Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus includes a searching unit and a guidance unit. The searching unit is configured to search for a travel route based on a search instruction. The travel route is a route along which a vehicle travels to a destination. The guidance unit is configured as follows: when the searching unit finds a plurality of travel routes and the plurality of travel routes includes two or more travel routes each including a merging point where two or more roads meet, the guidance unit provides a driver with information about a travel route that is included in the plurality of travel routes and that includes the merging point before which there is a road that is included in the two or more roads and that allows vehicles to easily accelerate, in preference to the rest of the travel routes.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a navigation aid, the method comprising: receiving navigation data relating to the navigation aid from a plurality of vehicles; statistically analyzing the received navigation data; determining the accuracy of the navigation aid based on the statistically analyzed navigation data; and calibrating the navigational aid based on the determined accuracy of the navigation aid.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a signal from a sensor. The signal includes a first in-phase component and a first quadrature component. The first in-phase and quadrature components are identified. A rate signal is applied to the sensor and the sensor generates a sensed rate signal. A second in-phase and quadrature components associated with the sensed rate signal are determined. A phase error based on the first and the second in-phase components, and the first and the second quadrature components is determined. The method may further include reducing error in measurements associated with the sensor by dynamically compensating for the determined phase error, e.g., by modifying a clock signal, by changing a demodulation phase of a demodulator used to identify the in-phase and the quadrature components.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for compensating environmental measurement data. The method may include obtaining a relationship among a deviation of a measured value of an environmental parameter of a first sensing device, an electric power value of a heat generating device, and a power-on duration of a heat generating device, the first sensing device deployed near the heat generating device; obtaining a current electric power value of the heat generating device, a current power-on duration of the heat generating device, and a current measured value of the environmental parameter; determining a current deviation based at least in part on the current electric power value of the heat generating device, the current power-on duration of the heat generating device, and the relationship; and determining a corrected measured value of the environmental parameter based on the current measured value of the environmental parameter and the current deviation.

Abstract: A method includes listening, at a mobile collector, for beacons from a plurality of nodes to locate and communicate with a targeted node, each beacon comprising a utility device identification (ID) and communication channel information; receiving, by the mobile collector, the beacon from the targeted node of the plurality of nodes; and determining, by the mobile collector, that the beacon was received from the targeted node based on the utility device ID included in the beacon.

Abstract: Utility covers and utility cover assemblies for use with automated metering infrastructure equipment are provided. The utility cover includes a body having one or more windows that permit electromagnetic energy to pass through the body with limited or no attenuation. One or more plugs made of a material substantially transparent to electromagnetic energy seals the one or more windows to limit or prevent moisture to pass through the one or more windows.

Abstract: An intelligent device having detachable bodies, where a Hall effect sensor and a magnet are respectively disposed on two detachable bodies, and the Hall effect sensor detects a magnetic field of the magnet to determine whether the two bodies are in an attracted state. In addition, an attraction magnet pair is disposed on each of the two bodies to implement attraction of the two bodies. Each attraction magnet pair includes two magnets having opposite polarities and disposed side by side. Such an attraction magnet combination reduces strength of a magnetic field in a direction of a non-magnetic pole, thereby reducing impact on detection on the magnetic field by the Hall effect sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor for sensing a location of a substrate on a machine table for manufacturing liquid crystal panel. The machine table includes rotating shafts fixed thereon and rollers sleeved on the rotating shafts. The sensor includes a magnetic unit, at least one coil, and a sensing circuit. The magnetic unit is fixed on at least one roller. The coil is arranged within the rotating shaft, and the sensing circuit connects to the coil. When the substrate reaches the location of the roller, the roller drives the magnetic unit to rotate together with the rotating axis, and the current may be generated by cutting the magnetic force line via the coil. The operator may monitor the electrical signals of the sensing circuit to determine the location of the substrate on the machine table.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inductive position sensor configured to determine a position of a target device, comprising at least one receiving coil arranged to receive a magnetic field and an inner transmitting coil winding and an outer transmitting coil winding arranged to generate said magnetic field, whereby said at least one receiving coil is positioned between said inner transmitting coil winding and said outer transmitting coil winding and whereby said inner transmitting coil winding and said outer transmitting coil winding are so arranged that current flows in the same sense.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel type of electric inductance arrangement for a series of applications in the field of distance measurement sensor-based detection of objects, and construction of induction machines. The novelty consists in the type of inductance arrangement of the receiver or transmitter coil, said arrangement being designed in the form of a ladder rung arrangement, wherein the ladder spars short-circuit the rungs. The sum of all the short-circuit currents is an indicator of what is occurring in the surroundings of the arrangement. This could be changing magnetic fields caused by transmitter objects or additional ladder-rung systems acting as transmitters.

