| 02nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20090007607 | Automotive door lock - An automotive door lock having a lock mechanism ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007608 | MOBILE REFRIGERATOR WITH A DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM HAVING A STRIKER CATCH - A mobile refrigerator with a refrigerator door is held magnetically against the body thereof. An additional hook lock ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007609 | Plug Locking Assembly and System - A system comprises a plug locking assembly and a key. The plug locking assembly comprises a cover for receiving and holding a plug comprising a latch and a latch support surface positionable under the latch. A rotatable cam comprising a stop surface and a slot may carry the latch support surface and may interact with a cam latch comprising an arm. The arm is alternately positionable to abut the stop surface and to lie within the slot. The key may comprise a shaft, a key tab and a limit tab. The key mates with a key receiving member associated with the cover. The limit tab is positioned on a top surface of the shaft and helps prevent over-rotation of the latch support member. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007610 | Pivot Lever Lock Having Electrically Lockable Hand Lever - A lock for doors, gates, lids and similar closure means, comprising a base plate that can be placed on the outer surface of a door panel and has an extension that extends through the panel. A hand lever is pivotably mounted to the base plate and can be accommodated therein. The hand lever can be locked via a locking mechanism in the position in which it is pivoted into the base plate. The locking mechanism is comprised of an electrically actuatable locking element disposed in the extension of the base plate. A lock cylinder is provided for also mechanically actuating the locking element. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007611 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE FOR LOCKING THE GEARBOX SELECTOR OF A VEHICLE, AND A METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - An electromechanical vehicle theft protection device for the vehicle of a user. The device includes a screw feed nut, which extends and retracts along a screw feed bolt. The device also includes a geared motor, operable to pull and push said screw feed nut and a flexible metal cable operable to pull and push along a metal tube, thereby extending and retracting a locking pin in and out of the metal tube, and thereby releasing and blocking the gear shift selector of the vehicle, wherein the electromechanical vehicle theft protection device is mounted under the hood of the vehicle, such that access to and defeat of the electromechanical vehicle theft protection device is difficult. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007612 | Safe Gear Box for Electrical Steering Column Lock - The invention relates to a steering lock for locking the steering spindle ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007613 | Electromechanical Rotary Lock Cylinder - Disclosed is a rotary lock cylinder comprising a blocking element ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007614 | SECURE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A LOCK ASSEMBLY - A mountable lock includes a lock body and a retaining member. The lock body is configured to be secured to an external structure by at least one fastening member. The lock body includes a lock interface movable from a locking condition to an unlocking condition in response to proper user manipulation of the lock interface. The retaining member includes a first end receivable in a first opening of the lock body and lockingly engageable with the lock body when the lock interface is in the locking condition, the first end being disengageable from the first opening when the lock interface is in the unlocking condition. The at least one fastening member is accessible through a passageway in the lock body that is blocked when the retaining member is in locking engagement with the lock body, thereby preventing disassembly of the lock body from the external structure. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007615 | RE-KEYABLE LOCK WITH IMPROVEMENTS FOR PREVENTING INCOMPLETE RE-KEYING - A re-keyable cylinder lock includes a plug inserted into a lock housing and having a plurality of radial holes connected to a key hole. The lock housing has a first engaging element provided in an inner surface thereof. A limit unit has a second engaging element and is inserted into one of the radial holes located at a predetermined depth of the key hole. The first engaging element engages the second engaging element to limit the plug from rotating when a replacement key which is inserted into the key hole for re-keying does not reach a predetermined depth of the key hole. Incomplete re-keying can therefore be prevented. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007616 | METHOD OF INHIBITING CORROSION ON FERROUS METAL SURFACES IN CONTACT WITH NITROGEN FERTILIZER SOLUTIONS - A method of using trace amounts of certain compounds to reduce or inhibit corrosion on metal surfaces exposed to corrosive materials is disclosed. The compounds include hydroxlamines, acrylate polymers or copolymers, certain organic acids, tannic acid, carbohydrazide and its derivates and salts, and combinations of these compounds. The metal surfaces may include any ferrous metal piping or equipment surfaces, such as that used during storage, transport, and other processing of such materials. A corrosion-inhibited UAN solution having about 20 to about 50 percent by weight water and from less than 10 to about 1,000 ppm of one or more of the described corrosion inhibitors, and a pH from about 7 to about 8 is also disclosed. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007617 | Die Cushion Controller of Press Machine - A die-cushion controlling device includes: a position-command-signal outputting section for outputting a position command signal of a die-cushion pad; a position detecting means for detecting a position of the die-cushion pad; a position comparing section for outputting a position deviation signal corresponding to a deviation between the target position value based on the position command signal and a position detection value based on a position detection signal; a position controlling section for outputting a position-speed command signal based on the position deviation signal; a speed controlling section for outputting a motor-current command signal based on the position-speed command signal from the position controlling section; a servo amplifier for generating a current corresponding to the motor-current command signal; and an escape-position-command-signal outputting section for outputting a position command signal for commanding the die-cushion pad to escape from a bottom dead center position based on a press signal outputted when a slide has reached a bottom dead center. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007618 | Apparatus and Method of Producing Spark Plug - In an apparatus for producing a spark plug, approach driving conditions are calculated on the basis of a specified thrust feeding amount so that, while a temporal overlap occurs between a time period of feed-driving toward a rolling position P | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007619 | WIRE-FORMING MACHINE - A wire-forming machine, comprising a machine frame, a wire feeder and a wire guide for transporting wire to a working area of the machine where the wire is processed by one or more tools. The tools are affixed on a tool plate on the machine frame and around a recess formed in the plate. A wire is fed through the recess to the working area of the machine. The tool plate is fitted on a second plate and is displaceable along a first direction (x) relative to the second plate, while the second plate is displaceable along a second direction (y) relative to the machine plate. Both directions (x, y) have an inclination of 45° each to the vertical normal axis of the wire-forming machine and are perpendicular to each other. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007620 | Method and Device for Bending and Reshaping Profiles By Means of Roller Bending or Matrix Bending - A method and a device for bending and reshaping profiles by means of roller bending or matrix bending. The profile that is to be worked on is bent or reshaped under the influence of one or several bending tools. In order to be able to bend and reshape also brittle profiles that are difficult to bend, an oscillator whose oscillations are supplied to the profile that is to be bent or reshaped, at least in the reshaping zone, is assigned to at least one of the bending or reshaping tools, or both. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007621 | Method to Feed Bars to a Working Machine and Relative Device - A feeder device and method for feeding bars to a machine, for picking up and removing from a bundle at least one bar, to prepare it said bar for use in a working machine comprising a drawing assembly. The device comprises a first magnetic assembly for separating from the bundle at least an end segment of a plurality of bars and to dispose at least the end segments of the plurality of bars on a plane distanced with respect to the bundle, and a second magnetic assembly for picking up from the first magnetic assembly one bar at a time from the plurality of bars and to unload the bar in a desired release position. The device comprises an accumulation assembly for receiving in sequence from the second magnetic assembly a desired number of bars so as to form a store, and to transfer the desired number of bars simultaneously to the drawing assembly. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007622 | Mechanical Press Drive System and Method - A method for operating a mechanical press including at least one electric drive motor, a drive control for controlling the at least one motor, a ram, a mechanical element for translating rotational motion of the at least one motor to linear motion of the ram in a first rotation direction, into a linear motion of the ram arranged to be lowered and raised along a linear path for operating the press to carry out a press cycle including a pressing part and one or more non-pressing parts of the press cycle, and by providing a control output to the drive control such that the speed of the at least one drive motor is varied during at least one pressing or non-pressing part of the press cycle. The press may be reversed between production cycles. Also press and system including a such press. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007623 | Device for determining the rotation angle of a shaft in an aircraft - A device for determining the rotation angle of a shaft in an aircraft, the device having a shaft and a motor operable to rotate the shaft to operate a component and to detect first rotation data of the shaft. The device also includes a position pickup unit designed to detect second rotation data of the shaft, and a synchronization unit for synchronizing the first rotation data with the second rotation data. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007624 | CONTINUOUS FLOW SAMPLE INTRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for sample analysis. More particularly, the invention encompasses a method and an apparatus for continuous, constant, flow sample introduction of fluid samples of varying viscosity and composition. The invention further includes the option of the apparatus being associated with at least one fluid analyzer system. A temperature controlled environment may also be provided for the processing and analysis of a fluid sample. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIELD CALIBRATION OF FLOW METERS - A calibration system for a flow meter includes a flow simulator, the flow simulator including a receiver configured to receive flow meter transducer signals from a flow meter. A simulation subsystem is configured to create simulated transit time signal pulses, and to transmit the simulated transit time signal pulses to the flow meter at preselected time intervals. A calibration subsystem is configured to receive from the flow meter a transit time differential value generated by the flow meter based on the simulated transit time signal pulses and output a calibration factor to the flow meter. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007626 | Adjusting Element - An adjusting element with a cylinder which is closed at one end and filled with a fluid under pressure, wherein a piston which is displaceable axially in the cylinder divides the cylinder into a first work space and a second work space, and a piston rod is arranged at one side of the piston and guided out of the other end of the cylinder through the first work space in a sealed manner by a sealing and guiding device. The adjusting element has a measuring device for detecting the piston rod position and the length of extension of the adjusting element. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007627 | System And Method For Measuring Content Of A Bin - A system for measuring the height of bin content includes a transmitter for transmitting an acoustic pulse towards the upper surface of the content, a non-collinear receiver array for receiving an echo of the pulse and producing signals in response to the echo, and a processing apparatus for computing one or more directions of arrival of the signals from the upper surface to the array along with corresponding measured distances. Preferably, the receivers are transducers that also serve as transmitters. Two or more such measured distances constitute a map of the upper surface for estimating the quantity of the bin content. Preferably, the system includes a pulse shaper and repeater for optimizing the pulse shape relative to the signals. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007628 | Method for checking the condition of a sample when metering liquid - A method for controlling the dispensation of a liquid volume sample when metering amounts of liquid by sucking into a tube, probe or tip a volume of a liquid to be displaced and ejecting the sample to a different vessel. According to the method the metering act is performed normally and the liquid to be metered is, displaced thereafter in a desired vessel. During the metering act and after a desired amount of liquid is sucked into the metering line, a supplementary suction step is performed wherefrom the success of the metering act can be deduced. The pressure function of the supplementary suction step is measured and this function is compared with a calibration function. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007629 | Nondestructive testing of torsional vibration dampers - A system for determining acceptability of torsional dampers for service in a machine system includes a fixture, an ultrasonic scanner and an indicating device configured to indicate at least one of acceptability and unacceptability of a torsional damper based upon receipt of a signal from the scanner. A nondestructive testing method for a torsional vibration damper includes scanning a torsional vibration damper with ultrasonic energy, and determining a test value for the damper indicative of a viscosity of fluid sealed within a housing of the damper based on receiving transmitted ultrasonic energy. Receipt of ultrasonic energy may be used to determine the flow rate of fluid within the damper by indicating a time for fluid to flow to fill a void within the damper. The system and method may be implemented in a remanufacturing or salvaging process for torsional vibration dampers. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007630 | SHEET MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS, SHEET MATERIAL INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet material discrimination apparatus including: an impact force applying member for colliding with the surface of a sheet material, an impact force receiving member for receiving the impact force applying member through the sheet material, a detecting unit for outputting an electric signal corresponding to an impact force received by the impact force receiving member, and a cushioning material for absorbing the impact force transmitted to the detecting unit, wherein a support member having a bending rigidity higher than the bending rigidity of the detecting unit with respect to the impact force is arranged between the detecting unit and the cushioning material. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007631 | Oxygen Electrode - An oxygen electrode used to measure an amount of dissolved oxygen in a liquid culture medium includes an electrode base material, and a surface metal layer being any one of Au, Pt, and Ti. The surface metal layer covers a surface of the electrode base material. Especially, in a case where the surface metal layer of Au is formed on the electrode base material of copper with electroplating, a nickel layer is formed on the surface of the electrode base material by layering with electroplating, etc. Then, the Au layer is formed on the nickel layer by layering with electroplating, etc. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007632 | EMPTY PIPE DETECTION - A measuring apparatus ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007633 | Measuring Device for Measuring the Oxygen Fraction in Respiratory Air - A measuring device for measuring the oxygen fraction in respiratory air, especially in aircraft, has an oxygen sensor to which an electrical, analog, sinusoidal input signal with a fixed base frequency is fed and which emits an electrical, analog output signal containing a useful signal component with a double-base frequency and at least one interference signal component with a base frequency, in addition to an evaluation circuit for determining a measured value as a measure of the oxygen fraction, the output signal being fed to the circuit. To improve measuring accuracy, while simultaneously reducing fluctuations in the measured values, the output signal and a sinusoidal reference signal with a base frequency are fed to an adder located between the oxygen sensor and evaluation circuit, the reference signal phase and amplitude being set such that the interference signal component is largely compensated for in the output signal of the adder. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007634 | Mouth Alcohol Tester - This application discloses a system for detecting mouth alcohol which is integrated with a breath-measuring instrument. In an embodiment, the breath-measuring instrument comprises a single fuel cell system, wherein the single fuel cell measures an individual's alveolar breath as well as detection of any mouth alcohol. In a further embodiment, the breath-measuring instrument comprises a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell, wherein the first fuel cell measures alveolar breath and the second fuel cell detects mouth alcohol. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007635 | Floating Bubble Jar Gas Dryer for Mud Gas Analyzer - Floating bubble jar gas dryer include a container floating in glycol on top of input gas sample pipe. The gas flow pressure regulates the depth of sinking of the floating container in the drying liquid (glycol for water). Small holes at the bottom of the floating container disperse the gas into the liquid where the diffusion process absorbs the moisture from the gas sample. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007636 | Chemiresistor Sensor System Compensated for Temperature and Aging Effects - A chemiresistor sensor system compensated for temperature and aging effects is disclosed and includes a sensing element exposed to an atmosphere of an ambient environment to be monitored for the presence and/or concentration of a flammable vapor and a temperature compensation element which is isolated from the atmosphere of the ambient environment. The sensing element and the temperature compensation element are electrically connected in series and have similar performance in response to temperature changes and temperature cycling. The output of the chemiresistor sensor system, which is the voltage drop across the sensing element, remains unchanged despite the changes in resistance of the sensing element in response to temperature changes. Therefore, the chemiresistor sensor system can more accurately and consistently detect the presence of flammable vapor in environments subject to temperature changes and/or over long periods of time. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007637 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor is provided. The gas sensor includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a power source and a current meter. The substrate includes a planar surface, wherein the substrate is made of ion-conductive material, proton-conductive material or electron-conductive material. The first electrode is formed on the planar surface. The second electrode is formed on the planar surface, wherein a gap is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The power source is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the power source provides a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The current meter is electrically connected to the first electrode and tie second electrode to measure a limit current passing the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007638 | Pump Assembly and Method for Leak Detection of Fluid System - A method of detecting a leak in a fluid system, which includes a switch that changes state according to pressure in the fluid system. The method includes changing pressure in the fluid system with a pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a predetermined leak that is in fluid communication with the fluid system and that causes the switch to change state after a predetermined time period. The method also includes detecting a leak in the fluid system if the switch changes state within an amount of time less than the predetermined time period. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007639 | LIQUID LEAK SENSING STRUCTURE - According to one embodiment, a liquid leak sensing structure is provided with a casing including a lower wall, a circulation unit received in the casing and providing circulation of a liquid, a liquid leak sensor interposed between the lower wall of the casing and the circulation unit, and a liquid absorbing member interposed between the liquid leak sensor and the circulation unit. The liquid absorbing member permits part of a liquid from the circulation unit to flow therethrough toward the liquid leak sensor. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007640 | CABLE INSTALLATION - A method for use in connection with installing a cable into a conduit having a first end and a second end, to confirm whether air introduced into the conduit at the first end is flowing out of the conduit from the second end, the method including the steps of: substantially blocking the second end, so that when the air is introduced into the conduit its flow from the second end will be impeded; introducing a flow of air into the first end; and detecting a change in a property of the air within the conduit whereby it can be confirmed if the air is flowing to the second end. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007641 | METHOD TO TEST FOR A LEAK IN A FUEL TANK SYSTEM - Method to test for a leak in a fuel tank system of a motor vehicle with the following steps:
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| 20090007642 | DIALYSIS FLUID MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CONDUCTIVE CONTACTS - A dialysate testing method in one embodiment includes placing electrical contacts in a dialysate flow path, measuring an electrical property of the dialysate as it flows through the flow path and past the contacts, and determining whether the dialysate has been mixed properly from the detected electrical property. A dialysate testing method in another embodiment includes flowing dialysate past a pair of electrical contacts, calculating a conductivity of the dialysate using an algorithm that takes into account a geometry of the contacts, and using the calculated conductivity to determine if the dialysate has been removed properly. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007643 | DETERMINATION OF SLURRY CONCENTRATION - A method for determining the concentration of a chromatographic medium in a liquid slurry comprises the steps of: providing a column ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007644 | Control of pre-cured product moisture for formaldehyde-free fiberglass products - A system for controlling the residual moisture in pre-cured binder coated glass fibers. The moisture of the binder coated glass fibers is measured after the process water is extracted in a collection box. Based on the level of moisture found in the coated glass fibers, adjustments are made to the process upstream of the moisture measurements. The adjustments include, but are not limited to, adjusting the amount of water used to make the binder composition; adjusting the amount of heat applied to the binder composition as it is applied to the glass fibers and adjusting the vacuum conditions used to extract the process water from the binder coated glass fibers. Control of the residual moisture in the precured binder coated glass fibers helps ensure proper curing of the binder during the subsequent curing step. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007645 | PIEZOELECTRIC MICROCANTILEVERS AND USES IN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY - The invention is direct to a piezoelectric microcantilever for static contact and dynamic noncontact atomic force microscopy which may be carried out in solution. The piezoelectric microcantilever, which includes a piezoelectric layer and a non-piezoelectric layer is capable of self actuation and detection. The piezoelectric layer may be constructed from a lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (Pb(Mg | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007646 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CAM PHASE OF ENGINE - An apparatus and method for detecting a cam phase of an engine provided with a variable valve timing mechanism able to vary a rotating phase of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of the engine, which apparatus and method can detect the rotating phase in a short cycle. There is provided a cam angle sensor having a configuration of outputting a cam angle signal at each time when the camshaft rotates by a unit angle. At the same time, by lengthening an output cycle of the cam angle signal on a part thereof or by using a second cam angle sensor able to detect a reference cam angle position, a cam angle position to which individual cam angle signal corresponds is detected. Then, the rotating phase of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft can be detected, based on the detection result of the cam angle position based on the cam angle signal. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007647 | Method for a plausibility check of the output signal of a rail pressure sensor - A method for checking the output signal of a rail pressure sensor of a direct-injecting internal combustion engine having a common rail system for plausibility, including the following steps:
