| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | BIOLOGICAL FLUID FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD | US14577322 | 2014-12-19 | US20160175510A1 | 2016-06-23 | Amit J. Patel; Samantha M. Planas; Kathleen M. Higginson; Melissa A. Thill; Courtney Moore |
| Apparatus, system and method are provided for controlling flow through a biological fluid processing device. Pressure of fluid flow through a flow path is monitored and flow rate in the flow path is increased or decreased based on sensed pressure levels for selected periods of time. This has particular application in controlling flow in an infusion or return flow path of an apheresis device that separates whole blood into one or more blood components. | ||||||
| 102 | FLOW RATE RANGE VARIABLE TYPE FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS | US14977162 | 2015-12-21 | US20160109886A1 | 2016-04-21 | Tadahiro Ohmi; Masahito Saito; Shoichi Hino; Tsuyoshi Shimazu; Kazuyuki Miura; Kouji Nishino; Masaaki Nagase; Katsuyuki Sugita; Kaoru Hirata; Ryousuke Dohi; Takashi Hirose; Tsutomu Shinohara; Nobukazu Ikeda; Tomokazu Imai; Toshihide Yoshida; Hisashi Tanaka |
| A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m(P1−P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area. | ||||||
| 103 | Butterfly valve for arrangement in a flow duct of an air-conditioning installation | US13904516 | 2013-05-29 | US09128490B2 | 2015-09-08 | Manfred Sadkowski; Heike Schicks |
| The invention is a butterfly valve for a flow duct of an air-conditioning installation. The butterfly valve comprises two butterfly valve faces and is mounted for rotation about an axis. A device with at least two measurement points for determining the volume flow rate of a gaseous medium flowing in the flow duct is provided. In order to specify a butterfly valve, for example for a volume flow rate controller, which can determine a high differential pressure, even at very low volume flow rates, the butterfly valve comprises at least one hollow chamber on each of its two butterfly valve faces. Each hollow chamber has at least one recess, preferably with a multiplicity of recesses formed in the manner of a perforation. One measurement point is associated with one hollow chamber and the other measurement point is associated with the other hollow chamber. | ||||||
| 104 | FLOW RATE RANGE VARIABLE TYPE FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS | US13763178 | 2013-02-08 | US20130220451A1 | 2013-08-29 | Tadahiro Ohmi; Masahito Saito; Shoichi Hino; Tsuyoshi Shimazu; Kazuyuki Miura; Kouji Nishino; Masaaki Nagase; Katsuyuki Sugita; Kaoru Hirata; Ryousuke Dohi; Takashi Hirose; Tsutomu Shinohara; Nobukazu Ikeda; Tomokazu Imai; Toshihide Yoshida; Hisashi Tanaka |
| A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m (P1−P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area. | ||||||
| 105 | DISCONTINUOUS SWITCHING FLUID FLOW RATE CONTROL METHOD USING PRESSURE TYPE FLOW RATE CONTROL DEVICE | US12950798 | 2010-11-19 | US20110120566A1 | 2011-05-26 | Tadahiro OHMI; Kouji NISHINO; Ryousuke DOHI; Masaaki NAGASE; Katsuyuki SUGITA; Kaoru HIRATA; Takashi HIROSE; Tsutomu SHINOHARA; Nobukazu IKEDA; Toshihide YOSHIDA; Hisashi TANAKA |
| A fluid flow rate control method is provided that uses a flow rate range variable type pressure type flow rate control device provided with at least two or more parallel fluid passages disposed between the downstream side of a control valve of the control device and a fluid supply pipe passage, and orifices having different fluid flow rate characteristics are respectively interposed in parallel fluid passages to pass fluid in a first flow rate region through one orifice for flow rate control, and to pass fluid in a second flow rate region through at least another orifice for flow rate control. Flow rate characteristics of the respective orifices are selected so that a maximum controllable flow rate of fluid in the first flow rate region at low flow rate is smaller than 10% of a maximum controllable flow rate in the second flow rate region at high flow rate. | ||||||
| 106 | System and method for gas flow verification | US12104438 | 2008-04-17 | US07835874B2 | 2010-11-16 | Vernon Wong; Richard J. Meinecke |
| A gas flow rate verification apparatus is provided for shared use in a multiple tool semiconductor processing platform. The gas flow rate verification apparatus is defined to measure a pressure rate of rise and temperature within a test volume for determination of a corresponding gas flow rate. The apparatus includes first and second volumes, wherein the second volume is larger than the first volume. The apparatus also includes first and second pressure measurement devices, wherein the second pressure measurement device is capable of measuring higher pressures. Based on the target gas flow rate to be measured, either the first or second volume can be selected as the test volume, and either the first or second pressure measurement device can be selected to measure the pressure in the test volume. Configurability of the apparatus enables accurate measurement of gas flow rates over a broad range and in an time efficient manner. | ||||||
