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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070119223 | Apparatus For Holding At Least Two Rolls Of A Rolling Machine, And Rolling Machine The invention relates to an apparatus (2) for holding at least one roll (10) which rotates or can rotate about a rotational axis (A) and at least one second roll (20) of a rolling machine which rotates or can rotate about a rotational axis (B), havi... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119224 | Method and device for manufacturing synthetic resin coated metal can body A method and a device for manufacturing a synthetic resin coated metal can body capable of drawing and ironing the synthetic resin coated metal can body with a large processing quantity without causing can body breakage. First and second ironings are conducted to the si... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119225 | Portable Pressure Switch Calibration and Diagnostic Tool An apparatus for calibration and testing of pressure switches which are typically used in residential and commercial HVAC systems. The apparatus can be used to test, set or adjust a pressure switch to the manufacturer's specifications. The apparatus includes an exterior... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119226 | METHOD OF MONITORING AND/OR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE, AND FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE In a method for monitoring and/or determining the condition of a force-measuring device with at least one housing that has an interior space and with at least one force-measuring cell installed in the interior space of the at least one housing, at least one parameter of... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119227 | Reference volume tube A reference volume tube (10) which is a bi-directional prover having a prover pipe (12) provided with two detectors (14a, 14b), and tube sections (16a, 16b) provided at the opposite ends. At each posi... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119228 | Method and device for detecting an incorrectly connected differential pressure sensor An incorrectly connected differential pressure sensor with a high and a low pressure connection to an exhaust gas duct in parallel with a particle filter can be detected by checking at least one predefined criterion stable operating conditions. If stable operating condi... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119229 | Calibration standard The invention relates to a calibration standard, especially for the calibration of devices for the non-destructive measurement of the thickness of thin layers with a carrier plate (16) of a basic material and a standard (17) applied on the carrier plate (<... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119230 | Device and method for monitoring a gas volume in a unit filled with liquid A device for monitoring a gas volume in a unit filled with a liquid, where the unit has an inlet line with at least one expansion chamber, and the device includes one or more buoyant bodies floating in the liquid. The floating buoyant body is connected to a shaft, fixed... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119231 | Incidence probe The invention pertains to an incidence probe intended to measure the incidence of an air stream flowing outside a skin. The invention finds particular utility in aeronautics for measuring the incidence of an aircraft. According to the invention, the incidence probe comp... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119232 | Detection sensor and resonator By using a disc type resonator, a sensor detects a substance having a mass and the mass with high sensitivity. Moreover, it is preferable to detect a change in vibrations of a substance attached or adsorbed to an area having a vibration amplitude equal to or larger than... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119233 | Sensor for detecting particles in a gas stream and method for its manufacture A soot particle sensor for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a first electrode device and a second electrode device. The electrode devices are situated at a distance from one another and are able to be exposed to the gas stream, at least in som... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119234 | Solid state gas sensors based on tunnel junction geometry A gas detector utilizing tunnel junction geometry is disclosed. The gas detector comprises a first electrically conductive material layer, an electrically nonconductive material layer disposed on the first electrically conductive material layer, a second electrically co... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119235 | Gas sensor A gas sensor where breakage of a separator can be prevented even if impact is applied to an outer sleeve from outside and the separator can be stably held in the outer sleeve. A separator (82) is received in an outer sleeve (44) without contact with the in... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119236 | Embedded piezoelectric microcantilever sensors An apparatus and method for sensing chemical and/or biological analytes includes a deflectable arm of a microcantilever at least partially embedded within a sensing element. A gaseous or liquid medium which may include the analyte being detected is introduced to the sen... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119237 | Leak inspection device In an inspection device in which a leakage of He gas from a product 1 is detected when He gas is pressurized and charged into the product 1 accommodated in a vacuum chamber 2, a variable displacement means, capable of changing the volume of the vacu... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119238 | Collecting conduit, apparatus and method for leakage monitoring and leakage location A collecting conduit for leakage monitoring and leakage location at an installation, includes a support pipe having openings. An outer surface of the support pipe is covered by a layer being permeable to a substance to be monitored, at least on a segment extending in lo... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119239 | Method and apparatus for determination of the concentration of particles in multi-component fluid systems A method for determining the concentration of a large particle component in a multi-component system. The method requires first separating and concentrating the large particle component of the system by acoustic means and then measuring an acoustical parameter of the se... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119240 | Semiconductor probe and method of writing and reading information using the same A semiconductor probe and a method of writing and reading information using the same. The semiconductor probe includes a cantilever and a tip formed on an end portion of the cantilever to write or read information on or from a ferroelectric medium on a surface of which ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119241 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DRIVING TORSIONAL RESONANCE MODE OF A PROBE-BASED INSTRUMENT A method of operating a scanning probe microscope includes using a probe having a cantilever, and oscillating the probe at a torsional resonance frequency thereof. In addition, the method includes substantially increasing torsional drive efficiency with dual actuators d... