Thermal Calibration System Patents (Class 374/1)
  • Patent number: 12203816
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a process variable, especially the temperature, or the flow, of a medium in a containment, including a temperature sensor for registering temperature and a flexible, a heat insulating support element, which is arrangeable on an outer surface of a wall of the containment, wherein the temperature sensor is secured to the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Wetzer GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Koch, Marc Schalles, Harald Bründl, Stephan Wiedemann, Peter Wiedemann, Torsten Iselt, Christian Peuker, Pavo Vrdoljak, Georg Wolf, Christian Kallweit, Markus Mornhinweg, Alfred Umkehrer
  • Patent number: 12196589
    Abstract: A thermoresistive micro sensor device includes a semiconductor chip; a through hole, which runs through the semiconductor chip from an upper side to a lower side; electrically conductive structures, wherein the middle section of each of the electrically conductive structures spans over the through hole at the upper side of the semiconductor chip; an electrically insulating arrangement for electrically insulating the electrically conductive structures and the semiconductor chip from each other, wherein the through hole runs through the electrically insulating arrangement; and a contact arrangement including contacts, wherein each of the contacts is electrically connected to one of the first end sections or one of the second end sections, so that electrical energy is fed to at least one of the electrically conductive structures to heat the respective electrically conductive structure, and so that an electrical resistance of one of the electrically conductive structures is measured at the contact arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Martin Seidl, Christian Bretthauer, Wolfgang Klein, Ulrich Krumbein, David Tumpold
  • Patent number: 12198640
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method for correct temperature measurement. An electronic device includes a temperature sensor that measures an ambient temperature of an environment and a display that is driven by a display driver. The electronic device determines a brightness setting of the display, estimates a display driver current based on the brightness setting, estimates a driver efficiency of the display driver based on the display driver current, and combines a predetermined display driver voltage, the display driver current, and the driver efficiency to determine a power consumption of the display driver. An ambient temperature correction is determined in accordance with the determined power consumption of the display driver, and the measured ambient temperature is thereby corrected using the ambient temperature correction. In some implementations, a power consumption of a distinct heat-generating electronic component is also monitored for adjusting the ambient temperature correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kevin Tu, Kristen Rebecca Pownell, Philip Hobson Boothby, Arun Prakash Raghupathy, Emil Rahim, Chintan Trehan
  • Patent number: 12159979
    Abstract: There is provided a test device for a secondary battery, the test device including: a test jig including a nail portion configured to pierce the secondary battery and a heater configured to raise a temperature of the nail portion by being supplied with electric power; and a moving mechanism configured to move the nail portion toward the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventors: Arata Okuyama, Takashi Kajihara
  • Patent number: 12121323
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a thermometer unit for measuring a core temperature of a system, includes determining a first heat transfer coefficient of the system, and calculating core temperature data corresponding to the core temperature of the system based on the first heat transfer coefficient. The method also includes identifying a change in the core temperature data that exceeds a predetermined threshold. The thermometer unit is calibrated by determining a second heat transfer in response to the identified change in the core temperature data. The core temperature data is calculated based on the second heat transfer coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Beatrix Mensch, Thomas Rocznik, Christian Peters, Seow Yuen Yee
  • Patent number: 12117348
    Abstract: A housing element for securing a temperature sensor on a measuring object includes a filling and a sheath surrounding at least a portion of the filling. The filling forming a sensor cavity housing the temperature sensor and an insertion channel receiving the measuring object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Katharina Gorski, Sebastian Wiechert
  • Patent number: 12098963
    Abstract: A temperature sensor assembly including a carrier part having a receptacle for a temperature pin, a sensor element for measuring a temperature, and a pushing element pushing the sensor element into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Sebastian Wiechert, Kiranpal Singh, Daniel Reis, Christoph Mueller, Sven Faas
  • Patent number: 12080573
    Abstract: A method for controlling temperature in a thermal processing chamber includes determining temperature sensitivity profiles of one or more heating elements or zones for a substrate based on measurements of the substrate. The method also includes selecting a temperature offset value for each of the one or more heating elements or zones. The method also includes simulating the adjustment of each of the one or more zone offset values to a respective final adjusting value that achieves a predetermined goal. The method further includes adjusting the temperature offset values for each of the one or more heating elements to the respective final adjusted values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ole Luckner, Shankar Muthukrishnan, Wolfgang R. Aderhold
  • Patent number: 12066514
