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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...
6889563 Position measuring device using change in inductance of coil, float-type flowmeter, and position measuring method  
A float-type flowmeter measures the rate of a fluid flowing upwardly through a tube based on the position of a float movably disposed in the tube and including a magnetic material. A coil is wound...
6889562 Flow rate measurement for industrial sensing applications using unsteady pressures  
Flow rate measurement system includes two measurement regions 14,16 located an average axial distance ΔX apart along the pipe 12 , the first measurement region 14 having two unsteady pressure...
6889561 Mass flowmeter and method for correcting the measurement signal of a mass flowmeter  
Disclosed is a method for correcting the measurement signal of a mass flowmeter for flowing media of the type which works on the Coriolis principle and has at least one straight measuring tube...
6889560 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...
6889559 Flow metering  
A flow meter incorporating thermal loss sensors and an installation adapter to provide known flow conditions upstream of the meter. The installation adapter is in the form of a tubular extension...
6886414 Power generating meter  
Flow device for generating electrical power from fluid flow. The device comprises rotatable structure driven by the fluid, which in turn drives a magnetic field generator. A magnetic sensor...
6886413 Flow rate sensor  
A flow rate sensor includes a first body and a second body airtightly and detachably abutting each other. The first body and the second body respectively-include a passage defined therein. The two...
6886412 Ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor  
An ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor are disclosed in which a reception wave which has been transmitted and received by an ultrasonic element 5 is...
6883390 Instrument for measuring water-spray blast force  
A system measures dynamic force of an impacting spray of air and water. A pitot-tube section is aligned to receive a longitudinal flow of impacting air/water spray in a laterally extending orifice....
6883389 Flow averaging tube and method of using same  
A flow meter of the pitot type. The meter incorporates a series of apertures along a probe body for exposure to a fluid stream. The result is a number of datum which are averaged and correlated to...
6883388 Self-cleaning flow meter having adjacent inlet and outlet fluid flow passageways  
A flow meter having a float slideably mounted along a float rod centrally located within a flow meter body, the float assuming a height along the flow meter float rod representative of fluid...
6883387 Magnetic circuit arrangement for a transducer  
The magnetic circuit arrangement, which is preferably used in a fluid-measuring transducer, comprises at least one coil which is traversed in operation by a current. It further comprises two...