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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087822 | Liquid container capable of self-generating power and showing temprature A liquid container capable of self-generating power and showing temperature, comprising: a) a containing body consisting of a housing and an inner wall, a gap being formed between the housing and the inner wall; b) a circuit board positioned within the gap; c) a tem... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7488106 | Automated calorimeter An automated apparatus for determining the calorific value of combustible substances employs an integrated, isothermal water reservoir to reduce the complexity of the apparatus and facilitates automation of the calorimeter by providing a convenient source of isother... | 02/10/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7318673 | Temperature control system for food items The invention relates to a control system of the chilling process of the temperature of food items at values near but above 0° C. that prevents surface freezing of a food item. The surface freezing can be foreseen due to a mathematical relationship that is a functi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7220050 | Method using flux sensors to determine the output of a thermal reaction within a housing and device for carrying out such a method The method uses heat flux sensors to determine the exchange area A between a reagent and housing containing the reagent, with the aim of determining the characteristics of the housing and the thermal reaction studied. The flux sensors are arranged at the housing in ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7097352 | Instrument material holder and method of fabrication thereof A holder for materials for use in a measuring instrument includes a three-piece housing consisting of an upper housing member, an intermediate housing member and a lower housing member, the three-piece housing defining a first closed cavity and a second closed cavit... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093800 | Method of operating a satellite for end-of-life maneuvers A method for operating a satellite (10, 34) so that a predetermined amount of propellant is left to perform end-of-life maneuvers is provided. A first pressure differential is established between a first propellant tank (74) and a second propellant tan... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044635 | Temperature correction method for thermal analysis apparatus and thermal analysis apparatus Disclosed is a temperature correction method for a thermal analysis apparatus which measures electric current, voltage, and electric resistance of a measurement sample while changing the temperature of the measurement sample set between a pair of electrodes. The pai... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021820 | Low thermal inertia scanning adiabatic calorimeter A new adiabatic scanning calorimeter allows the thermal mass of a high-pressure reaction vessel to be dynamically compensated during a test. This allows the effective Φ factor for the experiment to be reduced to 1.0 without the use of complex pressure balancing equ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994467 | Absolute temperature measuring apparatus and method This invention relates to a method for determining the absolute temperature of a substance, comprising the steps of: sensing the absolute temperature of the substance and generating an absolute value associated therewith; sensing a temperature difference between the... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6960623 | Compositions containing polycarbonate A thermoplastic molding composition especially suitable for preparing extruded articles is disclosed. The composition contains polycarbonate, a fatty acid ester and a triazine conforming to formula (I) ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953280 | Calorimeter The invention relates to a calorimeter comprising a reactor (1) that is fitted in an intermediate thermostat (2). Said intermediate thermostat (2) cooperates with an external thermostat (3) and comprises a metal block (4) as the he... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6869214 | Pressure perturbation calorimetry instruments and methods A calorimeter that includes a sample cell, a reference cell, a pressure system that applies a variable pressure to the sample cell, and a pressure controller that controls the pressure applied by the pressure system to the sample cell. By applying identical pressure... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860632 | Instrument material holder and method of fabrication thereof A housing for a material holder includes an intermediate housing member having a generally horizontal member, an upper recess and a lower recess, an upper housing member having a generally horizontal member and a wall defining a material holding chamber, the upper h... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6648504 | System and method for calibrating contact thermal resistances in differential scanning calorimeters A system and method for obtaining the contact thermal resistance for a sample and pan without a priori knowledge of the properties of either sample, by measuring the reversing heat capacity of a sample and its pan (or an empty pan on the reference side of... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6632015 | Thermal analysis apparatus With input compensation-type differential scanning calorimeters of the related art, the power supplied fluctuated even with non-endothermic reference materials, and the reference material side temperature therefore also fluctuated. Mutual interference bet... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6627451 | Process and device for measuring combustion heat in a calorimetric bomb A water bath accommodating a calorimetric bomb (2) for measuring the combustion heat of substances with the aid of a calorimeter. The inner tank (3) is enclosed by an outer container (5) forming a water jacket and is shielded from the environment. If seve... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6572263 | Dry calorimeter A calorimeter for use in assaying radioactive sources. The calorimeter includes a constant temperature shield and a series of temperature matched shields in which temperature control is provided by electrical resistance, thereby eliminating the need for a... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6561692 | Differential scanning calorimeter A modulated differential scanning calorimeter (MDSC) and a method for practicing MDSC that uses two separate temperature difference signals--the difference between the temperatures of the sample and reference positions and the difference between the tempe... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6523998 | Thermal analysis assembly with distributed resistance and integral flange for mounting various cooling devices An improved differential thermal analysis/differential scanning calorimetry (collectively, DSC) assembly with a furnace block assembly having a measurement chamber and a furnace heater. The measurement chamber has a sensor assembly for receiving a sample ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6497509 | Method for measuring absolute value of thermal conductivity A method of measuring the absolute value of thermal conductivity of low thermal conducting solid materials is disclosed. Thermal conductivity and heat capacity of the sample are determined simultaneously in a single measurement with the prerequisite that ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6488406 | Differential scanning calorimeter A method for calculating sample heat flow in a differential scanning calorimeter. A preferred embodiment of the invention calculates the heat flow to the sample while accounting for the effect of heat storage in the sample pans and the difference in heati... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6431747 | Heat flux differential scanning calorimeter sensor A sensor for a heat flux differential scanning calorimeter in which one absolute temperature measurement and two differential temperature measurements are used. The sensor is calibrated and used based on a four-term model heat flow equation. The calibrati... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428203 | Power compensation differential scanning calorimeter A power compensation differential scanning calorimeter that uses one absolute temperature measurement, two differential temperature measurements, a differential power measurement, and a five-term heat flow equation to measure the sample heat flow. The cal... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6402369 | Arrayable thermal assays Provided are, among other things, devices for and methods for performing thermal signature assays on a two or more samples in an array, using active/control base thermopiles, the method comprising: [a] performing a heat transfer to the two or more samples... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5902043 | Apparatus and method for measuring heat power consumed in or extracted from a region A heat meter for measuring the amount of heat consumed in a region. A heat exchanger is supplied with heated fluid through an inlet pipe which carries temperature sensors for sending signals to a control. The control also receives signals from a temperatu... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5876118 | Calorimeter having rapid cooling of a heating vessel therein A calorimeter apparatus includes a facility for rapid cooling of a heating vessel therein. A jacket surrounds the vessel wall. A partition member between the jacket and the vessel wall defines an inlet plenum adjacent the jacket and a spatial gap adjacent... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5806979 | Calorimetric system and method Apparatus for measuring heat capacity of a sample where a series of measurements are taken in succession comprises a sample holder in which a sample to be measured is disposed, a temperature sensor and sample heater for providing a heat pulse thermally co... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5779363 | Capillary calorimetric cell and method of manufacturing same A capillary calorimetric cell comprises a solid metallic block having a plurality of channels formed therein. Each channel has first and second ends opening to a first end face and a second end face, respectively, of the block. First and second members ar... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5779362 | Apparatus and method of determining a characteristic related to the thermal power of a sample A calorimeter is disclosed comprising a sample chamber (12) adapted to enclose a sample, a thermally conductive reference surface (14) surrounding and insulated from the sample chamber (12) and a casing (16) surrounding and insulated from the reference su... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5744696 | Thermal isolation system in a chromatograph Sample analysis in a portable analytical instrument, preferably in the form of a gas chromatograph, benefits from temperature control of one or more thermal zones in the instrument by way of a thermal isolation system that includes a novel pumping assembl... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5707149 | Device and method for measuring the heat of reaction resulting from mixture of a plurality of reagents A method for measuring the heat of reaction resulting from the mixture of a plurality of reagents comprising the steps of providing a first reagent into a compartment; providing a second reagent into the compartment so as to mix the second reagent with th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5672289 | Heater control circuit A Control circuit for a differential scanning calorimeter which includes a sample heater, a reference heater, a system for generating a sample heater DC voltage and a system for generating a reference heater DC voltage. A balanced operational amplifier ar... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5587522 | Multiple-part and/or supported gas-containing vessel to establish desired heat flux Vessel, useful in heat transmission regulation, includes a sealable, outer housing and a sample compartment generally enclosed therein such that a hollow portion between at least a part of the housing and compartment is present. The hollow compartment can... | 12/24/1996 |
