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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105078 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDUCTOR IN A POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM A method and system is provided for determining at least one operating characteristic associated with an inductor in a power converter system. The operating characteristic may be current through the inductor. The power converter system may be of the type used in a hybri... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081131 | DETECTION OF A CONTACTLESS DATA STORAGE DEVICE For detecting within a communication range of an antenna a contactless data storage device which is configured for inductive coupling with an electromagnetic field emitted by the antenna, a return signal is detected (S1) at the antenna during emission of an elect... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068723 | Conductivity Detector For Fluids A conductivity detector detects the electrical conductivity of a fluid under analysis for determining chemical or physical properties of the fluid that are related its electrical properties. Such conductivity detectors may find use in, for example, hemodialysis systems ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120007613 | CURRENT SENSING ON A MOSFET A device having a switch with a voltage applied across the switch. A current sensing circuit is connected to one terminal of the switch. The current sensing circuit receives power independently of the voltage applied across the switch. The power supply shares the other ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110298478 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RESIDUAL COUPLING OF AN INDUCTIVE CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR A method for determining residual coupling of an inductive, conductivity sensor, in which the conductivity sensor is surrounded by a measured medium and an equivalent impedance of the medium is calibrated with a variable compensation impedance. The variable compensation... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110285406 | INDUCTIVE SENSOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY A sensor includes a coil arranged in a housing. The coil is electrically connected to a printed circuit board, which is likewise arranged in the housing. Sensor terminals are arranged at the printed circuit board on a side of the housing opposite the coil. The coil has ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110267076 | Method for energy-saving operation of a magneto-inductive flow measuring device A method for operating a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having a measuring tube, wherein an at least partially electrically-conductive measured material flows through the measuring tube. For determining flow, there is produced by means of at least one coil arra... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110234242 | FORKLIFT TRUCK WITH A DEVICE FOR DETECTING A WEIGHT LOAD A forklift includes a chassis component having an opening in the form of one of a recess and a cutout; and a measuring element disposed in the opening and configured to record and translate changes in at least one of the geometric shape and size of the opening into elec... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110227588 | LAYOUT FOR ANTENNA LOOPS HAVING BOTH FUNCTIONS OF CAPACITANCE INDUCTION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION The present invention relates to a layout for antenna loops having both functions of capacitance induction and electromagnetic induction, and particularly relates to the layout for antenna loops having both functions of capacitance induction and electromagnetic inductio... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227603 | Secure Anti-Tamper Integrated Layer Security Device Comprising Nano-Structures A device and method using one or more electrically conductive nano-structures defined on one or more surfaces of a microelectronic circuit such as an integrated circuit die, microelectronic circuit package a stacked microelectronic circuit package, or on the surface of ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221451 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF AN ARMATURE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR A method of detecting the position of the armature (3) of an electromagnetic actuator arranged and able to move between first and second coils (1, 2), in which a voltage jump (UB) is applied to the first and the second coils (1, 2) of the... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110199101 | ANGLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD The present invention relates to a sensor device for determining an absolute angle of a prosthetic joint, and which is resistant to environmental elements and has a reduced power draw. The sensor device includes an inductive sensor and a rotatable member including a met... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193570 | Systems and methods for characterizing a molecule Techniques for characterizing a molecule are described herein. In one example, a portion of the molecule is trapped in a nanopore, a variable voltage is applied across the nanopore until the trapped portion of molecule is moved within the nanopore, and the molecule is c... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110181302 | INDUCTIVE POSITION SENSOR A rotary position sensor having a transmitter coil energized by a high frequency current source. A first receiver coil includes an even number N of loops wherein adjacent loops of the first receiver coil are oppositely wound. A second receiver coil also includes N loops... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110184681 | Authentication device for full intact wine bottles Methods, device and systems for identifying or fingerprinting an intact bottle of wine are provided. Such methods are useful in authenticating a bottle of wine.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169508 | Inductive sensor The invention relates to an inductive sensor in which static damping of the sensor is suppressed.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110140717 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDUCTIVE CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF A FLUID MEDIUM Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include methods and devices for the electromagnetic (inductive) measurement of the conductivity of liquids by immersing a sensor into the liquid, wherein the sensor includes at least 2 toroidal cores, one of said cores carr... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110140718 | Inductive Conductivity Sensor A conductivity sensor for measuring conductivity of a medium surrounding the conductivity sensor, including: a first toroidal coil, which surrounds a first traversing opening for accommodating the medium and which serves for inducing an electrical current in the medium,... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110140716 | INPUT CIRCUIT FOR INDUCTIVE MEASUREMENTS OF THE CONDUCTIVITY OF A FLUID MEDIUM Exemplary embodiments of the invention include an input circuit for electromagnetic (inductive) measurements of the conductivity of liquids. The input circuit and the induction coil are directly coupled, and the arrangement includes a current-voltage converting circuit ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110078063 | COMBINED CATHODIC PROTECTION AND METER READING MONITORING SYSTEM Disclosed are apparatus and related methodologies for increasing functionality of gas metrology devices used in a supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network by combining the collection of meter data with cathodic protection (CP) monitoring data in a single... