General Electric Company

University of Nevada

Joseph Lee Whiteley

Yongjae Lee

Steven Y Go

Faramarz Gordaninejad

Boris Leonid Sheikman

Nathan Andrew Weller

Susan Lee Roush

A proximity sensor assembly with a sensing element having a substrate and an antenna pattern disposed on one or more planar surfaces of the substrate is disclosed. The cable is fed substantially parallel to the planar surfaces of the substrate and is attached to the side surface of the substrate, such that the cable is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of the electromagnetic field emitted from the sensing element.

Proximity sensor assembly and inspection system

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for characterizing flow of magneto-rheological suspensions through microchannels. The apparatus includes a pump for pumping a the magneto-rheological suspension; a microchannel hydraulically coupled to the pump and configured to receive the magneto-rheological suspension from the pump; a manifold hydraulically coupled between an outlet of the microchannel and the pump; a static pressure tap configured to convey a static pressure of the manifold; a pressure sensor hydraulically coupled to the pressure tap and configured to receive the static pressure conveyed therefrom; and a magnet positioned to direct a magnetic field toward the microchannel and contents disposed therein.

Method and apparatus for measuring pressure drop of magneto-rheological suspensions in microchannels

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Gardnerville, NV, United States of America

Joseph Lee Whiteley