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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144023 | Tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus capable of triggering only selected transceiver to perform task A transceiver includes a receiver, a signal strength determiner, and a controller. The receiver receives a trigger signal transmitted by a triggering device; the trigger signal indicates both a signal strength range and a command. The signal strength determiner dete... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8013750 | Device for detecting haematoma or subcutaneous haemorrhage after percutaneous coronary intervention A device for detecting a hematoma or subcutaneous hemorrhage after a PCI, which includes a bandage provided with fastening elements for its placement at the PCI access site, and the use of a safety bandage for producing the same. In the device, the bandage includes ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7990275 | Fuel tank pressure indicator, including cap and container interface pressure indicator A pressure indicator for a motor vehicle (or other) fuel tank, that will indicate when pressure at the cap/container interface or vapor pressure in the tank drops below a predetermined level, which will normally mean that the fuel cap is not tightly secured to the t... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982624 | System and method for accident prevention A system for preventing accidents in the operation of a monitored apparatus carried by a user has terminal in direct contact with the body of the user and provided with a circuit for continuously or periodically transmitting an authorizing user data signal through t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7889087 | Immersion detection A fluid detection system comprises a liquid sensor, an air pump and an atmospheric pressure sensor encased within an air and water permeable casing defining an enclosed air space. The pressure sensor acquires pressure samples within the casing, the air pump expellin... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7834772 | Copper-watcher A monitoring system for monitoring an air-conditioner may include a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the fluid of the air-conditioner, a power sensor for detecting the presence of supply voltage supplied to the air-conditioner and applied voltage which ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7786878 | Advanced transmitter isolation feature A signal representative of a pressure is received from an industrial transmitter. An isolation indicator signal may be obtained by control signals from an isolation valve assembly or by signals from a DCS to indicate that isolation has occurred. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7663496 | Pressure switch In a pressure switch, a joint coupling holder is mounted via an opening in a case constituting a housing. A plurality of engagement pawls that make up the joint coupling holder engages with a bottom of the case. Further, by inserting a cap into a recess of the joint... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7450021 | Vacuum system capacity analyzer There is provided a method for monitoring a vacuum system such as that used in a dairy milking system. Several independent measurements are made whereby a long term degradation of the vacuum pump or other component in the vacuum system may be identified before syste... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7397361 | Device for security systems for operation of habitats on installations A device is described for a safety system on an installation in connection with the operation of a habitat (10) in which an object that is carrying out work which results in heat generation such as flames, sparks and the like, is isolated from the surrounding... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370485 | Performance testing apparatus of refrigerating cycle A performance testing apparatus includes a refrigerant pipe provided with open ends, and installed such that a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator are sequentially aligned from one end thereof to the other end thereof. A refrigerant heating unit is inst... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353720 | Bridge patch for electromechanical transducer elements in tire assemblies A bridge patch for use with a tire is provided. The bridge patch modifies the magnitude, orientation, or both of the mechanical forces, and particularly the stress-strain relationship, imparted by the inner liner of a tire in order to obtain the desired stress-strai... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352287 | Pneumatic controller A pneumatic controller for controlling a device. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343871 | Device for surveying the pressure of fluids housed in tanks or flowing through ducts An apparatus for surveying the pressure of fluids housed in tanks or flowing through ducts comprises a device (100), an envelope (1) with axial symmetry which forms the external covering of the device (100), said envelope (1) being kept i... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332906 | Vacuum circuit interrupter including circuit monitoring leakage or loss of vacuum and method of monitoring a vacuum interrupter for leakage or loss of vacuum A method monitors a vacuum interrupter for leakage or loss of vacuum. The vacuum interrupter includes a line side, a load side and separable contacts electrically connected therebetween. The line side has a line side voltage and the load side has a load side voltage... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311062 | Milking plant and method for reducing sound emissions in a milking plant The invention relates to a milking plant wherein the vibrations and sound emissions thereof are significantly reduced. In said inventive milking plant, a vacuum control valve (500) is directly connected to a vacuum compensation tank (200). The vacuum c... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308910 | Device for damping pressure surges A device for damping pressure surges in a fluid with a housing (10) and a piston (14) that can be longitudinally displaced inside the housing (10) against the pretensioning force of a spring energy store (12). The piston (14) inter... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302854 | Method and apparatus for the detection of high pressure conditions in a vacuum-type electrical device A method for detecting a high pressure condition within a high voltage vacuum device includes detecting the position of a movable structure such as a bellows or flexible diaphragm. The position at high pressures can be detected optically by the interruption or refle... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298280 | Lighted fluid flow indication apparatus A fluid flow indication apparatus is provided for monitoring and giving an indication of fluid flow. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284419 | Temporary attachment tire pressure gauge A gauge is provided for monitoring pressure of air within a tire or other gas containing chamber. A gauge includes a receiver attachable to a valve stem of the tire. A valve core is also provided on the gauge through which fill air can be directed. In this way, the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285190 | Corrosion guard A corrosion guard is provided with a fitting having hose mating stubs extending from a central body, the stubs sized to be insertable in an existing hose of a cooling system as typical in an automotive or truck application. The central body incorporates a flange wit... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7265662 | Apparatus and method for inspecting containers This invention relates to an integrated apparatus and method for inspection of a container adapted to hold a pressurized gas. The integrated apparatus comprises (i) an imaging device configured to obtain image data corresponding to the container and to transmit the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265027 | Bond method and structure using selective application of spin on glass A method for bonding substrate structures. The method includes providing a transparent substrate structure, the transparent substrate structure comprising a face region and an incident light region, providing a spacer structure, the spacer structure comprising a sel... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260496 | Pressure detector and method of diagnosing blockage of impulse lines A pressure detector for detecting a high side pressure from a high pressure side impulse line and a low side pressure from a low pressure side impulse line includes a high side pressure variance calculating section for calculating a high side pressure variance from ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253630 | Electro-optical voltage sensor circuit monitoring leakage or loss of vacuum of a vacuum interrupter and vacuum circuit interrupter including the same A vacuum circuit breaker includes a line terminal, a load terminal and a vacuum interrupter having a vacuum envelope containing a fixed contact assembly and a moveable contact assembly moveable between closed and open circuit positions. The fixed contact assembly is... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237442 | Seat weight measuring apparatus A seat weight measuring device reduces the temperature difference generated between the resistances of measuring gauges, even when a sudden ambient temperature change occurs. Heat due to ambient temperature is transferred through a column. As a washer interposed bet... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233231 | Vehicle steering wheel lock with a burglar-proof alarm device A vehicle steering wheel lock with a burglar-proof alarm device comprises a burglar-proof alarm circuit, A wireless signal detecting unit, an air pressure detecting unit; supersonic detecting unit for detecting movements of objects; an infrared receiver for receivin... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7193501 | Enclosure system allowing for hot work within the vicinity of flammable and combustible material An enclosure constructed around an area at which hot work is to be performed at a facility containing flammable or combustible material. Hot work includes such things as welding, torch cutting, grinding and the like. Facilities include petroleum drilling and product... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191084 | Method and apparatus for gas turbine engine ignition systems A method for testing an igniter coupled within a gas turbine engine, wherein the gas turbine engine includes a combustor, a pressure transducer coupled to the combustor, and a spark detector. The method includes operating the gas turbine engine, monitoring the opera... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191072 | Pressure and temperature measurement of a piezo-resistive device using differential channel of a ratiometric analog to digital converter A temperature and pressure measuring circuit is provided. The circuit comprises an uncompensated pressure transducer, an analog-to-digital converter, a reference resistive device, and first and second switches. The transducer has variable resistive devices between f... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174769 | Monitoring contents of fluid containers Apparatus for remote inspection of fluid containers, e.g., portable tanks or fluid pipelines, includes an electronic circuit in communication between each container (or at various locations along a pipeline) and a remote central station. The electronic circuit is ad... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174848 | Controller for monitoring and controlling pulsators in a milking system A controller for monitoring and controlling an operating pulsator in a milking system is shown. The controller comprises a first sensor operatively connected to a designated pulsator for receiving a pulsating vacuum therefrom. The controller produces a first signal ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168333 | Monitoring system for pressurized container A system and method of monitoring a pressurized container having an auxiliary device are provided. The system includes a sensor operable to provide a signal representative of at least one operating condition of the pressurized container. The system also includes a c... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150047 | Indicator layout on an auto-darkening lens for use in welding An indicator system and method for an auto-darkening lens or other device that is intended to be placed relatively close to the face of a wearer includes one or more indicators adjacent the lens and generally provides the indicators in the peripheral field of view o... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148677 | Vacuum circuit interrupter including circuit monitoring leakage or loss of vacuum and method of monitoring a vacuum interrupter for leakage or loss of vacuum A method monitors a vacuum interrupter for leakage or loss of vacuum. The vacuum interrupter includes a line side, a load side and separable contacts electrically connected therebetween. The line side has a line side voltage and the load side has a load side voltage... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148811 | Emergency underwater notification device The emergency underwater notification device disclosed, one of which would be carried by each diver on a team of divers at a dive site, comprises (a) an activator; (b) one or more primary signal emitters, each of which emits a primary notification signal upon activa... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137303 | Filter change indicator A fluid system pressure indicator is adapted for use in fluid systems having a filter element. The fluid system force indicator includes a housing partitioned to be exposed to the fluid system to provide transmission of a mechanical force between these partitioned e... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134354 | Display for process transmitter A transmitter for use in a process control system for monitoring an industrial process includes a housing having a top and a bottom and a height extending therebetween. A parallelogram display is mounted to the housing. Sides of the parallelogram display are arrange... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116237 | Pressure measuring device The invention relates to a pressure-measuring device (M1) with a controller (C) for controlling the functions of the measuring device (M1) and/or for processing measured data, a sensor (S1) for measuring a variable (p1) to provide first m... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116213 | Acoustic wave device with modulation functionality An electronics assembly for integration with a tire structure or in another environment includes a condition-responsive device, an RF source, an antenna, and at least one controllable switching element. The condition-responsive device may comprise at least one acous... | 10/03/2006 |
