30results about "Heat measurement" patented technology

A vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a first accessory coupled to the body, a second accessory coupled to the body, and a hydraulic system. The body includes a first body rail and a second body rail. The hydraulic system includes an electric power takeoff coupled to the body, a first manifold coupled to the body, first conduits fluidly coupled between the electric power takeoff and the first manifold, a second manifold coupled to the body, the second manifold positioned rearward of the first manifold, and second conduits fluidly coupled between the first conduits and the second manifold. The first manifold is configured to distribute the hydraulic fluid to the first accessory. The second manifold is configured to distribute the hydraulic fluid to the second accessory. The first conduits extend through at least one of the first body rail or the second body rail.

Features relating to a cartridge for use with a vaporizer body are provided. The cartridge mates with the vaporizer body in a cartridge receptacle. The cartridge may include a cartridge body defining a reservoir configured to contain vaporizable material; a mouthpiece coupled to a proximal end region of the cartridge body; at least one proximal absorbent pad wedged within an internal volume of the mouthpiece; a mouthpiece seal with sealing ribs; a cannula defining a vaporization chamber extending through the cartridge body; a resistive heating element; a porous wick configured to draw the vaporizable material in the reservoir towards the vaporization chamber; an internal sealing gasket positioned in a distal end region of the cartridge body; a lower support structure positioned in the distal end region of the cartridge body; and at least one distal absorbent pad configured to wedge within a recess located in the lower support structure.

Relocatable axles and energy storage is provided. First axle mounts are configured to receive first rear axles. The first axle mounts are longitudinally offset rearward from second axle mounts configured to receive corresponding second rear axles. First batteries are configured to couple with the vehicle to occupy a longitudinally offset location. At a first of the longitudinally offset locations, a rear portion of the first batteries is disposed forward of a wheel and tire assembly for each of the first rear axles. At a second of the longitudinally offset locations, a rear portion of the first batteries is disposed forward of a wheel and tire assembly for each of the second rear axles. The first of the longitudinally offset locations overlaps with one or more wheel and tire assemblies for the second rear axles.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, a body coupled to the chassis and offset longitudinally rearward from the cab, such that a volume is defined between the cab and the body, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a secondary electrical load, a battery configured to supply electrical energy, and a power distribution unit configured to direct the electrical energy from the battery to the electric motor and the secondary electrical load. The power distribution unit is positioned in the volume defined between the cab and the body.

The invention provides a manganese-cobalt-nickel-based MEMS temperature sensor chip and a preparation and packaging method thereof, and the preparation method of the temperature sensor chip comprises the steps: providing a preposed powder material which at least comprises cobalt sesquioxide, manganese dioxide and nickel sesquioxide; mixing the front powder material with an organic solvent to obtain printing slurry of the sensor; a substrate is provided, a pattern is formed through photoetching, an electrode layer is formed on the surface of the substrate, and then the electrode layer is patterned into an interdigital electrode; patterning the printing slurry on an electrically polarized substrate through a patterning process; sintering the substrate with the printing slurry to obtain a sensitive film with an electrode layer; and forming a protective layer above the sensitive film to obtain the manganese-cobalt-nickel-based MEMS temperature sensor chip. According to the invention, the MEMS technology is introduced into the processing process of the negative temperature coefficient temperature sensor chip, the size of the sensor chip can be reduced to a micron level, the miniaturization of the manganese-cobalt-nickel-based temperature sensor can be realized, and the measurement precision of the manganese-cobalt-nickel-based temperature sensor can be improved.

An inspection robot incudes a robot body, at least two sensors, a drive module, a stability assist device and an actuator. The at least two sensors are positioned to interrogate an inspection surface and are communicatively coupled to the robot body. The drive module includes at least two wheels that engage the inspection surface. The drive module is coupled to the robot body. The stability assist device is coupled to at least one of the robot body or the drive module. The actuator is coupled to the stability assist device at a first end, and coupled to one of the drive module or the robot body at a second end. The actuator is structured to selectively move the stability assist device between a first position and a second position. The first position includes a stored position. The second position includes a deployed position.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a cab configured to support an operator, a chassis component coupled to the chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis and movable between a raised position and a lowered position, a body component coupled to the body, a harness operatively coupling the chassis component and the body component, a first bracket fixedly coupled to the chassis and configured to limit movement of the harness at least when the body is in the lowered position, and a second bracket fixedly coupled to the body and configured to limit the movement of the harness both when the body is in the raised position and when the body is in the lowered position.

