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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174824 | Enclosure with access panel Techniques for accessing an enclosure are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an enclosure is configured for rack mounting. The enclosure includes an access panel disposed in a top surface of the enclosure. The access panel is moveably coupled to the enclosure and ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8131484 | Method for preprocessing vibro-sensor signals for engine diagnostics and device for carrying out thereof A method is provided for improved diagnostics of an internal combustion engine that includes cylinders, a crankshaft, crankshaft rotation angle sensor (CRAS), a vibro-sensor, a logic-mark sensor, each sensor produces respective signals. The method contemplates recei... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126662 | Method and apparatus for monitoring blade vibration with a fiber optic ribbon probe A method and apparatus for monitoring blade vibrations in a turbine engine having blade tip target portions associated with blades. An illumination conduit including a plurality of optical fibers conveys light from a light source to a transmission end of the optical... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116994 | Method for locating an underground septic tank, conduit, or the like using injection/detection synchronization of an acoustic signal and digital signal processing A non-invasive method for easily locating an underground septic tank, distribution box, field line, conduit, or underground cavity is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, prescribed acoustic signals are injected into an underground cavity via an accessible port and... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8090547 | Ultrasonic measuring device and ultrasonic measuring method An ultrasonic measurement method, including: receiving a plurality of ultrasonic waves that have been spectrum-spread with different codes by first and second wave-receivers; de-spreading the first and second receive signals respectively with a selected code and a n... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8032315 | System and method of correlating the orientation of a tri-axial accelerometer A system and method for analyzing a device that includes a mass configured for motion. The system includes a tri-axial accelerometer disposed to detect acceleration vectors of the device and to output three channels of acceleration data, and a user interface receivi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024137 | Method for determining blade mistuning on integrally manufactured rotor wheels For determining production-inherent mistuning of integrally manufactured rotor wheels (blisks) on the basis of the identification of blade natural frequencies, the individual blades are excited independently of each other and the vibratory response is measured for t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7991566 | Device for monitoring the relative positions of several devices An apparatus is presented for monitoring the relative positions and/or for measuring and evaluating relative position in a system which contains at least two sub-systems. The apparatus has several devices, of which at least one device has a vibration-isolation devic... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983857 | Method and system for determining a gap between a vibrational body and fixed point A system for applying ultrasonic energy to a workpiece, the system including a horn stack; a mounting system upon which the horn stack is mounted; a source of energy coupled to the horn stack; an anvil having a surface for supporting the workpiece; and a controller ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7920974 | Generating a vibration profile for a rotating cooling device in a computer system One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates a vibration profile for a rotational device in a computer system. During operation, the system sequentially sweeps a rotation speed of a rotational device over a range of rotation speeds. While... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920973 | System and method for converting clearance data into vibration data Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method of measuring the vibration of an aircraft engine. One embodiment herein provides an engine monitoring system either connected to and/or positioned in close proximity to an aircraft engine. Also provided is a ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912659 | System and method for monitoring the condition of a drive train A gearbox condition monitoring system includes at least one vibration sensor located on a gearbox casing. A processing unit is coupled to the vibration sensor and is configured to receive signals representative of the detected vibrations from the vibration sensor. T... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895003 | Vibration protection in a variable speed compressor Vibration protection in a compressor system with a variable speed compressor may include operating a variable speed compressor at a plurality of frequencies, measuring a plurality of vibration values associated with the plurality of frequencies, determining a freque... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890278 | Characterizing the response of a device in a computer system to vibration over a frequency range Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that characterizes a response of a device in a computer system to vibration over a frequency range. During operation, the device is vibrated at each frequency in a set of frequencies in the frequency range, ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890277 | Method for determination of strain distribution in components A method for determination of strain distribution in components, in particular in gas turbine components, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes: a) vibrational excitation of the component and measured recording of a vibrational amplitude distribution o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7865318 | Meter electronics and methods for verification diagnostics for a flow meter Meter electronics (20) for a flow meter (5) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response from the flow meter (5) and a processi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7848896 | Non-contact measurement system for accurate measurement of frequency and amplitude of mechanical vibration A non-contact detection technique of measuring both the frequency and the amplitude of periodic movement using a property of nonlinear phase modulation is provided. In one embodiment, the technique can utilize a 22-40 GHz radar sensor. Embodiments do not require cal... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7783436 | System and method for the acoustic monitoring of tapblocks and similar elements Some metallurgical furnaces have a tapblock that is blocked during operation of the furnace. The tapblock may be opened by lancing, drilling, tapping or by other methods to release metal from the furnace. By monitoring acoustic emissions during the opening process, ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7769551 | Method and system for determining a gap between a vibrational body and fixed point A system and method for monitoring a gap between a vibrational body and a reference is achieved by monitoring the resonant frequency of the vibrational body. A portion of the vibrational body is fixed a given distance from the reference by a rigid mounting system. A... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756648 | Method and apparatus for facilitating in-situ vibration testing of disk drives A system that generates vibrations within a computer system. During operation, the system receives a desired vibration profile. Next, the system determines a sequence of disk operations for one or more disk drives within the computer system that generates vibrations... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756649 | Method for fault detection and diagnosis of a rotary machine Modem rotary machine production requires built-in fault detection and diagnoses. The occurrence of faults, e.g. increased friction or loose bonds has to be detected as early as possible. Theses faults generate a nonlinear behavior. Therefore, a method for fault dete... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7725274 | Method and apparatus for identifying a region of interest of transient vibration data requiring analysis A method and apparatus identifies a region of interest of transient vibration data needing analysis and provides context and construction for analytical plots. The method provides transient data, determines a region of interest of the transient data, specifies a con... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7689372 | Process for operating a measurement device of the vibration type A process is disclosed for operating a measurement device of the vibration type in which at least one exciter arrangement excites the system to vibration and from the vibration parameters, a measurement quantity of a measurement medium in a tube system is determined... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689373 | USB vibration data acquisition A system for collecting and analyzing vibration data is provided. The system includes: at least one sensor for sensing vibrations and producing an electrical signal corresponding to the sensed vibrations; a Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication device for receivi... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7627441 | Process device with vibration based diagnostics An process device for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system is configured to couple to a process. A vibration sensor is configured to sense vibrations. Diagnostic circuitry provides a diagnostic output based upon the sensed vibrations. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7606673 | Rotating bearing analysis and monitoring system A method of analyzing vibrations of a rolling element bearing installed in a rotating machine includes accessing vibration data corresponding to the bearing to be analyzed, determining a degraded condition factor BD for the bearing, selecting an expected designer-de... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7596458 | Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network Tracking vibrations on a pipeline network includes installing multiple vibration recorders on the pipeline network, with each recorder including a sensor, a timer, a processor, and a digital communication device. At each vibration recorder, vibration signals are rec... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7580802 | Method of determining condition of a turbine blade, and utilizing the collected information for estimation of the lifetime of the blade A method for determining the condition of a turbine blade (2, 4) in a compressor and utilizing the collected information in an estimation of the lifetime of the turbine blade (2, 4), whereby a measured value reflecting the condition of the turbine blad... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7536265 | Signal analysis method for vibratory interferometry The present invention relates to a signal analysis method for vibratory interferometry to identify the vibratory characteristics of an object under test. A vibratory stroboscopic interferometric signal of an object under vibration is obtained. The vibratory strobosc... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7496457 | Load body state judging device, vehicle seat and computer program A load body state is judged from time series data of an emphasis displacement inclination obtained by collecting displacement signal data of the load body state using a displacement signal collection sensor, determining a rate of change for every arbitrary interval ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493220 | Method and system for vibration signal processing The present invention relates to a vibration signal processing method and system that can be used to account for situations where impact or impulse events are hidden in a normal vibration reading by low frequency vibrations and high frequency noise. In one preferred... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7474970 | Information processing apparatus and head retraction processing method of built-in hard disk drive thereof An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, a determination section, and a threshold value setup section. The hard disk drive is capable of retracting a head to a data-fre... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7444245 | Field device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable Field device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container. The field device includes: at least one mechanically oscillatable unit connected with the container via a process connection; and at least one driver/receiver un... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430483 | Method and apparatus for diagnosing a mechanism A method of analyzing variations in an indicator of the behavior of a mechanism, in which noise is extracted, and any discontinuities from an indicator in order to obtain a trend, variations in the trend are compared with one or more reference values; and a fault of... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426852 | Submersible meter for measuring a parameter of gas hold-up of a fluid A submersible meter is provided that measures the speed of sound propagating in an aerated fluid to determine any one of a plurality of parameters of the fluid, such as the gas holdup of the fluid (εb), the bubble size (db), the bubble surface... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421349 | Bearing fault signature detection A device, and method, detects the presence of developing faults in rolling element bearings. Detection is accomplished by measuring the vibration of the apparatus in which the bearing is operating (motor, generator, engine, etc.) and searching for signatures unique ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421343 | Systems and methods for reducing vibration-induced errors in inertial sensors Systems and methods for reducing vibration-induced bias errors in inertial sensors are disclosed. A system for reducing bias errors in an inertial sensor operating within an environment may include a vibration detector for sensing vibration changes within the enviro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418355 | Method and system for monitoring a piston rod A method for monitoring a condition of a piston rod of a reciprocating compressor is provided. The piston rod having a length defined between a piston end and a crosshead end. The method includes positioning a first probe with respect to the piston rod along a x-axi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415363 | High resolution torque measurement on a rotating shaft with movement compensation An apparatus for determining the torque imposed on a rotatable shaft. The shaft has at least four paired probes, paired horizontal probes and paired vertical probes. The horizontal probes are positioned 90 degrees apart from the vertical probes. If the shaft moves h... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415365 | Structure-borne sound sensor unit A structure-borne sound sensor unit, in particular for an agricultural machine, includes a signal converter, which converts a mechanical sensor signal into an electrical sensor signal, and preprocessing electronics, which are connected with the signal converter. The... | 08/19/2008 |