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| 20090007648 | Saw based tire pressure sensor valve adaptor - A SAW based tyre pressure sensor assembly comprising a body having a tubular stud | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007649 | ELECTRONIC UNIT FOR MEASURING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF A VEHICLE WHEEL, COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC BOX AND AN INFLATION VALVE OF THE SNAP-IN TYPE - An electronic unit for measuring operating parameters of a vehicle wheel, includes an electronic box ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007650 | Method and Apparatus for Wellsite Verification of Properties of a Fluid - A method for wellsite verification of properties of a fluid may include providing a fluid delivery system at the wellsite; providing at least one reference meter at the wellsite; and measuring the property of the fluid within the fluid delivery system, using the reference meter. The measuring step may be performed prior to or during dispatch of the fluid into a well bore. The reference meter may be a high precision meter. An apparatus for wellsite verification of at least one property of at least one fluid may include a fluid delivery system and at least one reference meter for measuring the property of the fluid within the fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system and the reference meter may both be located at the wellsite. A trailer may support the fluid delivery system and the reference meter. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007651 | PRESSURE INTERFERENCE TESTING FOR ESTIMATING HYDRAULIC ISOLATION - A cased hole pressure test tool is used to determine the integrity of cement between two points in a borehole in terms of permeability or transmissibility. The test tool drills at least one probe hole through the casing up to the cement. In one embodiment, two probes are set and the dissipation of a pressure pulse through the cement initiated by the first probe is observed by the second probe. In another embodiment, one probe hole is in hydraulic communication with the borehole fluid and a single offset probe is set in another probe hole. Fluid (water) is then added to the borehole to cause a pressure increase in the borehole fluid. Detection of the pressure increase through the cement by the offset probe is indicative of a loss of hydraulic isolation. Packers may be used to isolate the portion of the borehole under test. A mechanism for generating a pressure pulse of known magnitude is also described. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007652 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MEASURING DOWNHOLE INGRESS OF DEBRIS - An optical sensing member within the anullus zone of a well is disclosed, which sensing member determines the level of debris in the well. When debris accumulates within the anullus zone, said sensing member returns a signal indicative of the level of such debris within the zone. The optical sensing member may include an optical fiber and/or any known optical sensors configured to determine strain, pressure, shape, force, and/or temperature. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007653 | SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS, INCLUDING SURFACE CONDITION SENSORS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a surface sensor system comprising a wet/dry sensor assembly, an electrically isolated passive sensor assembly, a thermally adjustable active sensor assembly, at least one temperature sensor, and a data processing device coupled together as a unit positionable adjacent to a surface, such as an outdoor surface. The unit is configured to determine the presence a surface material containing water or a water-based mixture on the surface and the solid or liquid phase of the surface material. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007654 | FLOW SENSOR - The flow meter is equipped with first and second flow paths, provided in parallel and through which flows fluid having flowed through and being diverted from a main flow path, the flow diversion ratio among the first and second flow paths changing passively in accordance with the flow rate of fluid through the main flow path, and a flow rate sensor provided on at least one of the first and second flow paths. The first and second flow paths are formed, for example, as flow paths having different flow path cross-sectional areas, or alternatively are formed from mesh elements provided with mesh-free areas on a portion thereof. Alternatively, one of the either the first or second flow path is realized with a paddle mechanism incorporated therein. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007655 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR HAVING AN AMPLIFIER SECTION FOR ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATING ELEMENT - A thermal flow sensor can adjust the temperature of a heating element in a highly precise and reliable manner with the use of simple circuits, devices and process steps. The sensor includes an amplifier section ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007656 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR HAVING AN AMPLIFIER SECTION FOR ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATING ELEMENT - A thermal flow sensor can adjust the temperature of a heating element in a highly precise and reliable manner with the use of simple circuits, devices and process steps. The sensor includes an amplifier section ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007657 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR HAVING AN AMPLIFIER SECTION FOR ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATING ELEMENT - A thermal flow sensor can adjust the temperature of a heating element in a highly precise and reliable manner with the use of simple circuits, devices and process steps. The sensor includes an amplifier section ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007658 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR HAVING AN AMPLIFIER SECTION FOR ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATING ELEMENT - A thermal flow sensor can adjust the temperature of a heating element in a highly precise and reliable manner with the use of simple circuits, devices and process steps. The sensor includes an amplifier section ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007659 | CONTAINER WITH FUNCTIONS OF LEVEL, CRUD AND TEMPERATURE DETECTIONS - A container with functions of level, crud and temperature detections, comprises: a hollow casing having a receiving space at an upper side thereof; the casing being formed with a hollow space; a vent hole being formed at a bottom side of the casing for communicating the hollow space and exterior of the casing, an electric heating source installed in the hollow space of the casing and being tightly adhered to a wall of the hollow space below the receiving space; and a sensing and control circuit installed at a lower outer side of the casing; the sensing and control circuit including a microcontroller, an analog/digital converter, a gain amplifier, and a trigger circuit; and the wall of the casing being installed with at least one over level detection point, at least one level alarm detection point, at least one safety level detection point, at least one liquid temperature detection point, and at least one crud detection point. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007660 | Liquid depth sensing and identification system - The liquid depth sensing and identification system determines both the pressure head or depth, and therefore the quantity, of a liquid in a tank, as well as determining the characteristics of the liquid at the bottom of the probe. Two principles of operation are disclosed herein. The system may use a gas bubble collector about the outlet end of the purge tube, with the difference in height of the collector and purge tube mouths defining the very small difference in pressure head required to resolve the bubble emission characteristics produced in different liquids. Alternatively, the system incorporates a mass flow sensor capable of detecting minute changes in mass flow as bubbles are emitted from the purge tube in order to determine the type and characteristics of the liquid. The system operates using an open loop principle of operation, with no feedback provided to control the purge pump. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007661 | Integrated Motion Processing Unit (MPU) With MEMS Inertial Sensing And Embedded Digital Electronics - A module operable to be mounted onto a surface of a board. The module includes a linear accelerometer to provide a first measurement output corresponding to a measurement of linear acceleration in at least one axis, and a first rotation sensor operable to provide a second measurement output corresponding to a measurement of rotation about at least one axis. The accelerometer and the first rotation sensor are formed on a first substrate. The module further includes an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) to receive both the first measurement output from the linear accelerometer and the second measurement output from the first rotation sensor. The ASIC includes an analog-to-digital converter and is implemented on a second substrate. The first substrate is vertically bonded to the second substrate. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007662 | FORCE REBALANCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL LOOP - The present invention relates to a force rebalance control system and method using an automatic gain control loop, which are configured to perform the force rebalance feedback control of a vibratory gyroscope using the automatic gain control loop for controlling the velocity signal of a mass body. Accordingly, the present invention is advantageous in that a conventional digital circuit, which is complicated and sensitive to noise, can be implemented using a simple analog circuit, and the present invention can be extended and applied to general-purpose vibratory gyroscopes or various sensor fields, such as those of an inertial sensor, a pressure sensor, and a temperature sensor, as well as micro-gyroscopes. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007663 | Inertia Force Sensor - An inertial force sensor is provided in which each of switches is connected in parallel with each of resistors of low-pass filter and high-pass filter, respectively, and capacitor of high-pass filter can be boost charged by making switches on without mediate resistors. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007664 | VIBRATION GYRO - A vibration gyro made of a single crystal piezoelectric material includes: a base; a plurality of resonating arms extending from the base; an excitation electrode formed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of resonating arms so as to vibrate at least the one of the plurality of resonating arms; and a piezoelectric element detecting a vibration component due to a Coriolis force acting perpendicularly to a vibrating direction of the plurality of resonating arms being vibrated by the excitation electrode, the piezoelectric element being mounted on a surface of at least one of the plurality of resonating arms and the base. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007665 | TUNING-FORK-TYPE BIMORPH PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, VIBRATING GYROSCOPE MODULE INCLUDING THE VIBRATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE TUNING-FORK-TYPE BIMORPH PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR - A tuning-fork-type bimorph piezoelectric vibrator includes two piezoelectric bodies that are bonded together and have opposite polarization directions. An intermediate metal layer is disposed between bonding surfaces of the piezoelectric bodies. A first slit is arranged to define legs and a base of the tuning fork structure. Second slits are provided in a first principal surface having a front metal layer to define driving/detecting electrodes. The tuning-fork-type bimorph piezoelectric vibrator provides improved temperature characteristics of a detuning frequency by not including a back metal layer on a second principal surface at least in an area in which greater than a predetermined level of stress is applied during operation. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007666 | VIBRATING GYROSCOPE - A vibrating gyroscope includes a tuning-fork vibrator having a base and legs. The vibrator is joined to a support plate by conductive adhesive members. The support plate includes an outer frame portion in which a joining portion is provided at a location near a longitudinal end of the outer frame portion. The joining portion is supported by a first support portion in the air gap portion. The width of the first support portion is less than the width of the joining portion. The vibrator is joined to the joining portion of the support plate. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007667 | GRA MEMS ACCELEROMETER - An accelerometer that lies generally in a plane, for detecting acceleration along an input axis. There is a substrate, a generally planar Servo Member (SM) flexibly coupled to the substrate such that it is capable of oscillatory motion about a servo axis that lies in the plane, a generally planar Torque Summing Member (TSM) coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the SM such that the TSM is capable of rotary motion relative to the SM about an output axis that is in the plane and orthogonal to the servo axis, wherein the TSM is mass-imbalanced relative to the output axis, and a generally planar rotor coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the TSM such that it is capable of rotary oscillatory motion relative to the TSM about a rotor axis that is orthogonal to the plane of the members. There are drives for oscillating the rotor about the rotor axis and for oscillating the SM about the servo axis. Output sensors detect oscillation of the rotor about the rotor axis and of the SM about the servo axis. Output sensors detect rotation of the TSM about the output axis. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007668 | Multi-axis capacitive transducer and manufacturing method for producing it - A capacitive transducer a first part containing a first set of capacitor plates and a second part relatively movable in a plane to the first part. The second part contains a second set of capacitor plates. Both sets of capacitor plates are built on a substrate, wherein the capacitor plates form a plurality of capacitors. The second part is relatively movable in all six degrees of freedom. One set of the plurality of capacitors measures displacements in a plane and a second set of the plurality capacitors measures displacements perpendicular to the plane. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007669 | CAPACITIVE ACCELERATION SENSOR - A capacitive acceleration sensor is provided in which sticking of a mass body, made of silicon, to a first sealing substrate or a second sealing substrate, made of glass, is prevented. The capacitive acceleration sensor, including a first sealing substrate and a second sealing substrate each made of glass, is characterized by containing therebetween: an acceleration detecting portion, made of silicon, including a mass body | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007670 | Acoustic chamber for detection of insects - The acoustic chamber for the detection of insects provides for the acoustic detection of insects living within the trunk of a tree. The chamber includes an annular shell disposed around the trunk of the tree to define an annular acoustic or sound chamber. Acoustic sensors are mounted in the shell walls. The acoustic sensors may be microphones that extend from the shell to be in direct contact with the tree trunk, or microphones spaced apart from the tree trunk, or other suitable acoustic transducers. The acoustic sensors are connected to data processing equipment for analyzing sounds picked up by the sensors for acoustic signals indicative of insect infestation. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007671 | Inverse Method to Calculate Material Properties Using A Non-Resonant Technique - A method for calculating material properties of a material includes determining a dilatational wavespeed and a shear wave speed. The dilatational wavespeed is determined by conducting vertical vibration tests of two specimens of the material, one specimen being twice as thick as the other. Transfer functions are obtained from these tests and used to calculate the dilatational wavespeed. The shear wavespeed is determined by conducting horizontal vibration tests of two specimens with one specimen being twice as thick as the other. The shear wavespeed can be calculated from transfer functions obtained from these tests and the dilatational wavespeed. Other material properties can be calculated from the dilatational and shear wavespeeds. Frequency dependence of the properties can be determined by conducting the tests at different frequencies. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007672 | KIT AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING VIBRATION SUPPRESSION AND/OR SENSING UNITS - Kits and methods for building devices for analyzing or suppressing vibrations in equipment are provided. An electrical-mechanical transducer is configured to be placed in operative contact with the equipment. The transducer may be directly mounted to a base plate that is configured for being mounted to the equipment. A first device (e.g., a printed circuit board) carrying electronic componentry is configured for transmitting vibration drive signals to the electrical-mechanical transducer. A second device (e.g., a printed circuit board) carrying electronic componentry is configured for receiving vibration sensing signals from the electrical-mechanical transducer. The first and second devices can be interchangeably mounted within a housing that can be mounted to the base plate. The housing may comprise an aperture for receiving the electrical-mechanical transducer. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007673 | SEISMIC SENSOR PROVIDING A BODY AND AN INSERTION TIP HAVING AT LEAST TWO WINGS BETWEEN WHICH CAVITIES EXTEND, AND CORRESPONDING INSERTION TIP - A seismic sensor, having a body which incorporates means for detecting and/or measuring waves, and, in the extension of said body, a tip for insertion into the ground, said tip extending between an upper end and a lower end, wherein said tip has at least two wings which together give said tip a V-shaped profile, said wings having between them at least one cavity which extends from said upper end to close to said lower end. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007674 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING SHEAR MODULUS WITHIN A BODY - An apparatus and method for imaging a shear modulus within a body is disclosed. A method for imaging a shear modulus in accordance with the present invention includes generating an elastic wave inside an object to be measured; detecting the elastic wave ongoing inside the object to be measured; calculating a shear modulus of the inside of the object to be measured, based on a value obtained by differentiating the detected elastic wave one time; and imaging the inside of the object to be measured, based on the calculated shear modulus. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007675 | DETECTING A CONDITION OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - A condition or detecting a change in the condition of an optical element of a laser arrangement is detected. An ultrasonic signal is coupled into an optical element such that the ultrasonic signal travels along a path within the optical element, and a transit time or a change in transit time for the ultrasonic signal to travel along the path within the optical element is detected. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007676 | ACOUSTIC DETERMINATION OF PROPERTIES OF RESERVOIRS AND OF FLUIDS CONTAINED THEREIN - The invention provides devices and methods for acoustically determining the properties of the contents of one or more reservoirs in a plurality of reservoirs. Each reservoir is adapted to contain a fluid. An acoustic radiation generator can be positioned in acoustic coupling relationship to each of the reservoirs. Acoustic radiation generated by the acoustic radiation generator is transmitted through each reservoir to an analyzer. The analyzer is capable of analyzing a characteristic of the transmitted acoustic radiation and optionally correlating the characteristic to a property of the reservoirs' contents. Properties that may be determined include volume, temperature, and composition. The invention is particularly suited to determining the properties of the contents of a plurality of reservoirs to allow for accuracy and control over the dispensing of fluids therefrom. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007677 | Ultrasonic distance measurement with high peak and low peak detection - Present invention provides an improved ultrasonic receiving unit for ultrasonic distance measurement. The ultrasonic receiving features a high peak detection unit | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007678 | Method and apparatus for measuring flaw height in ultrasonic tests - The measurement of a flaw height in a thick welded portion of a stainless steel specimen, which is difficult to perform by the TOFD method, can be conducted with more ease, with higher accuracy and in a shorter time than in the case of using tip echo techniques. In addition, it is possible to reduce variations in measurement results among individual inspectors. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007679 | WIRELESS PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING WIRELESS PRESSURE SENSOR FOR INTEGRATION WITH AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - A method for fabricating a wireless pressure sensor includes providing a first substrate. A portion of the first substrate is controllably displaced to form a cavity. A conducting material is patterned on the first substrate to form a first capacitor plate and a first inductor. A second substrate is provided. A conducting material is patterned on the second substrate to form a second capacitor plate. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate to seal the cavity such that at least a portion of the second substrate is movable with respect to the first substrate within the cavity in response to a change in an external condition. A hermetically sealed capacitive pressure sensor may reside in the cavity between the first substrate and second substrate. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007680 | High pressure transducer having an H shaped cross-section - A high pressure transducer has an H shaped cross-section with a center arm of the H having a top and bottom surface with the top surface of the H accommodating four strain gauges. Two strain gauges are located at the center of the top portion of the center arm of the H and are positive strain gauges, while two strain gauges are located near the periphery of the center arm of the gauge. The bottom surface of the center arm of the gauge has an active area of a smaller diameter than the circular diameter of the center arm portion of the transducer. The smaller active area is surrounded by a thicker stepped area which surrounds an active area on the pressure side of the H shaped member. The surrounding stepped area enables one to position the two negative strain gauges on the opposite surface of the center arm and near the periphery to thereby cause the negative gauges to respond to a negative stresses and therefore to enable one to provide a full Wheatstone bridge which includes the two positive strain gauges located at the center of the center arm of the H and the two negative peripheral gauges. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007681 | SMALL GAUGE PRESSURE SENSOR USING WAFER BONDING AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCH STOPPING - A gauge pressure sensor apparatus and a method of forming the same. A constraint wafer can be partially etched to set the diaphragm size, followed by bonding to a top wafer. The thickness of the top wafer is either the desired diaphragm thickness or is thinned to the desired thickness after bonding. The bonding of top wafer and constraint wafer enables electrochemical etch stopping. This allows the media conduit to be etched through the back of the constraint wafer and an electrical signal produced when the etching reaches the diaphragm. The process prevents the diaphragm from being over-etched. The invention allows the die size to be smaller than die where the diaphragm size is set by etching from the back side. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007682 | High pressure transducer having an H shaped cross-section - A high pressure transducer has an H shaped cross-section with a center arm of the H having a top and bottom surface with the top surface of the H accommodating four strain gauges. Two strain gauges are located at the center of the top portion of the center arm of the H and are positive strain gauges, while two strain gauges are located near the periphery of the center arm of the gauge. The bottom surface of the center arm of the gauge has an active area of a smaller diameter than the circular diameter of the center arm portion of the transducer. The smaller active area is surrounded by a thicker stepped area which surrounds an active area on the pressure side of the H shaped member. The surrounding stepped area enables one to position the two negative strain gauges on the opposite surface of the center arm and near the periphery to thereby cause the negative gauges to respond to a negative stresses and therefore to enable one to provide a full Wheatstone bridge which includes the two positive strain gauges located at the center of the center arm of the H and the two negative peripheral gauges. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007683 | Pressure Detection Device - Provided is a pressure detection device capable of easy installation and removal of a sensor in/from a diaphragm, measurement of a pressure in a wide rage, and manufacture at a low cost while reducing a size. A sensor part (A) has: a magnet ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007684 | Joystick sensor apparatus - A joystick apparatus employs a hermetically sealed load cell having strain gauges placed on flexible beams formed on the load cell. All of the strain gauges are on the same surface of the load cell and therefore wiring is performed on a single side of the load cell. The strain gauges are enclosed in hermetically sealed cavity. The sensing diaphragm consists of a concentric thick inner and outer section joined by thinner diametrically opposed beam elements. The thin beam elements are compliant members which can deflect. Each beam includes strain gauges or sensor elements and the load cell is coupled to a joystick which when moved causes the beams to deflect to cause the sensor elements to produce an electrical output proportional to the force and direction of the joystick. The sensor can yield an output proportional to any angle over the 360° movement of the joystick to provide outputs proportional to the X and Y positions of said joystick. Thus, the joystick arrangement can resolve any angle or force into X and Y components for full directional control. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007685 | Piezoresistive strain gauge using doped polymeric fluid - The present invention relates to a strain gauge and methods of making such wherein the gauge contains a doped polymeric fluid suitable for measuring elongations of more than 10%. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007686 | Apparatus for Measuring a Mechanical Quantity - An apparatus structure and measurement method are provided to retain high precision and high reliability of a semiconductor mechanical quantity measuring apparatus which senses a mechanical quantity and transmits measured information wirelessly. As to a silicon substrate of the semiconductor mechanical quantity measuring apparatus, for example, a ratio of a substrate thickness to a substrate length along a measurement direction is set small, and a ratio of a substrate thickness to a substrate length along a direction perpendicular to the measurement direction is set small. The apparatus upper surface is covered with a protective member. It is possible to measure a strain along a particular direction and realize mechanical quantity measurement with less error and high precision. An impact resistance and environment resistance of the apparatus itself can be improved. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007687 | Strain Gauge with Moisture Barrier - A device for mounting on a structure surface includes a component, a circuit, a moisture barrier, and a protective cover. The moisture barrier is within the protective cover. The component and the circuit are within the moisture barrier. The component is for bonding to the structure surface with a bond susceptible to damage from moisture. The circuit includes a radio frequency transmitter. The circuit is for providing data derived from the component to the radio frequency transmitter for external transmission. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007688 | Damage Sensors - A damage sensor comprises a probe track, a sense track, and a signal generator operable to input a probe signal to the probe track. The probe track and the sense track are electromagnetically coupled by a structure on which they are provided, such that the probe signal induces, in dependence on the degree of electromagnetic coupling between the probe track and the sense track, a sensed signal in the sense track. The magnitude, phase and frequency of the sensed signal can be analysed in order to determine whether and where damage has occurred to the structure. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007689 | MATERIAL TESTING MACHINE - A material testing machine is provided, in which a motor is used as a driving source of a loading mechanism, and the material testing machine can always perform a material test accurately, without requiring skilled operators, trial and error, or a longer time when setting control gains. A ratio K(t) of an inspection value F(t) of a control quantity to a displacement θ(t) of a motor | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007690 | Method for Metrologically Determining the End of a Test Interval, and Device for Carrying Out Said Method - The aim of the invention is to create a method that is as accurate and reliable as possible for metrologically determining the end of a test interval (PI) which is to be maintained to perform a periodical test on pressure vessels ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007691 | CREEP TESTER FOR PRECISION LOAD CONTROL WITH WEIGHT - A creep tester for a precise and accurate creep test includes a movable actuator capable of loading corresponding to change in length of a specimen, a cam actuator operated in association with the movable actuator, and a self weight actuator. The movable actuator includes upper and lower spherical adjusting seats to hold upper and lower portions of the specimen, a spring disposed on the upper spherical adjusting seat to correspond to a minute deformation of the specimen, upper and lower movable tables respectively contacting the spring and the lower spherical adjusting seat, a load cell and a stationary table disposed on the upper movable table, and a movable loading table disposed below the lower movable table to apply a predetermined load to the specimen. The creep tester can perform a precise creep test by continuously applying a constant load without supplementation of hydraulic pressure. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A test coupon has a waisted central section from which respective load introduction sections extend, each load introduction section having a pair of divergent load introduction surfaces extending from a respective curved surface of the central section. Test apparatus includes a test coupon as described above and a plurality of angled pivotable load introduction blocks such that the test coupon may self-align during application of a load. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007693 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DETERIORATION OF PRESSURIZING PERFORMANCE OF SPOT WELDING GUN - A method of determining deterioration of pressurizing performance of a spot welding, the method having: obtaining reference data that reflect a dynamic state of a servo motor in a case where a movable side electrode tip is operated normally and a wok piece is pressurized by a specified pressurizing force; performing data processing on the reference data to extract a reference characteristic value; obtaining diagnostic data that reflect a dynamic state of the servo motor in a case where a operational state of the movable side electrode tip changes and the work piece is no longer pressurized by a specified pressurizing force; performing data processing on the diagnostic data to extract a diagnostic characteristic value; and determining deterioration of pressurizing performance of the spot welding gun based on the reference characteristic value and the diagnostic characteristic value. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007694 | Ultrasonic Transducer System - System comprising at least one ultrasonic transducer ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007695 | Instantaneous Flow Rate Measurement Instrument of Gaseous Fuel Injector - A gaseous fuel injector | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007696 | Strain gauge type sensor - On a strain generation body | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007697 | Sensor Device Capable of Identifying any Components of a Mechanical Force Applied to a Movable Object - A sensor device is capable of identifying any components of a mechanical force applied to a movable object. The sensor device includes a movable object including at least one magnetically encoded region having a magnetic field; a plurality of magnetic field detectors being placed around the at least one magnetically encoded region of the movable object at regular intervals; and a signal processing unit being connected to the plurality of magnetic field detectors. The plurality of magnetic field detectors are set up to convert changes in the magnetic field of the at least one magnetically encoded region caused by each component of the mechanical force applied to the movable object into corresponding electrical signals. The signal processing unit receives the corresponding electrical signals being representative for the respective components of the mechanical force applied to the movable object. The signal processing unit is programmed to identify the respective components of the mechanical force applied to the movable object on the basis of the corresponding electrical signals. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007698 | MOTOR WITH ROTATIONAL AND LINEAR DRIVE WITH INTEGRATED AXIAL FORCE MEASUREMENT - The driving force produced by the linear drive on a motor with a rotational drive and with a linear drive can be registered in a quantified fashion by virtue of the fact that deformation of a motor element (top disc | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007699 | Multigas Passive Sampler - A novel multi-gas passive sampler is described, whereby different collection media are packed into one passive sampler to collect a variety of air pollutants (or groups of air pollutants) at the same time. By comparison with known commercially available passive samplers—in which only a single collection medium is used to collect a single air pollutant of or group of air pollutants—the MGPS is more cost effective, convenient to use and more environment-friendly. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007700 | In situ sampling and monitoring a fluid - A method for in situ sampling and monitoring of a fluid flowing in a flow path, whereby the fluid is to be directed to a chamber a first valve may provide a connection the flow path and a second valve may provide a connection between an outlet from the chamber and the flow path, comprising the following steps: a) opening the first valve and the second valve to let the incoming fluid flow through the inlet to the chamber and from the chamber through the outlet into the continuation of the fluid path, thereby allowing fluid to circulate through the chamber for a certain time, b) trapping the fluid in the chamber by closing the second valve and thereafter closing the first valve, c) opening a valve | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007701 | PIVOTING PIPETTE DEVICE - A pipette holder for retaining a pipette at a plurality of angles relative to the holder includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion wherein the second housing portion supports the pipette. The pipette device also includes a pivot mechanism pivotally coupling the first housing portion and the second housing portion. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007702 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING A TIP COLLAR ON PIPETTE TIPS PROVIDING STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY - The present invention relates to an apparatus for lumping together a plurality of pipette tips using a collar that will provide structural rigidity to the loose plurality of pipette tips; and the method of incorporating such an apparatus. Such rigidity created by the collar apparatus will allow for an innovative method of connecting the plurality of pipette tips to their respective pipettors that will reduce the amount of downward axial force required to impinge a plurality of pipette tips using the traditional connection method. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007703 | AUTOMATED PIPETTE MACHINE - A pipette nozzle is provided for use on a movable arm on an automated pipette machine. The pipette nozzle includes a body defining a passage therethrough. At least two seating surfaces are provided on the body, including a first seating surface and a second seating surface. The first seating surface is configured to receive and sealingly mate with a first size of pipette tip in a manner such that the first end of the passage is in fluid communication with the first size of pipette tip. The second seating surface is configured to receive and sealingly mate with a second size of pipette tip in a manner such that the first end of the passage is in fluid communication with the second size of pipette tip. There is also provided an automated pipette machine which includes a tip ejector system including an arm that is movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the arm is positioned to engage the tip during movement of the nozzle along a selected path and to prevent movement of the tip along the selected path while permitting the nozzle to move along the selected path, so that the movement of the nozzle along the selected path causes the nozzle and the tip to disengage from each other, and wherein in the second position the arm is positioned to avoid engagement with the tip during movement of the nozzle. There is also provided an apparatus for use on an automated pipette machine for transmitting pressure changes produced by a pump on the machine to a pipette nozzle. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber a first conduit and a second conduit. The first conduit extends into the chamber and has a first opening positioned in the chamber. The first conduit is fluidically connectible to the nozzle. The second conduit extends into the chamber and has a first opening positioned in the chamber. The second conduit is fluidically connectible to the pump. The first opening of the first conduit is positioned above the first opening of the second conduit. The chamber defines at least a selected volume between the height of the first opening of the first conduit and the height of the first opening of the second conduit. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007704 | ACTIVE SAMPLER FOR DETECTING CONTAMINANTS IN LIQUIDS - An active sampler for detecting contaminants in liquids comprises an inlet, an outlet and a sampling unit positioned such that the liquid flows along a path from the inlet, through the sampling unit, to the outlet. The sampling unit has a plurality of sampling chambers that are substantially fluidly sealed relative to one another, wherein one of the sampling chambers is selectively positioned in the flow path. The active sampler also comprises an actuator, which relatively moves the sampling unit and the inlet and outlet such that one sampling chamber is positioned out of the flow path while another of the sampling chambers is positioned in the flow path. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007705 | SENSING DEVICE AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Embodiments of the invention relate to a device for a fluid enclosure. The device includes a sensing device that responds to a change in distance relative to a fluid enclosure. The change in distance is a function of at least one dimension of the fluid enclosure. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090007706 | Wireless Sensor Probe - A wireless sensor probe for use in environmental monitoring and control includes a separable probe body and sensor mast. The probe body includes a void configured to house the sensor mast including one or more sensor devices for sensing a soil property surrounding the probe body when the probe body is inserted partially into the ground. The probe body includes a probe top part for encapsulating the probe body and the sensor mast. The sensor mast is inserted into the probe body to form the sensor probe. In another embodiment, a wireless sensor probe includes a housing containing one or more sensor devices. The probe further includes a collar situated near a top portion of the housing being used to anchor the housing to the top of the ground and a gasket formed on the outside perimeter of the housing for securing the housing in the ground. | 2009-01-08 |
