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6993979 Multiphase mass flow meter with variable venturi nozzle  
An insert device for narrowing a throat of a Venturi based multiphase flow meter is shaped to be inserted in the throat. The insert comprises an entrance window and an exit window for a radiation...
6993445 Vortex flowmeter  
A process variable transmitter, implemented in a dual PLL structure, includes a first PLL having a first bandwidth producing a first output signal, and a second PLL having a second bandwidth...
6993437 Tidal seepage meter  
A method and apparatus for tidal seepage meters. The meter includes a power supply, controller, motor, selector valve, seepage chamber and at least two sample containers. The controller is...
6990851 Microfluidic viscometer  
Microfluidic devices, systems, and methods measure viscosity, flow times, and/or other flow characteristics within the channels, and the measured flow characteristics can be used to generate a...
6990726 Method of manufacturing an electromagnetic flow sensor  
A method of manufacturing a measuring tube for an electromagnetic flow sensor includes the steps of filling a material to be sintered into a lumen of a support tube, sintering the material within...
6990435 Tactile sensing method and system  
A system for detecting tactile information includes strain-gauge touch sensors and a controller. Based on the sum output from each of tough-sensor sensor units, an analyzer in the controller...
6988419 Flowmeter with means for applying a counterforce upon an integrated floating body  
A flowmeter includes a floating body which floats freely in a stream in a measuring tube, and is acted upon by a flowing force, buoyancy and a weight. In order to generate a counterforce, a...
6988418 Vortex flow pickup  
A vortex flow pickup serves for measuring mass flow, volume flow or flow velocity of a fluid which is flowing in a measuring tube having a tube wall, and has a temperature sensor arranged in such a...
6986289 Torque-detecting arrangement or wear detecting arrangement for a friction clutch  
Apparatus for detecting a parameter associated with the torque transmitted by a friction clutch, where the friction clutch has a clutch disk which is or can be connected for rotation in common to a...
6984902 High efficiency vibration energy harvester  
In a vibrational energy harvester, an external vibration causes relative motion between a permanent magnet and a magnetic field sensing element composed of a magnetostrictive material bonded to an...
6983663 Flow meter arrangement  
A flow meter arrangement has a venturi-type flow meter having a tubular flow channel for conveying a gas flow to be measured and in which there is provided a constriction. The arrangement further...
6983662 Bodily flow measuring system  
A system of measuring the flow of a human or animal bodily action or fluid along or through a bodily flow conduit using two or more sensor means located on the body and along or around the path of...
6983661 Electromagnetic flow sensor  
The flow sensor serves to measure an electrically conductive fluid flowing in a pipe. It comprises a flow tube designed to be inserted into the pipe for conducting the fluid, the flow tube being...
6983652 Flow direction detector  
A flow direction detector is provided which includes a flow disruptor positioned in a fluid flow path to effect a detectable differential flow characteristic to such flow path based on fluid flow...
6983208 Method and apparatus for combined measurements of concentration, distribution and flow velocity of suspended solids  
A remote sensor and associated data processor, performs concurrent analysis of backscattered signals from a multi-beam acoustic Doppler emitter/receiver positioned against the inside wall of a...
6981424 Correcting for two-phase flow in a digital flowmeter  
A flowmeter is disclosed. The flowmeter includes a vibratable conduit, and a driver connected to the conduit that is operable to impart motion to the conduit. A sensor is connected to the conduit...
6978683 Ultrasonic flow meter  
The present invention proposes an ultrasonic flow meter, comprising a conduit for measurement in which a liquid flows therein, and a pair of measurement sections which are provided in said conduit...
6976393 Pygmy current meter with magnetic switch  
An apparatus for measuring fluid velocity includes a generally Y-shaped yoke including a base and first and second forks, the first and second forks including through holes at ends thereof; a...
6973843 Method of measuring flow rate of flowable material under continuous flow conditions, and an in-line continuous flow meter  
A method of determining the rate of flow of a flowable material, particulate or liquid, through a flowable material passageway, comprising causing the material passing through the passageway to...
6973842 Flow probe pipe size detector  
An acoustic time-of-flight size measuring device is added to the sensing head of an insertion probe sensor which may be used for measuring the flow of fluid in a pipe. The size-measuring device...
6973841 High pressure retention vortex flow meter with reinforced flexure  
A vortex flow meter for measuring fluid flow has a conduit for carrying a fluid. A region of reduced thickness is formed in a portion of the conduit. A shedding bar disposed in the conduit is...
6973840 Comprehensive electromagnetic flowmeter  
An electromagnetic flowmeter works with insulating liquids, and includes circuitry for handle drifting zero-point offset and triboelectric noise occurring in turbulently flowing dielectrics. Two...
6973839 Electromagnetic flow meter having processing means resolving output data into a non-flow waveform component  
A method of obtaining a measure of flow from an electromagnetic flow meter is disclosed. A shaped excitation waveform is applied to the flow meter and an output is received from the meter. The...
6973833 Wafer and method  
A wafer for placement in a pipe. The wafer includes a housing having an outer surface and an orifice adapted to allow fluid flowing in the pipe to pass through the housing. The housing has at least...
