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7618820 |
System and method for determining the operating state of orthopaedic admixtures
A system and method for determining the operating state of a curable composition utilizes an acoustic wave or signal transmitted into a container holding the composition. In one embodiment,...
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7614305 |
Ultrasonic sensor
An ultrasonic sensor includes an ultrasonic detector for detecting an ultrasonic wave, an acoustic matching member joined to the ultrasonic detector, a housing in which the ultrasonic detector and...
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7597003 |
Acoustic chamber for detection of insects
The acoustic chamber for the detection of insects provides for the acoustic detection of insects living within the trunk of a tree. The chamber includes an annular shell disposed around the trunk...
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7587299 |
Anomaly diagnosis apparatus and method of machine installation
An anomaly diagnosis apparatus for analyzing sound or vibration data produced by a machine installation and diagnosing the presence or absence of an anomaly in a sliding member in the machine...
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7586611 |
Method and apparatus for analysis of semiconductor materials using photoacoustic spectroscopy techniques
A photoacoustic spectrometer apparatus adapted to enable an observation and characterisation of non-radiative sub bandgap defects in narrow and large bandgap materials using photoacoustic...
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7563229 |
Method and apparatus for automatically measuring delay of tissue motion and deformation
System and method for automatically measuring the delay of tissue motion and deformation. For example, asynchrony may be measured between the left and right ventricles and within the left...
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7559239 |
Acoustic pick-up
An acoustic pick-up, particularly an ultrasonic pick-up for acoustically diagnosing machines, for example, for detecting leakage in valves or for diagnosing positions, comprising a piezoelectric...
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7555953 |
Condition-detecting device, method, and program, and information-recording medium
There is provided a condition detection apparatus for detecting a present operating condition of a linear rolling motion guide apparatus, and the condition detection apparatus includes an AE sensor...
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7546211 |
Condition detection apparatus, condition detection method, condition detection program, information recording medium therefor, and condition display apparatus, condition display method, condition display program, information recording medium therefor
A condition detection apparatus comprising an AE sensor 1 that detects AE waves, which elastically-occur when a plurality of balls included in an LM system self-rotate and revolve within a...
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7538474 |
System and method for Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) device characterization
A system and method for Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) device characterization. The system comprising a stimulator for stimulating the device to generate phonons in the device; a detector...
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7536911 |
Diagnostic systems of optical fiber coil sensors for structural health monitoring
Devices for monitoring structural health conditions of host structures. A device includes at least one optical fiber sensor and an electronic module. The optical fiber sensor includes a rolled...
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7533578 |
Triangulation with co-located sensors
A method of detecting an event in a structure using a device having sensors and at least one actuator includes sending a signal from the at least one actuator encapsulated in the device, returning...
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7516663 |
Systems and method for locating failure events in samples under load
A system for locating a failure event in a sample is disclosed. The system includes at least one sensor configured to detect acoustic energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample. The...
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7504834 |
Detection system
A detection system for monitoring an engineered structure includes an array of sensors disposable in a predetermined pattern on the engineered structure and disposable between a surface of the...
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7469595 |
Piezoelectric damage detection device
A device for use in detecting structural damage includes at least one piezoelectric wafer that has a sensor, and an actuator in-plane with the sensor. At least one of the sensor and the actuator at...
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7458267 |
Acoustic emission inspection of coiled tubing
A method for testing tubing having the following steps: plastically deforming the tubing with a tubing handling system, the tubing handling system having a reel, a gooseneck and an injector;...
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7430911 |
Method of detecting and analyzing changes in the external loading conditions of a structure
A method for both detecting and analyzing a change in the loading condition of a structure. A flexible substrate is employed, in which a distributed network of sensors is built. This substrate is...
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7426439 |
Method and apparatus for marine seismic data acquisition
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for seismic data acquisition. One embodiment of the method includes accessing data acquired by at least two particle motion sensors. The data...
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7409319 |
Method and apparatus for detecting rub in a turbomachine
An embodiment of the disclosed method and apparatus relates to a system for detecting a rub in a turbomachine. The system includes a turbomachine; sensors monitoring turbomachine conditions; and an...
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7397421 |
Method for detecting acoustic emission using a microwave Doppler radar detector
Acoustic emissions are detected by reflecting microwave radar signals off of an object, receiving reflected radar signals, generating an intermediate frequency, and filtering the intermediate...
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7387033 |
Single-wire sensor/actuator network for structure health monitoring
A sensor/actuator network configured with a number of electrically-interconnected elements. More specifically, the sensors/actuators are each placed in electrical communication with the same...
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7377170 |
System and method for the identification of chemical mechanical planarization defects
The present invention presents a novel application of a wavelet-based multiscale method in a nanomachining process chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of wafer fabrication. The invention...
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7377169 |
Apparatus and methods for acoustically determining fluid properties while sampling
An apparatus and methods for acoustically analyzing a fluid sample and determining one or more properties of the sample are disclosed by the present invention. The apparatus comprises a chamber, a...
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7376519 |
Method for reducing the computation resources required for determining damage in structural health management system
A method for determining damage in a structural health monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensors distributed across a structure is disclosed. The method includes decomposing the plurality...
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7370537 |
Ceramic ball bearing acoustic test method
An acoustical mechanical test method prescribes compressing brittle balls in spherical conforming opposing platens producing equatorial bulging, tensile stresses, and resulting in crack or flaw...
