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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7891865 | Structure for bolometric on-chip temperature sensor Disclosed is a design structure for an improved on-chip temperature sensing circuit, based on bolometry, which provides self calibration of the on-chip temperature sensors for ideality and an associated method of sensing temperature at a specific on-chip location. T... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7789554 | Double temperature sensor A double temperature sensor is provided for measuring a near-surface temperature of the ambient air and the temperature of the skin surface (9). A heat flux insulation block (4) is made of an insulation material in one piece as a housing. Two temperatu... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7695188 | Method and system for real-time estimation and prediction of the thermal state of a microprocessor unit An apparatus for predicting a thermal state of a system including a semiconductor chip includes a plurality of sensors formed on the semiconductor chip for measuring a temperature at first locations of the semiconductor chip, a model developer for developing a model... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7651263 | Method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of a gas in a mass flow controller A method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of a gas in a mass flow controller is described. One embodiment derives gas-temperature information from a mass flow sensor of the mass flow controller without relying on a separate temperature sensor. This embodi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7438467 | Assembly and method for evaluating fire performance of sheet piling sections An assembly and method for testing the fire performance of sheet piling sections which includes: a first wall formed from sheet piling sections; a second wall substantially parallel to the first wall; a base plate; and a pair of end sections extending between the op... | 10/21/2008 |
| RE40470 | Body function measuring apparatus Body function measuring apparatus which provides: (1) an indication of the body function being measured, and (2) a loose probe condition by determining that the difference between the rate of change of a first body function signal, developed by a first sensor in the... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7387437 | Method of determining ambient air temperature A method of predicting ambient air temperature outside a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The method measures air temperature with a temperature sensor, applies a correction strategy, and determines a predicted temperature value. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377687 | Fluid temperature measurement A fluid temperature measurement probe, particularly for total temperature measurements in high temperature unsteady gas flows, such as in gas turbine engines. A pair of thin film resistance thermometers are deposited on the probe to sense its surface temperature at ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7350971 | Method and device for measuring the thermal conductivity of a multifunctional fluid The invention relates to a method and a device for the continuous measurement (30) of the thermal conductivity of a multifunctional fluid. The inventive method consists of: placing a sample of the multifunctional fluid in a space (31) which is defined ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318673 | Temperature control system for food items The invention relates to a control system of the chilling process of the temperature of food items at values near but above 0° C. that prevents surface freezing of a food item. The surface freezing can be foreseen due to a mathematical relationship that is a functi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7258483 | Device for measuring the level and/or the temperature in a container A device for measuring at least one of a level and a temperature of a liquid in a container includes a resistor arrangement adapted to be immersed in the liquid. An immersed length of the resistor arrangement in the liquid corresponds to the level of the liquid in t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249883 | Thermometer, electronic device having a thermometer, and method for measuring body temperature A deep-area temperature calculating device 441 calculates the temperature Tcore of a deep area on the basis of a first body-surface temperature and second body-surface temperature from body-surface sensors 31A and 31B, and on the basi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7180039 | Heater with burnout protection A heater is provided that has a temperature sensing control system which can be used for both temperature control and over-temperature protection against element burnout. The temperature control system is comprised of an inlet temperature sensing assembly positioned... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181357 | Method and apparatus to calibrate thermometer Briefly, a processor and a method to calibrate a temperature reading of a digital thermometer. The calibration is done by using a first temperature value measured by an analog temperature sensor located at one point on the processor die and a second temperature valu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150559 | Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems A hot melt adhesive sensing system and methods including detecting (410) multiple areas of a target, for example a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing (420) an output of the t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7066642 | Hot melt adhesive detection methods A hot melt adhesive sensing system and methods including detecting (410) multiple areas of a target, for example a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing (420) an output of the t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6997604 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor comprising: a housing; a thermo-sensitive element housed in the housing for outputting electric characteristics varying with a temperature, as an electric signal; and a pair of lead wires connected at their one-side ends with the thermo-sensitiv... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976052 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966693 | Thermal characterization chip A thermal characterization chip comprising a substrate having overlying electronics, the electronics including semiconductor circuitry and thin film circuitry overlying the semiconductor circuitry; wherein the electronics define a plurality of thermal domains, each ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965815 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960019 | Fiber optic temperature monitoring method A method of monitoring a temperature condition includes inputting a light pulse into a fiber optic cable and receiving a reflection signal that arises from said input light pulse in said fiber optic cable. A temperature condition along the fiber optic cable and a lo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945692 | Fiber optic temperature monitoring system A system for monitoring a temperature condition includes a fiber optic cable, a light emitting device coupled to the fiber optic cable and configured to input a light pulse into the fiber optic cable, and an optical receiver coupled to the fiber optic cable and conf... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945691 | Method and apparatus for inferring a temperature A heat-conducting element having known length D is disposed at a first end in a first region having a first temperature T1 to be inferred. The second end of the element is disposed in a second region having a measureable second temperature T2 d... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6715915 | Fluidity determination method of a packed fluid and device used in the same A method and device for determining fluidity of fluid in a pack that is moving without breaking and opening the pack by locating at least two measurement points on the surface of the pack filled with the fluid, measuring the surface temperatures of the measurement p... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6453218 | Integrated RAM thermal sensor A method and apparatus for the thermal sensing and regulating of a RAM device using temperature sensing circuitry, embedded directly in the device, is presented. A predetermined voltage is passed through a temperature sensitive diode to create an analog s... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6384731 | System for detecting a fire event A fire event detection system includes a programmable logic circuit which evaluates electrical resistance input data and energizes an alarm upon programmed conditions. The system includes a temperature sensitive polymeric tape spanning between a pair of c... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6207937 | Temperature control system for a thermal reactor A temperature control system for a thermal reactor is disclosed that addresses many of the problems in the art. In accordance with one aspect of the disclosed control system, a plurality of temperature controllers are employed. Each temperature controller... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6179466 | Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures A method of correcting a temperature probe reading in a thermal processing chamber for heating a substrate, including the steps of heating the substrate to a process temperature and using a first, a second and a third probe to measure the temperature of t... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6173903 | Procedure for regulating the temperature of a material to be processed in a processing chamber and device to accomplish this To regulate the temperature in the processing chamber of an incubator with a fault protection function, two temperature sensors are provided to measure actual temperatures or rather sensor signals, and they and their associated peripherals undergo a plaus... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6061413 | Nuclear steam supply temperature measurement system and method A temperature measurement system includes, for each of two nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) loops, four temperature sensors each of which provides a value of the temperature of reactor coolant flowing in the NSSS hot leg of the loop; a mechanism for det... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5988877 | Method and apparatus for temperature calibration in microwave assisted chemistry A method and apparatus are disclosed for externally and noninvasively determining the temperatures of chemical reactions inside a plurality of separate closed vessels that are made of materials that substantially transparent to microwave radiation but tha... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5879082 | Dual element temperature sensing probe using a mathematical model of heat transfer along the probe and method therefor An elongate temperature probe is provided for extending into a fluid flow. First an second temperature sensors are mounted in the temperature probe, spaced apart from each other along the length of the probe. The first and second temperature sensors provi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5816706 | Method and apparatus for determining internal temperature and coefficient of internal thermal conductivity in a stucture The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the internal temperature and the coefficient of internal thermal conductivity of a structure. In both cases, the surface temperature and ambient temperature of an object are measured from bot... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5755511 | Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures A method of correcting a temperature probe reading in a thermal processing chamber for heating a substrate, including the steps of heating the substrate to a process temperature; using a first, a second and a third probe to measure the temperature of the ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5655840 | Temperature detecting methods and systems An elongate temperature sensor comprises two electrical conductors having temperature sensitive insulating material between them whose resistance and capacitance varies with temperature but according to respectively different known relationships. An alter... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5271675 | System for characterizing pressure, movement, temperature and flow pattern of fluids A system for characterizing the pressure, temperature, movement and flow patterns of a fluid under high pressure within a test cell. The test cell is lined internally with adjustable rock facings. Pressure is measured within the test cell using a device e... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5258601 | Capillary rheometer with temperature controller for maintaining uniform temperature distribution of sample In a capillary rheometer including: a furnace comprising a plurality of furnace zones and having a sample bore with a capillary connected to the lower end thereof; a plurality of heaters for heating the furnace zones thereby to heat a sample in the sample... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5249864 | System for characterizing temperature of fluids A system for characterizing the pressure, temperature, movement and flow patterns of a fluid under high pressure within a test cell. The test cell is lined internally with adjustable rock facings. Pressure is measured within the test cell using a device e... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5152609 | Method for measuring the temperature of the mix in a mixing chamber of a kneader In a method for measuring the temperature of the mix in a mixing chamber of a kneader, the temperature of the mix being continuously measured by means of at least one sensor projecting into the mixing chamber, for the purpose of correcting measuring error... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5112136 | Method of and apparatus for measuring thermal conductivity A method and apparatus measures thermal conductivity of a material effected by measuring a change in the temperature of the material in contact with a heat source maintained at a predetermined temperature. A temperature change characteristic is obtained f... | 05/12/1992 |