6973705 Fluoropolymer flowmeter  
In one embodiment, a sight tube flowmeter is formed of a plurality of fluoropolymer components welded together to form a unitary flowmeter body. The components can comprise a PFA upright sight tube...
6971272 Integrated fluid sensing device  
A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to...
6971271 Fluid flow measuring device and method of manufacturing thereof  
In a borehole logging tool, the flow of conductive fluid into or out of a wellbore at the wellbore wall is detected and measured with a sensor loop proximate the borehole inner wall. The sensor...
6966231 Microelectromechanical floating element flow sensor  
An electromechanical floating element shear-stress sensor, which may also be referred to as a flow rate sensor, having one or more transduction mechanisms coupled to a support arm of a floating...
6965835 Torque angle sensing system and method with angle indication  
A device used for measuring the angle of torque beyond a specific reference point. The device is comprised of a tool that applies torque to a fastener, an adapter that is attached to the fastener...
6964204 Fluid flow measurement device  
The invention is directed to a device for obtaining flow rate measurements including a sensor assembly and a housing. The sensor assembly includes a body defining a first fluid flow passage having...
6963809 Gas meter  
A gas meter for determining a gas mixture consumption is revealed which determines sensor signal values proportional to a flow rate, this gas meter being calibrated as an energy measuring unit. The...
6962087 Electromagnetic flow meter  
There is described herein a method of obtaining a measure of flow from an electromagnetic flow meter having at least one field generating coil and potential sensing electrodes. A composite...
6959611 Flow meter having a rebounding plate with a filter assembly  
A flow meter, particularly for warm water heating systems, includes a measuring element and an indicator element. The indicator element has a basic component with a cylindrical attachment extending...
6959610 Manual purge system for instrumentation flow element tubing  
An improved manual purge system for periodically cleaning pressure sensing flow element tubing is provided that is a complete self-contained system for allowing manual determination and initiation...
6959609 Inferential densometer and mass flowmeter  
A system for measuring the density and mass flow rate of a fluid stream. The system generally comprises a volumetric flow device, a momentum device, and a data processing device. The present...
6959601 Noninvasive characterization of a flowing multiphase fluid using ultrasonic interferometry  
An apparatus for noninvasively monitoring the flow and/or the composition of a flowing liquid using ultrasound is described. The position of the resonance peaks for a fluid excited by a...
6959266 Method and system for predictive physiological gating of radiation therapy  
A method and system for physiological gating for radiation therapy is disclosed. A method and system for detecting and predictably estimating regular cycles of physiological activity or movements...
6957588 Fluid measuring device and method  
A pressure transducer and method for measuring pressure of a fluid flow in a tube include use of a sensing tube through which the pressurized flow passes. The sensing tube deforms outward in...
6957587 Vibratory transducer  
The transducer has a case which is formed by a support frame for supporting a fluid-conducting flow tube and by a case cap for encasing at least one bent segment of the flow tube which vibrates...
6957586 System to measure density, specific gravity, and flow rate of fluids, meter, and related methods  
A system to measure fluid flow characteristics in a pipeline, meter, and methods includes a pipeline having a passageway to transport flowing fluid therethrough, a process density meter including...
6955286 Use of silver-copper-palladium brazing alloys  
A compound arrangement comprising a first component of metal being brazed to a second component of metal. The first component has an external cylindrical surface touching an cylindrical internal...
6955095 Accurate cryogenic liquid dispenser  
A system for dispensing cryogenic liquid to a use device includes a bulk storage tank providing LNG to a sump containing a meter submerged in LNG. A temperature probe is also submerged in the LNG....
6952971 Apparatus for measuring a mass flow  
The invention relates to a device for measuring a mass flow, comprising a measuring wheel ( 3 ) that is supported by a shaft ( 4 ) and that is driven and impinged axially by the mass flow. Said...
6952970 Modular utility meter  
A modular utility meter ( 1 ), for example, a water meter, is provided which comprises a meter base ( 2 ) and a meter head ( 3 ). The output signal from a transducer in the meter base ( 2 ) it...
6951141 Measuring method and measuring apparatus  
A method of measuring material in which the material is conveyed by a conveying unit and dropped from a discharge portion of the conveying unit to be supplied into a measuring unit arranged under...
6950768 Self-tuning ultrasonic meter  
A method and related ultrasonic meter identify and correct for transit time errors such as peak switch errors. The method includes calculating values for a set of diagnostics from measurements of...
6950760 Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter  
Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The techniques select an optimal mode of operation for the digital flowmeter, depending on a current environment of the...
6948379 Mass flowmeter  
A Coriolis mass flowmeter that incorporates a straight Coriolis measuring tube, two straight connecting pipes, at least one oscillator stimulating the tube, a measuring sensor associated with the...
6947851 Transceiver circuit for an ultrasonic flowmeter  
A transmitting and receiving circuit for an ultrasonic flowmeter. In such circuits, an ultrasonic transducer is typically used as both transmitter and receiver. This is obtained by using switching...
6945941 Volumetric physiological measuring system and method  
A system and method for measuring volumes and areas using electromagnetic induction techniques. A current is generated and fed into one of two coil assemblies to induce voltage into another coil...