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) provides on-line, wafer-level, die-level, or package-level thermal calibration of an integrated thin-film resistor, by thermally enclosing the thin-film resistor with metal layers formed above and below the thin-film resistor along its length and width. Metal vias thermally couple the metal layers to the substrate to at least partially equalize the temperature of the metal layers and the thin-film resistor and the substrate. A controllable heat source, which may be provided by another thin-film resistor integrated on or below the substrate, and a reference temperature sensor provide heating/calibration measurement of the resistance of the thin-film resistor over a range of temperature. The reference temperature sensor may be provided within the IC, for example, integrated on the substrate or packaged with the die containing the thin-film resistor, or may be otherwise thermally coupled to the metal layers, e.g., by an extension of one of the metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Vamsikrishna Parupalli, Zhong You
  • Patent number: 12013293
    Abstract: A method includes using a thermistor as a temperature sensor and connecting a pull-up resistor in series to the thermistor in a voltage divider circuit. The pull-up resistor is fabricated in an integrated circuit and includes a series of resistor segments connected to selectable voltage output tabs. The method further includes selecting an output voltage tab for a selected resistance segment having a selected resistance value to match a target resistance value for the pull-up resistor that is smaller than the as-fabricated resistance value of the pull-up resistor, calculating a ratio of a voltage on the thermistor and a voltage on the selected output voltage tab in the voltage divider circuit, and mapping the calculated ratio to a temperature value of the thermistor based on a temperature-resistance relationship of the thermistor in combination with the target resistance value of the pull-up resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Manuel Hortensia L Meyers
  • Patent number: 11993143
    Abstract: The fuel gas system (100) for a vehicle (1) comprises: —a filling device (50) having an outlet pipe (56); —a first circuit (11) for providing fuel gas to an engine (8) of the vehicle, and including: —a first tank (12); —a first supply line (13) connecting the first tank (12) and the engine (8); —a first filling pipe (14) connecting the filling device outlet pipe to the first tank (12); —a second circuit (21) for providing fuel gas to a thermic device (9) capable of heating, cooling or refrigerating, the second circuit (21) including: —a second tank (22); —a second supply line (23) connecting the second tank (22) to the thermic device (9); —a second filling pipe (24) connecting the filling device outlet pipe (56) to the second tank (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Jaussaud, Dominique Roberge
  • Patent number: 11976986
    Abstract: A predictive electronic thermometer circuit structure capable of temperature compensation is provided, including: a compensation module, a thermometer circuit, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) drive module. The thermometer circuit includes a temperature measurement oscillation circuit and a real measurement module. The compensation module and the real measurement module are connected in parallel between the temperature measurement oscillation circuit and the LCD drive module. The predictive electronic thermometer circuit structure controls the on and off of the compensation module and the real measurement module through a combination logic control switch respectively. When the compensation module is off and the real measurement module is on, an actual measured data is output. When the real measurement module is off and the compensation module is on, a temperature value is output after predictive compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Fang Li, Tianping Shen
  • Patent number: 11946813
    Abstract: A battery module is composed of a plurality of battery cells according to an embodiment of the present invention and includes one positive output terminal formed by connecting the plurality of battery cells, one negative output terminal formed by connecting the plurality of battery cells, a field effect transistor (FET) provided on a current path between the positive output terminal and an external device, a temperature information measurer for measuring temperature information of the plurality of battery cells, and a protection integrated circuit (IC) chip for controlling the FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Jik Kim, Jin Hyun Lee, Young Su Son
  • Patent number: 11927491
    Abstract: A self-calibration detection device and a temperature demodulation method oriented to a fiber Raman temperature sensing system. The self-calibration detection device comprises a fiber Raman thermodetector, thermostatic baths, a multi-mode sensing fiber, and a multi-mode reflector. The fiber Raman thermodetector comprises a pulsed laser whose output end is connected to the input end of a WDM. Two output ends of the WDM are respectively connected to input ends of a first and second APDs. Output ends of the first and second APDs are respectively connected to input ends of a first and second LNAs. Output ends of the first and second LNAs are connected to the input end of a data acquisition card whose output end is connected with the input end of a computer. The temperature demodulation method can solve the problems of low temperature measuring accuracy, lower temperature measurement stability and low temperature measurement efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mingjiang Zhang, Jian Li, Jianzhong Zhang, Lijun Qiao, Baoqiang Yan, Yang Xu, Baoquan Jin, Dong Wang, Yu Wang, Yuncai Wang
  • Patent number: 11822399
