Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic flowmeter
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Application No.: US16103969Application Date: 2018-08-16
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Publication No.: US10900819B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Virgilijus Pamakstis , Rimas Wolyniec , Gintautas Lengvinas , Vainius Repsys , Arminas Ragauskas
- Applicant: AXIOMA Metering, UAB
- Applicant Address: LT Kaunas
- Assignee: AXIOMA Metering, UAB
- Current Assignee: AXIOMA Metering, UAB
- Current Assignee Address: LT Kaunas
- Agency: Forge IP, PLLC
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66

Abstract:
An ultrasonic flow meter includes a flow tube, and first and second ultrasound transducers that transmit ultrasonic pulses through a liquid flowing through the tube. The flow tube includes a reflector assembly that reflects pulses from the first transducer to the second transducer, and from the second transducer to the first transducer, thereby facilitating different sequences of time-of-flight measurements. A microcontroller obtains multiple sequences of measurements, where all the measurements in a single sequence are of the same measurement type, and each sequence uses a different type of measurement than that used by the other sequences. The microcontroller filters out the longest and shortest time-of-flights and, using an average of the remaining time-of-flights, calculates a volumetric flow rate of the fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200056915A1 Ultrasonic Flowmeter Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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