| 107 | FLOW RATE RANGE VARIABLE TYPE FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS | US11913277 | 2006-06-22 | US20100139775A1 | 2010-06-10 | Tadahiro Ohmi; Masahito Saito; Shoichi Hino; Tsuyoshi Shimazu; Kazuyuki Miura; Kouji Nishino; Masaaki Nagase; Katsuyuki Sugita; Kaoru Hirata; Ryousuke Dohi; Takashi Hirose; Tsutomu Shinohara; Nobukazu Ikeda; Tomokazu Imai; Toshihide Yoshida; Hisashi Tanaka |
| A pressure type flow control device enabling a reduction in size and an installation cost by accurately controlling the flow of a fluid in a wide flow range. Specifically, the flow of the fluid flowing in an orifice (8) is calculated as Qc=KP1 (K is a proportionality factor) or Qc=KP2m(P1−P2)n (K is a proportionality factor and m and n are constants) by using a pressure P1 on the upstream side of the orifice and a pressure P2 on the downstream side of the orifice. A fluid passage between the downstream side of the control valve of the flow control device and a fluid feed pipe is formed of at least two or more fluid passages positioned parallel with each other. Orifices with different fluid flow characteristics are interposed in the fluid passages positioned parallel with each other. For the control of the fluid in a small flow area, the fluid in the small flow area is allowed to flow to one orifice. For the control of the flow in the large flow area, the fluid in the large flow area is allowed to flow to the other orifice by switching the fluid passages. | ||||||
| 108 | Flow sensor chip | US11636376 | 2006-12-08 | US20080264181A1 | 2008-10-30 | Robert E. Sulouff; Craig E. Core |
| A flow sensor has an inlet chamber with a first pressure sensor and an inlet port for receiving fluid, and an outlet chamber with a second pressure sensor and an outlet port. The flow sensor also has an anemometer in fluid communication with at least one of the two chambers. | ||||||
| 109 | System and method for gas flow verification | US11083761 | 2005-03-16 | US07376520B2 | 2008-05-20 | Vernon Wong; Richard J. Meinccke |
| A gas flow rate verification apparatus is provided for shared use in a multiple tool semiconductor processing platform. The gas flow rate verification apparatus is defined to measure a pressure rate of rise and temperature within a test volume for determination of a corresponding gas flow rate. The apparatus includes first and second volumes, wherein the second volume is larger than the first volume. The apparatus also includes first and second pressure measurement devices, wherein the second pressure measurement device is capable of measuring higher pressures. Based on the target gas flow rate to be measured, either the first or second volume can be selected as the test volume, and either the first or second pressure measurement device can be selected to measure the pressure in the test volume. Configurability of the apparatus enables accurate measurement of gas flow rates over a broad range and in an time efficient manner. | ||||||
| 110 | Flow rate detector mechanism with variable venturi and exhaust gas sampling method using the same | US09835353 | 2001-04-17 | US06405577B2 | 2002-06-18 | Noriyuki Hanashiro; Atsushi Shibata; Shigeru Yanagihara; Shuta Yamawaki |
| A flow rate detector mechanism using variable Venturi therein, comprising: a variable flow rate generator, comprising: a core 11; and a variable Venturi 12; wherein a throat (flow passage) cross-sectional area defined between the core and the venturi is able to be changed by shifting relative positions of the core and the venturi in a direction of axes thereof, and further comprising a flow rate calculation processing portion 30 for calculating a flow rate based on the relative positions in the direction of the axes thereof and for outputting the calculated flow rate, thereby continuously changing the constant flow rate, without occurrence of any disturbance therein. Further, with an exhaust gas sampling method applying the flow rate detector mechanism using variable Venturi, CVS flow rate is changed within the range of the phases of measure modes, so as to make small the difference between the peak dew point in the bag and the final dew point in the bag, as well as to causethe final dew point to approach the temperature at which the bag is kept. Therefore, the dilution ratio of the final dew point is decreased, so as to improve the accuracy in analysis. | ||||||
| 111 | Fluid mass flow meter with substantial measurement range | US09934724 | 2001-08-21 | US20020046612A1 | 2002-04-25 | Daniel T. Mudd |
