公开(公告)号：US11566708B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US16617681

申请日：2017-06-15

Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.

Inventor： Miles Keeney-Ritchie ,  David Kuhny

IPC: F16J15/12 ,  F16L23/20 ,  F16J15/06 ,  F16L23/18

Abstract: A gasket assembly is provided having a ring seal (100) and a ring joint gasket (12). The ring seal (100) has an annular sealing body (102) and an annular outer seal portion (106) disposed on and defining an outer edge of the annular sealing body (102). An annular inner seal portion (108) is disposed on and defines an inner edge of the annular sealing body (102). A central bore (104) is defined by an annular surface (110) of the annular inner seal portion (108). The ring joint gasket (12) has an inner surface (13) that engages the annular outer seal portion (106) of the ring seal (100), wherein the ring joint gasket is insertable into a flange of a ring-type joint.

公开(公告)号：US20230003566A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17782825

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.

Inventor： Praveen RAO ,  Martin Andrew SCHLOSSER

IPC: G01F1/84

Abstract: An embodiment of a balance bar (230) is disclosed. The balance bar (230) comprises a first side portion (231) having a hollow interior for receiving a flow tube (220), a central portion (233) having a hollow interior for receiving a flow tube (220), and a first side flexible portion (234) comprising at least one flexible coupler (250), the first side flexible portion (234) coupling the first side portion (231) with the central portion (233), wherein the first side portion (231) and the central portion (233) are both more rigid than the first side flexible portion (234).

公开(公告)号：US11499857B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16610167

申请日：2017-05-11

Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.

Inventor： Dean M. Standiford

IPC: G01F1/84 ,  G01N11/16

Abstract: A system (600, 700) for correcting a measured flow rate for viscosity effects of a fluid in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The system (600, 700) includes a sensor assembly (10) and a meter electronics (20) communicatively coupled to the sensor assembly (10). The meter electronics (20) is configured to receive sensor signals from the sensor assembly (10), determine a non-viscosity correlation parameter based on the sensor signals, and correlate the non-viscosity correlation parameter to a viscosity of a fluid in the sensor assembly (10).

公开(公告)号：US20220299350A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17633813

申请日：2019-08-20

Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.

Inventor： Martin Andrew SCHLOSSER ,  Frederick Scott SCHOLLENBERGER ,  Joel WEINSTEIN

IPC: G01F1/84 ,  G01F23/296

Abstract: An embodiment of a fin sensor is disclosed. The embodiment of the fin sensor has a base, the base coupled to a first fin and a second fin, the fin sensor further having at least two transducers coupled to the fins, the first fin being coupled to the second fin by at least one fin coupler.

公开(公告)号：US20220260469A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17630707

申请日：2019-08-19

Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.

Inventor： Justin Craig HOLLINGSWORTH

IPC: G01N9/32 ,  G01N25/50 ,  G01F1/84

Abstract: A method of determining vapor pressure of a fluid is provided. The method comprises the step of providing a meter having meter electronics, wherein the meter comprises at least one of a flowmeter and a densitometer. A process fluid is flowed through the meter. A low-pressure location associated with the meter is provided. The pressure of the process fluid is adjusted until flashing is detectable at the low-pressure location. The true vapor pressure of the process fluid is calculated at an instant where flashing is detected.

公开(公告)号：US11365994B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-21

申请号：US16906219

申请日：2020-06-19

Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.

Inventor： Paul Michael Keltgen ,  Brian Scott Junk ,  Michael Jeffrey Mikolichek

IPC: G01F1/58

Abstract: A flow tube liner for a flow tube assembly of a magnetic flowmeter includes a cylindrical wall. The cylindrical wall includes an electrically insulative interior layer and a metallic exterior layer. The exterior layer is bonded to an exterior surface of the interior layer.

公开(公告)号：US11187564B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16637009

申请日：2017-08-23

Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.

Inventor： Mark James Bell ,  Joel Weinstein ,  Mitalee Nayan Desai ,  Clinton R. Griffin

IPC: G01F1/84

Abstract: Vibratory meters (5), and methods for their use measuring a fluid are provided. Each vibratory meter includes a multichannel flow tube (300) comprising two or more fluid channels (302), a pickoff (170), a driver (180), and meter electronics (20) configured to apply a drive signal to the driver at a drive frequency ω, and measure a deflection of the multichannel flow tube with the pickoff. At least one fluid channel has an effective diameter that is related to the length of the flow tube.

公开(公告)号：US20210302213A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17265631

申请日：2018-08-13

Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.

Inventor： Craig B. MCANALLY ,  Bert J. DOWNING

IPC: G01F1/84

Abstract: A meter electronics (20) for determining a damping of a meter assembly (10) of a flow meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response from a meter assembly (10), the vibrational response comprising a response to an excitation of the meter assembly (10) at a substantially resonant frequency, and a processing system (203) in communication with the interface (201). The processing system (203) is configured to receive the vibrational response from the interface (201) and measure a plurality of response voltages (V) of the vibrational response, the plurality of response voltages (V) including at least one of one or more decay sections (430a, 530a-530f) and one or more rising sections (430b, 630a-630f). The processing system (203) is also configured to determine an aggregate damping-related value of the meter assembly (10) based on at least one of the one or more decay sections (430a, 530a-530f) and the one or more rising sections (430b, 630a-630f).

公开(公告)号：US20210302212A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17265291

申请日：2018-08-13

Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.

Inventor： Craig B. MCANALLY ,  Bert J. DOWNING

IPC: G01F1/84

Abstract: A meter electronics (20) for determining a decay characteristic of a meter assembly (10) of a flow meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response from a meter assembly (10), the vibrational response comprising a response to an excitation of the meter assembly (10) at a substantially resonant frequency, and a processing system (203) in communication with the interface (201). The processing system (203) is configured to receive the vibrational response from the interface (201), determine a response voltage (V) of the vibrational response, determine a decay characteristic (ζ) of the meter assembly (10) based on the response voltage (V), and compensate the decay characteristic (ζ) by using a previously determined decay characteristic-to-response voltage relationship.

公开(公告)号：US11099043B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16073642

申请日：2016-02-26

Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.

Inventor： Richard L. Maginnis ,  Dean M. Standiford

IPC: G01F1/84 ,  G01F25/00

Abstract: A method of determining a corrected measured flow rate is provided. The method includes measuring a flow rate with a first flow meter, measuring a flow rate with a second flow meter, the second flow meter being fluidly coupled to the first flow meter in series, and correcting the measured flow rate of the first flow meter with the measured flow rate of the second flow meter.