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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147133 | Top loaded twin cell calorimeter system with removable reference A measured system for use with a calorimeter and related methods of operation. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8066429 | System and method for thermal analysis using variable thermal resistance A thermal measurement apparatus and method for performing heat flux differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is disclosed. A variable thermal resistor is used to couple a measurement assembly to a heat sink in the thermal measurement apparatus, such that samples can ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8038342 | Method of analyzing the kinetics of gas hydrate formation in fluids The present invention relates to a method for determining the kinetics of gas hydrate formation in a fluid comprising water, wherein the following stages are carried out: a sample of the fluid is provided in form of a water-in-oil ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7905656 | Differential passive calorimeter A passive differential calorimeter, comprising an inflow control valve (2″), differential measurement means (4″) including the driving part of an input water meter (15) and the driving part of an output water meter (16), a back flow c... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7762719 | Microscale calorimeter Microcalorimeters having low addendum heat capacities and attojoule/Kscale resolutions are provided. These microcalorimeters make use of very small calorimeter bodies composed of materials with very low heat capacities. Also provided are polymer-based microcalorimet... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7744273 | Thermal analysis apparatus A thermal analysis apparatus possesses a temperature sensor measuring a temperature of a heating furnace inside, a temperature program setter which can set a temperature program and outputs a temperature program signal, a temperature control section adjusting a supp... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7665889 | Quantitative calorimetry signal for sub-micron scale thermal analysis The invention is a system and method for producing highly localized calorimetry data on a sample surface. The system is based on an SPM or other system with a probe and fine positioning capability. A heated probe is used to take a small sample (nano-sample) of a sur... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7641384 | Thermal analysis system and method of drying the same To enable the reduction in working efforts by hand by performing control a drying operation by appropriately selecting dry conditions depending on the connection mode of the cooling device, and removal of moisture and the like without fail. The thermal analysis syst... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7632008 | Ranking fragment types with calorimetry Test and reference groups of samples can be provided and concurrently combined and output signals can be provided. Each sample can have a volume not exceeding approximately 100 microliters, and each group can be provided in a region, such as in a cell of an array ca... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7588367 | Thermoanalytical sensor Thermoanalytical sensor for calorimetric measurements which cooperates with a temperature control device and comprises at least one measurement position formed on the sensor, a heat flow path established between the temperature control device and the at least one me... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7481575 | Calorimeter A calorimeter includes a bucket cover which is used to reconfigure an isothermal water reservoir to provide for temperature equilibration prior to sample analysis and subsequently define a fixed volume of water during analysis in which high precision temperature mea... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7473030 | Thermal sensing In thermal sensing devices, such as for calorimetry, a support layer or central layer can have a thermometer element or other thermal sensor on one side and a thermally conductive structure or component on the other. The thermally conductive structure can conduct te... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7473031 | Resistive thermal sensing Thermal sensors for calorimetry can include vanadium oxide, heavily p-doped amorphous silicon, or other materials with high temperature coefficients of resistivity. Such thermal sensors can have low noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD). For example, a ther... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7448796 | Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) with temperature controlled furnace A differential scanning calorimeter apparatus includes reference and sample cells and controlled temperature shields. The temperature of the shields is controlled such that baseline curvature is reduced by eliminating heat flow from the furnaces to their surrounding... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7429125 | System and method for cantilever based calorimetric analysis A system for performing cantilever based calorimetric analysis system. A laser device is configured to emit a beam of laser energy along a beam pathway reaching from the laser device to a microcantilever. The microcantilever presents a reflective target area for the... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419835 | Screening for ligand binding at specific target sites A method for screening of compounds for binding differentiation at various drug target binding sites is used with a device measuring the enthalpy of reaction for the binding. The method includes merging test ligand with target compound and merging test ligand with t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416897 | Method for high-throughput screening assay sample preparation and analysis A method is disclosed for high-throughput screening assay sample preparation and testing for the identification of binding between drug targets and library compounds, for use with a calorimetric device measuring the enthalpy of reaction for the binding. The method i... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413706 | Replaceable parylene membranes for nanocalorimeter A measurement operation, such as a calorimetry measurement, is performed using a measurement array and a replaceable passivation membrane (e.g., a parylene membrane). The passivation membrane is used to cover the measurement array to provide temporary electrical and... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399117 | Thin film calorimeter A thin film calorimeter test station can be coupled to a controller in a thin film calorimeter. The thin film calorimeter can comprise a base substrate, a heat flux sensing device mounted on the base substrate, a mask having a hole with a predetermined area position... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399118 | Thermal gas flowmeter comprising a gas quality indicator The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring a gas consumption by means of a gas meter. A gas meter with thermal mass flow sensor for determining mass flow signals (SM) and with a calibration as energy meter for outputting energy value sig... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7371006 | Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) with temperature controlled furnace A differential scanning calorimeter apparatus includes reference and sample cells and controlled temperature shields. The temperature of the shields is controlled such that baseline curvature is reduced by eliminating heat flow from the furnaces to their surrounding... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7338640 | Thermopile-based gas sensor A method of manufacturing a sensor is provided. The method includes disposing a sacrificial layer on a substrate, disposing a low-thermal-conductivity layer on the sacrificial layer, and disposing a first set of conductive arms and a second set of conductive arms on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338202 | Ultra-high temperature micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors Novel micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors for use in ultra-high temperature environments are disclosed. The MEMS-based sensors are derived from a class of polymer-derived ceramics selected from the group consisting of SiCN, SiBCN and SiAlCN. The ma... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7306365 | Differential scanning calorimeter accounting for heat leakage A method and system for calculating a heat flow to a sample in a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The DSC has a sensor within an enclosure comprising an absolute temperature measurement detector for measuring the temperature of a base position on the sensor,... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7279131 | Method and apparatus for mass analysis of samples The present invention comprises an apparatus and a method for mass analyses of an array of samples contained in distinct sample holders. The sample holders are placed on a plurality of sensors which preferably comprise an array of microbalances providing output sign... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275862 | Differential scanning calorimeter with a second heater A differential scanning calorimeter has a heat sink for accommodating therein a measurement sample and a reference material, and a differential heat flow detector that detects a temperature difference between the sample and the reference material. A cooling mechanis... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258482 | Thermoanalytical sensor, and method of producing the thermoanalytical sensor In a thermoanalytical sensor with a substrate and a thermocouple arrangement that is formed at a measurement position on the substrate, an increase in sensitivity can be achieved by way of a special geometry of the thermocouple arrangement and/or the selection of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246938 | Apparatus and method for measuring the heating value of gases A heating value meter for gases has an outer cylindrical mantle with an outer thermostatic heating apparatus and at least one inlet for introduction of air and at least one inlet for introduction of test or calibration gas. The outer mantle has an outer heating mant... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234861 | Cooling mechanism, cooling apparatus having cooling mechanism, and thermal analyzer equipped with cooling apparatus A thermal analyzer has a heat sink for storing therein a specimen, a heater for heating the heat sink and the specimen, at superheating temperatures, and a cooling mechanism thermally connected to the heat sink for cooling the heat sink and the specimen. The cooling... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229555 | Low-maintenance watermaker A reverse osmosis system is subject to long periods of non-use in which water stands inside. A hollow-cylindrical spiral-wound type reverse osmosis membrane is disposed inside a cylindrical pressure vessel. An electrostatic-field generator is disposed inside the pre... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220965 | Warm AC biasing in TES microcalorimeter readout via transformer Prospective readout architecture with Transition Edge Sensor (TES) electrical biasing from the warm readout is introduced. The architecture allows building of large imaging detector arrays with TES. The invention allows an unprecedented combination of imaging and sp... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7171844 | Apparatus and method for measuring the mass of a substance An apparatus for measuring the mass of a substance includes a sensor having a membrane layer, the membrane for receiving the substance thereon, an oscillator device for driving the membrane at a reference resonant frequency, a frequency detection device for determin... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168851 | Apparatus and method for measuring heat dissipation An apparatus for measuring heat dissipation of a target heating element includes a reference heating element for emitting heat; a control unit; and a pair of temperature measuring devices for measuring representative temperatures of the target and the reference heat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165466 | Apparatus and method for in situ measuring of evaporation from a surface The present invention concerns a method for in situ measuring of evaporation from a surface and an apparatus for measuring the evaporation from a surface. The apparatus comprises an evaporation surface made of a porous, hydrophilic material, which surface is connect... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140786 | Method for fusion splicing optical fibers and fusion splicer A method and apparatus capable of fusion splicing optical fibers to have a low loss or a prescribed loss. The method includes (a) detecting fiber positions and core positions of optical fibers to be spliced at an abutting position and a fiber offset that is caused w... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137734 | Device for measuring quantities of heat while simultaneously measuring the evaporation kinetics and/or condensation kinetics of the most minute amounts of liquid in order to determine thermodynamic parameters The invention relates to a device for measuring quantities of heat while simultaneously measuring the evaporation kinetics and/or condensation kinetics of the most minute amounts of liquid in order to determine thermodynamic parameters. The aim of the invention is t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125163 | Simple high accuracy high energy calorimeter An exemplary calorimeter includes a body configured to capture radiation generated by a source of the radiation, such as without limitation a laser, and absorb energy from the captured radiation. The calorimeter is simple to manufacture, operate, and maintain and is... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122321 | High throughput method for functionally classifying proteins identified using a genomics approach The present invention provides a method for functionally classifying a protein that is capable of unfolding due to a thermal change. The method comprises screening one or more of a multiplicity of different molecules for their ability to shift the thermal unfolding ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108419 | Thermal tympanic thermometer tip The present disclosure provides a tympanic thermometer including a heat sensing probe defining a longitudinal axis and an outer surface extending from a distal end of the tympanic thermometer. The heat sensing probe includes a sensor housing extending to a distal en... | 09/19/2006 |
