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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090113989 | HYDROCARBON LIQUID-SEAL DEVICE AND A HYDROCARBON VAPOR TESTING SYSTEM HAVING THE HYDROCARBON LIQUID-SEAL DEVICE A hydrocarbon liquid-seal device is provided. The device includes first and second conduits in fluid communication with each other such that the first and second conduits define a flow path therethrough configured to pass a hydrocarbon vapor. The first and second condui... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113990 | Methods and Systems for Analysis, Reporting and Display of Environmental Data An environmental monitoring system and methods of a site are disclosed. The system includes one or more environmental measurement instruments, of which at least one instrument is capable to measure a concentration of particles in a certain size range. The system may als... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113991 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF ORGANIC GAS In a measuring apparatus, an atmosphere to be inspected taken out from a space to be inspected in a processing system is analyzed for organic gas concentration. The apparatus is provided with a collector having an approach connected to the space to be inspected. The col... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113992 | Miniaturized Metal (Metal Alloy)/ PdOx/SiC Hydrogen And Hydrocarbon Gas Sensors A miniaturized Schottky diode hydrogen and hydrocarbon sensor and the method of making same is disclosed and claimed. The sensor comprises a catalytic metal layer, such as palladium, a silicon carbide substrate layer and a thin barrier layer in between the catalytic and... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113993 | NON-CONTACT SHAPE SENSOR AND DEVICE A non-contact shape sensor and shape sensing device employing a plurality of such sensors. A non-contact shape sensor of the present invention may include a fluid-emitting sensor head that is biased toward a surface of a moving strip of material by a linear actuator. Pr... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113994 | Method for Detecting Separation in a Structure A method for detecting separation in a structure that comprises at least two portions or layers affixed together comprises forming a cavity into the structure that passes through an interface formed between the two portions and plumbing the cavity to a monitoring system... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEAK DETECTION Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for detecting small leaks in double wall containers using enhanced tracer dispersal and detection techniques. More specifically, economical, substantially closed leak detection apparatuses, methods and systems are disclosed that con... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LIQUID VISCOSITY IN A FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM The present invention includes systems and methods for determining the viscosity of a fluid within a fluid flow path. Such method may comprise flowing fluid through the fluid flow path and past a fixed flow restriction therein. The method may also comprise first sensing... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113997 | SENSOR FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE IN LIQUID A sensor for detecting a substance in liquid includes a sensing oscillation circuit and a reference oscillation circuit. The sensing oscillation circuit includes a sensing SAW element in which a reaction film arranged so as to cover at least one IDT and to react with a ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113998 | STIRRING DETERMINATION METHOD AND ANALYZER A stirring determination method uses an analyzer in which a liquid contained in a vessel is stirred by an acoustic wave generated by an acoustic wave generating unit attached to the vessel, optical characteristics of a reaction solution obtained by stirring the liquid a... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113999 | Method for Testing a Rotor and Stator Assembly Test methods for testing rotor and stator assemblies that utilize magnetic bearings prior to installation. The test method generally includes operating the rotor and stator assembly prior to installation in a test atmosphere at a pressure greater than 2 bar. The test at... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114000 | NANOPROBE TIP FOR ADVANCED SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY COMPRISING A LAYERED PROBE MATERIAL PATTERNED BY LITHOGRAPHY AND/OR FIB TECHNIQUES By forming an appropriate material layer, such as a metal-containing material, on a appropriate substrate and patterning the material layer to obtain a cantilever portion and a tip portion, a specifically designed nano-probe may be provided. In some illustrative aspects... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114001 | ENHANCEMENT OF VORTEX INDUCED FORCES AND MOTION THROUGH SURFACE ROUGHNESS CONTROL Roughness is added to the surface of a bluff body in a relative motion with respect to a fluid. The amount, size, and distribution of roughness on the body surface is controlled passively or actively to modify the flow around the body and subsequently the Vortex Induced... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114002 | REDUCTION OF VORTEX INDUCED FORCES AND MOTION THROUGH SURFACE ROUGHNESS CONTROL Roughness is added to the surface of a bluff body in a relative motion with respect to a fluid. The amount, size, and distribution of roughness on the body surface is controlled passively or actively to modify the flow around the body and subsequently the Vortex Induced... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114003 | Method and device for diagnosing a diverter valve of an internal combustion engine having a compressor A method for diagnosing a diverter valve of an internal combustion engine having a compressor is provided, for which diagnosis a variation over time of a charging pressure of the internal combustion engine as a result of a predefined triggering of the diverter valve is ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114004 | Wheel Support Bearing Assembly Equiped with Sensor In a wheel support bearing assembly including a plurality of rolling elements (5) interposed between an outer member (1) and an inner member (2), a sensor unit (21) is fitted to one of the outer member and the inner member, which serves as a ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114005 | TIRE SENSOR SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD A tire system includes a plurality of piezoelectric devices mounted to the tire. The piezoelectric devices provide output signals in response to deformation of the tire. A processor has input terminals for receiving the signals from the piezoelectric devices, and the pr... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114006 | DEVICE FOR TESTING THE ADHESION OF A COATING TO A SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF USING SAME A device for testing the adhesion of a coating to a substrate and a method of using the device are disclosed. The device is adapted to substantially replicate and consistently conduct the adhesion test procedure described in ASTM standards D3359 and F1842. The device in... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114007 | CHEMICAL SENSOR USING FOUR WAVE MIXING TECHNIQUE A sensor for measuring a property of a chemical, the sensor including: a light source; and a mixing medium in optical communication with the light source and exposed to the chemical; wherein four wave mixing of light interacting with the mixing medium provides a signal ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114008 | Method and apparatus A method for determining the flow characteristics of a geological formation; in a particular embodiment the method comprising the steps of: providing a container such as a core barrel within the formation; adding a portion of the formation, such as a core sample, into t... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114009 | METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF PRESSURE RESPONSE IN UNDERGROUND FORMATIONS A method of analysing a reservoir pressure in an underground formation surrounding a well, comprising: determining the permeability of mud cake on the wall of the well in the region in which the pressure measurement is made; determining the thickness of mud cake on the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114010 | TESTING PROCESS FOR ZERO EMISSION HYDROCARBON WELLS Testing process for testing zero emission hydrocarbon wells in order to obtain general information on a reservoir, comprising the following steps: injecting into the reservoir a suitable liquid or gaseous fluid, compatible with the hydrocarbons of the reservoir and with... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114011 | TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SENSOR USING FOUR WAVE MIXING TECHNIQUE A sensor for measuring at least one of temperature and pressure in a borehole, the sensor including a mixing medium disposed in a housing adapted for insertion into the borehole, the mixing medium exposed to at least one of the temperature and the pressure; wherein the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114012 | Filling level indicator having an explosion-proof housing Filling level indicator having an explosion-proof housing comprising a glass and a metallic frame, wherein the glass is fused into the frame.... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114013 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHT DETECTOR FOR GRAVIMETER An instrument for measuring gravitational acceleration from within a borehole, the instrument including: a light source having a semiconductor that comprises a bandgap greater than about two electron volts (eV); and a gravimeter for receiving light from the light source... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114014 | FORCE AND ACCELERATION SENSOR USING FOUR WAVE MIXING TECHNIQUE A sensor for measuring force, the sensor including: a light source; and a mixing medium in optical communication with the light source and exposed to the force; wherein four wave mixing of light interacting with the mixing medium provides a signal that indicates the for... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114015 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR SECURE START-UP OF A RATE-OF-TURN SENSOR A method and a circuit arrangement for the start-up of a rate-of-turn sensor (DRS) comprising at least one oscillator element are disclosed, wherein the operational control of the rate-of-turn sensor amplifies a signal (v(t), x(t)) proportional to the instantaneous spee... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114016 | INTEGRATED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) VIBRATING MASS Z-AXIS RATE SENSOR A sensor that measures angular velocity about an axis that is normal to a sensing plane of the sensor. The sensor comprises a sensing subassembly that includes a planar frame parallel to the sensing plane, a first proof mass disposed in the sensing plane, a second proof... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114017 | Method for Operating a Vibrating Gyroscope and Sensor Arrangement The invention relates to a method for operating a vibrating gyroscope and to a sensor arrangement comprising such a vibrating gyroscope. Said vibrating gyroscope is used as a resonator and is part of at least one control circuit that excites the vibration gyroscope by f... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114018 | PANEL INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD A panel inspection apparatus includes a resonant frequency extracting unit for extracting a plurality of resonant frequencies of a panel, a resonant frequency selecting unit for selecting a combination of resonant frequencies consisting of two resonant frequencies A and... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114019 | METHOD FOR IMAGING SURFACE ROUGHNESS USING ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS INDUCED BY ULTRASOUND A method for measuring variations of the surface of an object using acoustic energy in the audio range is provided. Imaging fine surface roughness on the order of few microns is achievable by using a vibroacoustography technique. This technique provides a method for ima... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114020 | Bearing state diagnostic apparatus Provided is a bearing state diagnostic apparatus in which a sound generated from a bearing is detected by a sound sensor, a detected value of the sound sensor is compared with data which was previously formed, thereby diagnosing a state of the bearing, wherein at least ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114021 | Ultrasonic inspection method and device for plastics walls The invention relates to a method and system for ultrasonic time of flight diffraction inspection of a plastics wall, such as a pipe wall. The method comprises providing an ultrasound transmitter and transmitting an ultrasound signal having a nominal frequency into the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114022 | Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer Using Magnetic Shielding A combined electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) is disclosed that uses magnetic shielding to increase the efficiency (defined as the received signal per unit of excitation current). In addition, electromagnetic shielding may also be used to reduce the direct coupl... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114023 | ULTRASONIC TEST APPARATUS An ultrasonic test apparatus includes a container containing de-ionized water, a pressing member, a supporting member, and a fixing member. The limiting member, the loading member, and the cover member are disposed in the de-ionized water. The fixing member tightly fixe... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114024 | SCANNING NEAR FIELD ULTRASOUND HOLOGRAPHY A high spatial resolution phase-sensitive technique employs a scanning near field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) methodology for imaging elastic as well as viscoelastic variations across a sample surface. SNFUH uses a near-field approach to measure time-resolved variatio... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114025 | Thickness measuring device for vessel steel plate The invention is objected to enable the provision of an vessel steel plate measuring device capable of measuring the thickness of vessel steel plate, even in the case of a vessel having a vessel mirror part formed by a spherical or conical curved surface such as a react... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114026 | Method and Apparatus for Conveying an Ultrasonic Sensor about an Outer Peripheral Surface of a Tube A method & apparatus for conveying an ultrasonic sensor about an outer peripheral surface of a tube to perform a non-destructive evaluation thereof is disclosed. The ultrasonic sensor is mounted on a flexible tension link and the method involves extending the flexib... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114027 | Non-invasive system and method for measuring vacuum pressure in a fluid A noninvasive system and method for measuring vacuum pressure in a fluid in accordance with the present invention generally includes a chamber with two interconnected diaphragms having different surface areas and a force transducer that makes contact with the smaller ar... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114028 | Pressure transducer apparatus 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... | 05/07/2009 |