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119242 | Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine make it possible to monitor a temperature sensor or a lambda sensor in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine for functionality in the entire operating range of the internal combustion engine... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119243 | Integrated logging tool for borehole An apparatus for measuring characteristics of earth formations surrounding a borehole, comprises a resistivity measurement device having a multiplicity of antennae spaced between each other in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus. A neutron measurement device of th... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119244 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE DOWNHOLE CHARACTERIZATION OF FORMATION FLUIDS Methods and apparatus for investigating a hydrocarbon bearing geological formation traversed by a borehole are disclosed. An example method to characterize a fluid associated with an underground geological formation obtains a sample of the fluid associated with the unde... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119245 | Seam abrasion testing device and method of use There is provided a testing device for testing the seam of a garment that includes a mechanical abrader frame holding elongate members and a control unit. The mechanically oscillating elongate members are each connected to an actuator located within the frame. A test sa... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119246 | Flow rate estimation method of blood pump A flow rate estimation method of a blood pump of the present invention includes a first step which has a step in which a plurality of blood pumps are prepared, and a general flow rate estimation formula which includes a correction term is formed using the plurality of r... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119247 | LIQUID FLOW METER An apparatus and method for measurement of liquid flow through use of a volumetric mass balance. ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119248 | Finger gripping force measuring device A finger gripping force measuring device includes a housing having a pressure detecting device, one or more knobs attached to the pressure detecting device for engaging with a finger of a user, and for allowing the finger of the user to apply a pressing force against th... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119249 | Speed and temperature sensing in separate cavities in a single sensing head A sensor apparatus includes a sensor assembly for maintaining multiple and varying sensor components, wherein the sensor assembly comprises a molded sensor head configured to include a first cavity and a second cavity. A first sensor of a first sensor type can be locate... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119250 | Suspension component for a gyroscope in high shock environments An apparatus in one example has: a first component coupled to a second component by a suspension component; and the suspension component structured to maintain predetermined angular spring rates and to maintain high linear spring rates, that are higher than the angular ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119251 | Fixing element for a sensor head A fixing element, is designed on a fixing ring (2) for a sensor head (1) measuring speed of rotation or angle of rotation of a wheel in a motor vehicle. The sensor head (1) has a housing (11) made of plastic, and at least one housing foot ( 05/31/2007 | |
| 20070119252 | Tri-axis accelerometer In an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) accelerometer, including a substrate, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to measure an acceleration along a first axis parallel to a plane of the... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119253 | SPRING MEMBER FOR ACCELERATION SENSOR, ACCELERATION SENSOR AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE APPARATUS A spring member used in an acceleration sensor, for supporting weight members that cooperate as magnetic field generation members or magnetic field detection sensors includes at least one strip-shaped plate spring with a fulcrum and support sections separated from the f... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119254 | Harmonic fatigue evaluation A method and apparatus for determining the performance level, amount of wear, and remaining useful life of a new or worn object, preferably of metallic construction through harmonic fatigue evaluation. The object to be tested is struck with a resonant frequency generati... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119255 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ROTARY MACHINERY INSPECTION A method of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) testing a component of an assembly is provided. The method includes positioning a transducer on a face of the component, transmitting ultrasonic waves into the component at a plurality of steering angles, receiving ultrasonic... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119256 | Porosity reference standard utilizing one or more discrete wires The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which may substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119257 | Vibration detection method and system, battery-less vibration sensor and interrogator therefor A vibration detection system comprises a battery-less vibration sensor and an interrogator. The sensor comprises a single port surface acoustic wave resonator. The interrogator continuously transmits a carrier wave signal to the resonator while receiving a wave signal r... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119258 | Resonant vibratory device having high quality factor and methods of fabricating same The invention provides resonant vibratory sensors to render such resonant vibratory sensors more beneficial than conventional MEMS-based and non-MEMS-based resonant vibratory sensors for various usage applications, such as portable applications requiring navigation-grad... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119259 | High sensitivity, low noise piezoelectric flexural sensing structure A piezoelectric flexural sensing structure having increased sensitivity and decreased noise, without sacrifice of the sensor bandwidth. The structure is made up of a proof mass, a beam with a base and optionally having castellated bonding surfaces and two <011> poled be... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119260 | Squeeze force measuring system A method of measuring the squeeze force of a package includes applying a compression force to the package, and measuring the compression force as a function of volume change of the package. The compression force may be applied by placing the package in a force tester, a... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119261 | Flow measuring device and manufacture method thereof A device for measuring a flow of a fluid is provided. The device includes a base, a channel, and at least two electronic circuits. The channel is mounted on the base, flowing the fluid therein and having at least two sections, and the at least two electronic circuits ar... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119262 | Camp-on coriolis mass flow meter using in-situ calibration With a Coriolis mass flow meter a mass flow through a pipe is determined by exerting a force and/or moment on at least one location on the pipe, such that vibrations of several vibration modes are excited. The magnitude is determined of the force and/or the moment with ... | 05/31/2007 |