    Abstract: A temperature control apparatus is disclosed. An integrated circuit (IC) includes a plurality of temperature sensors, a first thermal control loop, and a second thermal control loop. The first thermal control loop is configured to control temperature of the IC by reducing a frequency of a clock signal provided to the IC in response to a temperature at one of the plurality of temperature sensors reaching a first temperature threshold. The second thermal control loop is configured to control temperature of the IC by dithering the clock signal provided to the IC in response to a temperature at one of the plurality of temperature sensors reaching a second temperature threshold that is greater than the first temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Doron Rajwan, Tal Kuzi, Keith Cox, Yizhang Yang
  • Patent number: 11810622
    Abstract: Respective values of a subset of the plurality of memory cells of a memory device are compared to a pattern of pre-programmed memory cells. The pattern pre-programmed memory cells comprise representations of values of the pattern of pre-programmed memory cells when a temperature criterion is satisfied. Responsive to determining that at least a threshold number of the respective values of the subset matches the pattern of pre-programmed memory cells, a temperature reading from a thermal sensor coupled to the memory device is identified. Responsive to determining that the temperature reading does not correspond to a temperature criterion, determining that the thermal sensor has failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bueb, Aravind Ramamoorthy
  • Patent number: 11798501
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method for correct temperature measurement. An electronic device includes a temperature sensor that measures an ambient temperature of an environment and a display that is driven by a display driver. The electronic device determines a brightness setting of the display, estimates a display driver current based on the brightness setting, estimates a driver efficiency of the display driver based on the display driver current, and combines a predetermined display driver voltage, the display driver current, and the driver efficiency to determine a power consumption of the display driver. An ambient temperature correction is determined in accordance with the determined power consumption of the display driver, and the measured ambient temperature is thereby corrected using the ambient temperature correction. In some implementations, a power consumption of a distinct heat-generating electronic component is also monitored for adjusting the ambient temperature correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kevin Tu, Kristen Rebecca Pownell, Philip Hobson Boothby, Arun Prakash Raghupathy, Emil Rahim, Chintan Trehan
  • Patent number: 11740140
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for regulating temperature in a temperature calibrator, taking into account also a velocity of the change of the temperature. The characterizing features are the steps of calculating a rate of change of the actual temperature of the temperature calibrator by a derivator, which derivator takes the measured temperature, PVT, by the temperature sensor as its input, and letting a user to specify a maximum rate of change for the temperature, as an input value for the processor; and regulating the temperature of the temperature calibrator by the processor so that the maximum rate of change for the temperature is never exceeded, and so that during temperature regulation, when the temperature error signal decreases as a function of time, also the rate of change of the actual temperature is set to decrease as a function of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BEAMEX OY AB
    Inventors: Mats Byggmästar, Taija Maunumäki
  • Patent number: 11733108
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a short temperature measuring device using a dry body temperature calibrator; wherein a heat soaking block is placed in the furnace of the dry body temperature calibrator, and two temperature measuring holes are in the heat soaking block, the bottom of the furnace includes a temperature control element. This method includes electrically connecting the first standard temperature sensor to the temperature control element through the measuring module and the control module sequentially to form a closed-loop for temperature feedback control, accurately controlling the temperature of the temperature measuring hole, and calculating the temperature difference between the temperature sensor to be calibrated and the standard temperature sensor in the two temperature measuring holes respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING CONST INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Shichun Zhao, Hongjun Gao, Chunying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11710955
    Abstract: In some examples, a device includes a memory configured to store a pre-warning threshold level for a parameter of a power switch. The device also includes a logic circuit configured to receive a signal from a controller and set the pre-warning threshold level in response to receiving the signal from the controller. The logic circuit is also configured to determine that a magnitude of the parameter of the power switch does not satisfy the pre-warning threshold level. The logic circuit is further configured to output an alert to the controller in response to determining that the magnitude of the parameter does not satisfy the pre-warning threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andre Mourrier, Vincent Usseglio
  • Patent number: 11703396