Abstract: A capacitance measuring system detecting an occupant of a vehicle. A sensor/heater assembly is arranged in at least one of a seat or a steering wheel of a vehicle and includes a sensor and a heater arranged adjacent to the sensor. A measurement circuit is configured to output an excitation signal to the measurement circuit and the sensor/heater assembly, measure a resonant frequency of the measurement circuit and the sensor/heater assembly in response to the excitation signal; determine at least one capacitance value based on the resonant frequency; and determine whether a body part is in proximity to the sensor based on the at least one capacitance value.

Abstract: A position sensing device for measuring a position, comprises a position sensing device for measuring a position; a plurality of sensors arranged to produce sense signals each being a function of an input phase representative of a position to be measured; a combiner circuit arranged to generate an error signal by combining the sense signals according to an array of weight factors; a processing block including a loop filter to filter the error signal and arranged to output a phase value representative of the position; and a feedback loop comprising a feedback signal unit arranged for receiving the output phase value and for adjusting based on the received output phase value of the array of weight factors.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a system for interfacing with an optically-powered sensor. The system includes an optical emitter configured to emit a beam of optical energy so as to provide operating power for the optically-powered sensor. The system includes an optical detector configured to detect a time sequence of optical pulses generated by the optically-powered sensor, the time sequence of pulses modulated between first and second optical power levels. The system includes a parameter extractor configured to determine a value of a sensed parameter based on the time sequence of optical pulses detected by the optical detector. The system also includes a power controller configured to control power level of the emitted beam of optical energy based on the first and/or second optical power levels detected by the optical detector.

Abstract: A new method of gathering data real time during production or simulation tests using a gravity deployed tool, referred to as a fiber-line intervention tool (“FLI” or “FLIT”) to monitor bottom-hole pressure and temperature for well testing including the testing of adjacent wells is provided. In an embodiment, the tool is configured to include a housing, spooled fiber-line, sensors such as pressure and temperature sensors, and connections between the fiber-line and sensors such that measurement information from the sensors can be sent to the surface in real time over the fiber-line. As the housing is deployed into a well, the fiber-line can unwind, thereby providing a communication pathway from below the surface to above the surface. In an embodiment the housing can be deployed through a wellhead and down the wellbore. In an embodiment, the housing can be made of a soluble material.

Abstract: A method for aligning a window on a container to a predetermined rotational position without the use of an orientation aid, such as an eyespot, embossing, debossing, or an asymmetrical feature on the container. A device for aligning a window on a container to a predetermined rotational position without the use of an orientation aid, such as an eyespot, embossing, debossing, or an asymmetrical feature on the container.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arrayed on a substrate, a readout unit configured to read out signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and a light source unit driver configured to drive a light source unit, wherein the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements include a first element configured to receive incident light and a second element configured to be shielded from the incident light, and the light source unit driver drives the light source based on both a signal from the first element and a signal from the second element read out by the readout unit.

