Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring an operating state of a valve
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Application No.: US16981392Application Date: 2019-03-08
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Publication No.: US11236843B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Maarten Weyn , Jan Coppens
- Applicant: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN , IMEC VZW , ALOXY NV
- Applicant Address: BE Antwerp; BE Leuven; BE Antwerp
- Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN,IMEC VZW,ALOXY NV
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN,IMEC VZW,ALOXY NV
- Current Assignee Address: BE Antwerp; BE Leuven; BE Antwerp
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: EP18162598 20180319
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/055817 WO 20190308
- International Announcement: WO2019/179788 WO 20190926
- Main IPC: F16K37/00
- IPC: F16K37/00 ; F16K31/60 ; G01D5/14

Abstract:
A device is configured to monitor a state of a rotatable handle of a valve when the device is attached to the rotatable handle. The device comprises a vector magnetometer configured to measure a magnetic field. The device comprises a processing unit configured to obtain from the vector magnetometer measurements of the magnetic field when the handle is rotated; calculate a change in the state of the rotatable handle based on a difference between the measurements of the magnetic field; and report the change in the state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210003231A1 MONITORING AN OPERATING STATE OF A VALVE Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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