Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for density and mass flow sensing with a micromachined dual-tube resonator
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Application No.: US14525508Application Date: 2014-10-28
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Publication No.: US09784657B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Michael William Putty , Richard Thayre Smith , Nader Najafi
- Applicant: Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Ypsilanti
- Assignee: Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ypsilanti
- Agency: Cooley LLP
- Main IPC: G01N9/00
- IPC: G01N9/00 ; G01N11/04 ; G01N9/32 ; G01F1/84

Abstract:
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a base structure and a tube. The tube has a first tube portion, a second tube portion substantially parallel to the first tube portion, an inlet portion, and an outlet portion. The tube is configured to have a material pass from the inlet portion to the outlet portion. The apparatus further includes a drive element in contact with the tube. The drive element is configured to vibrate the tube such that the first tube portion conducts vibrational movements out of phase with vibrational movements of the second tube portion. The apparatus also includes a sensing element, at least a portion of which is in contact with the tube. The sensing element is configured to sense deflections of the first tube portion and the second tube portion such that at least one property of the material is determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150114137A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DENSITY AND MASS FLOW SENSING WITH A MICROMACHINED DUAL-TUBE RESONATOR Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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