The present invention provides a method for generating a droplet array on a microfluidic chip, comprising the following steps: assembling an upper chip and a lower chip to an initial position, a fluid channel of the upper chip partially or completely covering a microporous array of the lower chip; injecting a solution into a chip, the solution being partially or fully filled in the microporous array of the lower chip; and relatively moving the upper chip and the lower chip to a liquid dividing position, the fluid channel of the upper chip and the microporous array of the lower chip being overlapped no longer, and the solution being dispersed into the microporous array to form a droplet array. A contact surface between the upper chip and the lower chip is hydrophobic, and the microporous array sufficiently separates the generated droplets physically, thereby avoiding cross-contamination. The present invention can effectively control the size and shape of the generated droplet.

Remote sensing systems and devices are provided for monitoring conditions within infrastructure networks. In particular, the systems and devices are configured to monitor civil water infrastructure components, such as sewers, stormwater infrastructure, freshwater infrastructure, manholes, capture pits, sewers, or outlets. The devices include an antenna unit having an elongated, hollow shaft depending from the antenna unit, and a monitoring unit for housing electrical components, including sensors for detecting parameters. The monitoring unit is removably attached to the antenna unit via the shaft and connected to the monitored infrastructure component, e.g., a manhole cover or lid. The antenna unit and monitoring unit are separate, distinct, waterproof structures, and the elongated, hollow connecting shaft provides a passageway between the antenna unit and the monitoring unit while providing an essentially rigid connection.

A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring-based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.

A sensor element (100) for temperature measurement is described, comprising a carrier (2) and at least one functional layer (7) including a material with temperature-dependent electrical resistance, the functional layer (7) being disposed on an electrical insulating layer (3). The sensor element (100) further comprises at least two electrodes (4a, 4b) with electrode fingers (5) and at least two contact pads (10a, 10b) for electrical contact with the sensor element (100), each of the contact pads (10a, 10b) being disposed directly on a partial region of one of the electrodes (4a, 4b). The sensor element (100) is designed to be directly integrated into an electrical system as a discrete component. The sensor element (100) has narrow resistance tolerances, and the at least one functional layer (7) and / or at least one of the at least two electrodes (4a, 4b) are structured to adjust the resistance value. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the sensor element (100) is described.

This disclosure relates to flight control of electric aircraft and other vehicles. A computer-implemented method for estimating available range of an aircraft in flight is disclosed, comprising: receiving electrical information of one or more batteries measured using a first sensor; estimating aircraft-level energy based on electrical information of the one or more batteries; receiving one or more of an altitude of the aircraft or a current airspeed of the aircraft measured using a second sensor; estimating a steady-state force based on the one or more of the altitude of the aircraft or the current airspeed of the aircraft; estimating one or more of a vertical landing range or a horizontal landing range based on the one or more of the estimated aircraft-level energy or the estimated steady-state force; and displaying the one or more of the estimated vertical landing range or the estimated horizontal landing range on a display.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.

The invention provides an MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) temperature and pressure composite in-situ compensation chip and a preparation and compensation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of MEMS, and the MEMS temperature and pressure composite in-situ compensation chip comprises a sensitive film structure and a base structure which are bonded; the sensitive film structure comprises an SOI substrate, an SOI intermediate oxide layer and a conductive material layer which are sequentially stacked, and the conductive material layer is bonded with the base structure; the SOI substrate is etched to form a pressure sensing film, the conductive material layer is doped through differential ion implantation, a piezoresistor of a Wheatstone bridge structure is formed in a corresponding area of the pressure sensing film, and a pressure sensitive area is formed; a temperature sensing area is further arranged in the conductive material layer and comprises a temperature sensing unit; the pressure electric signal output silicon through hole and the temperature electric signal output silicon through hole are respectively arranged in the base structure, so that single-chip integration of temperature and pressure functions is realized, the temperature compensation precision of pressure measurement is improved, the system design is simplified, and the reliability of the chip in a complex environment is enhanced.

