Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature measurement system employing an electromagnetic transponder and separate impedance-changing parasitic antenna
-
Application No.: US15070964Application Date: 2016-03-15
-
Publication No.: US10225890B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Michael J. Bourke, III , Brian L. Clothier
- Applicant: TSI Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US KS Wichita
- Assignee: TSI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee: TSI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Wichita
- Agency: Hovey Williams LLP
- Main IPC: H05B6/06
- IPC: H05B6/06 ; G01K1/02 ; G01K7/36 ; H05B6/12 ; H05B6/10

Abstract:
Temperature measurement systems (20) include a temperature sensor (22) and an electronic signal interrogator (24). The temperature sensor (22) has a transponder (26) equipped with an antenna (28), and a separate parasitic antenna (32) with a temperature-sensitive transducer (34, 68-74, 78a-84a), while the interrogator (24) has a transmitter (42) and antenna (40). The sensor (22) is designed to be placed in thermal contact with an object to be temperature-measured, with the interrogator (24) placed in proximity to the object. The systems (20) may be used with food servingware domes (88, 114), which can be preheated and placed over a food-bearing plate to maintain the temperature of the food.
Public/Granted literature
Information query