Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.

Location: Attleboro, MA
No. of patents: 40

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Number	Title	Issue Date
8156816	Pressure sensor A pressure sensor includes a sense element port, a support ring and a plurality of interference fit slits to provide a flexible interference fit between the sense element port and the support ring to form a substantially flush lap joint. The sensor also includes an ...	04/17/2012
8129624	Pressure sensor A pressure sensor includes a sense element port, a support ring and a plurality of interference fit slits to provide a flexible interference fit between the sense element port and the support ring to form a substantially flush lap joint. The sensor also includes an ...	03/06/2012
7992441	Pressure sensor for measuring pressure in a medium A pressure sensor module is disclosed. The pressure sensor module comprises a sensing element (1) mounted on a front side (3) of a support member (5). The support member (5) comprises a hole (7) through the support member (5...	08/09/2011
7939772	Electrical switch system for use with vehicular transmissions A linear vehicle transmission switch (10) has first and second interfitting housing members (12, 14) each having an electrically conductive lead frame (12m) insert molded in electrically insulative material and formed with exposed segment...	05/10/2011
7779701	Pressure sensor apparatus A high pressure, miniature pressure sensor has a cup-shaped housing having an open end closed by a metal substrate. A raised stress isolation pedestal portion is formed on the substrate that receives a stress isolation glass pedestal element and in turn a silicon pr...	08/24/2010
7762140	Combined fluid pressure and temperature sensor apparatus A combined fluid pressure transducer and temperature sensor (10) has a housing (12) containing a variable capacitor (14) having a rigid substrate (14a) and attached flexible diaphragm (14b) in sealed, spaced apart rel...	07/27/2010
7601008	Socket adaptor apparatus A socket adaptor 10 made of an electrically insulating material has a main adaptor body 12 on which a plurality of through holes 14 containing an upper opening and a lower opening has been formed. In certain preferred embodiments a probe pin ...	10/13/2009
7592819	Microprocessor-based capacitance measurement An improved system and method of performing capacitance measurements that provides a fast digital response and a reduced output error. The capacitance measurement system includes a circuit configuration that has a variable capacitor and at least one reference capaci...	09/22/2009
7578194	Differential fluid pressure measurement apparatus A differential liquid pressure sensor (10) has an upper housing (12) that mounts a connector portion (12a) and receives in a recess a sense element module (14). The sense element module is a body in which a generally U-shaped oil f...	08/25/2009
7467891	Sensor arrangement for measuring a pressure and a temperature in a fluid A sensor arrangement (1) for measuring a pressure and a temperature in a fluid is disclosed. The sensor arrangement (1) comprises a temperature sensitive electrical element (3) and a pressure sensing electrical element (6), the temperatur...	12/23/2008
7459667	Active pixel image sensor with common gate amplifier mode A method and apparatus to operate a pixel circuit within an active pixel image sensor in a common gate amplifier mode. A bias voltage is applied to a row select transistor in a pixel circuit, and the row select transistor is operated in a common gate amplifier mode....	12/02/2008
7417678	Precise CMOS imager transfer function control for expanded dynamic range imaging using variable-height multiple reset pulses A sense node voltage relating to light intensity incident upon a light-detecting element is measured. To realize this measurement, a first integration reset pulse is generated to enable a resetting of the sense node voltage to a voltage value substantially equal to ...	08/26/2008
7405645	Thermally activated circuit interrupter A thermally activated circuit interrupter (10) has a cantilever mounted, snap acting thermostatic disc (16) mounting a movable electric contact (18) that is adapted to move between a contacts engaged position and a tripped, contacts disengaged p...	07/29/2008
7400481	Low cost arc fault detection technique Low cost apparatus and methods of detecting arc faults for better discriminating electrical events. The arc fault detection apparatus includes a current sensor, a di/dt input sense circuit, a dv/dt input sense circuit, and a processing unit. The current sensor monit...	07/15/2008
7397339	Method for ambient temperature compensating thermostat metal actuated electrical devices having a plurality of current ratings A thermally actuated device, such as an electrical circuit breaker (10) is provided with an ambient temperature compensation thermostat metal member (38) selected so that it bends when subjected to changes in temperature and compensates for ambient tem...	07/08/2008
7382223	Thermal circuit breaker A switchable thermal circuit breaker (10) has an automatically resettable, current carrying thermostatic disc (14) cantilever mounted in a housing (12) and carries a movable contact (14b) into and out of electrical engagement with ...	06/03/2008
7349574	System and method for processing non-linear image data from a digital imager A system and method process non-linear image data, still or video, from a digital imager. Noise generated by analog-to-digital converters is filtered from a pixel of digital image data. Moreover, the effects of single pixel defects in the imager are eliminated by cl...	03/25/2008
7326887	Modified reset motor protector A self-hold motor protector (10) has an open metallic housing (12) in which a thermostatic disc (14) carrying a movable electrical contact (18) is cantilever mounted. A heater seat plate (20) is mounted in the housing in electrical...	02/05/2008
7323347	Biosensor surface structures and methods A biosensor surface with a low density of ligand-carrying tether molecules on a base layer. Also, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) devices have the biosensor surface attached to a thin gold layer with backside angle-spread incident radiation for resonance excitation ...	01/29/2008
7318736	Burn-in sockets for BGA IC devices having an integrated slider with full ball grid compatibility A slider 24 that integrates adaptor alignment and anti-stick features is shown for use in a socket for mounting BGA type IC devices for burn-in tests. Slider 24 has a top wall surface 14b formed with a plurality of apertures in a grid arr...	01/15/2008
