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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7748895 | Method and system for real-time estimation and prediction of the thermal state of a microprocessor unit A method (and system) of predicting a thermal state of a transient thermal system, includes combining sensor outputs and thermal parameters to construct a consistent set of estimates of internal temperature of a transient thermal system. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7476020 | Method for simulating a process plant at laboratory scale A method, a laboratory device and the use of both are provided for simulating the dynamic temperature behavior of at least one part of a process plant, particularly an industrial reactor. The method provides a temperature profile and/or temperature setpoints at give... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7432679 | Non-intrusive method for extrapolating an internal stator temperature A method for non-intrusive determination of an internal temperature of a given area of an electrical machine stator, comprises obtaining a temperature gradient between an internal wall of the stator and an external wall of the stator, obtaining temperature measureme... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7311264 | Method and device for the process regulation or control of thermal load changes of an obstruction-curved and/or thick-walled component through which a medium flows in a thermal system The novel method and device provide for process control—closed-loop control or open-loop control—for a thermal system with an obstruction-curved and/or thick-walled component through which a medium flows. The wall temperatures of the component are detected, the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7284904 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temper... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7150156 | Product simulating probe and method A probe and method for simulating refrigerated product temperature includes a housing containing a thermal mass having thermo-physical properties similar to refrigerated food product, a temperature sensing element operable to measure the temperature of the thermal m... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140768 | System and method of monitoring temperature A temperature monitoring system includes a device for monitoring temperature over a period of time, an adaptor in communication with the temperature monitoring device (TMD) and a data programming device (DPD) in communication with the adaptor. The TMD includes a tem... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7090727 | Heated gas line body feedthrough for vapor and gas delivery systems and methods for employing same A feedthrough device for use in deposition chambers such as chemical vapor deposition chambers and atomic layer deposition chambers and methods using the same in association with such chambers as well as chambers so equipped. The feedthrough device includes an assoc... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090394 | Temperature gauge and ceramic susceptor in which it is utilized Temperature gauge, and ceramic susceptors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment utilizing the temperature gauge, in which the thermocouple may be easily replaced even if damaged, and in which heat from the temperature-gauging site is readily transmitted to the t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059767 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temper... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7018096 | Packed product temperature measuring device A temperature probe includes an elongated longitudinal tubular shaft having a hollow interior, an insulating structure mounted on the elongated shaft, and a heat conducting structure constructed of a metallic material coupled to the insulating structure. A thermocou... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003909 | Identification device The invention relates to a device made of an elastic plastic material for the optical and/or haptic marking of hen's eggs to characterize their properties, which device is at least partly adapted to the outer shape of the egg in a positive locking (form-locking) and... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004620 | Method and system for conservative evaluation, validation and monitoring of thermal processing A method of generating a temperature measurement for a batch or a continuous stream of material. The method includes providing a particle having a signal that changes at a pre-determined temperature; inserting the particle into the batch or continuous stream; and de... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6996490 | Thermal comfort sensor device and an anthropomorphic dummy for simulating heat exchange which includes a plurality of such devices The sensor device (S), in particular for use in a simulator dummy of an anthropomorphic type (M), includes a heat insulating support structure (1) with two measuring areas (1d; 1e) formed on the same side thereof, each having a mea... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992433 | Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus using the same An electron-emitting device and an image display apparatus in which the electron-emitting device is provided. In the electron-emitting device, a substrate has sides in two orthogonal first directions. A plurality of pairs of electrodes are disposed on the substrate.... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6976368 | Method and apparatus for controlling refrigeration A thermal sensor (20) located in the centre of a food simulant composition (24) linked to a remote measuring indicating and/or regulating device (28). The temperature of the food simulant changes in the same way as food stored in its vicinity an... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976052 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964515 | Temperature determining device, temperature correcting method, and image forming apparatus A temperature determining device is composed of a temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of a determination object member based on an intensity of infrared rays from the object member, a unit for determining a temperature for correction that determine... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965506 | System and method for dechucking a workpiece from an electrostatic chuck The present invention comprises a system and method for determining the reverse voltage and time to apply to the dechucking of a workpiece from an electrostatic chuck (ESC). The system for dechucking comprises a processing chamber operatively coupled to a microproce... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965815 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962435 | Condition diagnosing The present invention discloses a method and apparatus (5) for condition diagnosing of an inductive power device (1), such as a transformer or reactor, having power windings (2) immersed in a fluid (3) being cooled by cooling devices (... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945691 | Method and apparatus for inferring a temperature A heat-conducting element having known length D is disposed at a first end in a first region having a first temperature T1 to be inferred. The second end of the element is disposed in a second region having a measureable second temperature T2 d... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6905241 | Determination of virgin formation temperature A method for determining virgin formation temperature of earth formations surrounding a borehole is provided. The time duration of drilling fluid circulation and the time after cessation of drilling fluid circulation at the borehole depth regions of interest are tra... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906537 | System for controlling the temperature of an aircraft airfoil component An airfoil temperature control arrangement includes a resistive heater element. A plurality of detectors allow a controller to gather resistance information at various intervals along the resistive heater element. Determining the resistance of the corresponding port... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904070 | Tunable laser and laser current source A laser system including a controller for monitoring and controlling various functions of a laser assembly. The laser controller may include a wavelength tuning circuit for adjusting and locking the wavelength of the external cavity. To perform various monitoring an... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886978 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a variable-temperature heater and one or more temperature sensors and may also include a heat flux sensor. Physical variables such as temperature, time rate of change in temperature and/or heat flow rate are d... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6779918 | Product simulating probe and method A probe and method for simulating product temperature includes a housing containing a thermal mass having thermo-physical properties similar to food product, a temperature sensing element operable to measure the temperature of the thermal mass, and a transceiver in ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6709155 | Device for determining the temperature in the interior of a vehicle A device for determining the temperature in the interior of a vehicle includes a temperature sensor for arrangement behind a wall adjacent the interior, and a processing unit receiving the measuring signal from the temperature sensor and outputting an output signal ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695471 | Method and apparatus for measuring temperature of movable object A temperature meter for measuring temperature of a measurement target object to which a temperature sensor cannot be fixed directly is formed by a temperature sensor configured to measure an observed temperature in a vicinity of the measurement target obj... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6637932 | Engine thrust bearing condition monitoring method A method is provided for monitoring engine thrust bearing temperature deviations. Initially, key engine parameters are measured. A bearing temperature rise can be predicted based on the measured parameters. The predicted rise value is compared with the ac... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6543934 | Temperature measuring probe A probe for temperature measurement, comprising a probe, body which has a cylindrical hole into which a thermocouple or a resistance thermometer can be inserted, whose thermosensitive tip projects from the forward section of the probe body, the forward se... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6502409 | Wireless method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling food temperature A system and method for controlling refrigeration including a simulated product temperature sensor operable to measure a simulated product temperature from a refrigeration case and a transceiver in communication with said simulated product temperature sen... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6439767 | Engine thrust bearing condition monitoring system and method A system and method are provided for monitoring engine thrust bearing temperature deviations. Initially, key engine parameters are measured. A bearing temperature rise can be predicted based on the measured parameters. The predicted rise value is compared... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6393375 | System and method for determining combustion temperature using infrared emissions The present invention relates to a combustion temperature sensor, and, more particularly, to a combustion temperature sensor that measures infrared energy emitted at several preselected wavelengths from a flame and/or a flame's hot gas at a turbine inlet ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6370486 | System and method for determining combustion temperature using infrared emissions The present invention relates to a combustion temperature sensor, and, more particularly, to a combustion temperature sensor that measures infrared energy emitted at several preselected wavelengths from a flame and/or a flame's hot gas at a turbine inlet ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6312155 | Apparatus and method for assessing burn injury from flammable materials An apparatus for assessing burn injury to underlying tissue from a flammable material. The apparatus includes an artificial human tissue and a plurality of temperature sensors located at predetermined locations in the artificial human tissue to measure te... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6299346 | Active pyrometry with emissivity extrapolation and compensation A method and apparatus for active pyrometric measurement of the temperature of a body whose emissivity varies with wavelength. The emissivity is inferred from reflectivity measured at two wavelengths in an irradiation wavelength band and extrapolated to a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6289794 | Indicator for proper heating of food and a method for constructing thereof A device and a method are disclosed for indicating the reaching of a temperature within a predetermined temperature range by heated food. The device includes a transparent sealed container including a first compartment containing a first substance and a s... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6092927 | Temperature detection of power semiconductors performed by a co-packaged analog integrated circuit A method and apparatus for determining the temperature of a discrete power semiconductor from an analog integrated circuit that is copackaged with the power semiconductor on a heat sink, given a knowledge of the thermal capacitances of the power semicondu... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6076964 | Prediction of internal temperature of a battery using a non-linear dynamic model A method of determining a vehicle battery temperature by a non-linear dynamic model based on the physical concepts of thermal transfer and a system identification technique. The battery temperature model uses several available physical measurements from t... | 06/20/2000 |
