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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:
Jan. 17, 1995

Filed:

Sep. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Dennis P Glynn, Chester, NH (US);

John C Joseph, Merrimack, NH (US);

Thomas O Perkins, Bedford, NH (US);

Assignee:

Dedicated Electronics, Chester, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73627 ;
Abstract

The disclosure defined by this invention utilizes electromagnetic energy reflected from the top and bottom surfaces of ice, the thickness of which is being measured, to determine a phase difference that indicates the thickness of the ice. Since there will be many wave lengths of the electromagnetic energy in the ice, two measurement frequencies are utilized. Integers of wavelengths of each frequency are added to the readings for each frequency to derive sets of numbers. The one number in the set of readings for each frequency that are the same in each set indicate the actual thickness of the ice.


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