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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Murray J. Height, Somerville, MA (US);
Eun Young Hwang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy J. Prestero, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Inventors:
Murray J. Height, Somerville, MA (US);
Eun Young Hwang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy J. Prestero, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F001/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for flow rate measurement includes a body having a chamber with an inlet and an outlet and a structure, buoyant in the presence of a fluid, disposed in the chamber. The structure moves to a position in the chamber in proportion to a flow rate of the fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet.