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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416329 | Thermal icing conditions detector A sensor for detecting icing conditions in an airstream includes a flow housing mounted on an aircraft and in which one or more probes are mounted. At least one of the probes subjected to impingement of the airstream and liquid moisture droplets in such airstream. T... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7393136 | Thermal probe systems A thermal probe system has a Wollaston thermal sensor connected in one arm of a bridge. The other arms of the bridge are provided by resistors and a voltage is applied from a low-noise source via several op-amps. The output of the bridge is connected with a primary ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7210846 | Thermostat housing assembly A thermostat housing assembly (10, 100) includes a housing (12, 102) having a flange (16, 106) for mounting the housing (12, 102) on a support structure and a tubular spout (18, 108) extending from the flange (16, 106) and d... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7115098 | Adjustable thermal scanning system and method A thermal scanning system and method. The thermal scanning system comprises a handheld thermal scanning device with wheels and three infrared sensors that are spaced to scan skin temperature on opposite sides of patient spinal columns of different sizes. Two out of ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6999892 | Circuit arrangement and method for controlling and evaluating signal detectors A circuit arrangement (10) for activating a sensor and evaluating its signals, in particular for parametric sensors with complex impedances. The circuit arrangement comprises at least one sensor (2) for acquiring mechanical data. In order to minimize o... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991367 | Integrated thermal sensor for microwave transistors A circuit for determining temperature of an active semiconductor device disposed on a semiconductor substrate and a Wheatstone bridge circuit. The bridge has in each of four branches thereof a thermal sensitive device, one pair of such thermal sensitive devices bein... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6956845 | Integrated customer web station for web based call management A Web-based call routing management workstation application which allows authorized customers to control toll free routing and monitor call center status. An architecture including one or more web servers located in a firewalled demilitarized zone (DMZ) as communica... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6004471 | Structure of the sensing element of a platinum resistance thermometer and method for manufacturing the same The structure of the sensing element of a platinum resistance thermometer and method for manufacturing the same, in which the silicon wafer is used as a substrate. A silicon substrate is etched to form a desired wiring pattern, then a silicon dioxide laye... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5601363 | Quench system cooling effectiveness meter and method of operating same A quench system cooling effectiveness meter including a reference sensor and a measurement sensor is disclosed. The reference sensor and the measurement sensor are included in a resistance bridge. The amount of heat that can be removed by the quench syste... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5295746 | High resolution digital thermometer A high resolution digital thermometer capable of measuring temperature differences on the order of several micro-degrees centigrade. The device includes a bridge circuit having two thermistors in series. An output of the bridge circuit feeds a signal to a... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5294909 | Resistive sensor for position detection of manifold failures An elongate resistive sensor useful as an element of a pneumatic manifold failure detecting and locating system. A sensing loop is based on a coaxial cable having a core of known resistance per unit length. A eutectic salt impregnated insulant separates t... | 03/15/1994 |
| 4741476 | Digital electronic thermostat with correction for triac self heating The present invention is an electronic thermostat having correction for the self heating due to the semiconductor switching device used to switch a temperature modifying apparatus on. This invention includes a semiconductor power switching device disposed... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4723066 | Apparatus for heating processing liquid An apparatus for heating a processing liquid has a heater for heating the processing liquid and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the liquid. The heater and the sensor are housed in a protective housing made of a metal or a ceramic mat... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4583868 | Temperature differential detection device A temperature differential detection device for detecting the temperature differential between predetermined portions of a container wall is disclosed as comprising a Wheatstone bridge circuit for detecting resistance imbalance with a first circuit branch... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4487063 | Solid state mass air flow sensor A hot element anemometer uses solid state diode chips for the heated air flow sensing element and the ambient temperature sensing element in parallel circuit branches. The air flow sensing element carries a heating resistor on the diode chip. Constant cur... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4420974 | In-situ measurement system A multipurpose in situ underground measurement system comprising a plurality of long electrical resistance elements in the form of rigid reinforcing bars, each having an open loop "hairpin" configuration of shorter length than the other resistance element... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4361799 | Over-temperature sense and locate device The invention is an over-temperature sensor and locator utilizing a temperature sensitive cable comprising (1) an electrical conductor, (2) a dielectric, and (3) a solid, conductive polymeric, positive temperature coefficient of resistance composition. An... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4357113 | Liquid container leakage detection method and system The apparatus and method of the present invention are particularly adapted to monitor for leaks from a fluid container which is situated in a porous or semiporous medium, such as earth. A series of sensors is placed in the medium at a position which would... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4294115 | Measuring device for practically simultaneous ƊT and T measurement A measuring device, for practically simultaneous measurement of a temperae difference and an absolute temperature, with temperature precision resistors for the temperatures. Both temperature precision resistors, along with a reference resistor, are arran... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4201088 | Differential measuring system An apparatus for measuring the differential between a plurality of physical quantities, such as temperature, includes transducers 10 and 12 each positioned to sense the physical quantity. The transducers are preferably of the resistive or nonreactive vari... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4166451 | Heat sensing instrument probe Local body heat source sensing instrumentation comprises (a) a probe including a heat conductive, metallic tip having an outer surface shaped for application in heat transfer proximity with a patient's body, (b) non-metallic material at the inner side of said ... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4143549 | Temperature measuring system An arrangement for determining the temperature gradient within a fluid mem, which is used to ascertain the magnitude of vertical water movement, utilizes a pair of thermistors connected in a differential Wheatstone bridge that senses the temperature at t... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4080829 | Apparatus for automatically measuring the resistance and heating up of resistive electrical components An apparatus is described for automatically measuring the resistance and ting up of resistive electrical components, such as the windings of transformers or the coils of motors. The apparatus comprises a bridge circuit fed by a source of D.C. voltage and... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4063898 | Combustible gases detector A differential thermocouple combustible gas detector is provided by coating one thermocouple junction of a differential thermocouple pair with a catalyst and the other thermocouple junction with a non-catalyst. Heated combustible gases react with the cata... | 12/20/1977 |
| 3990308 | Temperature measurement system for free turbine type gas turbine engines A temperature measurement system for free turbine type gas turbine engines comprising first temperature sensing means located in the engine exhaust area for sensing the engine exhaust temperature and providing an electrical signal representative thereof. ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3950991 | Apparatus for measuring an absolute temperature or a temperature differential with regenerative switching sensors An apparatus for measuring an absolute temperature or a temperature differential. The apparatus uses two temperature sensitive switching devices exhibiting regenerative switching action at a power level which is dependent on the temperature sensed by such... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3933149 | Anisothermal differentiator Local body heat sensing instrumentation comprises A. a probe including a tip having a surface shaped for application in heat transfer proximity with a patient's body, the tip consisting of material characterized as electrically insulative and heat conductive, ... | 01/20/1976 |
