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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Dennis Cardinale, Plantation, FL (US);
Inventor:
Dennis Cardinale, Plantation, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic thermistor-based vacuum gauge and systems and methods of calibration and operation of the same that require no calibration against a known vacuum standard to obtain high accuracy through broad vacuum and ambient temperature ranges. Additional features of the invention include a construction and method of improving battery life, a construction and method of detecting faulty vacuum sensors, a method for determining the state of calibration of a vacuum sensor, a method of quantifying vacuum leak rates, and a method of automatically alerting an operator when an evacuation process has concluded.