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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080034858 | Rotatable Member with an Annular Groove for Dynamic Balancing During Rotation A method is provided for balancing a rotating member having an annular balancing groove which is configured to receive and retain a balancing projectile. The method includes determining a circumaxial imbalance location, and firing a balancing projectile in timed relatio... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034859 | Raindrop Sensor For An Irrigation System The present invention describes a rain sensor that counts water drops with a microcontroller. After a predetermined threshold of water drops have been counted, the rain sensor interrupts an irrigation schedule of an irrigation controller. ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034860 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SPEED OF AN AIRCRAFT, IN PARTICULAR A ROTORCRAFT AT LOW SPEED A method and a device for obtaining the three components (u,v,w) of the air speed (TA) of an aircraft along its flight path, the device including an arm (2) provided with two pressure probes disposed at each of its ends, each probe having two pressure intakes.... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034861 | MULTIPLE-MODE HEATED SEMICONDUCTOR ANEMOMETER The present invention is directed toward a circuit that employs heated semiconductor elements to sense fluid flow speed and direction based on the cooling of the semiconductor element. The fluid flow speed and direction is determined by measuring the changes in the forw... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034862 | Fluid Flow Meter Body With High Immunity to Inlet/Outlet Flow Disturbances Method and device for accurately measuring fluid flow in a conduit. A fluid flow meter conditioning body, in-line with the conduit, conditions the fluid flow so as to provide a flattened and invariant fluid velocity profile. The device provides high immunity to upstream... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034863 | DIGITAL INTERFACE AND RECEIVER FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT LEVEL MEASUREMENT AND PULSE-ECHO RANGING SYSTEMS An digital interface and receiver for time-of-flight level measurement and pulse-echo ranging systems. The level measurement device comprises a controller, a transducer, a transmitter stage, an interface, and a digital receive signal processing module. The transmitter i... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034864 | Pluggable Module for a Liquid or Gas Sensor For a liquid-, or gas-, sensor composed of a sensor module SM and a sensor module head SMK, which are pluggably connectable together and which enable when plugged together an exchange of data and energy via a galvanically decoupled, transfer zone, a pluggable module ST<... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034865 | Inertial sensor, inertial sensor device and manufacturing method the same An inertial sensor, comprises a detection element detecting an amount of a physical quantity in a detection axis direction, a plurality of support members having flexibility and supporting nearly a center of the detection element, and a package substrate housing the det... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034866 | Device and method using asymmetric optical resonances An optical resonator includes a reflective element and an optical fiber. The optical fiber is positioned relative to the reflective element such that light emitted from the optical fiber is reflected by the reflective element. The optical resonator has an optical resona... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034867 | MULTI-RANGE THREE-AXIS ACCELERATION SENSOR DEVICE Disclosed is a multi-range three-axis acceleration sensor device in which a plurality of three-axis acceleration sensor elements are formed without axial deviation among them in a single silicon chip and have different acceleration measurement ranges. Each of the plural... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034868 | Acceleration sensor, semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device The acceleration sensor according to the present invention includes a circuit chip having a prescribed circuit built into a front surface thereof; a sensor chip bonded to the front surface of the circuit chip; and a resin package for sealing the circuit chip and the sen... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034869 | Method and device for imaged representation of acoustic objects, a corresponding information program product and a recording support readable by a corresponding computer The invention relates to a method and device for imaged representation of acoustic objects by taking acoustic cards with the aid of an acoustic set to which a reference image of a measure object is associated. Said invention also relates to an information program produc... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034870 | Method of Processing Oscillatory Data A method which permits the transformation of non-stationary response measurements into stationary data for analysis is provided. Many standard analysis techniques, particularly for oscillatory responses, are based on stationary data, and the method allows these techniqu... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034871 | Test Method For A Method For Passively Obtaining Target Parameters The invention relates to a test method for a process used for passively obtaining target data of a moving target that radiates wave energy, particularly sound. According to said method, bearing angles are measured as real target data by taking the bearing of the target ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034872 | Method and system for detecting attempts at malicious action against an installation under surveillance Described are embodiments that detect attempts at malicious action against an installation under surveillance based on signals detected by a plurality of sensors distributed near an installation. ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034873 | Ultrasound probe and production method of the same An ultrasound probe comprising a transmitting piezoelectric layer, an electrode layer and a receiving piezoelectric layer laminated in that order, the ultrasound probe transmitting and receiving an ultrasound, wherein a polarization treatment on the receiving piezoelect... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034874 | THROUGH-TRANSMISSION ULTRASONIC INSPECTION SYSTEM AND TESTING METHODS Methods and systems are provided for protecting an acoustic liner having a perforated facesheet from water leakage during a through-transmission ultrasonic (TTU) inspection using an ultrasonic squirter system. The testing method utilizes a repositionable mask that cover... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034875 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING ACOUSTICAL ENERGY APPLIED TO A SUBSTRATE An apparatus and method for measuring the acoustical energy that will be applied to a substrate during cleaning. A substrate is provided that has placed upon it a piezoelectric member that is capable of sensing the acoustical power that is transmitted. This enables the ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034876 | Robust low profile shaker An electrodynamic shaker apparatus is disclosed for providing shaking and/or vibrational motion. The shaker includes armature and stator assemblies as well as a distributed spring assembly. The shaker apparatus of the present invention is robust, supports increased off-... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034877 | Sensor Module A pressure sensor module having a sensor housing which includes a housing part in which electrical conductors are partially embedded, the sensor housing being provided with a first cavity, in which a sensor system is situated, and a second cavity which is sealed against... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034878 | Pressure transducer adapted to measure engine pressure parameters A pressure header assembly has a closed front and back surface. The back surface has an aperture for accommodating a separate dual die pressure header. The dual die pressure header has an absolute and differential pressure sensor positioned thereon. A differential press... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034879 | Constant power dissipation in capacitance pressure transducers A system and method are described for maintaining power dissipation substantially constant across the sensor interface board of a capacitance pressure transducer. A shorted diaphragm level detector detects a shorting of the diaphragm onto one or more reference electrode... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034880 | Web Tension Profile Measuring Method and Roll Applying the Same A method and a roll for measuring a tension profile is provided. The roll has planted on its surface a spirally helical pressure gauge sensor, such as an EMFi pressure gauge sensor, which makes contact with a web obliquely and which, co-directionally with the web, has a... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034881 | Device for Determining Strains on Fiber Composite Components The invention relates to an apparatus for the determination of loadings on fiber composite components (1), especially of vehicle and aircraft parts, whereby the components (1) are provided with a prescribed number of sensor elements (3), for the det... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034882 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR VALVE DEVICE A monitoring system for valve device according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor single crystalline substrate including a bridged circuit and the bridged circuit comprising impurity-diffused resistors. The semiconductor single crystalline substrate is m... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034883 | Micro-Electromechanical Capacitive Strain Sensor A micro-electromechanical capacitive strain sensor. The micro-electromechanical capacitive strain sensor comprises a first bent beam, a second bent beam, and a straight center beam. The first bent beam, second bent beam, and straight center beam are aligned in the X-axi... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034884 | Piezoceramic-based smart aggregate for unified performance monitoring of concrete structures A system for monitoring the health of a structure, e.g., a concrete wall, bridge, pillars, using a smart aggregate is disclosed. The smart aggregate includes a piezoceramic transducer(s) and associated communication links. The transducer is embedded into the structure p... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034885 | Multiaxial Universal Testing Machine The invention concerns a multiaxial universal testing machine, which allows evaluating the mechanical behaviour and performance of materials with planar structures, such as fabrics, composites and laminates. The machine comprises 4 horizontal axes at 45°, with 8 grippi... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034886 | Flowmeter To provide a flowmeter producing stable measurement results and coincidentally achieving miniaturization, a bent portion is provided in a flow path located between an inlet port of fluids to the flowmeter and a second flow path at which a sensor detecting a flow rate is... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034887 | Device For Determining And/Or Monitoring The Volume Flow Rate And/Or Mass Flow Rate Of A Medium To Be Measured In order to be able to couple as great a fraction as possible of ultrasonic measuring signals into a medium to be measured, an ultrasonic sensor is provided with a cup-shape and includes a housing and an oscillatable unit for producing the ultrasonic signals. The oscill... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034888 | High-Resolution Gas Gauge Proximity Sensor A system and method for precisely detecting very small distances between a measurement probe having an elongated nozzle with a relatively long and thin orifice. The proximity sensor uses a constant gas flow and senses a mass flow rate within a pneumatic bridge to detect... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034889 | Method For Measuring Mass Flow Of A Multi-Component Gas This invention relates to a method of measuring mass flow of a first gas component in a gas consisting of one or more known gas components. Typically such methods assume that certain parameters were constant, such as the gas composition, pressure and/or temperature, and... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034890 | MULTI-PHASE CORIOLIS FLOWMETER A Coriolis flowmeter is configured to determine a first property of a multi-phase fluid. A flow model is configured to determine a second property of the multi-phase fluid. A determination system is configured to determine a third property of the multi-phase fluid based... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034891 | Split Balance Weights for Eliminating Density Effect on Flow A Coriolis flow meter includes at least one flow conduit (103), including a first conduit node (603a) and a second conduit node (603b) and a bending axis W that intersects the flow conduit (103) at the first conduit node (603... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034892 | MULTI-PHASE CORIOLIS FLOWMETER A flowmeter is disclosed. The flowmeter includes a vibratable flowtube, and a driver connected to the flowtube that is operable to impart motion to the flowtube. A sensor is connected to the flowtube and is operable to sense the motion of the flowtube and generate a sen... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034893 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Flow Pressure Using Density Information A method and apparatus is disclosed that determines the density of a material flowing through a Coriolis flow meter The density is used to infer the pressure of the flowing material. The inferred pressure may be used to correct for the secondary pressure effect in the C... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034894 | TRANSDUCER FOR A ROTATING BODY A load cell assembly for sensing force and/or moment components on a rotating body supported by a frame includes an axle having opposite ends joined to the frame. A hub is supported by the axle and rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof. A load cell body joined to ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034895 | System and method for measuring interaction of loads A test system for measuring a rotary load comprises a stepper motor drives a gear box that is mounted at one end of a frame. A torque sensor provides a measurement signal transmission. The gear box's output shaft is connected to one of the torque sensor's stubs by means... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034896 | Connection Element A connection element and a method for positioning a magnetic field sensor suite into the zero line of a magnetic field is provided, the measuring of the force being achieved by a displacement between a magnet and the magnetic field sensor suite. The magnetic field senso... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034897 | Force sensor chip In a force sensor chip, a base member, to which an external force is applied, includes: an operating part provided in a central portion of the base member and having an external-force acting area section; a supporting part provided, in an outer peripheral portion of the... | 02/14/2008 |