Abstract: Distributed fiber sensing system including a laser source, a circulator, a detector and an optical fiber, the circulator coupled with the laser source, the detector and the optical fiber, the laser source for generating at least two ultra-narrow linewidth interrogating pulses, the detector having a predetermined detection bandwidth for detecting back-scattered signals, the laser source including an ultra-narrow linewidth laser and a modulator, coupled with the ultra-narrow linewidth laser and the circulator, the modulator generating a plurality of pairs of interrogating pulses having a time delay, a frequency difference between two pulses of the same interrogating pair being less than the predetermined detection bandwidth and a frequency difference between two pulses not of the same interrogating pair being larger than the predetermined detection bandwidth, wherein the optical fiber can be characterized based on beat-notes between back-scattered signals originating from the pair of interrogating pulses detect

Abstract: The invention resides in a sensor unit (100) for measuring and monitoring a plurality of parameters associated with an asset or equipment (126, 128) having a fixing connected thereto. The asset can typically be an object, such as a rail or motor casing, that is fixed, using a fixing (122) such as a bolt. The sensor unit has a housing (112) having a portion (120) for receiving a fixing therethrough; sensors (114) arranged to measure and/or monitor (i) parameters associated with a fixing that is secured to the asset via housing and/or (ii) parameters influencing the performance of the asset; a processor (142) configured to process data from the sensors; and a communicator (116) adapted to transmit said data to a remote device. At least one of the sensors can be an inductive sensor, which can measures the displacement or force applied to a fixing against the asset to which it is fixed, said fixing is biased against a resilient member located in the housing.

Abstract: A flow meter includes two parts, a flow unit which can be fitted between fluid pipes and a detection unit snapped on the flow unit. The flow unit has a housing which accommodates a measuring chamber in which there is a rotating measuring ball. The detection unit is snapped on the measuring chamber and has a C-shaped housing part. Inside the housing part there is a printed circuit board which is also C-shaped and is present at a distance from the inner wall of the housing part. When the detection unit is snapped on the measuring chamber, the ends of the housing part will be bent outward. As a result of the clearance between the inner wall of the housing part and the printed circuit board and the fact that the housing part is slidable relative to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board is not bent.

Abstract: A flow meter for measuring the flow rate of a fluid, with a measuring tube that forms a measurement chamber through which the fluid can flow and with at least one bluff body that is disposed in the measurement chamber and wherein, additionally, a measuring body, which can be displaced due to the formation of vortices at the bluff body, is disposed downstream of the bluff body in the measurement chamber. The flow meter has at least one protrusion protruding into the measurement chamber and is formed upstream of the bluff body at an inner wall delimiting the measurement chamber.

Abstract: A magnetic-inductive flowmeter for determining the flow of at least one medium, having first and second parallel measuring tubes for guiding the at least one medium, a magnetic field generating device for generating a magnetic field permeating the measuring tubes perpendicular to the flow direction of the at least one medium, first and second electrode pairs for respectively tapping a first and second measuring voltage induced in the medium, and an evaluation unit for evaluating the measuring voltages. Increased reliability in functioning of the flowmeter and the determined flow and flow difference values is achieved by the first and second electrode pairs being formed together by a first, second and third electrodes, the second electrode being both part of the first electrode pair and part of the second electrode pair and being arranged between the two measuring tubes. The electrodes are arranged perpendicular to the flow and magnetic field directions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring flow velocity or volume flow of a medium by means of a magneto inductive flow measuring device and to an arrangement having a magneto inductive flow measuring device, as well as to a filling plant with an arrangement, wherein the medium has a low conductivity. A high accuracy of measurement is achieved by provision of a first narrowing of a medium-containing pipeline and/or a second narrowing of a medium-containing measuring tube, wherein the pipeline leads the medium to a measuring tube of the flow measuring device.

Abstract: A fluid meter is operated, in particular, for flow quantity determination of a flowing medium. A flow quantity determination is carried out with the aid of a measuring arrangement. A sensor arrangement determines a position and/or inclination. An axial and/or angular position of the fluid meter in relation to at least one establishable axis and/or direction is determined by way of the sensor arrangement, and the axial and/or angular position is used for the correction of the measurement values of the measuring arrangement. In addition, a convection flow of the medium is determined in the fluid meter, and a corrective for the measurement values of the measuring arrangement is derived from the convection flow which has been determined.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flow meter with at least two measuring sensors, preferably ultrasonic sensors, spaced apart from each other, wherein the coupling of the measuring signals into and out of a fluid is performed via a coupling element which is inserted flush into a circumferential wall of a measuring channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flow meter with at least two measuring sensors, preferably ultrasonic sensors, spaced apart from each other, wherein the coupling of the measuring signals into and out of a fluid is performed via a coupling element According to the disclosure, the measuring channel is formed with an approximately oval or trapezoid cross-section.

