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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151652 | Coriolis flow sensor with resiliently suspended balancing mass A Coriolis flow sensor with a Coriolis tube that is fastened in a housing and that can be excited with a certain frequency, wherein a balancing mass (inertia) is arranged with rotational flexibility between the tube fastening and the housing. In particular, a spring... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8109152 | Multiphase Coriolis flowmeter A flowmeter is disclosed. The flowmeter includes a vibratable flowtube, and a driver connected to the flowtube that is operable to impart motion to the flowtube. A sensor is connected to the flowtube and is operable to sense the motion of the flowtube and generate a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7992452 | Measuring transducer of vibration type A measuring transducer of vibration type for registering, on the basis of the Coriolis principle, at least one measured variable of a medium flowing through a pipeline. The measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube, which is connectable with the pipeline via a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971494 | Coriolis mass flowmeter having a reinforcing bridge between two end connection plates A Coriolis mass flowmeter has exactly two measuring tubes that can be excited to oscillation and a housing. An end connection plate from a pipe to both measuring tubes is provided on each end of the measuring tube, and these the end connection plates are attached to... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966894 | In-line measuring device An in line measuring device, includes a measuring transducer having: a least one measuring tube vibrating, during operation, and serving for conveying, a two- or multiphase, flowable medium; an exciter mechanism for producing vibrations of the at least one measuring... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7938021 | Compact vibratory flowmeter for measuring flow characteristics of a cement flow material A compact vibratory flowmeter (200) for measuring flow characteristics of a cement flow material at a cement flow material pressure of greater than about 10 pounds-per-square-inch (psi) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The compact vibr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938022 | Flowmeter with an oscillation circuit receiving electric power in a non-insulating manner The flowmeter is provided with an oscillation circuit receiving supply of electric power in a non-insulated manner from an external power source and supplying the electric power to the coil to drive the magnetic substance, an insulating unit for insulating the coil ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7921737 | Microfluidic device and method of operation A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device and method for operating the device to determine a property of a fluid. The device has a tube that extends from a base and is spaced apart from a substrate surface for vibrational movement in a plane normal to the surfac... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7895905 | Flowmeter A flowmeter including a system chip with a silicon substrate provided on a carrier, in an opening whereof at least one silicon flow tube is provided for transporting a medium whose flow rate is to be measured, the tube having two ends that issue via a wall of the op... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7874219 | Micromechanical sensor for measuring the mass flow rate in accordance with the Coriolis principle In a micromechanical sensor (11) for measuring a mass flow rate in accordance with the Coriolis principle, two line sections (13) are mounted in a suspension means (24) such that they can oscillate, as a result of which they can be caused to osc... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866219 | Measuring instrument to capture a physical/chemical measured value A measuring instrument to capture a physical/chemical measured value, including a sensor unit, which is linked via a contactless interface to a transmitter unit, for passing on to a central analysis unit, wherein the sensor unit includes an at least partly internal ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861603 | Coriolis mass flowmeter including an inner pipe made of fluororesin and outer pipe having fibers A Coriolis flowmeter includes an oscillator for oscillating a fluid pipe that forms a flow path for allowing a measurement fluid to flow; first and second detectors that are disposed to be spaced apart from each other along the flow path of the fluid pipe so as to d... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856891 | Method for operating a measuring device arranged on a rotating, carousel-type, filling machine A method including: at least one oscillation measurement signal serving as primary signal of first class representing vibrations of a measuring tube, through which medium to be measured is momentarily flowing; and at least one oscillation measurement signal serving ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845242 | Three pickoff sensor flow meter A three pickoff sensor flow meter (200) is provided according to the invention. The three pickoff sensor flow meter (200) includes a first flow conduit (210a) conducting a first flow stream, a second flow conduit (210b) that... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845241 | Balancing structure for a single curved tube coriolis flow meter A Coriolis flow meter is disclosed that uses the deflection of a torsion member (430) to balance the vibration of a single curved flow tube (308). The two ends of the torsion member are attached to, and vibrate with, a center section of the single flow... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7802484 | Compact vibratory flowmeter for measuring flow characteristics of a multi-phase flow material A compact vibratory flowmeter (200) for measuring flow characteristics of a multi-phase flow material at a flow material pressure of greater than about 10 pounds-per-square-inch (psi) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The compact vibrat... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7739920 | Coriolis flowmeter having a fixing member with non-parallel inlet and outlet portions A first inlet portion, a second inlet portion, a first outlet portion, and a second outlet portion are fixed to a fixing member, and a connecting tube portion is provided between the first outlet portion and the second inlet portion. Further, the first inlet portion... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7730792 | Method and device for compensation for influences, which interfere with the measurement accuracy, in measurement devices of the vibration type A method for compensation for influences, which interfere with the measurement accuracy, in measurement devices of the vibration type, comprising a measurement tube through which a fluid medium can flow and which is caused to oscillate mechanically, acting as an osc... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726202 | Tertiary mode vibration type coriolis flowmeter A tertiary mode vibration type Coriolis flowmeter includes a flow tube, a drive device driving the flow tube, and a pair of vibration detecting sensors detecting a phase difference in proportion to a Colioris force acting on the flow tube. The drive device drives th... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716995 | Coriolis flow meter and method for determining flow characteristics A Coriolis flow meter (5) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter (5) includes one or more flow conduits (103), at least two pickoff sensors (105, 105′) affixed to the one or more flow conduits (103), a... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7685888 | Coriolis measuring system with at least three sensors A flow measuring system of the Coriolis type for measuring a mass flow, with a flow tube and with excitation elements for causing the flow tube to rotate about an axis of rotation, with at least three sensors arranged free of the flow tube for generating analog sign... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677112 | Coriolis flowmeter having constant voltage sensor Coriolis mass flowmeter with a Coriolis tube and with an optical detection device, which optical detection device includes at least one optical sensor for generating a signal that is representative of the movement of the Coriolis tube, the optical sensor comprising ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7665369 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type The measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, and serving for conveying medium to be measured; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on an inlet-side, to form a first coupling zone, and to the measuring tube ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658115 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type A measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube vibrating at least at times and serving for conveying medium to be measured; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on an inlet-side, to form a first coupling zone, and to the measuring tube on a... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7631561 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type The measuring transducer includes at least one measuring tube communicating with a line connected during operation for conveying a medium to be measured, and a support element oscillatably holding the at least one measuring tube. Additionally, it is provided that th... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628084 | Compensation method and apparatus for a coriolis flow meter Method and apparatus (121) for providing temperature flow rate compensation for a Coriolis flow meter. The described compensation compensates both flow calibration factor and the nominal time delay, commonly called “zero” in the art. After a Coriolis flow... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628083 | Method and apparatus for force balancing A Coriolis flow meter comprising a pair of flow tubes (301, 302), a drive system (D) comprising a coil component (L) and a magnet component (M) that are sized and located such that the momentum of the coil component is equal and opposite to the momentum of th... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7617740 | Coriolis mass flowmeter with optical position sensors Coriolis mass flowmeter comprising a flow tube, at least one tube position sensor provided with a light source and with a light detector for receiving light from the light source, and drive means for causing the tube to move about an axis, the above being arranged s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7597007 | Split balance weights for eliminating density effect on flow A Coriolis flow meter includes at least one flow conduit (103), including a first conduit node (603a) and a second conduit node (603b) and a bending axis W that intersects the flow conduit (103) at the first conduit node ( | 10/06/2009 |
| 7568399 | Microfluidic device A microfluidic device a micromachined freestanding member adapted to sense one or more properties of a fluid flowing through the freestanding member. The freestanding member is supported by a substrate and spaced apart and separated from the substrate to enable the ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562585 | Vibration-type measurement transducer with improved measurement accuracy The measurement transducer includes a transducer housing, which exhibits a plurality of natural oscillation modes, as well as at least one first flow tube held oscillatably in the transducer housing, vibrating at least at times, and conveying at least a portion of t... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555962 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type The measuring transducer includes at least one measuring tube communicating with a line connected during operation for conveying a medium to be measured, and a support element oscillatably holding the at least one measuring tube. Additionally, it is provided that th... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7546777 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type The measuring transducer includes at least one measuring tube communicating with a line connected during operation for conveying a medium to be measured, and a support element oscillatably holding the at least one measuring tube. Additionally, it is provided that th... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7540203 | Device for measuring the mass rate of flow having two measuring tubes joined by a stiffened connector A device for measuring the mass rate of flow according to the Coriolis principle, with two measurement tubes at least in one section of which runs in a common plane, and a connector by which the two measurement tubes are connected to one another where they run in a ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7533580 | Coriolis flowmeter A Coriolis flowmeter having an improved measurement accuracy, especially in measurement applications, where conventional Coriolis flowmeter may have a reduced accuracy due to erroneous flow spiking or outputs during no-flow situations is described, comprising: a mea... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7506551 | Coriolis flowmeter having a drive device driven in reverse phase to pair of second drive devices A flow tube composed of a bent tube having a shape symmetrical with respect to a first axis is supported at its both ends by support portions having an outlet and inlet respectively. A drive device for alternately driving the flow tube rotationally about a second ax... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7500404 | Mass flow meter Strain gauges A, B for a bending portion cross each other and are stuck to a strain gauge sticking portion 7 for a bending portion located in a portion applying centrifugal force or centripetal force of a fluid thereto in a bending portion 4 in a bendi... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7472606 | Single input, multiple output flow meter A single input, multiple output flow meter (200) is provided. The flow meter (200) includes an intake conduit (202) and a flow divider (203). The flow meter (200) further includes a first flow sensor element (204) coupled to... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7464610 | Coriolis flowmeter having a contactless excitation device A mass flowmeter of the Coriolis type with a tube through which a medium flows during operation and with excitation elements for causing the entire tube or part thereof to perform a rotational vibration about a primary axis of rotation during operation. The excitati... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7448283 | Vibration-type measuring device and method for operating such a measuring device The disclosure relates to a vibration-type measuring device for measuring at least one process variable, in particular a mass flow rate, a density, a viscosity, a pressure or the like, in particular in a process line through which a medium can flow, which device com... | 11/11/2008 |
