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6923072 Method and device for measuring airflows through HVAC grilles  
A fan powered by a controlled external energy source and a flow measurement device measure the airflow exiting or entering grilles/registers of an HVAC system without impeding the airflow being...
6923054 Microscale out-of-plane anemometer  
A microscale out-of-plane thermal sensor. A resistive heater is suspended over a substrate by supports raised with respect to the substrate to provide a clearance underneath the resistive heater...
6922059 Electric field sensor  
The invention is a detection system and in one embodiment uses inexpensive, miniaturized sensors for detecting electric field (E-field) disturbances. Such sensors are easily and covertly deployable...
6920799 Magnetic flow meter with reference electrode  
An magnetic flow meter is provided which includes a reference electrode configured to electrically couple process fluid flowing within a flowtube of the flow meter. The reference electrode is...
6920798 Vibratory transducer  
The transducer ( 1 ) has at least one at least temporarily vibrating flow tube ( 101 ) of predeterminable lumen for conducting a fluid. The flow tube ( 101 ) communicates with a connected pipe via...
6920797 Selecting an airflow generator for a system  
A test apparatus includes a plurality of sensors placed proximate an airflow generator (e.g. a fan) to measure flow rates in respective sub-regions. The test apparatus also includes a controller...
6918307 Device, system and method for on-line monitoring of flow quantities  
Measures of a torque and rotational speed of a pump or fan are obtained, from which a mechanical input power can be calculated. By further using predetermined relations between mechanical input...
6917891 Systems and methods for diagnosing and predicting fluid flow systems using sensors  
A fluid flow system for continuously monitoring the flow of fluid including fluid flow conduit with an upstream side and a downstream side, sensors and fluid flow elements, with the method for...
6917887 Digital flowmeter  
A flowmeter includes a vibratable conduit, a driver connected to the conduit and operable to impart motion to the conduit, and a sensor connected to the conduit and operable to sense the motion of...
6917205 Microwave-resonator and measuring device  
A resonator device for testing a material quantity in the tobacco-processing industry for existence of at least one foreign substance and/or for detecting at least one of weight, density and...
6916165 Device for determining the operational state of an extruder  
The invention relates to a device for determining the operational status of an extruder that is used for the productive of a plastic profile. At least one measuring device for determining the...
6915707 Compact flow meter  
Apparatus for measuring the composition and flow rate of a fluid ( 1 ) comprising a mixture of e.g. oil and water in a pipe ( 2 ), wherein an integrated mechanical structure ( 3 ) serves as a...
6915706 Variable flow float flowmeter  
A flowmeter has an inlet body including a flow detector and an outlet body including a flow adjuster. The inlet body is fixed to the outlet body and forms a single piece assembly comprising an...
6915705 Flow sensor and flow resistive element  
A flow sensor is disclosed that measures a flow of fluid passing through a conduit and a flow resistive element for use in such a flow sensor. The flow sensor includes a housing having a main...
6915704 Ultrasonic flowmeter including stable flow rate calculation means based on instantaneous flow rate  
In accordance with one embodiment, a flow meter of the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of...
6915703 Capacitance meter  
A method for determining a flow property of a fluid flowing through a conduit provided with a capacitance meter having an upstream and a downstream annular capacitance sensor, wherein each annular...
6912919 Restriction flowmeter  
A restriction flowmeter including a cylinder through whose interior a fluid to be measured flows and a pipe for forming a restriction structure penetrating the cylinder in a direction perpendicular...
6912918 Mass flow sensor and methods of determining mass flow of a fluid  
The mass flow rate sensor includes a waveguide disposed in a flow passage having a bluff body facing in an upstream direction. Waves are pulsed along the waveguide for interaction with the fluid. A...
6912917 Differential fluid parameter determination  
Methods and apparatuses for determining a fluid parameter in a vessel by altering a property of the fluid, sensing the difference in the property after the fluid is altered, particularly as related...
6912907 Ultrasonic apparatus and method for measuring the concentration and flow rate of gas  
An apparatus for measuring a gas concentration comprises a conduit through which an objective gas to be measured flows, a ultrasonic transmitting and receiving element fixed in a straight portion...
6912904 Single tube densitometer  
A measurement device is provided that determines fluid properties from vibration frequencies of a sample cavity. In one embodiment, the measurement device includes a sample flow tube, vibration...
6912895 Coolant flow monitoring system for an engine cooling system  
A flow monitor is removably connectable in serial fluid communication with a coolant conduit of an engine cooling system. By providing a flow restrictor between upstream and downstream ports, a...
6910388 Flow meter using an expanded tube section and sensitive differential pressure measurement  
A method and apparatus for measuring the flow rate of a fluid within tubing disposed within a downhole wellbore. The present invention provides an inverse Venturi meter inserted within tubing with...
6910387 Vortex flow sensor for measuring fluid flow through a flow tube  
The vortex flow sensor is designed to measure the mass flow rate, the volumetric flow rate, or the flow velocity of a fluid flowing in a flow tube having a tube wall, and has two temperature...
6910366 Viscometer  
The viscometer provides a viscosity value (X η ) which represents the viscosity of a fluid flowing in a pipe connected thereto. It comprises a vibratory transducer with at least one flow tube for...
6907792 Method for measuring flow of fluid moving in pipe or groove-like flow passage  
A flow rate of fluid moving within a tube having a small diameter can be measured by the steps of: preparing a structure that has first and second oscillation wave generating-detecting means on a...