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium, comprising at least one sensor element arranged in a sensor head for determining and/or monitoring the process variable, wherein an internal volume of the sensor head is filled at least partially with a filler. The filler includes at least one fill material, for which at at least one predeterminable phase transformation temperature a phase change occurs, in which the material remains in the solid state, wherein the fill material is in a first phase state when a temperature of the fill material is less than the phase transformation temperature, and wherein the fill material is in a second phase state when the temperature of the fill material is greater than the phase transformation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Wetzer GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Schalles, Thomas Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 11692881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a testing method for the thermal contact between a temperature sensor (50) and a battery cell (10) of a battery module (30), wherein the method comprises the steps of measuring a temperature T1 of the temperature sensor (50) at a time point t1, heating the temperature sensor (50) for a defined time (t2?t1), measuring a temperature T2 of the temperature sensor (50) at a time point t2 and/or a temperature T3 of the temperature sensor (50) at a time point t3, and determining the thermal contact between the temperature sensor (50) and the battery cell (10) based on at least one of the temperature differences ?T2,1=(T2?T1), ?T3,1=(T3?T1) and/or ?T3,2=(T3?T2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maximilian Hofer, Helmut Hammerschmied
  • Patent number: 11680918
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, a first temperature sensor configured to provide a first temperature value associated with a temperature of the battery, a heat source disposed proximate to the battery and configured to heat the battery, a second temperature sensor configured to provide a second temperature value associated with a temperature of the heat source, and a control board coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the control board is configured to receive the first temperature value and the second temperature value. The control board is configured to compare the first temperature value and the second temperature value to determine a temperature gradient between the battery and the heat source and transmit an alert if the temperature gradient exceeds a first temperature gradient threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: David Wang, Arun Raghupathy, James Robert Lim, Ihab A. Ali, Chang Hong Ye
  • Patent number: 11650107
    Abstract: A temperature measurement system of a vehicle includes a controller, a first temperature sensor associated with a first location, and a second temperature sensor associated with a second location. The temperature measurement system is calibratable based upon a comparison of a temperature of the first location and a temperature of the second location, wherein the temperature of at least one of the first location and the second location is determined after a predetermined time from an end of operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventor: Stijn Goossens
  • Patent number: 11566946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring temperature of a liquid and to a method for manufacturing a corresponding apparatus. The apparatus comprises at least one temperature sensor and a measuring element, wherein at least the temperature sensor and the measuring element are arranged in a single sensor head. Further arranged at least partially within the sensor head is at least one unit comprising a material with anisotropic thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Wetzer GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventor: Alfred Umkehrer
  • Patent number: 11474056
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a sensor device for determining the thermal capacity of a natural gas. The sensor device comprises a substrate, a recess or opening arranged in the substrate, a first heating component and a first sensing component. The first heating component comprises a first heating structure and a temperature sensor and the first sensing component comprises a temperature sensor. The sensor device is configured to measure the thermal conductivity of the natural gas at a first measuring temperature and at a second measuring temperature. The sensor device is configured to determine a first, in particular a constant, and a second, in particular a linear temperature coefficient of a temperature dependency function of the thermal conductivity and to determine the thermal capacity of the natural gas based on a fitting function. The fitting function is dependent on the first and the second temperature coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SENSIRION AG
    Inventors: Mark Hornung, Andreas Rüegg, David Kiliani, Nicolas Möller
  • Patent number: 11454600
    Abstract: A thin film thermal conductivity temperature sensor may have a spiral heating element having very tightly spaced conductors that allow the spiral heating element to act as a solid disc. Further, multiple electrical connections to the spiral heating element can be provided to allow the size of the heating and temperature sensing element to be changed. The sensor can be used in determining thermal characteristics of different material samples to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: C-THERM TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Michael Emanuel
  • Patent number: 11402278
    Abstract: A low-temperature dry body temperature calibrator used for temperature calibration of an element, and including a furnace body, a control panel assembly and a housing of modular design, the furnace body and control panel are assembled in the housing, the top surface of the housing has a plurality of heat dissipation holes, the top of the control panel assembly is spaced apart from the top surface of the housing, a flow guiding fan is at the top of the control panel assembly, and a flow guiding plate inclined to the heat dissipation holes on the top surface of the housing is above the flow guiding fan. The furnace body has a compact structure, and the radiators have a light weight and a high heat dissipation efficiency, improving the operation stability and temperature measurement accuracy of the furnace body, and the furnace body is suitable for temperature measurement of low-temperature elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING CONST INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Jianjun Lin, Xuecan Li, Chengjiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11402832