Abstract: A method for determining a corrected value for a viscosity-dependent sonic velocity in a fluid under test includes generating and transmitting sound pulses to the fluid under test, registering the sound pulses after traversing a predetermined measuring distance in the fluid under test, and ascertaining a first arrival of a first sound pulse received after traversing the measuring distance and determining the transit time of the first received sound pulse in the fluid under test. A viscosity is predetermined or ascertained for the fluid under test, and a transit time of the first received sound pulse and the viscosity are used to determine the sonic velocity in the fluid under test. An apparatus for determining a corrected value for a viscosity-dependent sonic velocity in a fluid under test is also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to dosing dispensers and in particular to dosing dispensers that may be operated using one hand by raising and filling a dosing chamber followed by lowering and dispersing a product from the dosing chamber and wherein the dose may be selected or adjusted and a user may visually confirm that the proper dose is being loaded and delivered by the dispenser.

Abstract: The utility model provides a novel electronic gas meter, comprising a connecting pipe that internal threads are arranged at front and back ends thereof respectively, an inlet valve connected to the front end of the connecting pipe by threads. The utility model novel electronic gas meter is simple in structure, and achieves detection and transmission between a pressure and a temperature through a Bluetooth module; and an alarm device is provided inside the meter base, and can make an alarm after the pressure changes.

Abstract: A flowmeter having a seal structure for preventing an inner case structure from becoming complicated and making it possible to easily assemble an inner case with an outer case even if an inflow port has a large diameter. A seal member including a pair of sheet members each having a circular opening provided in a central part and a protruding ring formed along the outer peripheral edge of the opening in a protruding shape that projects outward is inserted between the inner peripheral surface of a body case of an outer case and the outer peripheral surface of an inner case. The protruding rings of the seal member are pressed by the inner peripheral surface of the body case of the outer case, seal the space between the outer case body part and the inner case, and prevent the leakage of fluid flowing through a flowmeter.

Abstract: A platform, system, method, and computer readable media is provided which is configured for monitoring water level height of one or more bodies of water.

Abstract: A method that configures a liquid-level transmitter device to generate a measured value for a level of a liquid. The method includes steps to correct for changes in physical properties of one or more components of the device. In one embodiment, the method utilizes a correction value that incorporates data from a temperature sensor disposed inside of the device, for example, inside of the electronics member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and corresponding sensor for determining density and/or viscosity of a medium using a vibronic sensor. An oscillatable unit is excited using an electrical excitation signal to execute mechanical oscillations, and the mechanical oscillations of the mechanically oscillatable unit are received and transduced into an electrical, received signal. The excitation signal is produced based on the received signal such that at least one predeterminable phase shift is present between the excitation signal and the received signal, wherein a frequency of the excitation signal is determined from the received signal at the predeterminable phase shift. A damping and/or a variable dependent on the damping are/is determined from the received signal at the predeterminable phase shift. From the damping and/or the variable dependent on the damping and from the frequency of the excitation signal, the density and/or the viscosity of the medium are/is ascertained.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes an electromechanical transducer unit for a field device of automation technology including a membrane having a base area and displaceable to execute mechanical oscillations, three rods secured to the membrane perpendicular to the base area, a housing, wherein the rods extend into the housing, three magnets, each secured to one of the rods opposite the membrane, and a coil having a core and secured within the housing adjacent the magnets, the coil embodied to produce a magnetic field that causes the rods to execute mechanical oscillations. The rods are secured to the membrane such that oscillations of the membrane result from the oscillations of the rods. At least one of the rods is secured to the base area where the second derivative of the deflection of the membrane from a rest position as a function of the site on the base area is essentially zero.