6907361 Ultrasonic flow-measuring method  
An ultrasonic flow-measuring method determines the flow rate of a medium flowing through a line is determined by measuring the runtime of an ultrasonic signal that travels from a first ultrasonic...
6904811 Apparatus for measuring the flow velocity and/or flow throughput of fluids  
A flow meter, such as a gas meter, for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric through-flow of fluids. The flow meter has a body with connecting flanges for connecting the meter to a...
6904810 Purge type vortex flowmeter  
A purge type vortex flowmeter capable of accurately measuring a flow rate of fluid over a wide range by reliably detecting the number of vortexes produced. A purge type vortex flowmeter which...
6904809 Magnetic flowmeter with integral liquid trap  
An integral trap magnetic flowmeter having an inlet in fluid communication with a sensing passage, the sensing passage intersecting a magnetic field, having electrodes for detecting a...
6904667 Apparatus for and a method for fabricating a coriolis flowmeter formed primarily of plastic  
An injection molding process for fabricating a Coriolis flowmeter. The process includes the steps forming a material flow path core using a core mold, placing the formed material flow path core...
6901814 Fuselage pitot-static tube  
Since, as a rule, there are several such PSTs on an aircraft, this results in a marked reduction in weight and aerodynamic drag, and savings in the required electric power in conjunction with a...
6901813 Flow meter alarm device  
A flow meter alarm device easily attached to and removed from a flow meter at various locations along the length of the flow meter. The device is compatible with flow meters which have a float for...
6901812 Single-body dual-chip Orthogonal sensing transit-time flow device  
An ultrasonic sensor having a pair of ultrasound transducers adapted to be inserted in and being able to perform at a single site of introduction into a duct. The ultrasonic sensor measures a...
6899616 Mass flow grain monitor and method  
A mass flow grain monitor is located adjacent the upper end of the clean grain elevator assembly of a harvester and includes a load cell having a member that is subject to slight deformation under...
6898987 Flow meter  
A flow meter includes a cylindrical flow chamber having an axis and an internal cylindrical wall. Axially spaced about opposite ends of the flow chamber are an inlet and an outlet. Both the inlet...
6898986 Meter for the measurement of multiphase fluids and wet gas  
A meter for the measurement of the gas mass flow rate and total liquid mass flow rate of a two phase or multiphase fluid is disclosed. The meter comprises a series of three flow element, the firs...
6898985 Method of determining the normal evaporation rate (NER) and vacuum quality of a cryogenic liquid container  
A method of determining the NER and vacuum quality of a cryogenic liquid container that includes the steps of providing a flow gauge having a scale provided thereon adjacent a flow volume indicator...
6898984 Measuring apparatus to determine the flow of a fluid  
A measuring apparatus ( 1 ) for determining the flow (Q) of a fluid ( 2 ). The apparatus has a hollow body ( 3 ), with an inflow ( 4 ) and an outflow ( 5 ) for the fluid ( 2 ). A magnetic sample (...
6898339 Multiple mode pre-loadable fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor  
A multiple mode pre-loadable fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor includes a generally cylindrical structure having at least one compression element, a fiber optic having a Bragg grating in...
6895826 Coriolis mass flowmeter  
The Coriolis mass flow meter of this invention comprises two parallel curved flow tubes 1 and 2, a drive unit 15, and a pair of vibration sensors 16 and 17. An inlet-side manifold 24 ...
6895825 Ultrasonic transducer assembly for monitoring a fluid flowing through a duct  
An ultrasonic transducer assembly for helping monitor a fluid flowing through a duct is disclosed herein. The assembly includes: (1) a piezoelectric transducer element having a first contact...
6895824 Apparatus for measuring the velocity and/or through-flow of a fluid  
A body for a flow meter for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric through-flow of fluids. The flow meter body has a tubular center piece with connecting flanges for connection to a...
6895823 Device for measuring the flow rate and/or the flow throughput of a fluid  
A device for measuring the flow velocity and/or the throughput of a fluid by means of ultrasound, with at least one ultrasonic transducer ( 16, 18 ) arranged on the outside of a wall ( 14 ) of a...
6895812 Cup anemometer  
The present invention relates to a cup anemometer having at least two cups ( 1 ) each attached to an arm ( 2 ) of a hub ( 3 ) on a rotary shaft. By cup is meant a generally seen cup-shaped body...
6893152 Method and device for evaluating a fuel gas wobbe index  
A method for evaluating the Wobbe index of a fuel gas belonging to a family of gases. The method includes measuring mass flow rates the fuel gas and of a reference gas, which is not necessarily a...
6892586 Measuring and controlling the flow of flowable materials  
A method of determining an inlet flow rate (F inlet ) of a flowable material including passing an inlet stream of flowable material through a chamber ( 20 ) having an outlet aperture ( 100 );...
6892584 Fabricated pitot probe assembly  
A pitot pressure sensing probe assembly is made up of individual components comprising a barrel formed with a longitudinal interior passageway and a conical end cap at its leading end. A strut that...
6892571 Sensor for the measurement of flowspeeds and method for operating the same  
A sensor for measuring a flow speed of a fluid medium includes a housing with a carrier membrane disposed in the housing and being essentially in a form of a vane having a circumference and at...
6889564 Peak flow meter  
A peak flow meter for measuring a peak flow or air exhaled by a patient. The preferred peak flow meter includes a substantially hollow housing having a top portion, a bottom portion, an air inlet...