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a determining device that can improve the precision of determination as to the presence or absence of an abnormality as indicated by an output value. In order to solve this problem, a determining device according to the present invention includes a deriving means, a determining means, and an output means. The deriving means derives a degree value from an output value output from a sensor, the degree value indicating a degree of temporal variation in the output value. The determining means derives a third determination result relating to a first output value, which is the abovementioned output value, from a first determination result and a second determination result. Here, the first determination result is a determination result about the magnitude of the first output value relating to a first time, associated with the time when the sensor outputted the first output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoko Mikami
  • Patent number: 11339471
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a stage which is disposed within the chamber and on which a target substrate is seated, a deposition source disposed within the chamber and including a deposition material, a plurality of nozzles connected to the deposition source within the chamber to inject the deposition material in a direction of the stage, and an ionizer disposed between the nozzles and the stage to charge the deposition material injected from the nozzles. A first electric field is generated in each of the ionizer and the nozzles, and a second electric field having an intensity less than the first electric field is generated between the stage and the ionizer. Each of the nozzles includes a plurality of protrusion tips disposed on an inner surface of each of the nozzles to charge the deposition material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daeyong Kim, Sukbeom You, Sunwoo Kang, Youngmi Cho, Jinoh Kwag
  • Patent number: 11340202
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an oxygen sensor of a household appliance includes a calibration process which is automatically started when at least one status parameter of the household appliance has at least reached a predetermined threshold value. The household appliance can be a steam cooking appliance, and the oxygen sensor can be a lambda probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Hans-Jürgen Bauer
  • Patent number: 11325461
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a radiator that cools cooling water; a grille shutter that is provided on a vehicle front side of the radiator and opens or closes a grille provided in a vehicle; a first flow path in which the cooling water passes through the radiator; a second flow path in which the cooling water does not pass through the radiator; a thermostat that switches a path between the first flow path and the second flow path; and a failure determiner that performs failure determination of the thermostat based on an actual temperature of the cooling water and an estimated temperature of the cooling water, the estimated temperature being calculated based on a temperature change of the cooling water caused by an open or close state of the grille shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Furuta, Hideo Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11273634
    Abstract: A fluidic die may include at least two zones, a reference temperature sensor communicatively coupled to each zone, a calibration voltage generator coupled between the zones and the reference temperature sensor, and a calibration loop circuit associated with each zone to calibrate each zone based on a voltage provided by the reference temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daryl E. Anderson, Eric Martin, James Michael Gardner
  • Patent number: 11255919
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and system for a battery. The system may provide a fuel gauge circuit configured to estimate a state of health of the battery based on known battery data as a function of time, temperature, and remaining capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Hideo Kondo
  • Patent number: 11254043
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a high-accuracy contactless measurement method for measuring the temperature of a metal thermoforming mold, which is capable of timely monitoring the metal temperature in multiple areas and also has threshold warning functionalities for delivering real-time notifications, in order to save the labor costs for long-term monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shiang-Feng Tang, Shun-Lung Yen, Kun-Chi Lo, Wen-Jen Lin
  • Patent number: 11237066
    Abstract: A temperature-determining device for determining a temperature (TMED) of a medium via a temperature of a surface includes: an ambient-temperature sensor, arranged in surroundings of the surface, for measuring an ambient temperature (TU); a surface-temperature sensor, lying on the surface, for measuring a mixed temperature (TM) lying between the temperature (TMED) of a medium and the ambient temperature (TU); and an arithmetic-logic unit having an approximation formula electronically stored thereon for calculating an approximation (TMEDN) of a temperature of a medium. The approximation formula is a sum of the mixed temperature (TM) and a product of two factors. The first factor results from a difference between the mixed temperature (TM) and the ambient temperature (TU) and the second factor results from a ratio of a dividend to a quotient. The dividend results from a difference between a calibration temperature (TMEDKAL) of a medium and a calibration mixed temperature (TMKAL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Tilo Merlin
  • Patent number: 11226243
