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7373801 Vehicle rollover test fixture  
A test fixture for rollover crash testing of a test vehicle onto a moving surface employs a cradle to support and rotate the test vehicle. A vertical support structure to positions and releasably...
7363831 Environmental chamber for electronic systems testing and methods of use  
An environmental chamber for use with an environmental contamination testing system provides airborne contaminants effects for electronic systems. The environmental chamber includes a platform for...
7363127 Air brake system monitoring for pre-trip inspection  
Vehicles equipped with air brake systems and compressed air systems for supporting operation of the brakes provide for automated inspection of the air compressor system using an onboard vehicle or...
7360463 Process condition sensing wafer and data analysis system  
A measuring device incorporating a substrate with sensors that measure the processing conditions that a wafer may undergo during manufacturing. The substrate can be inserted into a processing...
7360462 Method and equipment for inspecting reinforced concrete pipe  
Deterioration of reinforced concrete pipes is checked and the deterioration progress level is classified. Based on the inspection result, a portion to be inspected in detail in an inspection area...
7357045 Buoyancy-corrected gravimetric analysis system  
Relatively accurate gravimetric analysis of airborne particulate matter in a sample is achieved by making gravimetric measurements of the sample on a microbalance in a closed chamber, continuously...
7353722 Contactless measurement of the surface temperature of naturally or artificially weathered samples  
A holding frame ( 2 ) is mounted in a weathering chamber ( 1 ) of a weathering tester so that it can be rotated around a xenon radiation source ( 3 ), which is located on the cylinder or rotation...
7353140 Methods for monitoring and controlling boiler flames  
The current invention provides a method and apparatus, which uses symbol sequence techniques, temporal irreversibility, and/or cluster analysis to monitor the operating state of individual burner...
7348581 UV light-emitting diodes as a radiation source in a device for the artificial weathering of samples  
The usual xenon radiation source in conventional weathering testers is replaced by UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ( 6 ). These can be used to provide a good approximation of the UV component of...
7347113 Method for evaluating the filling rate of a tubular rotary ball mill and device therefor  
The invention concerns a method which consists in establishing, by modeling, an algorithm which defines a relationship between the filling ratio of a ball mill and the angular positions of the...
7347111 Segregation testing apparatus for powders and granular materials  
A method and apparatus enables testing of sifting segregation of a particulate solid mixture in a storage bin or hopper. The apparatus makes use of a convergently and divergently angled hopper for...
7345750 Method of accelerated testing of illuminated device components  
A method of selection of an illuminator for use in an accelerated light stability test device chamber is described that employs measuring and comparing the spectral irradiance of at least one light...
7343828 Tape fed miniature air gap inspection crawler  
An air gap inspection device. The air gap inspection device may include a mast and an inspection head attached to the mast. The mast may be in the form of a collapsible tube.
7343827 System and process for break detection in porous elements for screening or filtering  
A method of detecting breaks in a porous element in a material separator is disclosed. A shielding is created in the material separator to form a barrier to RF energy. The shielding is formed with...
7340971 Method and apparatus for inspecting a pallet  
A system and method for inspecting pallets verifies a pallet meets dimensional and structural integrity requirements for transporting a load. The method and automated system verify that a pallet is...
7339383 Nanogripper device having length measuring function and method for length measurement executed with nanogripper device having length measuring function  
A fixed electrode and a movable electrode used to drive each arm are disposed at a drive unit. As a voltage is applied between the fixed electrode and the movable the electrode, a coulomb force...
7337686 Multi-threat detection system  
A method and system for efficiently screening for dangerous threatening items are presented. The system includes an object unit designed to hold the object and a test unit including equipment for...
7337092 Event-based automated diagnosis of known problems  
System events preceding occurrence of a problem are likely to be similar to events preceding occurrence of the same problem at other times or on other systems. Thus, the cause of a problem may be...
7335168 Monitoring system for animal husbandry  
A monitoring system ( 800 ) is operative for receiving sensor signals and analyzing the sensor signals to identify events or conditions of interest, such as colic, with respect to a monitored...
7334490 Method and apparatus for v-bank filter bed scanning  
Embodiments of the invention generally related to a method and apparatus foe scanning a v-bank filter. In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter includes a hollow body having...
7331250 Sensor device for non-intrusive diagnosis of a semiconductor processing system  
A battery powered sensing device for diagnosing a processing system and method for using the same are provided. The support platform generally has physical characteristics, such as size, profile...
7331249 Non-destructive inspection apparatus and non-destructive inspection system  
A nondestructive inspection device nondestructively inspects an internal state of an inspection target, and transmits information indicating a progress status of the inspection to the outside of an...
7331248 Method and apparatus for detecting and locating explosives, biological, and chemical substances in ducts and structures using tracers  
A method and an apparatus for detecting, locating, and quantifying explosive materials and devices, and naturally occurring and man-made dangerous or hazardous biological and chemical materials and...
7328605 Ice-processing device  
An ice-processing device is configured to test a consequence of ice on an aircraft engine component by simulating an effect on the ice upstream of the component.
7325453 Activity monitoring  
An activity monitor is provided that can be cheaper and require lower power than existing activity monitors. A single output channel from a plurality of motion sensors is provided and monitored...
