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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. 07, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael G. Betro, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);

Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Lagrangeville, NY (US);

Enrico A. Romano, Wingdale, NY (US);

Prabjit Singh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Jing Zhang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 19/10 (2006.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01); G01M 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 (2013.01); G01M 3/002 (2013.01); G01M 3/02 (2013.01); G01N 15/0806 (2013.01); G01N 19/10 (2013.01); G01N 27/223 (2013.01); G01N 33/0016 (2013.01); G01N 33/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide moisture measuring systems and methods. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a sealable compartment is used in which a specimen containing liquid can be inserted, such that all of the specimen is contained within the compartment. The relative humidity in the compartment is measured over a duration of time, which can be used to calculate the amount of liquid leaked by the specimen. Embodiments of the present invention can be utilized, for example, to calculate the leakage rate of water-carrying hardware of a cooling system, without having to create a membrane or other isolated sample of materials.


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