US3186228A
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Time-temperature integrator
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1960-06-30
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Granted: 1965-06-01
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Expires: 1980-06-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Ray C Lever
- 👤 Thomas O Paine
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 00:17
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01K; G01K3/00; G01K3/02; G01K3/04; G01K17/00; G01K17/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A DEVICE FOR MEASURING A CHANGE IN A PHYSICAL PARAMETER OF AN ELEMENT EXPOSED TO HEAT WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO A COMPLEX INTEGRAL OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE COMPRISING, A DETECTOR COMPRISED OF FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS IN INTIMATE CONTACT, SAID MATERIALS BEING SELECTED SO THAT SAID SENSOR IS SUBJECT TO A CHANGE IN RESISTIVITY DUE TO DIFFUSION OF ONE OF SAID MATERIALS INTO THE OTHER, SAID RESISTIVITY CHANGE BEING PROPORTIONAL TO SAID COMPLEX INTEGRAL OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE, A HEAT SOURCE OF VARYING OUTPUT TO WHICH SAID ELEMENT IS EXPOSED, MEANS TO EXPOSE SAID DETECTOR TO HEAT FROM SAID SOURCE, AND
Claim 2
Independent Claim
103 words
A DEVICE FOR MEASURING A CHANGE IN A PHYSICAL PARAMETER OF AN ELEMENT EXPOSED TO HEAT WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO A COMPLEX INTEGRAL OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE COMPRISING, A DETECTOR COMPRISED OF FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS IN INTIMATE CONTACT, SAID MATERIALS BEING SELECTED SO THAT SAID SENSOR IS SUBJECT TO A CHANGE IN RESISTIVITY DUE TO DIFFUSION OF ONE OF SAID MATERIALS INTO THE OTHER, SAID RESISTIVITY CHANGE BEING PROPORTIONAL TO SAID COMPLEX INTEGRAL OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE, A HEAT SOURCE OF VARYING OUTPUT TO WHICH SAID ELEMENT IS EXPOSED, MEANS TO EXPOSE SAID DETECTOR TO HEAT FROM SAID SOURCE, AND
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