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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Sierra Instruments, Inc., Monterey, CA (US);
Inventors:
John G. Olin, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Brian Estep, Aptos, CA (US);
Assignee:
SIERRA INSTRUMENTS, INC., Monterey, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/68 (2006.01); G01F 1/684 (2006.01); G01F 15/02 (2006.01); G01F 5/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/68 (2013.01); G01F 1/40 (2013.01); G01F 1/6847 (2013.01); G01F 5/005 (2013.01); G01F 15/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
Capillary-type mass flow meters and controllers are described that employ temperature sensor hardware providing boundary conditions as necessary for direct computation of mass flow rate. The approach offers dramatically improved operable range and other potential benefits as compared to known systems.