7304561	Motor overload protector An enclosed motor protector has a housing formed by a base (10) and a cover (12) received on the base and enclosing a recess (10a) formed in the base. A first terminal (14) extends through an opening in the housing and mounts a sta...	12/04/2007
7301434	Thermally responsive electrical switch A motor protector (10) is shown having an elongated generally cup-shaped metallic housing (12) formed by a top wall (12a) and a side wall (12b) extending down from the perimeter of the top walls, the free end of which is wel...	11/27/2007
7289149	Operational transconductance amplifier for high-speed, low-power imaging applications A low power imaging array has a plurality of pixels wherein each pixel converts an intensity of incident light into electrical energy. An operational transconductance amplifier is utilized in conjunction with the imaging array to process the image signals from the l...	10/30/2007
7277129	Pixel design including in-pixel correlated double sampling circuit An image sensor having a plurality of pixels, each including a sense node; an output node; a first device, connected to the sense node, producing a signal at the sense node that is proportional to incident light intensity at the pixel; at least one select node to re...	10/02/2007
7255015	Occupant weight sensor for vehicular seats, method for making and system therefor An occupant weight sensor (1) for placement between a frame (7) fixed to the chassis of a vehicle and a second frame (8) supporting a vehicle seat has a sense element having a first body (12, 22, 28, 34, 50, 62, 64, 68) formed with a plan...	08/14/2007
7245198	Motor start relay and an electric compressor using same A motor start relay (100) comprises a positive temperature PTC thermistor, a PTC case 400 of heat resistant resin for receiving the PTC thermistor horizontally, first and second contact/terminals (500, 560) each having contacts electrically enga...	07/17/2007
7242291	Arc fault circuit interrupter test circuit and test board A tester for an arc fault circuit interrupter that can selectively simulate and apply electrical arc faults and nuisance loads to at least one device under test (DUT). The tester includes a power supply, a test controller, and test circuitry coupleable to a DUT. AC ...	07/10/2007
7240508	Connecting package for refrigerator compressor Disclosed is a connecting package for a refrigerator compressor. The connecting package includes a base including an overload protector mounting section and a motor starter relay element mounting section and having first to third pin connecting ports connected to a ...	07/10/2007
7227729	Arc fault detection technique An apparatus and a method of detecting arc faults that have reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping. The apparatus includes a current sensor, a differential current input sense circuit, a differential current (di/dt) characteristics sense circuit, an absolute cu...	06/05/2007
7217140	Contact assembly and socket for use with semiconductor packages In a contact assembly, a first set of contacts (30-1 through 30-5) is arranged on a first surface and a second set of contacts (40-5 through 4-1) is arranged on a second surface with respective contacts of each...	05/15/2007
7210970	Circuit breaker with improved connector socket A shouldered connector pin socket (14) is shown having an open channel (14a) formed in the face surface of a wall member of a circuit breaker housing. An electrically conductive spring member (16, 16′) is received over the channel and i...	05/01/2007
7197937	Hermetic pressure sensing device A pressure sensing device (10, 40) is shown having a ceramic capacitive sensing element (12) received in a chamber formed in a hexport housing (16). The hexport housing has a fluid passageway (16c) communicating with a recessed cha...	04/03/2007
7190562	Method for detecting arc faults An apparatus and method for detecting arc faults that have reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping. The apparatus includes a current sensor, an input sense circuit, an arcing sense circuit, a power supply, a tripping (firing) circuit, a processor, and an electro...	03/13/2007
7190561	Apparatus for detecting arc faults An apparatus and method for detecting arc faults that have reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping. The apparatus includes a current sensor, an input sense circuit, an arcing sense circuit, a power supply, a tripping (firing) circuit, a processor, and an electro...	03/13/2007
7112749	Sensor mounting apparatus for minimizing parasitic stress A compliant interface (14,16) for vehicular seat weight sensors minimizes parasitic stresses affecting sensor output. In one embodiment, an integral compliant interface (14) has an annular flange (14a) attached to a post extending from th...	09/26/2006
7109840	Protector for electrical apparatus A protector (10) particularly useful for wye-connected three phase electrical motors has a header (12) mounting first and second terminal pins (14) to which L-shaped pin heaters (16) are mounted along with stationary electrical contacts (...	09/19/2006
7102481	Low current electric motor protector A low current motor protector (10, 10′) has an oblong metal housing (12) defining a switch chamber and formed with an open end. The housing has opposing flange portions extending transversely from the open end. Spaced apart lid portions (18...	09/05/2006
7088563	Internal motor protector for hermetic compressor A protective device (1) which is attached on an internal side of a compressor, includes a housing (10) of an insulating material, a motor protector (20) placed on the housing (10) and having a thermally responsive switch inside, a fuse de...	08/08/2006
7075403	Motor protector particularly useful with hermetic electromotive compressors A protector (1) has a metal header (30) that mounts a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32) electrically isolated from one another. A metallic housing (10) is fixed to the header (30) and forms a chamber. A stationa...	07/11/2006
7075022	Position sensor responsive to gear selection of vehicular transmission A switch system (10) for use with vehicular transmissions for providing an indication of transmission operation in which an electrically insulating ramp plate (14) is fixedly mounted on a face surface of an electrically conductive detent plate (12	07/11/2006

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