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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Philipp Roosli, Niantic, CT (US);

John Tavares, Salem, CT (US);

Ravi M. Sagar, East Lyme, CT (US);

Brendan Donecker, East Lyme, CT (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/68 (2013.01); Y02A 20/218 (2018.01);
Abstract

A fluid flow detecting system and approach incorporating a collar configured to be clamped to a fluid conveyance mechanism, a temperature probe held within temperature sensing range of the fluid conveyance mechanism with the collar, an ambient temperature sensor, and a controller connected to the temperature probe and the ambient temperature sensor. The controller may incorporate a data analytics module to determine fluid flow starts, characteristics of fluid flows and fluid stops from temperatures received from the temperature probe and the ambient temperature sensor. The system may further incorporate a heater in contact with the fluid conveyance mechanism to increase speed and accuracy of determinations of fluid flow starts, characteristics of fluid flows and fluid stops by the data analytics module.


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