7324913 Methods and apparatus for testing a link between chips  
In a first aspect, a first method of testing a link between a first chip and a second chip is provided. The first method includes the steps of, while operating in a test mode, (1) transmitting test...
7324909 Fault diagnosis apparatus  
A fault diagnosis section activates a driving component alone, measures an operation state signal and a paper passage time, and stores feature values (Vm, σv, Tqs, σts) extracted as a...
7323843 Method and device for treating signals for detection of stator and rotor errors in magnetic circuits in a synchronous machine  
It is possible to determine the types and values of stator and rotor errors in magnetic circuits in a synchronous machine by measuring the induced voltage (u i ) for the terminals of measurement...
7320261 Animal skin and eye moisture and heat simulator  
A new simulator of the human head and animal bodies mimics moisture transpiration from eyes and skin and heat emission. The present invention used to demonstrate and quantify anti-fogging...
7317992 Method and apparatus for inspecting dovetail edgebreak contour  
A method and tooling for inspecting a contour of an edge of a cutout formed in a disk, each cutout fixedly receiving a turbine blade. A first device receives the disk containing the cutouts. A...
7317308 System and method for measuring electric current in a pipeline  
A system for measuring a voltage differential in a current-carrying pipe using a propulsion vehicle for conveying the system inside the pipe. The system includes a first contact for maintaining...
7316171 Biosignal intensity measuring method, bedding state judging method, and bedding state monitoring device  
A person who is elderly, requires care, or an inpatient who is under the care by his or her family members, a nursing care worker, or a nurse in a hospital or medical institution must be monitored...
7316170 Method and measuring configuration for measuring backlash at an axial joint  
A method measures the backlash at an axial joint of an industrial robot having a first and a second robot knuckle that are movably connected to each other in a direction of rotation by the axial...
7313976 Techniques for dynamically testing and evaluating materials and coatings in moving solutions  
The dynamic testing of materials in moving solutions, such as anti-fouling paint in seawater, is conducted in a cylindrical tank. A stirrer having a drive shaft and one or more paddles or blades is...
7313854 Method of manufacturing a tactile sensor  
A method of manufacturing a tactile sensor, which is capable of implementing a wide range of senses, including sensing contact pressure (vertical force and horizontal force) with an external object...
7313483 Dive computer and method for determining gas formation  
The invention disclosed herein employs an algorithm, the Gas Formation Model (“GFM”), to calculate the formation of free gas in a human body. The GFM is based on a novel theory of the formation...
7311013 Complex pendulum biomass sensor  
A complex pendulum system biomass sensor having a plurality of pendulums. The plurality of pendulums allow the system to detect a biomass height and density. Each pendulum has an angular deflection...
7311012 Elongation measuring device  
An elongation measuring device 10 measures an elongation in a timing belt 4 included in a driving device 1 provided with a drive roller 2 . The elongation measuring device 10 is provided...
7311004 Flow control and operation monitoring system for individual spray nozzles  
An apparatus and process for monitoring fluid flow through a nozzle is disclosed. A vibration sensor, such as an accelerometer, is mounted to a nozzle. The vibration output received from the sensor...
7310995 Method and device for determination of moisture content and solid state phase of solids using moisture sorption gravimetry and near infrared or Raman spectroscopy  
A method and apparatus for measuring isotherms and determining solid state phase changes comprising a humidity generator having a temperature controlled internal chamber, a microbalance mounted...
7308836 Apparatus and method for inspecting articles of glassware  
An apparatus for inspecting articles of glassware at a plurality of angularly spaced inspection stations includes a conveyor that moves articles of glassware to and from inspection stations, a...
7305898 Installation for non-destructive inspection of a part  
An installation for non-destructive inspection makes use simultaneously of sensors responsive to different physical characteristics. In an example, a sensor support, e.g. a kind of carriage having...
7302865 Sensor mat  
A sensor mat, particularly for vehicle seats in connection with restraint systems, which includes at least one positioning strip that may be snapped onto a fastener.
7298127 Particle detection  
Particle detection and characterizing apparatus has an insulating tube along which the particles flow. Five electrodes spaced along the outside of the tube are connected via amplifiers to a...
7296488 System and method for accessing ferrous surfaces normally accessible only with special effort  
A system incorporating a robot to inspect ferrous surfaces. Preferably, the robot is an articulated device having a tractor module for motive power and steering, a power module for electrical power...
7293478 Method for testing a foam delivery system on a vehicle  
A method which permits the environmentally safe testing of the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle's foam delivery system by using a surrogate fluid to test the foam delivery system. The...
7290457 NoFoam system for testing a foam delivery system on a vehicle  
A NoFoam system which permits the environmentally safe testing of the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle's foam delivery system by using a surrogate fluid to test the foam delivery system....
7289913 Local feature characterization using quasistatic electromagnetic sensors  
Local features such as cracks in materials are nondestructively characterized by measuring a response with an electromagnetic sensor and converting this response into a selected property using a...
7284604 Methods for measurement of a dimensional characteristic and methods of predictive modeling related thereto  
A method of optically determining a change in magnitude of at least one dimensional characteristic of a sample in response to a selected chamber environment. A magnitude of at least one dimension...
7284456 Apparatus for moving a measuring device along a pipe  
The apparatus is for displacing a measurement device along a pipe. The apparatus comprises a bracelet; a support device for supporting the measurement device in relation to the bracelet; at least...