    Abstract: Temperature-sensor calibrating method enables a wireless-data-communicating wearable clinical thermometer to be reused. The thermometer's temperature sensor, for sensing and measuring a target subject's body temperature, is detachable from/reattachable into a main unit of the thermometer. The temperature sensor is calibrated whenever it is to be swapped out, making thermometer main unit post-multicycle-use disposable. The calibration is accomplished by sampling and acquiring a base resistance value per the temperature sensor, computing, based on the difference between the acquired base resistance value and a resistance value gauged with a standard temperature gauge, a calibration coefficient, storing the calibration coefficient in a measuring-device storage medium, and transmitting the calibration coefficient to the thermometer main unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Try and E Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 11221616
    Abstract: A sensor service prediction system and method are provided for a sensor. The system monitors sensor operations of the sensor, and provides a calendar age odometer which increments a calendar age of the sensor by a first time interval as the sensor operates. The system further provides an accelerated age odometer which increments an accelerated age of the sensor by a second time interval according to the increment of the calendar age and a sensor temperature or other measurable environmental condition associated therewith. The system obtains a value of a sensor property at different calendar ages or accelerated ages of the sensor over time, and predicts and outputs when the sensor property of the sensor is anticipated to reach a sensor property threshold based on the values of the sensor property in relations to the accelerated age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. West, Joseph Downey, Zhisheng Sun, Spencer Howe, Michael Plaziak
  • Patent number: 11187757
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method capable of analyzing a state of health (SOH) of a battery, and an apparatus and method capable of diagnosing whether or not to reuse the battery, wherein the battery SOH analyzing apparatus includes a memory unit configured to store reference temperature data according to depth of discharge (DOD) of a reference battery, or a reference temperature increase rate (K1) of a discharge last half with DOD of 50% or above, calculated therefrom; and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyo-Jung Yoon
  • Patent number: 11176761
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (a) determining, via a thermal conductivity sensor of an automobile damage detection device, one or more thermal conductivities at one or more locations on an automobile; (b) transmitting, via a network interface of the automobile damage detection device, a request for anticipated thermal conductivity data from an automobile claims system, wherein the anticipated thermal conductivity data corresponds to anticipated thermal conductivities at the one or more locations on the automobile; (c) in response to transmitting the request, receiving, via the network interface from the automobile claims system, the anticipated thermal conductivity data; and (d) in response to receiving, from the automobile claims system, the anticipated thermal conductivity data, displaying, via a graphical user interface, a graphical representation of the determined one or more thermal conductivities and the anticipated thermal conductivity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CSAA INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: James Schow, Abhay Gupta
  • Patent number: 11162911
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for verifying a purported composition of material in a solid metal object based on heat transfer characteristics. Embodiments include determining, using a group of temperature sensors included in a heat sink, a heat transfer profile for the heat sink when connected to the solid metal object. One or more embodiments include comparing the heat transfer profile for the solid metal object to a baseline heat transfer profile determined based on dimensions of the solid metal object and the purported composition. One or more embodiments include determining, based on the comparing, a difference between the heat transfer profile and the baseline heat transfer profile. And one or more embodiments include indicating that the purported composition is verified in response to determining that the difference between the heat transfer profile and the baseline heat transfer profile is within a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Jeffrey Callister
  • Patent number: 11148980
    Abstract: An article has a substrate and a layer atop the substrate. The layer has: a matrix comprising at least one of hafnium silicate (HfSiO4) and ytterbium disilicate (Yb2Si2O7); and barium magnesium alumino silicate (BMAS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Imelda P. Smyth
  • Patent number: 11143609
    Abstract: A measuring arrangement for a thermal analysis of a sample, having a crucible for storing a sample in the crucible, as well as a sensor for measuring a sample temperature of the sample when the crucible is arranged on the sensor. To reduce the risk of damages to or even the destruction of used components as a result of chemical or physical reactions, it is provided according to the invention that the measuring arrangement further has an outer crucible for storing the crucible in the outer crucible, wherein the crucible is made of a crucible material and the outer crucible of an outer crucible material, which differs from the crucible material. The invention further proses a method for the thermal analysis of a sample, which is performed by using such a measuring arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Schindler
  • Patent number: 11002616
