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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126780 | RESISTANCE WELDING METHOD, RESISTANCE WELDER, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING RESISTANCE WELDING This invention aims to provide a resistance welding method capable of stabilizing quality or improving efficiency of resistance welding such as spot welding. This resistance welding method comprises a calculating step of calculating resistance ratio X of a second electr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131687 | AGENT THAT MODULATES PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF PESTS, INVOLVED IN INSECT VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ACTIVITY The present invention provides an agent that modulates physiological condition of pests, wherein the agent has an ability to modulate the activity of an insect voltage-gated potassium channel; a method for assaying pesticidal activity of a test substance, which comprise... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120068688 | Wireless Soil Moisture Sensor The present invention includes a wireless soil sensor having a curved surface and at least two groups of sensor-pin electrodes. A tine-catching block is disposed within the sensor body, near a top of the sensor to protect against aeration tools damaging components of th... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068687 | Method for Determining a Spatial Arrangement of Photovoltaic Module Groups in a Photovoltaic Installation A method for determining a spatial arrangement of photovoltaic module groups in a photovoltaic installation includes measuring a sequence of values of an illumination-dependent electrical characteristic variable of different photovoltaic module groups while the photovol... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120049836 | Gem Tester A gem tester for testing a gem under test and a kit including a horizontal recharging stand are disclosed. In one embodiment of the gem tester, an elongated body has a line-of-sight contour tapering from a bulbous end to a radially deviating frontal nose having a probe ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038346 | POWDER FLOW MONITORING USING GROUNDED HOSES Apparatus and methods for detecting flow of powder coating material in an electrically nonconductive powder hose include providing an electrically conductive material that extends along at least a portion of the length of the hose to collect tribo-charge transfer that i... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029332 | Method of Continuously Measuring Substrate Concentration Analysis equipment is provided, which is capable of fulfilling a demand for miniaturization and ensuring high sensitivity, and which can be produced easily. The present invention relates to a method of continuously measuring a substrate concentration based on a response... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026121 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GRIP AND PROXIMITY DETECTION An electrical hand-held device is provided with improved proximity detection, which can be placed on a surface and has at least one transmission electrode, at least one reception electrode and at least one compensation electrode arranged between transmission electrode a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025803 | GEOMETRY SENSOR AND INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE A geometry sensor includes: a detection surface including a plurality of polymer sensor elements and configured to detect an external object, the polymer sensor elements being arranged side-by-side along one or more directions and each generating a voltage according to ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120007579 | EMBEDDED WIRELESS CORROSION SENSOR A corrosion sensor is disclosed. The corrosion sensor has a retainer and a microcontroller retained by the retainer. A length of antenna wire arranged in a wound configuration is retained by the retainer and connected to the microcontroller. A corrosion sensitive elemen... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001614 | ULTRA LOW-POWER CMOS BASED BIO-SENSOR CIRCUIT An apparatus configured to identify a material having an electric charge, the apparatus having: an inverting gain amplifier including a first field-effect transistor (FET) coupled to a second FET; wherein a gate of the first FET is configured to sense the electric charg... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316568 | DETECTOR STATE MONITORING SYSTEM AND A PORTABLE DETECTOR INCLUDING SAME A portable imaging detector and a method for operating the portable imaging detector are provided. The portable imaging detector includes a docking connector having a plurality of docking connector contacts. The method includes measuring a voltage at a first docking con... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110304315 | Method and Apparatus for Automating the Counting of Sharps Using RFID Tags In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for counting sharps returned to a container. An example method of counting sharps returned to a container having at least two layers of penetrable conductive material includes periodical... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110288388 | MULTI-CONDUCTOR LEAD CONFIGURATIONS USEFUL WITH MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM A multiple-conductor electrical lead for use with medical device systems and a method of manufacture is disclosed. The multiple-conductor electrical lead comprises a central core and has at least one conductor, typically in the form of a ribbon cable, coiled around it a... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110264006 | Detecting Empty Medical Pump Reservoir A medical device system comprises a reservoir configured to store a therapeutic fluid and a medical pump configured to deliver the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir to a patient. The system also comprises a sensor that can detect a characteristic associated with the ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254533 | Coaxial Illumination Of Coulter Aperture In Full Function Hematology Analyzer A method for directly illuminating a Coulter aperture so light scattering can be incorporated into the classical Coulter aperture and 3-diff blood analyzer to realize full functional hematology analyzer by providing a flow chamber which is separated into two portions by... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110237131 | AUDIO CONNECTOR HAVING ADDITIONAL DETECTION SWITCH Circuits, methods, and apparatus for improved audio connectors. One example provides an audio connector, that, for purposes of activating circuitry to receive signals from a microphone, does not detect the presence of an audio jack until the audio jack is inserted far e... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A PERISTALTIC HOSE PUMP FOR CONDUCTING A FLUID IN A TUBING The invention further relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring a peristaltic hose pump, in particular a peristaltic hose pump of an extracorporeal blood treatment device. The power consumed by the pump and/or the pressure in the tubing segment upstream or downs... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227558 | NANOFLUIDIC CHANNELS WITH INTEGRATED CHARGE SENSORS AND METHODS BASED THEREON An electrical detector is provided that comprises a nanofluidic channel with an integrated nanoscale charge sensor. The charge sensor can be an unfunctionalized nanowire, nanotube, transistor or capacitor and can be of carbon, silicon, carbon/silicon or other semiconduc... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110226048 | DIAGNOSIS CONCEPT FOR VALVE CONTROLLED COOLANT BYPASS PATHS A system and method for determining whether a shut-off valve in a cabin heating by-pass line of a thermal sub-system associated with an engine has failed that uses the pump current for a pump that pumps the cooling fluid through the by-pass line. The method includes set... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110210718 | Analytic Device With PhotoVoltaic Power Source An analytical device including a sensor, an analytical circuit, and a power source. The power source includes an optical coupler formed of a light source and a photovoltaic cell for producing an electromotive force in response to light from the light source. The optical... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110204873 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR A temperature sensor generates a variable voltage whose level decreases linearly as a temperature increases, and compares the variable voltage with first and second reference voltages to generate first and second temperature codes to measure the temperature.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204874 | Particle Populations and Assays Having Varying Amounts of Magnetic Material and Particle Concentrations Among Different Subsets of Particles and Methods for Processing Assays Having Such Particle Populations Particle populations and assays are provided which have varying amounts of magnetic material and varying particle concentrations among different subsets of particles. In particular, the particle populations and assays include at least two particle sets with distinct sum... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204872 | PN JUNCTION CHEMICAL SENSOR (originally published as A SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING PARTICLES) A sensor device (100, 2800) for detecting particles, the sensor device (100, 2800) comprising a substrate (102), a first doped region (104) formed in the substrate (102) by a first dopant of a first type of conductivity, a second doped... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202055 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TEMPERATURE AND/OR A TEMPERATURE CHANGE AT A NEUTRAL ELECTRODE A method for determining a temperature and/or a temperature change at a neutral electrode having a contacting agent layer. The method comprises determining at least one impedance value of the contacting agent layer and calculating a temperature change and/or a temperatu... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193577 | Remote Monitor for Corrosion Protection of Pipelines and Structures Several remote monitoring stations along a corrosion protected pipeline or structure are served by a single long range radio transceiver link to a central data collection station. Individual monitoring stations are in cost-free, short range communication with each other... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110163742 | Magnetic Field Characterization of Stresses and Properties in Materials Described are methods for monitoring of stresses and other material properties. These methods use measurements of effective electrical properties, such as magnetic permeability and electrical conductivity, to infer the state of the test material, such as the stress, tem... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110132523 | SURROGATE PATCH FOR COMPOSITE REPAIR PROCESS A surrogate patch assembly for a rework area of a structure comprises a surrogate patch body which may be formed of a material for drawing moisture from the rework area. The patch assembly may include a sensor mounted to the surrogate patch body. The sensor may comprise... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110115463 | DIFFERENTIAL FET STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRICAL MONITORING OF OVERLAY A method and apparatus for determining overlay includes an array of electronic devices having structures formed in a plurality of layers and such that a device on a first end of the array includes an offset from a position of a device on a second end of the array. A mea... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115464 | CHEMICAL-SELECTIVE DEVICE A smartcard or other media that detects the presence of chemical and/or biological compounds or other items of interest on individuals handling by using chemical-selective devices. These chemical-selective devices can include non-linear (e.g., diode and/or transistor) a... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110101955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING LOW-COST ELECTRONIC GYROSCOPES AND ACCELEROMETER Accelerometers have a number of wide-ranging uses, and it is desirable to both increase their accuracy while decreasing size. Here, millimeter or sub-millimeter wavelength accelerometers are provided which has the advantage of having the high accuracy of an optical acce... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110101996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF RESONANT SENSORS The present invention related to methods and systems for simultaneously sensing two or more environmental parameters of a sample. Included is an inductor-capacitor-resistor (LCR) resonator sensor and a pick up coil in operative association with the LCR resonator sensor ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110062941 | DETECTOR, PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A detector is provided that detects a detection signal corresponding to a driving vibration, which excites a vibrator in an oscillation loop, and a physical quantity to be measured. The detector includes an amplifying circuit, a synchronous detection circuit, an impedan... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110058960 | METHOD OF DETECTING IMPACT BETWEEN CYLINDER AND PISTON DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR, DETECTOR OF IMPACT BETWEEN A CYLINDER AND PISTON DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR, GAS COMPRESSOR, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CYLINDER AND A PISTON SET DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR GAS COMPRESSOR, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CYLINDER AND APISTON SET DRIVEN A LINEAR MOTOR A method of detecting the occurrence of impact or collision between a cylinder (2) and piston (1) driven by a linear motor of a gas compressor includes the steps of i) obtainment of a reference signal (Sr) associated to an electrical output of the linear m... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110025294 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING ELECTROLYTIC COPPER PLATING SOLUTION Effective fillability and the uniformity electrodeposition of a copper electroplating solution is judged by determining the time-dependent potential change thereof at a cathode current density of 0.1-20 A/dm2. The potential change is determined at a working e... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110010107 | DIFFERENTIAL PRECONCENTRATOR-BASED CHEMICAL SENSOR STABILIZATION Sensor devices and sensing methods are provided. A sensor device is provided two flow channels, each comprising a sensor, and analyte flow is alternated between the two channels such that the sensors alternately serve as a sensor and a reference, thereby increasing accu... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006751 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE POSITION OF A LOCKING PART MOVED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR In a method and a device for determining a reference position of a locking part moved by an electric motor, the locking part is moved in the direction of the closed state thereof, until the same reaches a stop position. At that location the meter reading of a position m... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001465 | Plasma Measurement Device, Plasma System, and Method for Measuring Plasma Characteristics A plasma measurement device used for measuring plasma characteristics of radio frequency plasma is disclosed. The plasma measurement device comprises a probe, a connector electronic wire, and a power supply device. The probe is used for entering the radio frequency plas... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001466 | MICRO-ELECTRODE ARRAY BASED ON OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT POLYMERIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING THEREOF A micro-electrode array is described comprising an insulating substrate and a plurality of conductive paths defined therein, each of which includes an electrode area with microscopic dimensions, a connection area with macroscopic dimensions, and a buried interconnection... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100327847 | High-Resolution Molecular Sensor A solid state molecular sensor having an aperture extending through a thickness of a sensing region is configured with a sensing region thickness that corresponds to the characteristic extent of at least a component of a molecular species to be translocated through the ... | 12/30/2010 |
