IP Library Granted Patent US 9,797,780
Granted Patent B2
US 9,797,780 · App. 14/389,381 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Contact type internal thermometer

Inventors: Yukio Kuroyama (Sayama, JP); Masato Tsuchida (Sayama, JP)
Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
G01K7/22A61B5/01A61B5/683G01K7/427G01K13/002A61B2562/0271
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,797,780
App. No.
14/389,381
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a contact type internal thermometer including: a measurement surface that is brought into contact with a surface to be measured of a measurement object; a first temperature sensor stack including a first measurement surface side temperature sensor arranged on a measurement surface side, and a first back surface side temperature sensor arranged on a back surface side; a second temperature sensor stack including a second measurement surface side temperature sensor arranged on a measurement surface side, and a second back surface side temperature sensor arranged on a back surface side; and a controller configured to calculate an internal temperature of the measurement object based on measurement results of the respective temperature sensors, in which the first back surface side temperature sensor and the second back surface side temperature sensor have different surface areas.

Claims (15)

1. A contact type internal thermometer, comprising:

a measurement surface that is brought into contact with a surface to be measured of a measurement object so as to calculate an internal temperature of the measurement object;

a first temperature sensor stack comprising a first measurement surface side temperature sensor arranged on a measurement surface side of a first flexible printed board, and a first back surface side temperature sensor arranged on a back surface side of the first flexible printed board;

a second temperature sensor stack comprising a second measurement surface side temperature sensor arranged on a measurement surface side of a second flexible printed board, and a second back surface side temperature sensor arranged on a back surface side of the second flexible printed board; and

a controller configured to calculate the internal temperature of the measurement object based on measurement results of the first measurement surface side temperature sensor, the first back surface side temperature sensor, the second measurement surface side temperature sensor, and the second back surface side temperature sensor,

wherein the first back surface side temperature sensor and the second back surface side temperature sensor have different surface areas such that one of the surface areas is intentionally larger than the other surface area.

2. The contact type internal thermometer according to claim 1 , wherein the first back surface side temperature sensor and the second back surface side temperature sensor have different volumes such that one of the volumes is intentionally different from the other volume.

3. The contact type internal thermometer according to claim 1 , wherein the first back surface side temperature sensor has an intentionally larger volume than a volume of the first measurement surface side temperature sensor.

4. The contact type internal thermometer according to claim 1 , further comprising;

a controller activates a cooling mechanism to cool the first temperature sensor stack and the second temperature sensor stack after the controller calculates an internal temperature.

5. The contact type internal temperature thermometer according to claim 4 , wherein the cooling mechanism comprises:

a blower;

an intake port; and

an exhaust port;

wherein the blower is configured to draw external air through the intake port and cause air to be exhausted through the exhaust port.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 2, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041163/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2014
From: KUROYAMA, YUKIO; TSUCHIDA, MASATO
To: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034275/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-081613 · Mar 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150071325A1 · Mar 12, 2015