Abstract: Provided is a weighing apparatus with a flowmeter function includes a load sensor unit configured to detect a load of a flow rate calculation target, an A/D conversion unit configured to sequentially convert load signals from the load sensor unit into digital load data at predetermined intervals, an arithmetic processing unit configured to sequentially convert the load data into weighed values to calculate flow rate values, and a storage unit for storing the weighed values. The arithmetic processing unit calculates change amounts in weighed values and calculates a flow rate value based on a flow rate calculation cycle set based on a minimum time by which the change amounts become equal to or more than a change amount in weighed value, the change amount being calculated based on a minimum indication of weighed value and the required resolution of weighed value and satisfying a required resolution.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to measure mass in low gravity environments are disclosed. A disclosed example low-gravity mass-measuring apparatus includes a coupler to couple a coupling portion to an object, the coupling portion including a first inertial measurement unit (IMU), a force device to provide a force to cause a movement of a dock relative to the coupling portion, where the dock is releasably couplable to the coupling portion and includes a second IMU, and a processor to calculate a mass of the object based on movement data from the first and second IMUs and the force.

Abstract: A load meter includes a detector, a storage unit, and a load calculator. The detector detects, by using a captured image obtained by capturing a road and a vehicle present on the road, a displacement amount in the captured image, the displacement amount corresponding to displacement caused on the road by application of a load of the vehicle. The storage unit stores information indicating a relation between the load and the displacement amount. The load calculator calculates the load based on the displacement amount and the information.

Abstract: A method determines the total mass of an automotive vehicle on the basis of data of a communication network and parameters of the vehicle, in which an estimation of the total laden mass (mv,est) of the vehicle, of the speed of the vehicle (vest) and of the slope of the road (?est) is determined at an instant (k) by applying the fundamental equation of dynamics and as a function of the values of the total mass of the vehicle, of the speed of the vehicle and of the slope of the road at a previous instant (k?1).

Abstract: A vehicle weight measurement device includes an annular diaphragm (11) configured to cover an opening area (9d) of a groove portion (9c) of a mounting part (7) and to form a predetermined oil chamber (9) together with the groove portion. The diaphragm (11) is hermetically fixed by an inner collar (33) and an outer collar (35). The diaphragm (11) is pressed by a piston (43) configured to be moveable by a resilient force of a spring of a suspension device, and a pressure of a fluid to be measured R filled in the oil chamber, which is to be applied by the movement of the piston, can change. A pressure sensor (21) configured to communicate with the oil chamber and to detect a change in pressure of the fluid to be measured R filled in the oil chamber is provided.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for interactive weight management that includes generating a number of sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn based on a current weight Cw, a desired weight loss amount (?W), a desired weight Dw, a curve tension r, and a timeframe (?) in which the weight loss amount (?W) is to be achieved, wherein the timeframe (?) includes a number (n) of time periods that each correspond with a pair of successive ones of the sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn. The method includes sending the sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn and the number (n) of time periods to a weight measuring device that is associated with a user. Based on the condition Wa1>gi<Wa2 or based on the condition W a ? ? 1 < g i + g i + 1 2 ? ? and ? ? W a ? ? 2 < g i + 1 + g i + 2 2 , new sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn are generated and are updated in the weighing device.

Abstract: A distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system based on space-division multiplexing with multi-core fiber (MCF) is proposed. It relates to a technical field of distributed optical fiber sensing. The present invention maintains the advantage of single-ended measurement in the standard DAS system, and realizes the intensity accumulation of the Rayleigh backscattering light within each core of the MCF, which can greatly improve the strain resolution of DAS systems. Moreover, the introduction of optical switch can make different code sequences transmit in the different core of the MCF simultaneously, which can make the single-pulse response with coding gain demodulated without sacrificing the frequency responding bandwidth. Furthermore, the utilization of space-division multiplexing can make multiple pulses with precious time delay transmit in the MCF simultaneously, which can greatly improve the frequency responding bandwidth of DAS system.

