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Patent No.:

US 10905162 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2014

Device and method for sensing mass airflow

Applicant:

Fontem Holdings 4 B.v., Amsterdam, NL;

Inventors:

Ramon Alarcon, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Michael Starman, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V., Amsterdam, NL;

Attorney:

Dykema Gossett PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Dana Ross

Assistant Examiner:

Ket D Dang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); G01F 1/688 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); G01F 1/76 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/008 (2013.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); G01F 1/6888 (2013.01); G01F 1/76 (2013.01); H05B 1/0244 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8212 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, a method, a device and a computer program are provided for detecting and monitoring medium flow. The device comprises a flow sensor () that includes a thermopile (), wherein the thermopile () may include a first thermocouple and a second thermocouple. The device can further comprise a microcontroller () that can be configured to generate a reference baseline and can further be configured to compare an output of the mass airflow sensor to the reference baseline (). The heater element may comprise a heater resistor.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Alarcon, Ramon. (2021). Device and method for sensing mass airflow (U.S. Patent No. 10905162). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10905162

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