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110062968 | ROTATING ELECTRIC-FIELD SENSOR A compact instrument package consisting of a rotating sensor and supporting signal-processing electronics is capable of measuring two-dimensional electric-field vectors, ranging from DC to an arbitrary upper AC frequency not limited by the rotation rate, with highly imp... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050250 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INDUCTOR CURRENT MEASUREMENT An electronic device includes a circuit for measuring a current in an inductor, wherein the current in the inductor is controlled by alternately switching a first power transistor and a second power transistor each having a first electrode, a second electrode and a cont... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110018556 | PRESSURE AND TOUCH SENSORS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES FOR TOYS A capacitive sensor comprises patterned electrodes and printed wires of conductive material integrated with sensing circuits on flexible circuit substrates. The flexible circuit substrates are fingered or otherwise elongated to distribute sensing points to the limbs in ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110001490 | Conductivity sensor with switching between transmitting and recieving coil An inductively working sensor for determining the conductivity of a liquid medium. The sensor includes: at least one transmitting circuit, which is designed to deliver an input signal for a transmitting coil, in order to produce in the transmitting coil an alternating e... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100308842 | IN SITU MEMBRANE MONITORING A method for in situ monitoring of a membrane of a membrane separation system comprises measuring a complex impedance of the membrane at a plurality of frequencies to provide an indication of the electrical conduction and electrical polarization properties of the membra... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100295557 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE CURRENT THROUGH AN INDUCTIVE LOAD The invention provides a method and a circuit arrangement for measurement of the current through an inductive load L wherein the current is fed into the inductive load L with the aid of a full-bridge circuit. By way of example, full-bridge circuits such as these are use... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295558 | Inductive conductivity-measuring cell and method for operating such A method for operating an inductive conductivity-measuring cell having a primary circuit with a sending coil, a secondary circuit with a receiver coil, and a short-circuit path, which passes through the sending coil and the receiver coil. The sending coil couples via th... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289469 | START-UP DETECTION IN A DIMMER CIRCUIT Disclosed is an inductive load detection circuit for detecting the presence of an inductive load on a dimmer circuit. The detection circuit provides for enhanced detection of the inductive load by detecting voltage ringing resulting from a turn-off of a switching elemen... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100271040 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR DETECTING DISCONTINUITY OF FLEXIBLE CONNECTIONS FOR CURRENT FLOW AND METHODS THEREOF A detection circuit arrangement in a plasma processing chamber having movable lower electrode is provided. The arrangement includes flexible connector having a first flexible connector end, a second flexible connector end and at least a slit. At least portion of the sli... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100264939 | Inductive sensor module and inductive proximity sensor Inductive sensor module comprising a coil arrangement and a carrier, on which electronic components are arranged, wherein the coil arrangement is arranged on a first side of the carrier and the electronic components are arranged on a second side of the carrier directed ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259274 | Testing an inductive load of a device using a modulated signal A device has built-in inductive load testing capabilities. The device includes a device housing, an inductive load disposed within the device housing; and test circuitry disposed within the device housing. The test circuitry is constructed and arranged to effectuate app... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253367 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE GENERATION SOURCE SEARCHING METHOD AND CURRENT PROBE USED THEREFOR A junction-current probe is provided which can measure a current flowing in a junction port adapted to connect a circuit board or an electronic apparatus to a chassis under the condition that the circuit board or electronic apparatus is packaged to the chassis. Structur... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100219841 | Conductivity Sensor A conductivity sensor is disclosed. The conductivity sensor includes an oscillator for providing an input signal and a reactive circuit having an induction coil, a capacitive element, and a resistive element connected in parallel. The induction coil is adapted to be pla... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100207643 | INDUCTIVE CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT CELL An inductive conductivity measurement cell of the invention includes: sending coil, a receiving coil, and a coil support body having an annular, sending coil chamber and an annular, receiving coil chamber, wherein there extends through the coil support body at least one... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100207618 | NON-CONTACT SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VELOCITY DETERMINATION A non-contact sensor system is provided that comprises a first sensor element disposed within a first member having an axis Y, and a second member configured to rotate about the axis Y at a value X. The second member is configured to interface with the first member. The... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100148138 | CABLE INSTALLATION DETECTION A method for use in connection with installing a cable into a conduit having a first conduit end and a second conduit end, comprising the steps of—providing the cable with a metallic attribute,—providing within or proximate to the conduit, sensing means for sensing ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100148799 | INDUCTIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR AND RELATED METHODS An inductive proximity sensor or switch and a method of using same. The sensor or switch includes an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (“ASIC”) and a plurality of external components. The ASIC is implemented in CMOS technology and has an oscillator. A switch p... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141272 | Read-out line It is disclosed to measure the impedance of a read-out line. The read-out line includes at least two cascaded electrical circuit segments, each electrical circuit segment including two longitudinal arms, wherein one of the longitudinal arms includes an electrical compon... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100092739 | COATING FOR MICROWAVABLE FOOD PRODUCT The invention relates to an aqueous composition for preparing an edible coating on a microwavable food, which composition comprises at least one prolamin and at least one hydrocolloid or gelling agent. The invention further relates to a microwavable food comprising an e... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100026318 | Coupling Loop A coupling loop or antenna is provided that can be used with a system that determines the resonant frequency of a sensor by adjusting the phase and frequency of an energizing signal until the frequency of the energizing signal matches the resonant frequency of the senso... | 02/04/2010 |
