04th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160025521 | MEASURING SYSTEM AND DRIVE SYSTEM - A measuring system and drive system with a measuring system, a magnet, a transmitter, and a magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field sensor is arranged between the magnet and the transmitter. The transmitter has a number of segments made of a magnetically conductive material, each segment having a wing shape with a web edge that is radially directed outwards, each web edge being diagonally designed towards the rotational direction, and that each web edge is distanced from the magnetic field sensor by an air gap. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025522 | METHOD OF ASSISTED MOUNTING AND ERROR COMPENSATION FOR ABSOLUTE GRATING RULER - The present invention is a method of assisted mounting and error compensation for absolute grating ruler. It comprises the following: (1) when mounting a CMOS sensor and a grating ruler body, the CMOS sensor reads an upper and a lower sample windows, and due to an angle existing between the grating ruler body and the CMOS sensor, a difference exists between the numbers of the upper and lower sample windows, and by continually adjusting the grating ruler body or the CMOS sensor, the code reading difference is made minimal so that the angle existing between the grating ruler body and the CMOS sensor is zeroed; (2) when mounting the grating ruler body and a mechanic housing, it is moved by a fixed displacement in a motion direction, and a grating encoding reading is recorded and an error compensating amount is obtained which serves as error compensation value in an actual motion to correct a cumulative error introduced by the angle between the grating ruler body and the motion direction. The invention may automatically calculate the deviation angles between the CMOS sensor and the grating ruler body and correct parallelism errors. Meanwhile, it also provides an error compensation in the case that the parallelism errors between the grating ruler body and the reference direction cannot be corrected. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025523 | DEMODULATION SYSTEM FOR 3D-MATRIX MULTI-CHANNEL FIBER OPTIC SENSING - A demodulation system for 3D-matrix multi-channel fiber optic sensing includes a wavelength swept optical source that generates an incident light, an optical frequency domain reflector and a balanced detector connected with the wavelength swept optical source through a fiber circulator. The optical frequency domain reflector includes a first optical path and a second optical path with a frequency shifter arranged on one or both of the optical paths. The optical frequency domain reflector outputs incident light to an optical switch module. The optical switch module selectively transmits the incident light to a sensor network as well as transmits the reflection light from the sensor network to the optical frequency domain reflector. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025524 | BRILLOUIN OPTICAL DISTRIBUTED SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED TOLERANCE TO SENSOR FAILURE - A Brillouin optical distributed sensing device and method includes a structure for generating an optical pulsed signal and an optical probe signal. Includes is a circulation component for directing the optical pulsed signal to a sensing optical fiber and for directing an optical measurement signal with Brillouin scattering information arising from the sensing optical fiber toward a detection apparatus. Also included is an optical routing component for configuring the device to allow generating: (i) according to a first configuration, an optical measurement signal with stimulated Brillouin scattering information resulting from the interaction of the optical pulsed signal, and an optical probe signal propagating in the sensing optical fiber in a direction opposite to the optical pulsed signal, or (ii) according to a second configuration, an optical measurement signal with spontaneous Brillouin scattering information resulting from the propagation of the optical pulsed signal in the sensing optical fiber. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025525 | SENSOR UNIT, ARMOR BODY FOR SENSOR MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOVING OBJECT - A sensor unit includes a sensor module including a first plane and a second plane that crosses the first plane, and an armor body configured to house the sensor module. The armor body includes a first reference inner plane for positioning the first plane of the sensor module, a first reference outer plane parallel to the first reference inner plane and provided on an outer surface of the first reference inner plane, a second reference inner plane for positioning the second plane of the sensor module, and a second reference outer plane parallel to the second reference inner plane and provided on an outer surface of the second reference inner plane. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025526 | INDICATOR - An indicator has an optical member including a protuberance formed on a front side and an indentation formed on a back side of the optical member in which the indentation is smaller than the protuberance in terms of a projection area and in which the front-side protuberance fits into the opening in a front face of the housing; and an LED light source disposed opposite the back-side indentation of the optical member. A center axis of the front-side protuberance and a center axis of the backs-side indentation are in line with an optical axis of the LED light source. Light originating from the LED light source passes through the back-side indentation and the front-side protuberance, exiting from the opening in the front face of the housing. Thereby, only the center of the rectangular opening looks lighting up brightly, rectangularly. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025527 | Method for Selecting a Field Device for Ascertaining at Least One Process Parameter of a Measured Material in Process and Automation Technology - A method for selecting a field device for ascertaining at least one process parameter of a measured material in process and automation technology, especially a process parameter such as flow, fill level, limit level, pressure, temperature, conductivity and/or ion concentration of a measured material, which field device is provided at a measuring point of a plant for ascertaining at least one process parameter, characterized by steps as follows: A identifying a first field device, which is suitable to determine the at least one process parameter of the measured material at the measuring point of the plant; B querying a first data set stored in a data memory relative to product features of the first field device, which enable ascertaining the at least one process parameter; C comparing at least one product feature of the first data set of the first field device with at least one corresponding product feature of a second data set of a second field device; and D specifying the second field device, to the extent that there is partial or complete agreement of the product features of the first and second data sets. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025528 | MEASUREMENT TRANSDUCER FOR PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF ITS SENSOR - A measurement transducer for process instrumentation includes a sensor for detecting a physical or chemical quantity, where a supply voltage to the sensor is regulated by a cross regulator to a constant value, and the current intensity of the current adjusted by the cross regulator and flowing parallel to the sensor is determined and monitored to maintain a specified criterion in order to detect a sensor error such that error conditions of the sensor can be determined in a particularly simple and effective way. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025529 | APPARATUS AND A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A PHYSICAL VARIABLE - An apparatus for detecting a physical variable has a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit. The first sensor unit detects a physical variable on the basis of a first detection principle. Furthermore, the second sensor unit detects the physical variable on the basis of a second detection principle. In this case, the first detection principle differs from the second detection principle. The first sensor unit the second sensor unit are accommodated in a common housing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025530 | SONDE - An apparatus can include a controller; memory accessible to the controller; a bus operatively coupled to the controller; sensor circuitry operatively coupled to the bus where the sensor circuitry generates measurement information representative of an environmental condition; and where the controller determines codes, each of the codes representative of an individual operational state of the apparatus, and where the controller associates, in the memory, at least a portion of the measurement information with at least one of the codes. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025531 | PARTICULATE MATTER IMPACT SENSOR - A particulate matter impact sensor ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025532 | FLOW RATE TESTING - Apparatus and methods related to flow rate testing are described. For example, some embodiments may contain a hydraulic power unit, a flow meter, a pressure gauge, an accelerometer, a reservoir containing testing fluid, two fitting connections, and hoses for interconnecting the components in a closed loop, for testing flow rate through a tube and pinpointing the obstruction location inside the tube. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025533 | Variable Orifice Flow Sensor Utilizing Localized Contact Force - A variable orifice fluid flow sensor is provided that includes a fluid flow passage therethrough formed with a first port portion adjacent to one end of said passage and a second port portion adjacent to the other end of said passage. A bending member is mounted in the fluid flow passage between the first and second port portions and having a fluid flow limiting flapper extending across the fluid flow passage for creating a fluid flow opening in the passage, the size of the opening being variable responsive to fluid flow in said fluid flow passage. A biasing member is also mounted between the first and second port portions and includes at least one biasing element extending away from the biasing member into contact with the bending member to exert a contact force on the bending member. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025534 | Flow Sensor With Heated Air Collar - A collar is provided for use with a fluid flow sensor to reduce condensation of a moist gas flowing through the fluid flow sensor. The collar comprises a body defining an interior that defines an airspace between the collar and the housing of the fluid flow sensor when the collar is positioned on the fluid flow sensor. The collar also includes a heat source secured to the body and adapted to heat air contained within the airspace to consequently heat the housing of the fluid flow sensor and the interior surfaces of the sensor to reduce condensation of the moist gas. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025535 | MICROFLUIDIC FLOW RATE SENSOR - A microfluidic flow rate sensor includes a droplet within a channel and a droplet movement detector that generates a signal based on the position and/or movement of the droplet within the channel. A processor determines the flow rate of a fluid through the channel based on the signal received from the droplet movement detector. In one example, the droplet movement detector is an optical detector, such as a combination of a lens and an image capturing device. In other examples, the droplet is electrically conductive, and at least a portion of the channel is conductive or includes electrical contacts. The position of the droplet within the channel is determined by observing the electrical characteristics of the channel. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025536 | Monitoring System | 2016-01-28 |
20160025537 | FLUSH MOUNTED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ARRAYS FOR FLOW MEASUREMENT - A flow meter system includes a first ultrasonic transducer array to be flush-mounted to a pipe. The system also includes a second ultrasonic transducer array to be flush-mounted to the pipe. The system further includes a controller coupled to the first and second ultrasonic transducer arrays and configured to cause bidirectional beam steering between the first and second ultrasonic transducer arrays. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025538 | FLOWMETER SYSTEM - In one example embodiment, there is provided a flowmeter system. The flowmeter system includes a high temperature transferring part that collects external heat energy to transfer the heat energy; a low temperature transferring part that transfers heat energy of an intake pipe; a stirling engine that produces a power based on a temperature difference between the heat energy transferred from the high temperature transferring part and the heat energy transferred from the low temperature transferring part; and a flowmeter that is supplied with the power produced by the stirling engine to measure a flow rate of the intake pipe | 2016-01-28 |
20160025539 | Thermal Type Air Flow Sensor - In order to provide a thermal flow sensor having high measurement accuracy, the thermal type air flow sensor includes a flow detecting unit, a sub passage on which the flow detecting unit is disposed, and an LSI to which a signal obtained by the flow detecting unit is input and which outputs a signal to the outside. A side wall of the sub passage is disposed between the flow detecting unit and the LSI, or on the LSI. A diffusion resistor provided inside the LSI has its longitudinal direction in parallel with a <100> orientation of single-crystal Si. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025540 | FLOW SENSOR CIRCUIT FOR MONITORING A FLUID FLOWPATH - A flow sensor circuit for a fluid flowpath having a self-heated thermistor situated in a fluid flowpath. The flow sensor circuit is configured to energize the thermistor sufficiently to heat the thermistor, calculate the slope of the leading edge of the rise in temperature of the thermistor when the thermistor is energized, and equate the slope to the state of the fluid flowing through the fluid flowpath. In another embodiment, the flow sensor circuit is configured to energize the thermistor, measure and calculate the average and standard deviation of the thermistor temperature, and determine the state of the flowpath using the thermistor temperature average and standard deviation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025541 | DISPENSING DEVICES FOR DISPENSING PRECISE DOSES OF LIQUID - A dispensing device includes: a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber being longitudinally movable in the second chamber; an outlet passage fluidly connected to the second chamber; an intermediate valve positioned between an interior part of the first chamber and an interior part of the second chamber. The valve is configured to allow the liquid product to flow from the interior space of first chamber to the interior space of the second chamber when the first chamber is moved in a first longitudinal direction and to limit flow of the liquid product from the second chamber to the first chamber when the first chamber is moved in an opposite second longitudinal direction. A blocking member is movable in concert with the first chamber and configured to seal the outlet passage when the valve limits flow from the second chamber to the first chamber. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025542 | Flow Sensor - Provided is a welding structure which enables external visual checks and has improved stability of bonding properties at a laser weld between a cover and a housing of this flow sensor. This flow sensor is provided with a housing, a cover, a circuit chamber sealed between these and housing electronic components or wiring, and a subpassage through which the fluid flows that is to be sensed, and is characterized in that at least the part near the gate section of the cover that transmits the laser is thinner than the other parts that transmit the laser. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025543 | Measuring Spoon With Spill Reduction Feature - A measuring spoon has a cup member extending from a handle. The cup member is configured for measurement of liquids. The cup member has a smooth interior surface bounded by an outer rim and a protrusion below the outer rim parallel to the outer rim. The outer rim defines an opening of the cup member. The protrusion is arranged in the interior surface of the cup at a position corresponding to a specified liquid volume measurement of the measuring spoon cup member. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025544 | Device to Determine Volume of Fluid Dispensed - An apparatus for determining the volume of fluid dispensed. The apparatus has an acoustic volume sensor that acoustically excites a reference volume and a measurement chamber with a loudspeaker and measures the acoustic response with microphones acoustically coupled to the reference and the measurement chamber. The loudspeaker and sensing microphones are connected to the measurement chamber by separate ports. A detachable dispensing chamber is coupled to the acoustic volume sensor. The volume of the fluid dispensed is determined by a processor based on the acoustic response of the microphones to acoustic excitement by the loudspeaker. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025545 | LIQUID CONSUMPTION TRACKER - Provided is a sensor operative to track changes in a liquid level of a hand-held liquid container, the sensor comprising: an ultrasonic liquid-level sensor configured to indicate a liquid level of a liquid in a hand-held liquid container, wherein the ultrasonic liquid-level sensor is capable of indicating the liquid level when the surface of the liquid is less than 20 centimeters away from the ultrasonic liquid-level sensor; a radio transmitter; and a processor configured to draw power from a portable power source, receive liquid-level indications from the ultrasonic liquid-level sensor, and cause the radio transmitter to transmit data indicative of changes in the liquid level. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025546 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN A FOAM AND/OR LIQUID CONTACTING - A method and device for distinguishing between a contacting of foam ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025547 | MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSMITTER PIEZOELECTRIC PICKUP SENSOR - A pickup sensor is disclosed for a magnetostrictive sensing instrument for sensing position of a magnetic field. The instrument includes an elongate tube having a near end and a distal end. A magnetostrictive wire in the tube has first and second ends. The second end is operatively secured at the tube distal end. The pickup sensor comprises a housing mounted proximate the tube near end. A pair of crystals are in the housing sandwiching the magnetostrictive wire so that interaction between an electric pulse on the magnetostrictive wire and a magnetic field produces a torsional wave on the magnetostrictive wire sensed by the pair of crystals. A pair of spring elements are mounted in the housing sandwiching the crystals to provide consistent contact force between the crystals and the magnetostrictive wire. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025548 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR FEEDBACK FOR DIAGNOSTICS - Magnetic field sensor feedback for diagnostics is disclosed herein. A disclosed example apparatus includes a first magnetic field sensor to provide a first output signal in response to a magnetic field generated by a magnet coupled to a movable portion of a process control device, and a second magnetic field sensor to provide a second output signal in response to the magnetic field. The disclosed example apparatus also includes a processor to use the first and second output signals to generate diagnostic information associated with a feedback of the process control device. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025549 | Digital Locker Delivery System - Techniques are provided for determining, by a sensor, a weight of an item placed in a locker compartment; transmitting, to a locker controller, data indicating the weight of the item placed in the locker compartment; receiving, from the sensor, the data indicating the weight; transmitting the data from the locker controller to a locker manager; receiving, from the locker controller, the data indicating the weight of the item placed in the locker compartment; receiving at the locker manager a reference weight for the item; verifying the weight of the item placed in the locker compartment based at least in part upon the received data and the reference weight for the item placed in the locker compartment; and generating and transmitting a report message indicating whether the item has been delivered to the locker compartment. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025550 | BODY WEIGHT SCALE WITH VISUAL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive body weight scale is presented. The body weight scale may have computing and data communication ability to track a user's weight by connecting to a number of different electronic devices. The body weight scale is capable of recording an audio message, converting the audio message to message text, and transmitting the message to a remote social network. The scale may also receive message responses from the remote network and play the messages back based on whether a particular message is a positive message. A scale use indicator provides a reminder for a user to use the body weight scale. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025551 | INTELLIGENT NOISE MONITORING DEVICE AND NOISE MONITORING METHOD USING THE SAME - An intelligent noise monitoring device includes a self-flying moving module, a noise measurement module equipped in the moving module to measure noise of a target to be detected, a control module configured to control the moving module and the noise measurement module; and a communication module configured to communicate with a ground control center, wherein the intelligent noise monitoring device flies to a location to be detected to measure the noise of the location to be detected so as to determine whether or not the measured noise is in an abnormal state. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025552 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VIBRATIONS OF A ROTOR - The present disclosure relates to a measuring device for measuring vibrations of a rotor and to a method for measuring the vibrations of a rotor. Disclosed is a measuring device for measuring vibrations of a rotor of an electric machine having a guiding rod with a plate at one end of the guiding rod, the plate to abut at the rotor in operation, an actuator for inducing a shock to the rotor via the guiding rod and via the plate, and a monitor device for measuring the vibrations at the rotor caused by the induced shock. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025553 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION AND SENSOR-CONTROLLED COMPONENT - A method for wireless signal transfer from a sensor to a sensor-controlled component is provided. The sensor records a measuring signal and utilises the energy recorded with the measuring signal for operating an associated transmission unit. The signal transmitted by the emission unit is determined by the amount of energy recorded with the measuring signal. This enables the sensor to be operated autonomously. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025554 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PHASE ANGLE AND/OR THE THICKNESS OF A CONTAMINATION LAYER AT AN OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A method and associated EUV lithography apparatus for determining the phase angle at a free interface ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025555 | Systems, Devices, and Methods for Calibration of Beam Profilers - Embodiments generally describe systems, devices, and methods for focusing and calibrating beam profilers. A test object is provided that may include an internal housing rotatable within an external housing. The internal housing may house a light source, a collimator, a filter, and/or a diffuser. A plate may be mounted to the internal housing and may include a plurality of markings. In some embodiments, to focus a beam profiler, the test object may be positioned adjacent the converter plate of a beam profiler. Marker images may be captured and a focus quality may be assessed therefrom. A position of the converter, objective, and/or camera of the beam profiler may be adjusted based on the focus quality. To calibrate, images of the markings in several rotational positions may be captured and used for calibration. The markings may be rotated to several positions by rotating the internal housing relative to the external housing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025556 | Optical Sensing System - An optical sensing system for detecting objects passing through a volume of interest, wherein the sensing system has an emitter and a detector. The detector detects motion of object shadows generated as the object passes through the volume of interest between the emitter and detector. Motion detection algorithms, using computed motion vectors of the detected object, logically determine whether an object has traveled completely through the detection space, and can be used to discriminate a specific outcomes and/or impediments. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025557 | RADIATED LIGHT FILTERING FOR A FLOW CYTOMETER - A filter mask for use in a flow cytometer includes light blocking features and light passing apertures. The flow cytometer operates to evaluate one or more characteristics of a sample by illuminating the sample and a carrier fluid and collecting light rays that are radiated from the sample and the carrier fluid. The light rays are passed through the filter mask. The light blocking features of the filter mask are arranged to selectively block radiated light at certain radiation angles, while permit light rays having other radiation angles to pass therethrough. A sensor analyzer receives the light rays that pass through to evaluate at least one characteristic of the sample. The light rays can also be separated into two beams, which can be independently filtered using different filter masks. The results can then be compared to provide even more information regarding characteristics of the sample. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025558 | ULTRAVIOLET SEMICONDUCTOR SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - A photodiode ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025559 | Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Position Sensing Systems and Sensors Therefor - Two and three dimensional position sensing systems and sensors for use in such systems are disclosed. The sensors incorporate linear array sensors and an aperture plate to block light or other radiation from reaching most elements of the sensors. A direction of a radiation source relative is determined based on illuminated sensor elements in each sensor. The sensors are combined in systems to allow the position of a radiation source to be estimated. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025560 | SAFETY CHECKING APPARATUS, BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM, AND SAFETY CHECKING METHOD - A safety checking apparatus is provided with a determining section and a result data control section. The determining section determines a safety level of an asset to an incident beam according to an irradiation beam based on the irradiation direction of the irradiation beam and a position or area of the asset. The result data control section carries out a notification to the asset according to the safety level determined by the determining section. Thus, the safety level is determined to a person and a thing one in a region out of a path of the beam. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025561 | DISCOVERING AND CONSTRAINING IDLE PROCESSES - A spectroscopy system and method includes illuminating a target with a wideband light pulse that includes an entire testing wavelength spectrum. The light pulse is transformed with a dispersive medium to introduce a frequency-based time delay to the light pulse after the light pulse has interacted with a target. The dispersed light pulse is converted to a time-domain electrical signal with a photodiode. The time-domain electrical signal is converted into a spectral profile of the target. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025562 | FIBER-OPTIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS BASED ON ULTRA-SHORT CAVITY LENGTH FABRY-PEROT SENSORS AND LOW RESOLUTION SPECTRUM ANALYSIS - An optical system having an optical sensor with an ultra-short FP cavity, and a low-resolution optical interrogation system coupled to the optical sensor and operational to send light signals and receive light signals to and from the optical sensor is disclosed. The optical system may operate in a wavelength range including the visible and near-infrared range. Methods of interrogating optical sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025563 | Photonic Optical Sensor and Method of Use Thereof - The system may include a photonic optical sensor including a photonic crystal and an incident light source arranged so as to project light onto the photonic optical sensor, and such that the photonic optical sensor returns a portion of the light projected onto the photonic optical sensor as returned light. The system may further include a detector positioned with respect to the photonic optical sensor so as to detect the returned light. The detector produces a data output based on the returned light. Additionally, a processing unit receives and processes the data output. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025564 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosure discloses an electronic device and an information processing method. The electronic device comprises a light detection unit, including a photonic crystal layer configured to reflect and transmit light with a first wavelength in a first incident light according to a voltage applied to the photonic crystal layer; and a photosensitive layer arranged at a light transmission side of the photonic crystal layer and configured to detect a first parameter of a first transmission light transmitted through the photonic crystal layer when the light with the first wavelength is reflected by the photonic crystal layer, and detect a second parameter of a second transmission light transmitted through the photonic crystal layer when the light with the first wavelength is transmitted through the photonic crystal layer; and a processing unit configured to form a spectrum of the first waveform according to the first parameter and the second parameter. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025565 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING MATERIALS - An apparatus and method for testing material to determine if the materials have exceeding their useable life based an analysis of the chemical degradation of the material. An infrared (IR) spectroscopic measurement is made of the material. The measurement results are compared to a database of previously obtained measurement results. Depending on the comparison of the measurement result to the database of previously obtained measurement results, an indication of a measure of the lifespan of the chemically reactive material is determined and provided. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING MATERIALS - A method and apparatus for testing materials for testing materials using infrared spectrometry. Calibration of an infrared spectrometer for use in testing materials including the steps of: selecting variables which have the potential to influence the physical characteristics of a composite used in the aerospace industry, selecting values for each variable and inputting the variable and values into a design of experiments model, thereby obtaining a sample test matrix. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025567 | ANGLE LIMITING REFLECTOR AND OPTICAL DISPERSIVE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The invention relates to angle-limiting optical reflectors and optical dispersive devices such as optical spectrum analyzers using the same. The reflector has two reflective surfaces arranged in a two-dimensional corner reflector configuration for reflecting incident light back with a shift, and includes two prisms having a gap therebetween that is tilted to reflect unwanted light and transmit wanted light. A two-pass optical spectrum analyzer utilizes the reflector to block unwanted multi-pass modes that may otherwise exist and degrade the wavelength selectivity of the device. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025568 | DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIGHT SOURCES USING A DIFFRACTION GRATING - A system mounted in a vehicle for classifying light sources. The system includes a lens and a spatial image sensor. The lens is adapted to provide an image of a light source on the spatial image sensor. A diffraction grating is disposed between the lens and the light source. The diffraction grating is adapted for providing a spectrum. A processor is configured for classifying the light source as belonging to a class selected from a plurality of classes of light sources expected to be found in the vicinity of the vehicle, wherein the spectrum is used for the classifying of the light source. Both the image and the spectrum may be used for classifying the light source or the spectrum is used for classifying the light source and the image is used for another driver assistance application. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025569 | ADAPTATION OF FIELD USE SPECTROSCOPY EQUIPMENT - A spectrometer configurable for field analyses of chemical properties of a material is provided. The spectrometer includes: at least one sensor adapted for providing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) surveillance and at least another sensor for providing Raman spectroscopy surveillance. The spectrometer can be provided with a user accessible instruction set for modifying a sampling configuration of the spectrometer. A method of determining the most likely composition of a sample by at least two technologies using the spectrometer is also provided. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025570 | Sensing Device with a Glare Shield - A sensing device with a glare shield has an infrared sensor and a glare shield. The infrared sensor has a body and a lens hood. The lens hood is mounted around an outer periphery of the body. The glare shield is conical, is detachably mounted around the lens hood of the infrared sensor, and extends in a direction away from the body of the infrared sensor. The glare shield prevents the infrared sensor from being affected by glare emitted from adjacent lighting devices. Accordingly, the sensing device avoids incorrect judgment of environmental luminance caused by lighting devices nearby and therefore generates less misoperation, so that the goal of being more power-saving can be achieved. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025571 | THERMOPILE INFRARED SENSOR STRUCTURE WITH A HIGH FILLING LEVEL - Thermopile infrared sensor structure with a high filling level in a housing filled with a medium ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025572 | THERMO-OPTICAL ARRAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF PROCESSING THERMO-OPTICAL ARRAY DEVICES - Thermo-optical array devices and methods of processing thermo-optical array devices are disclosed. One method of processing thermo-optical array devices includes forming a (001) oriented titanium dioxide material on a bolometer material, and forming a vanadium dioxide material on the (001) oriented titanium dioxide material. One thermo-optical array device includes a bolometer material, a titanium dioxide material on the bolometer material, and a vanadium dioxide material on the titanium dioxide material, wherein the vanadium dioxide material has an optical transition temperature of less than 67 degrees Celsius. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025573 | LONG WAVE INFRARED IMAGING POLARIMETER, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A long wave infrared imaging polarimeter (LWIP) is disclosed including a pixilated polarizing array (PPA) in close proximity to a microbolometer focal plane array (MFPA), along with an alignment engine for aligning and bonding the PPA and MFPA and method for assembly. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025574 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor has a thermosensitive element that detects temperature, a pair of element electrode wires electrically connected to the thermosensitive element, and a glass sealing body that has a sealing portion covering the thermosensitive element and a part of the element electrode wires. Further, the temperature sensor has a tablet that has an interface and a pair of insertion holes into which the element electrode wires are inserted, the tablet being joined to the glass sealing body through the interface. Further, the temperature sensor has a low Young's modulus layer provided in the glass sealing body, made of a material having lower low Young's modulus than that of a material forming the sealing portion, and at least partially connecting the sealing portion and the interface of the tablet. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025575 | Adapter for Measuring a Physical Variable - An adapter ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025576 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor includes a thermo-sensitive element, a pair of element electrode wires electrically connected to the thermo-sensitive element, a glass sealing body that covers the thermo-sensitive element and part of the pair of the element electrode wires, and a tablet formed with a pair of insertion holes extending in an axial direction thereof, through which the pair of the element electrode wires pass respectively. The glass sealing body includes a sealing part formed so as to extend from an element side end surface thereof located on a side of the thermo-sensitive element toward the thermo-sensitive element, and a sagging part formed in each of the pair of the insertion holes so as to extend integrally from the sealing part. The length of the sagging part in the axial direction being smaller than or equal to 1.5 mm. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025577 | Differential temperature surface sensor - This sensor, comprises: a first surface acoustic wave device, comprising a first piezoelectric substrate, formed from a (YXw/t)/φ/θ/ψ cut of a Langasite crystal, where φ is equal to 0±5° is equal to 55±20° and ψ is equal to 32.5±7.5° and a first resonator having a first transducer laying on a first propagation surface and having two sets of interdigitated first electrodes formed from an electrically conductive material having a high melting temperature; and a second surface acoustic wave device, comprising a second piezoelectric substrate, formed from a (YXw/t)/φ/θ/ψ cut of a Langasite crystal, where φ is equal to 0±5°, θ is equal to 5±20° and ψ is equal to 0±7.5°, and a second resonator having a second transducer laying on a second propagation surface and having two sets of interdigitated second electrodes formed from an electrically conductive material having a high melting temperature; said first and second surface acoustic wave devices being independent one from the other in terms of surface acoustic wave propagation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025578 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEASUREMENT OF RATE OF HEAT EXCHANGE OF AIRFLOW SYSTEMS - Method, systems, and devices for determining instantaneous heat exchange between an airflow and a heat exchange element of an HVAC system are disclosed. In some embodiments, methods and systems include receiving or otherwise obtaining airflow data, temperature and humidity data. The airflow data may be used to calculate the volumetric airflow rate, and the temperature and humidity data may be processed with enthalpy data to determine the change in enthalpy (Δh) of the airflow after encountering a heat exchange element. The instantaneous rate of heat exchange (E) between the airflow and the heat exchange element may then be determined from the volumetric airflow rate and change in enthalpy. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025579 | MACHINE ELEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING A FORCE OR A MOMENT AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MACHINE ELEMENT - A machine element designed for transferring a force and/or a torque and also for measuring the force or the torque to be transferred, as well as to an arrangement for measuring a force and/or a torque having such a machine element. A method for producing the machine element is also provided. The machine element according to the invention has a primary sensor for measuring the force to be transferred or the torque to be transferred and this sensor has a permanent magnetization. A measurable magnetic field occurring outside of the machine element is caused by the permanent magnetization and also by the force and/or by the torque. The permanent magnetization extends along a closed magnetization path. The permanent magnetization is formed in a surface layer of the machine element that has a greater magnetic permeability than at least the sections of the machine element located under the surface layer. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025580 | PRESSURE SENSOR - An antenna unit having an antenna coil pattern is disposed in a casing. A sensor unit has a surface acoustic wave detecting element including a first sensing electrode that generates and receives a surface acoustic wave and a first reflector that reflects the surface acoustic wave, which are provided on a substrate configured of a piezoelectric material, and a sensor coil pattern electrically connected to the first sensing electrode and coupled to the antenna coil pattern. The sensor unit is disposed in a pressure receiving portion, and a signal is transmitted between the sensor unit and the antenna unit by wireless communication resulting from a coil coupling. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025581 | PRESSURE SENSOR - An object of the present invention is to realize a pressure sensor with a small variation in sensor characteristics. The pressure sensor includes a diaphragm having longitudinal and lateral sides, and four strain gauges disposed on the diaphragm. The four strain gauges are arranged at a center of the diaphragm. Two of the four strain gauges are arranged along a lateral direction, and other two strain gauges are arranged along a longitudinal direction. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025582 | Capacitive Pressure Transducer for Measuring the Pressure of a Medium Adjacent to the Measuring Cell - The invention relates a capacitive pressure transducer for measuring the pressure of a medium adjacent to the pressure transducer, which has a resilient measuring diaphragm, of which the first side is at least partially in contact with the medium and of which the second side, which faces away from the medium, comprises a measuring electrode and, for measuring the temperature, a resistance element made of a material having a temperature dependent resistance. Furthermore, the pressure transducer has a base body, which is arranged opposite the second side of the measuring diaphragm, with a counter electrode, which forms a measuring capacitance with the measuring electrode. According to the invention, the resistance element is formed as a resistive layer between the second side of the measuring diaphragm and the measuring electrode. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025583 | CMOS PRESSURE SENSOR WITH GETTER USING TI-W WIRE EMBEDDED IN MEMBRANE - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a pressure sensor including a pressure sensitive membrane suspended over a cavity, wherein the membrane is secured by a set of anchors to a substrate; and a getter material embedded in the membrane, wherein the surface of the getter is in contact with any gas within the cavity, and wherein two end points of the getter material are attached through the substrate by anchors capable of conducting through the substrate an electrical current through the getter material. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025584 | A SENSING CABLE - A sensing cable including one or more optical fibers and a coating which is provided on the one or more optical fibers. The coating is configured so that pressure applied to the sensing cable, along one or more axes, induces less lateral compression on the one or more optical fibers than pressure applied to the sensing cable along one or more other axes so as to change birefringence in the one or more optical fibers. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025585 | IMPROVED PRESSURE SENSOR COMPRISING A HERMETIC CASING - A pressure sensor includes an encapsulant housing an electronic member. The electronic member includes a proof body, which has two opposite sides facing away from each other. On a first side of the proof body is a reference-pressure chamber. On a second side of the proof body facing away from the first side is a pressure-to-be-measured chamber in communication with outside of the encapsulant. Delimited between the electronic member and the encapsulant is a housing for gel. An orifice enables the housing for gel to be in communication with outside of the encapsulant. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025586 | Protective Cover For Pressure Sensor Nozzle - Systems and methods are provided for preventing foreign objects from entering a nozzle of a pressure sensor. Example pressure sensor assemblies include a housing for a pressure sensor, a nozzle coupled to the housing and configured to permit airflow into the housing, and a nozzle cover including a plurality of surface openings configured to permit airflow into the nozzle. Other example assemblies include a shield enclosing a nozzle of the pressure sensor, the shield including a plurality of surface openings to permit airflow into the nozzle, and an attachment mechanism configured to couple the shield to an open end of the nozzle. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025587 | IONIZATION VACUUM MEASURING CELL - An ionization vacuum measuring cell comprises an anode ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS TESTING - A method for a vehicle, comprising: following a vehicle-off event, waking a powertrain control module based on a comparison of an ambient temperature and a bulk fuel temperature; and then initiating an evaporative emissions system leak test. In this way, the evaporative emission leak test may be initiated without waking the powertrain control module arbitrarily. By waking the powertrain control module and initiating the test based on ambient and bulk fuel temperatures the execution rate of the leak test can be increased. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025589 | EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS TESTING BASED ON HISTORICAL AND FORECAST WEATHER DATA - A method for a vehicle, comprising: initiating an engine-off natural vacuum test based on an ambient temperature change potential over a testing duration. The ambient temperature change potential may be based on historic weather data and further based on forecast weather data. In this way, the engine-off natural vacuum test may be executed only when conditions favor an in-tank temperature change significant enough to cause a threshold change in fuel tank pressure, thus reducing the number of aborted tests and increasing the test's overall performance metrics. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING REMAINING LIFE OF AN OPERATIVE SUB-SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A vehicle may include an operative sub-system positioned within a body of the vehicle, and a sensor assembly secured to the operative sub-system. The sensor assembly may include at least one sensor configured to detect vibration or shock energy, directed into the operative sub-system; and a processing unit configured to determine damage to the operative sub-system as damage data that is based on one or both of a magnitude and duration of the vibration or shock energy detected by the sensor(s). The sensor assembly may be self-powered. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025591 | AUTOMATED DEFLECTOMETRY SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING REFLECTOR QUALITY - An automated deflectometry system and method for assessing the quality of a reflective surface for use in a concentrating solar power plant. The deflectometry system comprises a holding fixture for mounting a heliostat reflector opposite a target screen having a known pattern. Digital cameras embedded in the target screen take pictures of the known pattern as reflected in the surface of the reflector. Image processing software then detects the features of the pattern in the reflector images and calculates the slope profile of the reflective surface. The slope field can be calculated by comparing the images of the reflective surface to those of a reference surface. Based on the slope profile of the reflective surface, a ray tracing calculation can be performed to simulate flux as reflected from the reflective surface onto a receiver and a quality metric can be ascribed to the heliostat reflector. The result of the quality assessment can displayed using a graphical user interface on an automated assembly line. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025592 | BEARING TEST APPARATUS FOR TESTING DURABILITY OF BEARING - A bearing test apparatus has a bearing cap coupled to an outer ring of a bearing to be tested (a “test bearing”), a driving rotary shaft coupled to an inner ring of the test bearing to rotate the inner ring, and a bearing torque meter for measuring a single torque of the test bearing, wherein an extension bar is formed at the bearing cap to protrude thereon, wherein the bearing torque meter includes a measurement rod configured to contact the extension bar and be fixed to support the extension bar in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the driving rotary shaft, and a power sensor for measuring a force applied to the measurement rod, wherein the single torque of the test bearing is calculated based on a distance from the driving rotary shaft to the measurement rod and a force applied to the measurement rod. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025593 | Detection of Stuck Plate Valve of Gaseous Engine - A method of detecting a stuck plate valve of a gas engine. An accelerometer is mounted on or near the valve, such that the valve is operable to detect the closing and/or opening of the valve. A detection unit stores values representing the output of the accelerometer when the valve is operating normally. During operation of the engine, the detection unit receives current output from the accelerometer, and compares the current output with the stored values to determine whether the valve is operating normally. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025594 | METHOD TO MEASURE FRICTION LOSS IN ENGINES AND METHOD TO DETECT ENGINE DRIVING STATE - The angular deceleration dω/dt of an output shaft after switching from a driving state, in which an engine is driven by burning fuel that is supplied by a fuel supplying device into an engine cylinder space, to a measuring state, in which deceleration is caused by suppressing the combustion of fuel in the engine cylinder space, is measured, and a friction loss in the engine is determined on the basis of the measured friction torque Tf of the engine determined by Expression Tf=It×dω/dt), where It is the moment of inertia for the entire drive system of the engine, and the friction torque correction quantity corresponding to a work correction quantity performed by post-combustion dripping generated in the engine cylinder space after switching from the driving state to the measuring state. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025595 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE ROTATIONAL POSITION OF A PHASER IN A VARIABLE PHASING SYSTEM - A method to determine a rotational position of a phaser for variable phasing system including a low-resolution rotational position sensing system includes estimating a rotational position of the phaser based upon a time interval between occurrence of a measured position of the phaser and a present periodic timepoint, a commanded position of the phaser, said measured position of the phaser, and a time constant of the variable phasing system when the occurrence of the measured position of the phaser is subsequent to a preceding periodic timepoint occurring at a set time interval prior to the present periodic timepoint. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025596 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION COMPRESSOR SURGE - A system for remote detection of surge in a fleet of turbine engines includes an on-site monitoring device coupled to each turbine engine of the fleet of turbine engines. The on-site monitoring device is configured to continuously receive operating parameter measurements indicative of operational and thermodynamic conditions of the turbine engine. The operational condition includes a compressor exit condition of the turbine engine compressor. The on-site monitoring device is configured to compile and transmit a snapshot of the operating parameter measurements to a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit is positioned remote from each turbine engine of the fleet of turbine engines. The remote monitoring unit is configured to receive the snapshot of operating parameter measurements from the on-site monitoring device. The remote monitoring unit is further configured to detect surge in the turbine engine based on analysis of the snapshot of operating parameter measurements. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025597 | POSITION ALIGNING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line to respectively correspond to both sides of a front wheel and both sides of a rear wheel of the vehicle so as to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position includes: a front aligning unit regulating a front movement of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line and aligning a front right/left position of the vehicle while pressing a front wheel of the vehicle in a right/left direction according to operation of a first actuator; a rear aligning unit aligning a rear right/left position of the vehicle while pressing a rear wheel of the vehicle in the right/left direction according to operation of a second actuator; and a controller controlling the operation of the first and second actuators. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025598 | AIR PRESSURE CIRCUIT FOR TIRE TESTING DEVICE - A pneumatic circuit of a tire testing apparatus includes: a piping configured to guiding air from an air supply source to a tire; a control part configured to output a target command pressure; a pressure proportional control valve part; and a constant-flow air discharge part. The pressure proportional control valve part supplies and discharges the air of a flow rate proportional to a differential pressure between the target command pressure and an internal pressure of the tire so that the internal pressure of the tire becomes the target command pressure, and has a dead band in which the air is not supplied and discharged within a predetermined range. The constant-flow air discharge part is formed between the tire and the pressure proportional control valve part, and is configured to discharge the air of an inside of the piping to an outside at a constant flow rate. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025599 | Parallel Digital Signal Processing of Machine Vibration Data - A field programmable gate array (FPGA) in a machine health monitoring (MHM) module includes interface circuitry, vibration data processing circuitry, and tachometer data processing circuitry. The interface circuitry de-multiplexes a synchronous serial data stream comprising multiple multiplexed data channels, each containing machine vibration data or tachometer data, into separate input data streams. The vibration data processing circuitry comprises parallel processing channels for the separate input data streams containing vibration data, each channel including a highpass filter, two stages of integration circuits, a digital tracking bandpass filter, and multiple parallel scalar calculation channels. The tachometer data processing circuitry processes the tachometer data to generate RPM and other values. A cross-point switch in the FPGA distributes tachometer signals between MHM modules in a distributed control system, thereby allowing multiple modules to share tachometer information. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF FOULING ON BOILER HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE - Detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler includes emitting a spray of pressurized fluid from a nozzle of a sootblower element when the nozzle is adjacent to a surface of the heat exchanger, and sensing a value indicative of a reactive force created by an impact of the pressurized fluid on the surface of the heat exchanger and translated back to the sootblower element through the spray of the pressurized fluid. The method also includes determining when a substantial deposit is on the surface of the heat exchanger indicating fouling based on the value indicative of the reactive force. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025601 | ASEPTIC SAMPLING MODULE AND MANIFOLD - A sample can be collected from an enclosed container, such as an aseptic bioreactor or chemical environment, using the disclosed sampling modules and manifold, providing consistent or substantially consistent sampling procedures for obtaining samples of a desired quality, while reducing the risk of contamination. The samples can be directed to appropriate analytical devices for analysis. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025602 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING, PREPARING AND ANALYSING A SAMPLE - A device for sampling, preparing and analysing a sample, for example a suspension, comprises: a sampling device adapted to sampling a fluid sample, at least one sample preparation unit adapted to prepare the sample, and at least one analysing unit. By adapting the device for sampling and analysing a sample for placement in direct vicinity to a process pipe and adapting the sampling device to sample a fluid sample directly from a gate, a compact and cost-efficient device is provides, which also provides fast feedback to a process to be controlled. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025603 | AIRBORNE AGENT COLLECTORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING AIRBORNE AGENTS - Air flow systems, devices and methods for monitoring airborne agents include airborne agent collectors. Airborne agent collectors for collecting and detecting the presence and/or identification of an airborne agent(s) include a soluble and hydrophilic polycaprolactone (PCL) that has been treated with a base (e.g., a base having a pH greater than 8 (e.g., NaOH, NaHCO | 2016-01-28 |
20160025604 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFER AND PROCESSING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - Systems and methods are described for transfer of tissue samples from a substrate to a vessel, for subsequent processing (e.g., focused acoustic treatment) within the vessel. A transfer apparatus, having a transfer end and a handle end, may be used to collect a sample material from the substrate. When the sample material is collected from the substrate, the transfer end may be placed within a vessel for treatment of the sample material while the transfer end is also located within the vessel. In some embodiments, the transfer end may be decoupled or otherwise separated from the handle end so that only the transfer end portion of the transfer apparatus is located within the vessel during treatment. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025605 | CHEMICAL SENSING DEVICE - A chemical sensing system includes a substrate material, a detector capable of indicating a presence of a target compound, gas, or vapor, and a heater for rapidly releasing compounds, gases and vapors from the substrate material. The substrate material acts to concentrate the compounds, gases, and vapors from a sample area for improved detection by the detector. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF VITAMIN D METABOLITES FROM HUMAN PLASMA - This invention relates to a method and apparatus or kit for extracting major metabolites of vitamin D from human plasma or serum. More particularly, the invention provides for the extraction from human plasma or serum samples comprising vitamin D metabolites such as 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, 25-hydroxy vitamin D2, and D3 from protein binding, removal of protein and phospholipids, and isolation of the metabolites using a combination of ion-exchange and Lewis acid mechanisms without the requirement to acidify the samples. The method and apparatus of the invention comprise a cartridge or plurality of cartridges comprising at least one protein crash frit, a strong cation exchanged sorbent, and an acidified alumina sorbent to provide higher recoveries of vitamin D metabolites than existing phospholipid depletion plate techniques. Accurately quantifying 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 is useful in differential diagnosis of vitamin D-related diseases and for monitoring vitamin D therapy in patients with chronic renal disease. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025607 | SAMPLE CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD OF USE - The present disclosure provides an assembly for preparing a sample for analysis. The assembly comprises a hollow body comprising first opening, an outlet with a second opening, and a fluid pathway extending therebetween; a filter element operatively interposed in the fluid pathway; and a closure comprising a third opening and a chamber, the closure being slideably engaged with the outlet. The chamber and the outlet are dimensioned so that the outlet is sealingly engaged with the chamber. A method of using the assembly to detect a microorganism is also provided. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025608 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC TESTING OF GROUND SUPPORT BOLTS, ANCHOR BOLTS OR ROCK BOLTS - A connector, an associated dynamic testing system and method for testing rock bolts or rock anchors in situ. The connector is attached to a rock bolt/anchor and supports a hanging load via a shaft. The connector has a body of two halves retaining upper first and lower second connectors having respective curved surfaces. Each of the two halves has a curved inner surface allowing limited relative rotational movement of the first and second connectors relative to the two halves when a load is applied. A load cell and accelerometer register the load applied to the rock bolt/anchor through the connector and any resulting movement of the rock bolt/anchor. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025609 | Method of Acquiring Viscosity of A Downhole Fluid in A Downhole Tool with A Vibrating Wire Viscometer - A method of acquiring viscosity of a downhole fluid is provided. The downhole fluid is in a downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The method involves obtaining a viscosity signal of the downhole fluid using a vibrating wire viscometer of the downhole tool, and acquiring viscosity parameters of the viscosity signal. The acquiring involves adjusting the viscosity signal by removing offsets from the viscosity signal, generating a complex signal from the adjusted viscosity signal, obtaining a low frequency component of the complex signal by filtering the complex signal into a high frequency component and the low frequency component and removing the high frequency component, and determining the viscosity parameters from the low frequency component. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025610 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement apparatus includes a generation section and a measurement section and performs a predetermined measurement using a flow channel device including a narrow channel through which particles pass by a flow of a fluid and a measurement electrode section provided in the vicinity of the narrow channel. The generation section generates, in the measurement electrode section, an AC voltage that is higher than a characteristic frequency defined by a conductance of the fluid including the particles in the narrow channel and an electrical double layer capacitance formed by the measurement electrode section and has a frequency range indicating a conductance corresponding to a size of the particles. The measurement section measures, while the AC voltage is applied to the measurement electrode section, an electrical amount including at least the conductance obtained when the particles pass through the narrow channel. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025611 | FLOW CYTOMETER, PARTICLE ANALYZER, AND FLOW CYTOMETRIC METHOD - A flow cytometer comprises a flow cell configured to induce a flow of a sample containing object particles, a light source, an irradiating optical system configured to irradiate light from the light source on the flow of particles in the flow cell, a detecting part configured to detect light given off from the flow of particles which are irradiated by light. The irradiating optical system comprises a collective lens having an optical axis symmetric aspherical surface on one surface, and a cylindrical surface on the other surface. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025612 | CELL COUNTING METHOD, CELL COUNTING DEVICE, AND CELL COUNTING PROGRAM - To enable accurate counting the number of cultured cells without pulling apart cell clusters even if cells are aggregated densely to form three-dimensional cell clusters. An image of cultured cells is acquired, and from this image, an image of cell clusters and an image of individual cells are separated. Based on each of the image of cell clusters and the image of individual cells, the number of cells in the cell cluster and the number of individual cells are calculated. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025613 | Reducing Condensation Risk Within Liquid Cooled Computers - An approach is provided in which a manufacturing test scheduling system predicts a dew point forecast indoor a facility based upon outdoor weather data and indoor environment data. The manufacturing test scheduling system selects time slots in the dew point forecast based upon a pre-defined dew point threshold and, in turn, schedules tests of a liquid cooled computer system during the selected time slots. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025614 | METHOD AND APPLICATION OF GaPO4 CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE TO HIGH ACID CRUDE CORROSION TESTING - A new technique to measure corrosion rates in naphthenic crudes in a high temperature environment has been designed using a gallium phosphate (GAPO) crystal microbalance. The technique is highly sensitive and can measure instantaneous corrosion rates. Due to the high temperature stability of the GAPO crystals, this technique can be used to measure in the laboratory dynamic naphthenic acid corrosion rates of iron at the high temperatures that are prevalent in various locations in oil and gas production and refining facilities, therefore opening a new and more accurate method to study naphthenic corrosion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025615 | METHOD AND APPLICATIONS FOR MEASUREMENT OF OBJECT TACTILE PROPERTIES BASED ON HOW THEY LIKELY FEEL TO HUMANS - A system may measure, store, and recall at least one tactile property of multiple objects. The system may include one or more biomimetic tactile sensors that have mechanical properties and sensor modalities that are similar to those of human fingertips. The system may perform at least one exploratory movement on one of the objects by moving the biomimetic tactile sensors over a surface of the object. The at least one exploratory movement may be of a type that a human would normally perform on the object to discern the at least one tactile property and may have one or more movement parameters. Each of the movement parameters may fall within a range of movement parameters that would normally be exhibited if a human performed the exploratory movement for the at least one tactile property. The system may determine and store a value of the at least one tactile property based on information provided by the biomimetic tactile sensors in response to the exploratory movement. The determining may use an analytical function that specifies a mathematical relationship between the value and the information provided by the biomimetic tactile sensors that is based on physical phenomena, rather than extracted from data sets by an adaptive algorithm. The system may repeat the same exploratory movement performance, the same determining the value using the same analytical function, and the same storing the determined value for each of the other objects. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025616 | MULTICHANNEL ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE WITH SPECIMEN HOLDERS - An analytical instrument may have multiple distinct channels. Such may include one or more illumination sources and sensors. Illumination may be delivered to specific locations of a specimen holder, and returned illumination may be delivered to specific locations of a sensor array. Illumination may first pass a specimen, and a mirror or reflector may then return the illumination past the specimen. Optical splitters may be employed to couple pairs of fiber optics proximate a specimen holder. Such channels may further include a plurality of illumination sources positioned on one side of a specimen holder and a plurality of sensors on the other side. The plurality of sensor may capture image of a specimen and a spectrophotometer may concurrently scan the specimen. A plurality of specimens may be imaged and scanned in a single pass of a plurality of passes. Spherical or ball lenses may be placed in an optical path of the illumination to achieve a desired illumination pattern. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025617 | PROBE UNIT WITH CLEANING MEANS - The present invention relates to a probe unit comprising a probe ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025618 | Spectral Ellipsometry Measurement and Data Analysis Device and Related Systems and Methods - Spectral ellipsometry measurement systems are provided including a polarizer that rotates at a first angle and adjusts a polarizing direction of incident light of a measurement sample; a compensator that rotates at a second angle, different from the first angle, and adjusts a phase difference of the incident light; an analyzer that rotates at a third angle and adjusts a polarizing direction of light reflected on the measurement sample; a detector that detects a spectral image from the reflected light; a controller that controls one of the polarizer, the compensator, and the analyzer according to polarizer-compensator-analyzer (PCA) angle sets including the first to third angles; and a processor that receives, from the detector, a first spectral image corresponding to a first PCA angle set and a first wavelength and a second spectral image corresponding to a second PCA angle set and a second wavelength, different from the first wavelength, and generates a polarizer-compensator-analyzer rotating (PCAR) spectral matrix using the first and second spectral images. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025619 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BEARING - A method for operating a rolling-element bearing includes manufacturing a lubricating grease by mixing a first pigment having a first color with a first grease component to form a first colored grease component, mixing a second pigment having a second color different than the first color with a second grease component to form a second colored grease component, and mixing the first and second colored grease components to form a grease having a grease color. The method also includes lubricating the rolling element bearing with the grease, operating the bearing, measuring the color of the grease and providing a signal when the grease color becomes a predetermined grease color. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025620 | Optical Compositional Analysis of Mixtures - Systems for calculating regression coefficients for estimating amounts of components in a mixture of components may comprise: a unit for supplying input optical measurements of a reference mixture, a unit for supplying learning optical measurements of the mixture, a unit for calculating component amounts from the learning measurements, a unit for obtaining the input measurements and the component amounts and calculating learned regression coefficients over the input measurements and the component amounts, and a unit for storing the coefficients, wherein the learning measurements are characterized by one or more of (1) having more bands than those of the input measurements and (2) being narrowband measurements. Furthermore, systems for estimating component amounts of a mixture may comprise a unit for obtaining the input optical measurements and the learned regression coefficients, applying a regression function using the learned regression coefficients to the input optical measurements, and estimating component amounts of the mixture. | 2016-01-28 |