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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798704 | Sensors and temperature measurement apparatus In general, a sensor for measuring a temperature of an air stream includes a sensing element for detecting temperature. The sensor also includes connection lines connected to the sensing element. The connection lines are configured to allow the air stream to circula... | 09/21/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7143819 | Heat sink with angled heat pipe A heat sink comprises a base having a substantially flat region for interfacing with an electronic component, and at least one heat pipe having a first region substantially parallel to the flat region of the base and a second region substantially perpendicular to th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7097353 | Method and device for indicating temperature Disclosed is a temperature indicating method and device. The device embodies a sealed tube containing a liquid and a float. The tube has markings on the exterior indicating temperature zones or, in the alternative, temperature gradients. The method disclosed include... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7014357 | 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... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6579005 | Utilization of pyrometer data to detect oxidation A method for determining oxidation in turbine buckets allows for conditional based maintenance of the turbine buckets. The method includes measuring a temperature of a turbine bucket and comparing the measured temperature to a temperature of a reference t... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5821861 | Monitoring wall temperatures of reactor vessels Wall temperatures of a reactor vessel are monitored by arranging an optical fibre in thermal contact with the wall and employing an optical time domain reflectometry system to monitor the respective temperatures at different points along the fibre. Such a... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5533348 | Average air temperature sensor An average temperature sensor designed for use in an air conditioning unit, wherein the air conditioning unit has a high pressure region and a low pressure region and a method for making an average temperature measurement. The average temperature sensor s... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5129732 | Sensor for determining the temperature averaged on the basis of mass flow density In order to create a sensor for determining the temperature averaged on the basis of the mass flow density of a medium flowing through a tube, this medium having a mass flow density gradient and a temperature gradient in the tube transverse to the directi... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4824260 | Brake block temperature and wear measuring device A thermocouple for use with a brake block outputs a signal indicative alternatively of the steady state temperature of the brake block friction element and of the transient temperature of the friction element brake drum interface.... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4729627 | Optical fiber cable for detecting low temperature An optical fiber cable for detecting a low temperature comprising a center member made of a material having a low coefficient of linear expansion and one or more longitudinally extending grooves in each of which at least one optical fiber is placed, (i) w... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4618268 | Method and apparatus for sensing average temperature A device and method for detecting average temperature, particularly adapted for determining the average liquid temperature in an underground horizontally disposed cylindrical tank. The sensing element, in the form of a wire of known temperature versus ele... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4547079 | Averaging temperature responsive apparatus An averaging temperature responsive device having a hollow elongated member, a plurality of holes substantially along the length of the member, the plurality of holes decreasing in area from the hole near the end at which the member is mounted to the hole... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4462220 | Cooling sensor for refrigeration system A refrigeration system for cooling a beverage as the beverage is drawn from a container filled with water which has an evaporator coil carried adjacent the wall thereof which extends from adjacent the top of the container to the bottom of the container. W... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4265115 | Averaging temperature responsive apparatus An averaging temperature responsive apparatus for use in an air conditioning system to measure the average temperature of air passing through a duct has a tube extending transversely across the air duct. The tube has a series of spaced inlet openings on t... | 05/05/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4135549 | Swimming pool fluid distribution system A main fluid pipe within a box-like housing has four auxiliary pipes connected thereto. Each auxiliary pipe extends to the outside of the housing. The first auxiliary pipe is connected to the drain of a swimming pool; the second is connected to the swimmi... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4125018 | Method of and means for accurately measuring the calorific value of combustible gases Method of and means for accurately measuring the calorific value of combustible gases wherein a mixture of combustible gas and combustion-supporting gas is burned in a pair of flames, the temperatures of the burned gases in both flames being monitored and... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4046008 | Fluidic temperature sensor A fluidic oscillator temperature sensor assembly for determining the average temperature of a stream of flowing gas in a conduit such as the turbine inlet of a gas turbine engine comprises a source of pressurized gas, a fluid amplifier connected to the so... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4037463 | Temperature-detecting element A temperature-detecting element which comprises two metal wires jointly forming a thermocouple and a plurality of electric resistors disposed between said two metal wires, thereby detecting a mean temperature in a given region or abnormal local temperatur... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4008615 | Temperature averaging device A temperature sensing device including a conduit or tubular section acting as a condenser extending throughout the interior of a refrigerated environment such as a refrigerated food case with an evaporator section extending to a collection pot located rem... | 02/22/1977 |
