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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:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2013
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Allen R. Parker, Jr., Lancaster, CA (US);
W. Lance Richards, Palmdale, CA (US);
Anthony Piazza, Palmdale, CA (US);
Hon Chan Man, Canyon County, CA (US);
John A. Bakalyar, League City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/22 (2006.01); G01F 1/688 (2006.01); G01F 23/292 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/22 (2013.01); G01F 1/6884 (2013.01); G01F 23/292 (2013.01); G01F 23/2921 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention proposed herein is a system and method for measuring the liquid level in a container that employs an optic fiber sensor which is heated using a simple power source and a wire and making an anemometry measurement. The heater wire is cycled between two levels of heat and the liquid level is obtained by measuring the heat transfer characteristics of the surrounding environment.