A method and device for monitoring a measurement object. A passive unit has a light source, which radiates radiated light modulated by at least one external measurement influence from the measurement object. An active unit has an optical detector, which receives the radiated and modulated light via an optical link. In addition, there is a transmitter unit emitting energy, such as optical energy, sound energy, electromagnetic energy etc. The emitted energy is coded by an energy signature and sent to the passive unit via an energy link. The passive unit receives the emitted energy by a receiver unit, which decodes the energy signature and moderates the radiated and modulated light in dependence of the energy signature. The received energy is also used to drive the light source. A processor unit may decode the signal for discriminating the signal from error sources.

The invention relates to a sensor element (100) for measuring a temperature, comprising a carrier (2) and at least one functional layer (7), which comprises a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, the functional layer (7) being disposed on the carrier (2). The sensor element (100) further comprises at least two electrodes (4a, 4b) with electrode fingers (5) and at least two contact pads (10a, 10b) for electrically contacting the sensor element (100), each of the contact pads (10a, 10b) being disposed directly on a portion of one of the respective electrodes (4a, 4b). The sensor element (100) is designed to be integrated into an electronic system as a discrete component. The sensor element (100) has a low resistance tolerance, wherein the at least one functional layer (7) and / or at least one of the at least two electrodes (4a, 4b) are structured to adjust the resistance value. The invention also relates to a method for producing a sensor element (100).

A system for detecting and verifying an environmental anomaly within a shipping container (transported on a transit vehicle having an external transceiver) has wireless sensor-based ID nodes at different locations within the container and multiple command nodes mounted to the container. A first command node is programmatically configured to be operative to detect the sensor data broadcasted from the ID nodes; responsively identify the anomaly based upon the sensor data detected by that command node; and transmit a validation request to another command node. The other command node is configured to be operative to also detect the sensor data broadcasted from the ID nodes; receive the validation request from the first command node; verify the anomaly in response to the validation request and based upon the sensor data detected by the second command node; and broadcast a verification message based upon whether the anomaly for the shipping container is verified.

One or more processing circuits can communicate with a refuse vehicle. The one or more processing circuits can receive, from one or more sensors, data to indicate a first value of a temperature of one or more batteries of the refuse vehicle. The one or more processing circuits can identify, based on telematic data of the refuse vehicle, information corresponding to operations performed by the refuse vehicle. The one or more processing circuits can determine, based on the information corresponding to the operations performed by the refuse vehicle, that the refuse vehicle is in route to a collection site. The one or more processing circuits can transmit one or more signals to cause a temperature control system to prepare the one or more batteries of the refuse vehicle to receive power to charge the one or more batteries of the refuse vehicle.

A system includes an inspection robot comprising a main body and at least one payload; a plurality of arms, where each of the plurality of arms is pivotally mounted to the at least one payload to rotate around respective ones of a plurality of axes while the inspection robot traverses an inspection surface in a direction of travel, and where at least one of the plurality of axes is in the direction of travel; a plurality of sleds mounted to the plurality of arms; a plurality of inspection sensors coupled to the plurality of sleds such that each sensor is operationally couplable to the inspection surface; and where the plurality of sleds are distributed horizontally at adjustable positions spaced apart from each other across the at least one payload to inspect the inspection surface at a selected horizontal resolution.

A remote sensing system and device is provided for monitoring a condition within an infrastructure network. In particular, the system and device are configured to monitor components of civil water infrastructure such as sewers, rainwater infrastructure, freshwater infrastructure, manholes, catch pits, sewers, or outlets etc. The device includes an antenna unit having an elongate hollow shaft depending therefrom, and a monitoring unit for housing electrical components including a sensor for detecting a parameter. The monitoring unit is removably mounted to the antenna unit via the shaft, and connected to a component of the infrastructure being monitored, for example manhole cover or lid. The antenna unit and monitoring unit are separate and individually water-tight structures, and the elongate hollow connection shaft makes an essentially rigid connection, while finding a passageway between antenna unit and monitoring unit.

A sensor element (10) for measuring temperature, comprising: at least one carrier (11) having an upper surface (18) and a lower surface (19), wherein an insulating layer (12) is formed on the upper surface (19) of the carrier (11); at least two electrodes (13a, 13b) arranged at a distance from one another on the carrier (11); at least one functional layer (15) comprising a material with a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, wherein at least one functional layer (14) is at least partially arranged between the electrodes (13a, 13b); The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sensor element (10), comprising at least two intermediate layers (14) containing an insulating material and at least two contact pads (16a, 16b) for electrical contact of the sensor element (10), the sensor element (10) being formed as an individual component directly integrated into an electrical system, the sensor element (10) having a small deviation range from a target resistance, and at least one of the at least two electrodes (13a, 13b) being structured for adjusting the resistance value.

A method of active bearing temperature control.SOLUTION: An electric motor assembly includes a shaft, a bearing, at least one fluid channel, a temperature sensor, a lubricant supply pump, a controller, and a bearing interface. The at least one fluid channel is fluidly coupled with the bearing interface. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the bearing. The lubricant supply pump transports lubricant from the lubricant supply to the bearing interface via the at least one fluid channel. The controller receives the temperature of the bearing from the temperature sensor, determines a difference between the temperature of the bearing and the lubricant supply temperature, determines a lubricant flow rate based on the difference, and sends a control signal to the lubricant supply pump to cause the lubricant supply pump to transport lubricant to the bearing interface at the lubricant flow rate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method for producing a plurality of sensor elements (100) is described, the method comprising the following steps: A) determining resistance changes of a functional layer (7) over a wafer (200) and providing a wafer (200); B) forming a plurality of electrode pairs (4a, 4b) on the wafer (200); C) applying a functional material to a portion of each electrode pair (4a, 4b) to form a plurality of functional layers (7); D) sintering of the functional layers (7); E) applying a protective layer (8) to a top side (11) of the wafer (200), wherein the protective layer (8) completely covers the top side (11) with the exception of partial areas to which contact pads (10a, 10b) are applied in the subsequent process step; F) forming contact pads (10a, 10b) in the partial areas free from the protective layer (8); G) Singulation; wherein the resistance changes across the wafer (200) are compensated by a specific design of each electrode pair (4a, 4b) and / or by a specific design of each functional layer (7). Furthermore, a sensor element (100) produced according to the method and a plurality of sensor elements (100) as intermediate products are described.

The present disclosure is and includes a flexible heater comprising: a conformal substrate; a matched set of deposited materials comprising a matched set of additively printed matching functional inks, this is achieved by matching each ink in the matched set of deposited materials to at least: conformal substrate acceptability of each ink printed onto the conformal substrate; electrical conductivity between the conformal substrate and each ink; chemical reactivity between the conformal substrate and each ink; different printing and curing methods between each ink; each ink printed in successive additional printed layers onto at least one substantially planar face of the substrate to form at least: at least one electrically conductive layer; at least one electrically resistive layer; at least one dielectric layer; wherein the matching between each ink to each other and between each ink and the conformal substrate is to provide an approximation of a subtractive process when the conformal substrate is not sensitive to subtractive properties.

One or more processing circuits can be in communication with a refuse vehicle. The one or more processing circuits can determine a power output for one or more batteries of the refuse vehicle, detect that the power output is below a predetermined threshold, adjust an amount of power accessible to a component assembly of the refuse vehicle from a first value to a second value, generate a prediction of a number of operations performable by the component assembly, transmit one or more signals to cause a display device to display a user interface, and receive a request to override the adjustment to the amount of power accessible to the component assembly.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.

A motor assembly includes a shaft, a bearing, at least one fluid channel, a temperature sensor, a lubricant supply pump, and a controller. The bearing defines a bearing interface against which the shaft rotates. The at least one fluid channel is fluidly coupled with the bearing interface. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the bearing. The lubricant supply pump is fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid channel to transport lubricant from a lubricant supply to the bearing interface via the at least one fluid channel. The controller receives the bearing temperature from the temperature sensor, determines a difference between the bearing temperature and a supply temperature of the lubricant, determines a lubricant flow rate based on the difference, and transmits a control signal to the lubricant supply pump to cause the lubricant supply pump to transport the lubricant to the bearing interface at the lubricant flow rate.

A system for controlling the refueling of a GH2 vehicle with gaseous hydrogen (GH2), in which a vehicle tank is replenished with GH2 from an external supply tank, comprises a non-powered temperature sensor comprising a patch or cell of temperature-dependent reflective material on the exterior of the vehicle tank, and a sensor package containing an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter and a radiation detection system located remotely from the vehicle tank being refueled. The sensor package is located on or adjacent to an external refueling device with a line of sight to the target patch or cell.Also disclosed are methods and systems for wireless temperature sensing of the interior of a fuel tank, wherein the temperature of the interior of the tank is detected with a temperature sensor positioned in the tank and a wireless signal comprising a near field magnetic induction signal (NFMI) is transmitted to a location outside the tank.