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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:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Richard Stone, Merseyside, GB;
Richard Mark Dowdeswell, Cheshire, GB;
Mohammed El Hassan Amrani, Manchester, GB;
Inventors:
Richard Stone, Merseyside, GB;
Richard Mark Dowdeswell, Cheshire, GB;
Mohammed El Hassan Amrani, Manchester, GB;
Assignee:
Kaiku Limited, Manchester, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R027/08 ; C02F001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring a particulate characteristic of a particulate-containing fluid, in particular for monitoring the particulate content of lubricating or hydraulic fluids in a mechanical system in order to diagnose component failure.