| Fluid mass flow meters, particularly for measuring a wide range of relatively low flow rates of gas used in semiconductor fabrication processes include a body adapted to be interposed in a purge gas line leading to or from a mass flow controller or in a process gas line with the mass flow controller. The flow meter body includes a flow restrictor interposed in a passage and plural mass flow sensors which sense overlapping full scale fluid mass flow ranges across the flow restrictor to increase the overall range of fluid mass flow rates sensed by the meter. The flow meter body may include series or parallel arranged flow restrictors, a second set of mass flow sensors, and valving to cause a set of mass flow sensors to sense fluid mass flow rates across one or both of the flow restrictors. Embodiments of the flow meter include a pressure transducer mass flow sensor and conduits arranged with additional flow restrictors therein to selectively vary the full scale measurement range of the mass flow sensor. | ||||||
| 112 | Flow rate detector mechanism with variable venturi and exhaust gas sampling method using the same | US09835353 | 2001-04-17 | US20010013245A1 | 2001-08-16 | Noriyuki Hanashiro; Atsushi Shibata; Shigeru Yanagihara; Shuta Yamawaki |
| A flow rate detector mechanism using variable Venturi therein, comprising: a variable flow rate generator, comprising: a core 11; and a variable Venturi 12; wherein a throat (flow passage) cross-sectional area defined between the core and the venturi is able to be changed by shifting relative positions of the core and the venturi in a direction of axes thereof, and further comprising a flow rate calculation processing portion 30 for calculating a flow rate based on the relative positions in the direction of the axes thereof and for outputting the calculated flow rate, thereby continuously changing the constant flow rate, without occurrence of any disturbance therein. Further, with an exhaust gas sampling method applying the flow rate detector mechanism using variable Venturi, CVS flow rate is changed within the range of the phases of measure modes, so as to make small the difference between the peak dew point in the bag and the final dew point in the bag, as well as to causethe final dew point to approach the temperature at which the bag is kept. Therefore, the dilution ratio of the final dew point is decreased, so as to improve the accuracy in analysis. | ||||||
| 113 | Method and apparatus for measuring airflows in HVAC systems | US46653 | 1998-03-24 | US6079627A | 2000-06-27 | John Perlot Kettler |
| The present invention includes a method and apparatus for accurately measuring airflow across a measuring location within a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. The method includes the steps of measuring airflow at the measuring location using a plurality of airflow measuring stations of equal or different sizes, the sizes of the measuring stations together equaling the size of the measuring location. Control dampers are associated with each respective station to modulate the airflow through each measuring station based upon the flow condition across the measuring location. The apparatus providing for the method includes differential pressure transducers located in each airflow measuring station. These pressure transducers are connected with the dampers via a control unit which changes the position of the dampers in accordance with the airflow condition. The measuring locations can be adjacent an outdoor air inlet, a partial return air inlet, or heating and cooling coils of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit. | ||||||
| 114 | Delivery of aerosol medications for inspiration | US847327 | 1997-04-23 | US5826570A | 1998-10-27 | David E. Goodman; Reid M. Rubsamen |
| Apparatus and methods for delivering an amount of aerosolized medicine for inspiration by a patient in response to the occurrence of appropriate delivery point or points in the patient's detected breath flow. The aerosol medication may be administered as one or more pulses having a pulse width, shape, and frequency that will maximize the respirable fraction of the aerosolized compound being administered. The delivery point or points may be predetermined or determined from a prior inspiratory flow for depositing the selected medication at one or more desired locations in the patient's airway. Determined delivery points are recursively lowered for each inspiratory flow that does not satisfy one of the predetermined and previously lowered threshold. Changes in the patient's breath flow patterns during the course of an aerosolized medication inspiration therapy program may be detected and used to adjust the controlled amount of medication to be delivered in a given administration and/or to inform the patient of the patient's condition or change in condition. The device also may contain a library of administration protocols or operating parameters for different medications and a means for identifying from the canister the medicinal contents of the canister for customizing operation of the apparatus. | ||||||
| 115 | Method and apparatus for sensing flow in two directions and automatic calibration thereof | US10772 | 1993-01-29 | US5469750A | 1995-11-28 | Peter M. Lloyd; Carl Ritson; Eric T. Johansson; Reid M. Rubsamen |
