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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 06, 2019
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Luca Bonanomi, Pasadena, CA (US);
Vincenzo Costanza, Pasadena, CA (US);
Chiara Daraio, Pasadena, CA (US);
Giovanni Moscato, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/10 (2006.01); G01F 1/688 (2006.01); G01P 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/10 (2013.01); G01F 1/688 (2013.01); G01P 5/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor includes a heater, a thermal insulator between two thermometer layers, the heater generating a thermal gradient within the thermal insulator. The thermometers give an indirect measurement of fluid flow around the sensor, based on their temperature readings. The thermometers are flexible layers including gels.