Abstract: A measuring method and a measuring device for the spatially resolved measurement of radiation signals, in particular light signals, wherein RIfS-measurements can be carried out. At least two locations are imaged onto a detector in a spatially resolved manner by means of a spatial modulator, and either by means of a Hadamard transformation the intensity difference is calculated between the two locations from the detected signal by modulating the locations using the same Hadamard sequence, wherein one of the Hadamard sequences at one location is inverted compared to the other sequence at the respective other location, or the intensity difference between the two locations is calculated from the signal detected from the two locations with the same frequency by means of a Fourier transformation, wherein the signals are amplitude-modulated, but phase-shifted relative to one another.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatus for spectroscopic analysis of samples. In many embodiments, an apparatus for providing spectroscopic analysis of a sample comprises a sample holder. For example, the sample holder may comprise a consumable single use sample holder that can be readily coupled to and removed from a measurement apparatus such as a spectrometer. The sample holder may comprise a measurement surface configured to receive the sample during measurement, wherein the measurement surface may comprise a porous mesh. The porous mesh can receive the sample to optimally configure the sample for spectroscopic measurement, as described in further detail herein.

Abstract: An infrared detection system comprises the following elements. A laser source provides radiation for illuminating a target (5). This radiation is tuned to at least one wavelength in the fingerprint region of the infrared spectrum. A detector (32) detects radiation backscattered from the target (5). An analyser determines from at least the presence or absence of detected signal in said at least one wavelength whether a predetermined volatile compound is present. An associated detection method is also provided. In embodiments, the laser source is tunable over a plurality of wavelengths, and the detector comprises a hyperspectral imaging system. The laser source may be an optical parametric device has a laser gain medium for generating a pump beam in a pump laser cavity, a pump laser source and a nonlinear medium comprising a ZnGeP2 (ZGP) crystal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination of a Fabry-Perot Tunable Filter (FPTF) wavelength selector, an internal reflection element (IRE) capable of measuring Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) spectra, and a pressure application element for applying pressure to samples, if needed. The resultant portable and compact device is called an FPTF-ATR spectrometer. The device measures data that can be used to identify chemical species in samples, predict properties of samples, and quantify amounts of chemical species in samples. Also disclosed are methods for using the FPTF-ATR for analyzing samples, especially analyzing compounds containing cannabis, hops, and other chemical species where portable chemical analysis is important.

Abstract: A method includes capturing an image, and performing region detection on the captured image. The region detection includes identifying an object represented in the captured image. The method further includes detecting emissivity of the identified object and determining the temperature of the object based on the detected emissivity of the object.

Abstract: Infra-red sensors are often used in turbo molecular pumps to detect the temperature of the rotor or other mechanical parts and therefore indicate imminent, or potential, running failures. As deposits build up on either the infra-red sensor, or on the surface being monitored, the reading given by the sensor may not be a true representation of the actual surface temperature which can cause the pump controller to fail to stop the pump in time. The present invention provides a method and device for calibrating the sensor by creating a determined temperature rise in the sensor whilst keeping the rotor at ambient temperature. In particular the present invention uses the motor stator as the heater for causing the temperature increase.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.

Abstract: A temperature sensing assembly includes first and second temperature sensors disposed within an elongate mineral insulated conductive sheath. A junction point of the first temperature sensor is electrically connected to the conductive sheath. The second temperature sensor is electrically isolated from the conductive sheath. Measurements obtained from the electrically isolated temperature sensor can be used to test insulation resistance of the assembly or temperature indications from the electrically isolated temperature sensor can be compared to measurements taken from the electrically connected junction point to take a variety of corrective actions during use of the temperature sensing assembly, such as adjusting the installation of the assembly or applying correction factors to measurements obtained from one of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a methodology and process of hot junction formation and sheath closure for a dual-wall mineral insulated thermocouple cable. The new methods are required to maintain the integrity of both the inner and outer sheaths or inner and outer walls of a dual-walled thermocouple design. As the inner and outer sheaths are different materials, they may require closure separately with no mixing of the sheathing materials during welding.

Abstract: A contact temperature sensor is disclosed. In an embodiment a contact temperature sensor has a contact body including a bottom wall configured to bring the contact temperature sensor in contact with a test piece, a heat-conducting metal sheet arranged on a side of the bottom wall facing towards the test piece, wherein the heat-conducting metal sheet is configured to conform to a surface shape of the test piece when the contact body is brought in contact with the test piece, a temperature sensor element and a heat-conducting pad arranged to thermally couple the temperature sensor element and the heat-conducting metal sheet, wherein the heat-conducting pad is in each case directly thermally coupled to the heat-conducting metal sheet and the temperature sensor element.