    Abstract: A cloud-based system for monitoring food storage/processing comprising at least one fixed sensor to collect fixed location environment data; at least one handheld sensor to collect mobile location environment data; and a remote monitoring and reporting system to collect the fixed and remote location environment data and to audit the collected data. A portable device comprises a processor configured to: receive the mobile location environment data; and transmit an auditable version of the received mobile location environment data to the remote system. A hub device comprising a processor configured to: receive the fixed location environment data; and transmit an auditable version of the fixed location environment data. The monitoring and reporting system is configured to determine whether the version of the environment data indicates that the monitored environment is operating within the bounds of a model defining correct operation of a food process and to output an alert if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Kirk Jackson, Paul James Young, Michael Thomas Cimelli, Martin James Nash, Brian Noel Reid
  • Patent number: 10995419
    Abstract: Embodiment disclosed herein include a liner assembly, comprising an injector plate liner, a gas injector liner coupled to the injector plate liner, an upper process gas liner coupled to the gas injector liner, a lower process gas liner coupled to the upper process gas liner, and an injector plate positioned between the injector plate liner and the upper process gas liner, wherein a cooling fluid channel is formed in the injector plate adjacent to the gas injector liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian H. Burrows, Ala Moradian, Kartik Shah, Shu-Kwan Lau
  • Patent number: 10921166
    Abstract: A sensor bracket includes a locking wall formed on a bracket main body of the sensor bracket and to which a side surface of the engaging is locked in a pressed state, the side surface of the engaging protrusion being formed so as to cross with a protruding direction of the engaging protrusion; and a biasing piece having a base section and a tip region, the base section being formed so as to be supported by the bracket main body, the tip region being formed so as to abut the side surface of the engaging protrusion and to bias the engaging protrusion in a direction pressing against the locking wall, wherein a plurality of bending deformation sections bent in a state in which the biasing piece is biasing the engaging protrusion against the locking wall are installed between the base section and the tip region of the biasing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Matori
  • Patent number: 10907498
    Abstract: The method is used for detecting one failure in a burner of a combustor of a turbine system; the combustor comprises a plurality of burners arranged annularly; the turbine system comprises a turbine downstream of the combustor, the method comprising the steps of: A) providing a plurality of temperature sensors arranged annularly at the outlet of the turbine, B) detecting a plurality of temperatures through the plurality of temperature sensors, C) calculating a temperature spread indicator as a function of the plurality of temperatures, and D) carrying out a comparison the temperature spread indicator and a threshold; a positive result of this comparison indicates a burner failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Technologies SRL
    Inventors: Antonio Asti, Miriam Losapio, Mariateresa Paci
  • Patent number: 10895482
    Abstract: To provide an MFC capable of improving an S/N ratio of a sensor signal even when a pressure difference between both sides of the MFC is small and a flow rate in the sensor flow path is low. Provided is a mass flow controller including a fluid flow path that allows a fluid to pass therethrough, a plurality of flow sensor units that measure a mass flow rate of the fluid, an adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fluid passing through the fluid flow path, and a control unit that controls a degree of open of the adjusting valve. The flow sensor units are each a thermal flow sensor unit. The control unit calculates a mass flow rate from an added output signal obtained by adding the output signals of the plurality of flow sensor units, and controls the degree of open of the adjusting valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takuro Murata, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10883885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating a temperature measuring device of a dental oven by means of at least one calibration element, which is heated in the dental oven during a heating time interval (dt), wherein the at least one calibration element has at least one measurement material having a reversible phase transition occurring at a first transition temperature (TC1), the phase transition causes an abrupt change of at least one first parameter (I) of the dental oven, the temperature in the furnace chamber is measured by means of the temperature measuring device as an actual temperature (T), and the parameter (I) is measured, at least one first abrupt change (dI1) of the first parameter (I) is identified, a deviation of the first actual temperature value (T1), which is measured by the temperature measuring device when the first abrupt change (dI1) of the first parameter (I) occurs, from the first transition temperature (TC1) is determined, and the actual temperature (T) of the temperature measu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventor: Christian Kurz
  • Patent number: 10830650
    Abstract: A block calibrator for calibrating a temperature sensor includes a calibrator sleeve having at least one sensor bore into which the temperature sensor is insertable along a longitudinal direction. The calibration sleeve also includes a body having at least two sections having different thermal conductivities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SIKA Dr. Siebert & Kühn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: René Friedrichs, Sergius Schmidt, Frank Trinter