate electrode are interposed between the piezoelectric film and the glass plate. The glass plate is distorted by being pushed. The second adhesive layer is thicker than the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: HIDEKI KAWAMURA, Hiroyuki Nakaji, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Jun Endo, Masato Saito
  • Publication number: 20160305833
    Abstract: A torque sensor for being attached around a magnetostrictive rotating shaft includes a bobbin that is provided coaxially with the rotating shaft, wherein the bobbin includes a resin, a hollow cylindrical shape, and first inclined grooves and second inclined grooves formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, wherein the first inclined grooves are inclined at a predetermined angle relative to an axial direction, and wherein the second inclined grooves are inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the axial direction in an opposite direction of the first inclined grooves, a first detection coil including an insulated wire wound around the bobbin along the first inclined grooves, a second detection coil including the insulated wire wound around the bobbin along the second inclined grooves, and a measurement portion that detects a inductance variation of the first and second detection coils so as to measure a torque applied to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Teruyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160305834
    Abstract: For measuring tensile and/or compressive loads force measuring systems are provided for measuring a tensile and/or compressive load of a structure have a first force measuring sensor assigned to the structure, and a second force measuring sensor assigned to the structure. To provide a force measuring system that enables high measuring accuracy, the first and the second force measuring sensor differ in such a way, that the first force measuring sensor is designed to measure a nominal load range, and the second force measuring sensor is designed to measure a sub-range of the nominal load range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: tecsis GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander GERBER, Daniel NIEDBALLA, Oliver JOST
  • Publication number: 20160305835
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method of performing a measurement using a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device that includes a plurality of MEMS sensors having different resonant frequencies. The method includes applying an excitation signal to a first port of the MEMS device such that each of the plurality of the MEMS sensors is stimulated by the excitation signal. The method further includes measuring a signal at a second port of the MEMS device and determining a measured value based on the measuring the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Athanasios Kollias, Matthias Friedrich Herrmann, Christian Ebner, Ernesto Romani, Stephan Mechnig, Joseph Hufschmitt, Andreas Wiesbauer, Christian Jenkner
  • Publication number: 20160305836
    Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises a deformable measuring diaphragm, and a mating body connected in a pressure-tight manner and forms a measuring chamber in which a reference pressure is present. A pressure can be applied to an outside of the measuring diaphragm. The pressure sensor has a capacitive transducer having at least one mating body electrode and at least one diaphragm electrode. Above a pressure limit value for the pressure, at least one central surface section of the measuring diaphragm rests against the mating body with a contact surface area, the size of which is dependent on the pressure. The pressure sensor also has a resistive transducer for converting a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring diaphragm, when pressed in a range of values above the pressure limit value, into an electrical signal using an electrical resistance which is dependent on the contact surface area of the measuring diaphragm on the mating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Rossberg, Olaf Textor, Elmar Wosnitza
  • Publication number: 20160305837
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a device includes a substrate, a transducer die disposed over the substrate, a cover disposed over the transducer die, and a support structure connecting the cover to the substrate. The support structure includes a port configured to allow transfer of fluidic signals between an ambient environment and the transducer die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Andreas Froemel
  • Publication number: 20160305838
    Abstract: A measurement method includes generating, by a sensor, a response signal in response to an excitation signal. The method also includes generating a sampling clock signal in accordance with a pseudo-random jitter, and sampling the response signal in accordance with the sampling clock signal to determine a plurality of digital samples. The method also includes combining the plurality of digital samples to form a measurement sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Wiesbauer, Christian Ebner, Ernesto Romani, Stephan Mechnig, Joseph Hufschmitt, Christian Jenkner, Francesco Polo
  • Publication number: 20160305839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure sensor that can be used at low temperatures—in particular, at temperatures below ?70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: ENDRESS+HAUSER GMBH+CO. KG
    Inventors: Raimund Becher, Anh Tuan Tham, Andreas Rossberg, Elke Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160305840
    Abstract: In a combustion pressure sensor having built-in charge amplifier, signal line overheating and deterioration of detection accuracy is restricted. The combustion pressure sensor includes a sensor body that includes a piezoelectric element having one end connected to chassis ground through a housing and detects pressure in a combustion chamber of engine, and a charge amplifier that includes at least a voltage converting unit converting output of the sensor body into voltage signal and a reference voltage generating unit generating reference voltage supplied to the voltage converting unit and operates on power supplied from a signal processing unit disposed outside. The reference voltage generating unit includes a voltage generating circuit having a constant current circuit and a resistor connected in series. The voltage generating circuit has one end connected to power line extending from the signal processing unit, and the other end connected to the end of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIBATA, Kouji OOYA
  • Publication number: 20160305841
    Abstract: A computer-implemented platform may comprise hardware and software configured to estimate knock intensity and/or manage an engine using knock intensity data. A plurality of knock indicators may be used to model a knock response, providing an improved estimate of knock intensity. Knock intensities from a plurality of combustion cycles may be used to estimate a statistical distribution of knock intensities. The statistical distribution may be used to determine an engine tune state. An engine tune state may be modified via the incorporation of prior knock intensity statistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Jakob Olofsson ÄNGEBY
