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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Exergen Corporation, Watertown, MA (US);
Inventor:
Francesco Pompei, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Exergen Corporation, Watertown, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/16 (2006.01); G01K 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2013.01); G01J 5/0066 (2013.01); G01J 5/0096 (2013.01); G01J 5/04 (2013.01); G01J 5/046 (2013.01); G01J 5/08 (2013.01); G01J 5/089 (2013.01); G01J 5/16 (2013.01); G01K 7/02 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inexpensive thermopile temperature detector is particularly adapted to monitoring of electrical equipment, such as a power bus bar, within an enclosed area such as a cabinet. The detector may have a plastic housing, a thermopile sensor and a plastic Fresnel lens. Each sensor also includes a calibrated element such that, but for calibration, the same sensor may be used for various applications for different target sizes and distance or, more generally, with respect to effective target percentage of field of view.