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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Kehoe, Glenview, IL (US);
Berwin Banares, Glenview, IL (US);
Chris Ellec, Glenview, IL (US);
John Lull, Glenview, IL (US);
William Valentine, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 7/06 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/684 (2006.01); G01F 1/86 (2006.01); G01F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 7/06 (2013.01); G01F 1/6847 (2013.01); G01F 1/86 (2013.01); G01F 15/005 (2013.01); G01F 25/00 (2013.01); G01F 25/0007 (2013.01); G01F 25/0053 (2013.01); G05D 7/0635 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0324 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7722 (2015.04);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for improving the accuracy of a rate of decay measurement for real time correction in a mass flow controller or mass flow meter by using a thermal model to minimize thermally induced error in the rate of decay measurement.