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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092080 | Wireless telemetry circuit structure for measuring temperature in high temperature environments A circuit affixed to a moving part of an engine for sensing and processing the temperature of the part. The circuit generates a signal representative of the temperature sensed by a thermocouple (110) and amplified by an amplifier (112). A square wave o... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087823 | Method for monitoring thermal control A structure has a heat dissipating feature, an internal temperature measurement device, and a memory. The structure generates heat as power is supplied to the structure, and a threshold voltage of the internal temperature measurement device changes as the temperatur... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8061891 | Adhesive thermometer This invention is to provide an adhesive thermometer, comprising: a sense unit, a display unit and an attachment unit, where the display unit and the sense unit are combined into a rectangular parallelepiped, and the display unit is located at the top while the sens... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057093 | Double temperature sensor with a receiving element A double temperature sensor with a receiving element for measuring a near-surface temperature of the ambient air and the skin surface. The double temperature sensor with a receiving element includes an insulating block, two temperature sensors and a receiving elemen... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8042995 | Method for monitoring temperature of computer components to determine ambient chassis temperature A computer-implemented method for monitoring temperature of a blade server to determine ambient temperature includes the steps of determining temperatures of each of any installed processing components, and determining a temperature of an administrator component. If... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7722247 | Anti-theft system for thermometer A thermometry assembly includes a thermometer and a mount for mounting the thermometer on a wall or other support structure. The thermometry assembly has an anti-theft system for deterring theft of the thermometer. The anti-theft system generally includes a counter ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708460 | Method and apparatus for measuring temperature on a silicon device A method for measuring temperature on a silicon device includes activating a heat source on the silicon device. A value of a parameter of an electronic component on the silicon device is measured. A temperature associated with the electronic component is determined ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7665890 | Temperature sensor assembly and method of manufacturing thereof A temperature sensor assembly and method of manufacturing thereof having a temperature probe, a mounting connector, a wire set, a transition component, a housing, and a circuit is provided. The temperature probe includes a probe body, a temperature sensor and at lea... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7654735 | Electronic thermometer An electronic thermometer having ergonomic and efficiency features. The thermometer includes a display and a control panel, defined by at least one button, disposed above the display. The thermometer is easy and comfortable to hold and allows the user to operate the... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648268 | Method of making electronic thermometer with anti-theft feature A method of making an electronic thermometry assembly includes assembling a magnetic source capable of generating a magnetic field into a housing of the mount. A microcontroller including a resettable anti-theft counter for recording a use-parameter of the thermomet... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7591585 | Temperature measuring device Disclosed is a temperature measuring device. The temperature measuring device includes: a thermo-well tube; and a cable or wire type temperature measuring means which is installed in a thermo-well tube, wherein temperature measuring means has temperature detecting s... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7461972 | One point calibration integrated temperature sensor for wireless radio frequency applications A low power analog linear temperature sensor integrateable with digital and/or analog circuits in CMOS fabrication processes. The sensor is accurately calibrateable at a single temperature that yields a linear relationship between measured differential voltage and t... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7442902 | Adaptive temperature controller The adaptive temperature controller includes an ambient temperature sensor, a device for measuring resistance, an electrically-conductive material, a power supply, and a device for controlling power. In operation, the controller determines the resistance of material... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7423536 | Heat sensor activated detector and method A heat sensor activated detector having a housing, which accommodates a heat sensor, a logic device that compares the heat signal read by the heat sensor to a predetermined level and transmits an enable signal to an audible signal generator where the heat signal is ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7396157 | Body temperature measuring system capable of measuring plural remote temperatures and receiver capable of measuring a body temperature A temperature measuring device includes a local terminal and a measuring element installed at a predetermined distance from the local terminal. The local terminal includes a first measuring unit for measuring a first human body temperature, a signal processing unit ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387436 | Ear-type clinical thermometer A probe includes, a substantially L-shaped cylindrical probe body coupled through a cable to a measuring device and a temperature measuring section connected to the probe body. The temperature measuring section includes a flange portion connected to the probe body a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377690 | High trigger temperature lithium intermetallic thermal sensors A non-electrical intermetallic thermal sensor with trigger temperatures in a range of 360° F. to about 430° F., comprising, a hermetically sealed housing including at least one layer of electronegative metal disposed in the housing, wherein the electronegative met... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374336 | Contact thermometer for body cavity A contact thermometer for determining-temperature of an inner wall of a cavity, where accuracy and speed response is assured by use of a probe having a variable geometry where the first shape of the probe exists before and during placing the probe into a cavity and ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369046 | Wireless human interface device with integrated temperature sensor A wireless human interface device (HID) includes an input interface module for accepting inputs from a user; a microprocessor for processing the accepted inputs; a wireless transmitter for transmitting the accepted inputs to a host; and a temperature sensor for dete... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7346386 | Temporal artery temperature detector Body temperature measurements are obtained by scanning a thermal radiation sensor across the side of the forehead over the temporal artery. A peak temperature measurement is processed to compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperatur... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339836 | Data collector A data collector to be installed in an electrical storage device has a data reader and a base. The data reader is to be connected to the electrical storage device to store status data detected by the electrical storage device. The stored data has a specific format. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338640 | Thermopile-based gas sensor A method of manufacturing a sensor is provided. The method includes disposing a sacrificial layer on a substrate, disposing a low-thermal-conductivity layer on the sacrificial layer, and disposing a first set of conductive arms and a second set of conductive arms on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329389 | Sensor device and method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of gas phase substances New sensors and methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis of multiple gaseous substances simultaneously with both high selectivity and high sensitivity are provided. The new sensors rely on a characteristic difference in energy between the interaction of a p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324040 | Method of automatically setting the gain of an interrogator receiver within a non-contacting identification system An attack is activated in a receiver amplifier of an interrogator whenever an amplified input signal exceeds an attack threshold voltage value Vatt, and the receiver amplifier at least during a waiting period, the length of which preferrably equals the double length... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316507 | Electronic thermometer with flex circuit location An electronic thermometer is configured for ease and accuracy in construction. A probe of the thermometer includes a flex circuit containing electronic components used to measure temperature and transmit signals to a calculating unit of the thermometer. A locating m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293915 | Assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer An assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer is disclosed. The thermometer can be disassembled or assembled as required, wherein one of the detachable modules such as the measuring body has an incomplete electronic clinical thermometer circ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285159 | Ink jet ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus Provided is an ink jet ink comprising at least a coloring material comprising a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a compound represented by the general formula (II). Thereby, there can be provided an ink jet ink that provides ima... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283921 | Modeling module A modeling module is disclosed that couples to a modular platform chassis. The modeling module includes a resident management controller to implement a test to model a component layout for a module to be received and coupled to the modular platform chassis. The test... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7247821 | Cooking device with luminous display A cooking device containing a housing with a cooking chamber and a door to close off the cooking chamber and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display. The control and display panel can display the different operation modes of the cooki... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248357 | Method and apparatus for optically measuring the heating value of a multi-component fuel gas using nir absorption spectroscopy A method and system for measuring heat energy of a combustible fluid in which light having wavelengths in the near-infrared is directed into a test cell containing the combustible fluid and portions of the light not absorbed by the combustible fluid and passing out ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231307 | Temperature measuring apparatus, and temperature correction processing device In some embodiments, a temperature measuring apparatus is provided with a light receiving portion having a plurality of light receiving units for measuring heat quantity of divided temperature detecting area in a noncontact manner, a thermal sensor for detecting tem... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215212 | Apparatus for monitoring temperature and method for operating same The present invention is directed to a system that enables the simultaneous remote monitoring of a plurality of infants' skin temperatures. The system comprises an electronic circuit that combines the functions of sensoring and multiple-channel transmitting, a pre-d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203617 | Method of diagnosing a low range limiting malfunction of an engine coolant temperature sensor Low range limiting malfunctions of an engine coolant temperature (ECT) sensor are diagnosed by comparing a change in the sensed temperature during engine operation with a calibrated temperature change. If the change in sensed temperature fails to exceed the calibrat... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197419 | System and method for thermal monitoring of IC using sampling periods of invariant duration A system and method are provided for monitoring temperature within a specified integrated circuit. Usefully, the system comprises at least one oscillator device proximate to the integrated circuit for generating signal pulses at a frequency that varies as a function... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194912 | Carbon nanotube-based sensor and method for continually sensing changes in a structure A sensor has a plurality of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based conductors operatively positioned on a substrate. The conductors are arranged side-by-side, such as in a substantially parallel relationship to one another. At least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes is coupl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196535 | Thermal control system for environmental test chamber A method includes setting a first target temperature for an object that is in contact with a thermal medium, repeatedly receiving input that is indicative of a current temperature of the thermal medium, repeatedly estimating the temperature of the object based on th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191088 | Method and system for memory temperature detection and thermal load management A method and system for memory temperature measurement. The method includes the step of monitoring a plurality of accesses to a memory component. A number of accesses occurring to the memory component over a time period is determined. A temperature of the memory com... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177007 | Temperature adjustment apparatus, exposure apparatus having the temperature adjustment apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus including an illumination optical unit for irradiating exposure light, a stage for mounting a substrate and moving the substrate, a driving unit for driving the stage, a heater for applying heat to the stage, and a heat generation amount contro... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177778 | Managing data processing rates at a network adapter using a temperature sensor Provided is a method and system for managing data processing rates at a network adapter using a temperature sensor. A temperature of a component in the adapter transmitting data over a network is measured. A rate at which data is processed in the adapter over the ne... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162384 | System and method for temperature compensation of eddy current sensor waveform parameters An embodiment of the invention generally pertains to a method of compensating for temperature variations in an eddy current sensor signal. The method may include the steps of receiving an initial signal from an eddy current sensor (ECS) in response to a conductive e... | 01/09/2007 |
