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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181536 | Ultrasonic Flow Meter including a transducer having conical face An ultrasonic transducer for a pipe includes an ultrasonic source which produces plane waves. The transducer includes a housing having a face at least a portion of which is curved through which the plane waves produced from the source disposed in the housing are emi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8141434 | Flow measuring apparatus A flow measuring apparatus measures a fluid flow within a conduit including a wall. The apparatus includes a transducer arrangement including at least two transducers for alternately emitting and receiving ultrasonic radiation through the conduit wall and the flow. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8091435 | Ultrasonic measuring arrangement An ultrasonic measuring arrangement (1) for the flow, speed of sound, density, viscosity and/or temperature measurement of flowing media, including a measurement tube (2) having a measurement section (3), with the tube being disposed in an area ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8065922 | Flow metering device for an aspirated smoke detector A method and apparatus for determining flow in an aspirated smoke detector system includes a plurality of sampling pipes in fluid communication with a smoke detector, a flow rate detector in at least one of the sampling pipes that senses a signal transmitted between... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8047082 | Device for determining a mass flow of a first gas within an overall mixture of gases A device is provided for determining a mass flow of a first gas flowing in a flowing channel of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The device includes: sound transducers arranged at respective ends of a measuring path for providing sound signals, a te... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7987731 | Ultrasonic flowmeter including an oscillation start unit for acceleration stability of the oscillator The present invention provides an ultrasonic flowmeter comprising an oscillator and an oscillation start unit for accelerating oscillation of the oscillator. The oscillation start unit accelerates the oscillation of the oscillator so that pulses from the oscillator ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975559 | Apparatus for attenuating ultrasonic waves propagating within a pipe wall A damping device for a fluid flow meter is provided. The fluid flow meter is mountable on the exterior of a pipe to meter fluid flow traveling within the pipe. The flow meter has at least one ultrasonic sensor operable to transmit ultrasonic signals through a wall i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966893 | Adjusting transducer frequency without ceasing fluid flow through a meter A method comprises, without ceasing flow of fluid through a flow meter, transmitting an ultrasonic signal of a first frequency through the fluid, adjusting the first frequency to a second frequency, and transmitting another ultrasonic signal of the second frequency ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963177 | Apparatus for attenuating ultrasonic waves propagating within a pipe wall A damping device for a fluid flow meter mountable on the exterior of a pipe to meter fluid flow traveling within the pipe is provided. The flow meter has at least one ultrasonic sensor operable to transmit ultrasonic signals through a pipe wall in a direction normal... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963176 | Clamp-on ultrasonic flow rate measuring device having a guide frame for guiding the ultrasonic transducer An ultrasonic flow rate measuring device, especially a clamp-on type, is mounted on a line through which medium flows with at least one ultrasonic transducer and a guide frame for guiding and holding the ultrasonic transducer. A fixing mechanism allows the ultrasoni... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954387 | Ultrasonic transducer device An ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a proximal end and an opposing distal end. The transducer assembly includes an outer housing and an electroacoustic signal generating element secured within the outer housing. The signal generating element transmits an ultr... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934432 | Method for measuring the run time of an ultrasonic pulse in the determination of the flow velocity of a gas in a breathing gas volume flow sensor A method is provided for measuring the run time of an ultrasonic pulse in the determination of the flow velocity of a gas in a breathing gas volume flow sensor (1). The breathing gas volume flow sensor (1) has a flow duct (3) with a measuring se... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7886615 | Method for monitoring an ultrasound flowmeter system and/or process A method for system- and/or process-monitoring in the case of an ultrasound flow measuring device having a plurality of measuring channels, wherein a medium flows though a pipeline or measuring tube in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the pipeline or measurin... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7832282 | Ultrasonic flow measurement system and method An ultrasonic measurement system for measuring a flow in a conduit. Spaced ultrasonic signal transmitters are configured to launch a ultrasonic beams having a center axis of maximum intensity. Receiving transducers are configured to receive modulated signal energy f... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7784358 | Flow metering device for a plurality of fluid carriers A method and apparatus for determining flow in an aspirated particle detector system, includes a plurality of carriers in fluid communication with a particle detector, a flow rate detector in at least one of the carriers that senses a signal transmitted between a fi... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7752918 | Apparatus and method for measuring a fluid flow parameter within an internal passage of an elongated body A method and apparatus for measuring at least one parameter of a fluid flowing through an internal passage of an elongated body is provided. The internal passage is disposed between a first wall and a second wall, and the first wall and the second wall each include ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7673527 | Flow cell for measuring flow rate of a fluid using ultrasonic waves The invention relates to a flow cell for an ultrasonic flow meter comprising two transducers of ultrasonic waves wherein the two transducers are reversibly detachable from the flow cell. The flow cell with the transducers detached is sterilisable and is particularly... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7552652 | Device for determining and/or monitoring the volume-and/or mass-flow of a medium A device for determining and/or monitoring the volume, and/or mass, flow of a medium flowing through a containment in a stream direction. The device includes: At least one ultrasonic transducer, which emits and/or receives ultrasonic measuring signals; and a control... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549346 | Flowmeter element, mass flowmeter and mass flow measurement system A flowmeter element is used for measuring a mass flow rate of fluid, and includes a semiconductor board, an ultrasonic unit and a pressure detecting unit. The ultrasonic unit performs at least one of sending ultrasonic wave and receiving ultrasonic wave. The pressur... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543508 | Zero crossing detection of an ultrasonic signal with variable threshold value An ultrasonic flow sensor having at least one ultrasonic converter (A, B) for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals (A0, B0) and a receiver unit (4) that is connected to the ultrasonic converter (A, B) and determines a zero crossing (N) ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7500402 | Ultrasonic flow rate measuring device An ultrasonic flow rate measuring device for measuring the flow rate of a medium flowing through a line (1), with at least one ultrasonic transducer (2) and a guide frame (3) for guiding and holding the ultrasonic transducer (2). An elect... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7448282 | Device for determining and/or monitoring volume and/or mass flow of a medium A device for determining and/or monitoring volume and/or mass flow rate of a medium that flows in a direction of flow through a pipeline/measuring tube of inner diameter. The device comprises at least two ultrasonic transducers that emit and/or receive ultrasonic me... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7389786 | Ultrasonic and sonic odorization systems A system is shown for injecting a chemical, such as an odorant, from a chemical supply into a fluid containing system such as a natural gas pipeline or an LPG pipeline. A tank of odorant is maintained under a positive pressure which exceeds that of the pipeline. An ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380470 | Ultrasonic flow meter including turbulators Measuring volume flows or mass flows in the intake system of motor vehicle internal combustion engines plays an important role in reducing harmful emissions. Therefore, an ultrasonic flow meter for measuring a flow velocity of a fluid flowing in an essentially lamin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369230 | Apparatus and method for measuring particulate flow rate An apparatus for measuring the rate of flow of a volume of particulate material comprising a transparent tube of known cross-sectional area, means for supplying a flow of particulate material through the transparent tube, and an optical signal sensor for receiving a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363817 | System and technique for detecting the presence of foreign material Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material in food utilizing optical backlighting and/or ultrasonic inspection are presented. In optical backlighting, a substantially monochromatic light source optically backlights a food stream with sourc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363800 | Apparatus and method for measuring compositional parameters of a mixture An apparatus for measuring compositional parameters of solid, liquid, and gas components of a mixture flowing in a pipe is presented. The apparatus combines three different compositional measurements (e.g., the speed of light (microwave), the speed of sound (sonar),... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363813 | Temperature and moisture probe A probe for measuring the temperature and moisture of a gas has an aspirated flow passage with a configuration that causes the gas to have turbulent flow and, therefore, to mix. A dry bulb thermometer and a wet bulb thermometer positioned in the flow passage downstr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363811 | Measurement pickup A measurement pickup is provided offering a high measure of safety and having a measurement pickup housing, a sensor element arranged in the measurement pickup, at least one connection element closing the measurement pickup housing, and an excess-pressure protection... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363174 | Apparatus and method for measuring a fluid flow rate profile using acoustic doppler effect An apparatus and method for measuring a flow velocity profile of fluid traveling in a pipe or conduit uses an ultrasonic wave transmitted from an ultrasonic wave transducer mounted at an angle on the outside of a pipe using a wedge, and made incident onto the fluid ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360450 | Flowmeter A flowmeter for measuring a flow velocity of a fluid in a pipeline includes a measuring tube having opposite ends. Two ultrasonic transducers are disposed respectively at the opposing ends of the measuring tube, and two connection pipes are provided for attachment o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360448 | Ultrasonic flow sensor having reflecting interface An ultrasonic flow sensor that includes a conduit having a length, a first ultrasonic transducer disposed at a first position along the length of the conduit, a second ultrasonic transducer disposed at a second position along the length of the conduit, the second po... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360447 | Flow meter having a reflector with spherical-concave surface The invention relates to a flow meter for liquid or gaseous media, the flow meter has a measuring channel through which the medium flows, at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel and also at least one pair of ultrasound converters for emitting and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7330797 | Apparatus and method for measuring settlement of solids in a multiphase flow A method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a flow passing through a pipe is provided, wherein the apparatus includes at least two spatial array of sensors disposed at different axial locations along the pipe, wherein each of the sensors provide a signal ind... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318355 | Ultrasonic flow velocity meter and ultrasonic transducer thereof The invention provides an ultrasonic flow velocity meter that can measure the flow velocity of a fluid over a wide range of degree of contamination with high degree of accuracy. The ultrasonic flow velocity meter includes a mounting base to be fixed to the outside o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303046 | Apparatus for filtering ultrasonic noise within a fluid flow system A method is employed to attenuate ultrasonic noise propagating in a flow stream of a fluid flow system. In particular, the method attenuates the noise propagating between a noise source and a reference point in the flow stream (wherein the reference point and the no... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303047 | Apparatus for filtering ultrasonic noise within a fluid flow system A method is employed to attenuate ultrasonic noise propagating in a flow stream of a fluid flow system. In particular, the method attenuates the noise propagating between a noise source and a reference point in the flow stream (wherein the reference point and the no... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303048 | Method for filtering ultrasonic noise within a fluid flow system A method is employed to attenuate ultrasonic noise propagating in a flow stream of a fluid flow system. In particular, the method attenuates the noise propagating between a noise source and a reference point in the flow stream (wherein the reference point and the no... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305309 | Transmission measuring system with high time resolution A transmission measuring system includes a subject for transmission measurement for outputting, in response to a start signal for measurement from a central processing unit, an output signal including information on a transmission time to be measured. An analog-digi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291114 | System and method of determining an individualized drug administration protocol A system and method for determining an individualized drug dosage is provided. The system includes a metabolic rate sensing means for sensing the metabolic rate of the individual. The system also includes a computing device having a processor, a memory, an input dev... | 11/06/2007 |