| A method of calibrating the output of a transducer in a flow path through which a medication is delivered from a hand-held metered dose inhaler is disclosed. The transducer senses flow rates of human breath during inhalation and exhalation through a portion of a flow path in the inhaler. The flow rates have two non-linear flow characteristics in opposite directions. The flow path portion provides flow rate measurements representative of flow paths of the entire system. The method makes it possible to precisely calibrate so that precise doses of medication can be repeatedly delivered to a patient by inhalation. | ||||||
| 116 | Method for correcting the drift offset of a transducer | US10783 | 1993-01-29 | US5450336A | 1995-09-12 | Reid M. Rubsamen; Eric T. Johansson |
| A method for correcting the drift offset of a transducer is disclosed which method is used in connection with a portable, battery-powered, hand-held system for releasing a controlled dose of aerosol medication for inhalation by a patient. The device includes a durable body and a medication cassette inserted in the durable body. The body includes a flow sensor having an asymmetrical orifice that is calibrated, independent of the cassette, to convert the sensed pressure due to flow into a flow rate. The orifice is separately calibrated for an inhalation flow rate range and an exhalation flow rate range over a selected number of known flow rates. The sensed pressure value is corrected for transducer offset drift and converted to a flow rate using the calibration data and piecewise linear interpolation. | ||||||
| 117 | Delivery of aerosol medications for inspiration | US664758 | 1991-03-05 | US5404871A | 1995-04-11 | David E. Goodman; Reid M. Rubsamen |
| Apparatus and methods for delivering an amount of aerosolized medicine for inspiration by a patient in response to the occurrence of appropriate delivery point or points in the patient's detected breath flow. The aerosol medication may be administered as one or more pulses having a pulse width, shape, and frequency that will maximize the respirable fraction of the aerosolized compound being administered. The delivery point or points may be predetermined or determined from a prior inspiratory flow for depositing the selected medication at one or more desired locations in the patient's airway. Determined delivery points are recursively lowered for each inspiratory flow that does not satisfy one of the predetermined and previously lowered threshold. Changes in the patient's breath flow patterns during the course of an aerosolized medication inspiration therapy program may be detected and used to adjust the controlled amount of medication to be delivered in a given administration and/or to inform the patient of the patient's condition or change in condition. The device also may contain a library of administration protocols or operating parameters for different medications and a means for identifying from the canister the medicinal contents of the canister for customizing operation of the apparatus. | ||||||
| 118 | Fluid flow control system | US902220 | 1992-06-22 | US5269334A | 1993-12-14 | Michael D. Eastman |
| The present invention features a system for actuating additional fluid flow lines at a transfer station, without the continuous venting or bleeding of fluid. The transfer station operates its supply lines, or runs, at differential pressures ranging from 15 to 85 inches of water. It is desirable to maintain differential pressure in the primary line, or in the combination of primary and secondary lines at mid-range, at about 50 inches of water. The system of the invention entails replacing the existing constant bleed pneumatic controller with an electromechanical no-bleed controller. | ||||||
| 119 | Device to measure flow-through and/or quantity of heat | US774722 | 1991-10-07 | US5125753A | 1992-06-30 | Peter Ries; Paul Nauer; Wolfgang Huber |
| A heat circuit comprises an initial conduit containing a flow medium and a return conduit. A choke element located in a conduit such as the initial conduit of a heat circuit serves to control the flow of the flow medium. The choke element has several active positions in which openings having differently sized cross-sections are inserted into the path of flow. The choke element is moved by a drive so that a particular position of the choke is active. A differential pressure sensor measures the presure difference before and after the choke element. A computer resposive to the differential pressure sensor controls the drive so that a particular cross-section of the choke element takes effect and the flow of the medium is measured with sufficient precision over a wide measuring range. The inventive arrangement may also include a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature difference between the initial and return conduits. The computer which controls the choke drive may also be responsive to this temperature difference. | ||||||
| 120 | Extended range flow meter | US530100 | 1990-05-29 | US5088322A | 1992-02-18 | James Fitzpatrick; Fred K. Enseki |
| This invention concerns an extended range flow meter and method of providing continuous metering of fluid flow utilizing of two or more flow meters by the more accurate flow meter or combination of flow meters at a given flow volume. | ||||||
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