  • Publication number: 20160305842
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a work piece center of mass includes coupling a work piece to a manipulator assembly. The manipulator assembly includes a force and torque sensor. The work piece is positioned in at least two different orientations relative to a gravity vector with the manipulator assembly. The at least two different orientations include at least first and second orientations. In the first orientation the force and torque sensor measures a first torque and at least a first force associated with the work piece in the first orientation. In the second orientation the force and torque sensor measures a second torque associated with the work piece in the second orientation. The work piece center of mass is identified according to at least the measured first and second torques and at least the first force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony R. Vulcano
  • Publication number: 20160305843
    Abstract: A balance of a rotating body is measured by a balance measuring device while the rotating body is rotated. The balance of the rotating body is corrected by irradiating a laser with a laser radiation device at a first processing portion of the rotating body that is set based on the measurement result and removing that processing portion. After the first processing portion of the rotating body is removed, the balance of the rotating body is measured again. If the measurement result is a result in which the balance correction is insufficient, the rotating body is rotated at a speed lower than a rotation speed of the rotating body when the first processing portion is removed, and the laser is irradiated by the laser irradiating portion at a second processing portion of the rotating body set based on the result of measuring the balance again, and the second processing portion is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji NOMURA, Osamu MAEDA, Akihiro ASANO
  • Publication number: 20160305844
    Abstract: In a method for the automated monitoring of a machine with a rotating machine component, at successive measurement times parameter values (Pt) of operating parameters of the machine and in each case over a predefined measurement duration, vibrations of the machine are recorded. A vibration spectrum (Yt(f)) of the vibrations recorded during the measurement duration is determined for each measurement duration. A mean power density (?t(i)) of the vibration spectrum (Yt(f)) is in each case determined from the vibration spectrum (Yt(f)) for a multiplicity of frequency ranges. During a learning phase a model function ({circumflex over (?)}(1)(P) to {circumflex over (?)}(N)(P)) for an averaged power density is determined for each frequency range as a function of the operating parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: HENNING OCHSENFELD
  • Publication number: 20160305845
    Abstract: A bearing monitoring apparatus including at least one interface for receiving strain signals detected by at least one strain sensor mounted on a bearing and at least one data processing unit configured to monitor the bearing by detecting bearing defects based on the strain signals is provided. The data processing unit is configured to subject the strain signal to a high pass filtering. A limit frequency of the high pass filter is set higher than a typical ball pass frequency of the bearing to be monitored, to calculate a quantity representative of the amplitude of the envelope signal of the high-pass filtered strain signal, to compare the peak hold of the envelope signal with an envelope threshold value, to classify the bearing using the result of the envelope comparison and to issue at least one warning signal if the bearing is classified as defective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Andreas Clemens van der Ham, Nicolaas Simon Willem Den, Adam V.C. Reedman
  • Publication number: 20160305846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring pollutants contained in an exhaust stream exiting an engine, comprising the steps consisting of: Positioning a probe such that a sampling opening of said probe is positioned on a sampling surface provided at the outlet of the engine in the exhaust stream, and sampling the exhaust stream with said probe; Activating an analysis unit coupled with the probe in order to acquire characteristic data of the exhaust stream sampled by the probe; Controlling a movement of the probe to impart a continuous movement of the sampling opening along a specific trajectory on the sampling surface with constant surface scanning per unit of time, while continuing the sampling and the acquisition of characteristic data of the exhaust stream sampled by the probe; -Processing the data acquired by the analysis unit to measure the pollutants present in the exhaust stream. The invention also relates to a device for implementing this measuring method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Nadine Alice Hélène HARIVEL, Jean-Luc VERNIAU
  • Publication number: 20160305847
    Abstract: A computer device for detecting correlations within data received from a technical system is provided. The computer device includes a receiving unit for receiving numerical data from the technical system, a processing unit for processing the numerical data by converting the numerical data into text-based data and by detecting predefined events in the text-based data, a comparison unit for comparing the detected events with predefined queries, wherein the predefined queries describe correlations between detected events, to provide a comparison result, and a signaling unit for outputting a signal based on the provided comparison result. By converting numerical data into text-based data, correlations within the data can be easily detected based on predefined queries, which are also in text-based form. Thus, users without further knowledge of the numerical data can set queries. Further, a technical system including such a computer device and a corresponding method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: ALEXANDER GERASIMOV, PAVEL KUDRYASHOV, MIKHAIL ROSHCHIN, STUART WATSON
  • Publication number: 20160305848
    Abstract: A method of performing maintenance. Data is received from a plurality of physical sensors that measure parameters of parts of the platform, wherein a data point is missing from the data. A plurality of different polynomial interpolation values is calculated for the missing data point using a plurality of different polynomial interpolation formulas. A relative strength for each of the plurality of different polynomial interpolation values is calculated, wherein relative strengths are determined. A best polynomial interpolation value is selected based on a highest strength of the relative strengths. The best polynomial interpolation value is substituted for the data point that is missing from the data, wherein filled data is created. A status of the parts is determined based on the filled data, wherein an analysis is formed. Responsive to the analysis indicating that maintenance is due for a part in the parts, causing maintenance to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: John M. Boggio