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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614274 | Method for calibration adjustment verification A method for verifying the adjustment of a plurality of measurement instruments includes measuring a first value of an un-verified test value of a parameter with a first measurement instrument; measuring a second value of the same un-verified test value of a paramet... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7373266 | Sensor calibration using selectively disconnected temperature Calibration of a sensor circuit that includes a sensor, a temperature measurement circuit and a signal processing path. The sensor senses a physical parameter to be measured and generates an electrical sensor output signal representing the physical parameter. The te... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358744 | Method for testing the serviceability of transducers The invention relates to a two-wire transducer in automation engineering that outputs a measurement signal as an injected current. For the method to test the serviceability, it is proposed to increase the DC loop current (IS), independently of the measure... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7282935 | Regenerator probe A probe apparatus has first and second access ports and a measurement port. The first and second access ports are adapted to be interposed in a test circuit. A voltage amplifier and a voltage splitter are adapted to present the second access port and the measurement... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281423 | Characteristics adjusting apparatus of physical quantity sensing device and a thermal type air flow measuring instrument, and associated adjusting method The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275007 | Method for zero correction of a measuring device Method for zero correction of a measuring device, in particular a flowmeter, wherein a number of zero settings are carried out with the device and/or process in different states. In the case of each of these zero settings, a set of device and/or system parameters is... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270028 | Adjustable pedal assembly with step-over control An adjustable pedal assembly for controlling step-over between pedal levers (16, 24) is provided. A first pedal lever (16) is supported for rotation about an operational axis. A first adjustment mechanism (20) adjusts the first pedal lever (1... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263870 | Gauge calibration method The instrument panel gauge assembly includes an applique having gauge graphics printed thereon and a needle pointer for a gauge assembly positioned adjacent thereto. A transparent chaplet is formed within the applique to allow light to pass through. The needle passe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7223014 | Remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter A remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter device for measuring and reporting a physical quantity of a given medium comprises a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a medium and providing an electrical output as a function of the property measured,... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216053 | Low power motion detector An energy-efficient acceleration measurement system is presented. The system includes an accelerometer, responsive to acceleration of the system, for providing an accelerometer output signal having a magnitude indicative of at least one component of the acceleration... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213439 | Automatic bridge balancing means and method for a capillary bridge viscometer A thermally controlled stage is connected within one arm of a bridge of a capillary bridge viscometer so that the bridge can be balanced in situ to provide accurate measurement signals. The thermally controlled stage includes a tuning capillary tubing portion that i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202624 | Self calibrating fan A self-calibrating, continuous variable speed fan for use in cooling electronic circuitry is disclosed. Upon initial power-up, in an environment of known temperature, the self-calibrating fan accommodates for the tolerances of its electronic components by reading a ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200950 | Process for monitoring measuring device performance The disclosed embodiments relate to calibrating a measuring device by comparing a set of master measurement data against a set of current measurement data. Adjustments are made to the measuring device based on the difference between the current measurement data and ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188428 | Thermally compensated test piece for coordinate measuring machines Test piece, comprising at least two shaped probe elements and at least one connecting element for connecting the at least two shaped probe elements. Each connecting element is provided with at least one fastening element at one end of the connecting element for fast... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184910 | Method of compensating sensor data and evaluating an interlock of an interlock system A method of compensating sensor data and a method of evaluating an interlock of an interlock system, in which an allowable variation between sensors varying depending on a driving time for a set of equipment, an RF time, the number of wafers, etc. is minimized, ther... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180394 | Millimeter wave (MMW) radio frequency transceiver module and method of forming same A low cost and high performance millimeter wave (MMW) radio frequency transceiver module includes a substrate board and plurality of microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) chips supported by the substrate board and arranged in a receiver section, a local osc... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174766 | Calibration device for carbon dioxide sensor A self-calibrating carbon dioxide sensor that includes a carbon dioxide detector and a carbon dioxide gas generator. In some embodiments, the carbon dioxide gas generator includes a heating element and a carbon dioxide gas releasing solid material in thermal communi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170254 | Stepper motor driving apparatus A stepper motor driving apparatus, includes a stepper motor; a driven member interlocked with a rotation of a rotor of the stepper motor, a stopper stopping the driven member in a zero position, a controller controlling the excitation state of an excitation coil of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158905 | Field replaceable sensor module and methods of use thereof A field replaceable sensor module having a housing, that is capable of being ready connected and disconnected to a multipurpose device The housing includes one or more input ports and one or more electtical interface connectors. One or more sensors are operatively c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155979 | Self-calibrating oversampling electromechanical modulator and self-calibration method An oversampling electromechanical modulator, including a micro-electromechanical sensor which has a first sensing capacitance and a second sensing capacitance and supplies an analog quantity correlated to the first sensing capacitance and to the second sensing capac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145309 | Open loop motor parking method and system Provided herewith is an improved scheme for parking a load such as an indicator pointer and calibrating its position in a system for controlling the position of the load. The system also has a stopper for physically impeding the load when it is to be parked. In one ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124621 | Acoustic flowmeter calibration method An acoustic flowmeter calibration method and sampling system address a variation in acoustic transducer delay time with increasing temperature. In one aspect, calibration of the path length between the sending and receiving transducers and calibration of the transdu... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117714 | Output amplifier circuit and sensor device using the same A device which includes an acceleration sensor for outputting small differential voltages VIP and VIN using resistance changes, and an output amplifier for amplifying the voltage difference. The output amplifier includes an offset-voltage adjustment circuit and an i... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114368 | Apparatus and method for verifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism An apparatus for improving the procedure for quantifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism of an analytical instrument. The apparatus of this invention comprises (a) at least one weigh cup; (b) at least one standard mass; (c) at least o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7098652 | Analytical circuit for an inductive sensor An analytical circuit for an inductive electromagnetic sensor with external excitation (1) generates an output signal which is transformed to give an output signal (out), by means of transformation to a reference voltage (Vref) in an inverting low-pass filter... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082830 | Physical quantity sensor capable of outputting time-serial signal indicative of plural ranges of physical quantity A physical quantity sensor detecting physical quantity, such as acceleration or angular velocity, is provided and mounted on, for example, a vehicle. The sensor has a physical quantity transducer and the first to third circuits. The transducer senses physical quanti... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082890 | Gauge pointer with integrated shape memory alloy actuator An actuated gauge pointer that includes a shape memory alloy element configured to move the gauge pointer when activated is provided. The actuated gauge pointer includes a first shape memory alloy element disposed within the perimeter of the gauge pointer housing. A... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062950 | Measurement device A measurement device with a cylindrical housing (2), with a sensor element and with an adjustment element (6) made, for example, as a potentiometer, for setting at least one parameter of the measurement device. The measurement device (1) is espe... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056806 | Microfeature workpiece processing apparatus and methods for controlling deposition of materials on microfeature workpieces The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus useful in depositing materials on batches of microfeature workpieces. One implementation provides a method in which a quantity of a first precursor gas is introduced to an enclosure at a first enclosure pressure.... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043961 | Tool calibrator and tracker system A standard medical or surgical tool's axis is located by attaching to the tool a plurality of a location indicating elements or markers having a known geometric or spatial relationship, and placing the tool in a tool calibrator that supports the tool in a manner tha... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7034495 | Indicating instrument An output port open control device (65) allows a port (P3) which outputs PWM signals of a Cos+ side to be in a high impedance state in a period in which respective PWM signals of Cos+ and Cos− supplied to a S-phase coil (22) of a stepping moto... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034496 | Pointing position correcting method, pointing position correcting apparatus, and pointing apparatus A method of correcting a pointing position of a pointer rotated by a stepper motor includes the steps of: performing a prereset operation in which the pointer is rotated to a reset operation starting position that represents a pointing position of the pointer which ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028467 | Exhaust emission control device for internal combustion engine An engine exhaust emission control device determines a differential pressure across a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to enable regeneration of the DPF at optimal timing. An ECU estimates the temperature of a differential pressure sensor provided for the DPF from th... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7006938 | Reactive sensor modules using Pade' Approximant based compensation and providing module-sourced excitation Reactive sensors typically exhibit nonlinear response to temperature variation. Systems and methods are disclosed for compensating for the nonlinear and/or temperature dependent behavior of reactive sensors and for calibrating the post-compensation output signals re... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005815 | Electric actuator system The detection of a pulse signal in an initialization pattern is ensured regardless of the position where a DC motor is stopped. A CPU detects the pulse signal generated by the pulse generator and an angle of rotation of a rotating shaft, and controls an angle of rot... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993987 | Meter unit having indication part and control part A meter unit for indicating a physical quantity includes an indication part and a control part. The indication part memorizes a first indication deviation data, which provides a deviation between a detected value detected by a physical quantity sensor and a raw valu... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6956351 | Driving device for stepping motor A driving device, includes a stepping motor having an exciting coil and a rotor; a driven member driven in accordance with a rotation of the rotor; a stopper mechanically stopping the driven member at a zero position; a controller controlling the state of excitation... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6940269 | Meter unit having magnetic pointer position detector A speed meter unit has a magnetic pointer position detector, including an output coil, a detection coil and a magnetic piece. The output coil generates magnetic flux. The detection coil is for detecting the magnetic flux from the output coil. When a pointer has retu... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940401 | Customizable low fuel indicator system A customizable low fuel indicator system for a motor vehicle having an engine control unit storing the average fuel economy of the motor vehicle. A fuel tank sensor is in electronic communication with the engine control unit and is adapted to sense the amount of fue... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931749 | Apparatus and methods for measuring the pin diameter of a crankshaft at the place of grinding An apparatus for checking diametral dimensions of crankpins and main journals in the course of grinding is provided. The apparatus includes a head with a Vee-shaped reference device and an axially movable feeler that contacts the surface of the pin to be checked, an... | 08/23/2005 |