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7341410 |
Dynamical instrument for machining
A dynamical instrument for machining comprising a sensor responsive to a non-rotating part of a machine proximate the tool of the machine for outputting a vibration signal, and a processor...
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7334477 |
Apparatus and methods for the detection of an arc in a plasma processing system
In a plasma processing system, a method for detecting an arc event on a substrate in a plasma chamber having a chuck is disclosed. The method includes positioning a substrate on the chuck. The...
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7325456 |
Interrogation network patches for active monitoring of structural health conditions
Apparatus for monitoring structural health conditions of structures. The apparatus includes a piezoelectric device that has a bottom cover plate, piezoelectric rings concentrically disposed with...
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7322244 |
Interrogation system for active monitoring of structural conditions
Systems for monitoring structural health conditions of objects. Each system includes patch sensors attached to an object, wherein each patch sensor is capable of generating a wave upon receipt of...
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7318350 |
Valve monitoring system and method
A valve monitoring system includes an alert generation system and a memory. The memory encodes baseline acoustic emission data on the valve for a predetermined period of operation. The alert...
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7299697 |
Method and system for inspecting objects using ultrasound scan data
A method and apparatus for estimating a depth of a crack from ultrasound scan data are provided. The method includes mapping multiple amplitude responses from the ultrasound scan data, each mapped...
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7281428 |
Diagnostic system for monitoring structural health conditions
Interrogation systems for monitoring structural health conditions. An interrogation system includes at least one wave generator for generating a wave signal and optical fiber sensors applied to a...
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7267008 |
Drive, transmit & receive circuit for structural health monitoring systems
A transducer for use in a structural health monitoring system includes a single transducer element. The transducer includes a transmit assembly coupled to the single transducer element. This...
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7263888 |
Two dimensional phased arrays for volumetric ultrasonic inspection and methods of use
The present disclosure provides for the application of a two-dimensional ultrasonic phased array ( 100 ), formed of a plurality of transducers ( 102 ) arranged in a rectilinear pattern, for...
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7255006 |
Measuring instrument
A measuring instrument is provided, to which various ultrasonic sensors can be connected in a simple way. The measuring instrument has an electronic measuring instrument unit, to which various...
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7248985 |
Acoustic signature testing for electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical equipment
A method for testing a unit is described where the unit includes one or more of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and electromechanical components. The described method includes applying at least...
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7246516 |
Device for coupling thermogravimetric analyses and acoustic emission measurements
The present invention relates to a device comprising a thermobalance equipped with a detector ( 5 ) for measuring acoustic signals emitted by a sample ( 6 ) hanging from the balance beam and a...
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7228240 |
Device and method for determining and detecting the onset of structural collapse
A significant number of rescue workers are killed or injured each year as they conduct searches within damaged or burning structures, unaware that the structure is in imminent danger of collapse....
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7218234 |
Electronic bait station
An electronic bait station utilising the disruption of an electromagnetic field to detect the movement of insects or small animals within the station. The bait station consists of a housing, with...
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7210356 |
Physical agents directive dosimeter system
A portable physical agents directive (PAD) dosimeter system may be provided. The portable PAD dosimeter system may include a housing and at least one accelerometer configured to generate electrical...
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7197931 |
Sensors for monitoring structural health conditions
Sensors and systems for monitoring structural health conditions. The present invention provides a device for monitoring structural health conditions including a dielectric substrate, a...
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7191657 |
Currency processing system with fitness detection
A currency handling system has a limpness detector. The limpness detector has a single driven crackle roller with an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in...
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7187773 |
System for evaluating abnormal sound, sound recorder and apparatus for evaluating abnormal sound
An abnormal sound evaluation system according to this invention includes a sound recording device for recording a sound generated from equipment at a location adjacent the equipment, and an...
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7181942 |
Device and method for connections made between a crimp connector and wire
An ultrasonic device and method obtains desirable crimp connections between a crimp connector and a wire, or bundle of wires, by assessing the desirability of connections made in a wire-to-wire...
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7131332 |
Vibroguard for machine elements
A measuring system for structure-born noise measurement of machine elements in machine housings. The measuring system is fixed to the machine housing via a lubrication hold opening. A mounting pin...
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7120565 |
Method and apparatus for determining figure
The present invention aims to provide apparatus and method for determining non-circular figure to drill boring holes having a regular N-polygonal cross sections while retaining the advantage of the...
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7117742 |
Sensors and systems for structural health monitoring
Sensors and systems for monitoring structural health conditions. The present invention provides a device for monitoring structural health conditions including a dielectric substrate, a...
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7114392 |
Method of analyzing granular composition by acoustic emission
The present invention relates to a method for acoustic emission analysis of a granular composition comprising a biologically active compound, said method comprising colliding the granular...
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7107850 |
Bearing vibration measuring apparatus, bearing vibration measuring method, and radial type bearing
A bearing vibration measuring apparatus is an apparatus of measuring vibration of a bearing. The bearing vibration measuring apparatus detects a vibration component generated from the bearing in a...
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7107849 |
Vibration source probe system
A vibration source probe system for detecting the surface waves of vibration coming over the ground or the floor of a building and specifying and displaying a vibration source at a factory or on a...
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