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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:
Feb. 17, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, Bangalore, IN;

Parag Thakre, Nagpur, IN;

Russell William Craddock, Nuneaton, GB;

Peter Ken Kinnell, Leicestershire, GB;

John Christopher Greenwood, Leicestershire, GB;

Inventors:

Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, Bangalore, IN;

Parag Thakre, Nagpur, IN;

Russell William Craddock, Nuneaton, GB;

Peter Ken Kinnell, Leicestershire, GB;

John Christopher Greenwood, Leicestershire, GB;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 13/02 (2006.01); G01L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A differential pressure sensing system is provided. The sensing system includes a membrane layer having a channel extending diametrically therein, and including one or more cavities provided radially outbound of the channel and at least one resonant beam disposed in the channel and configured to oscillate at a desired frequency. The system further includes sensing circuitry configured to detect oscillation of the at least one resonant beam indicative of deformation in the membrane layer.


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