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US3170860A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Condition responsive devices

Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1962-01-22
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Granted: 1965-02-23
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Expires: 1982-01-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr William T Morin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 13:52
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01K; G01K3/00; G01K3/02; G01K3/04; G01K11/00; G01K11/12; G01K11/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 130 words
A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRIC OUTPUT THE MAGNITUDE OF WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON TEMPERATURE; AN ABSORBENT MATRIX MEDIUM; A PAIR OF SPACED ELECRODES ARRANGED IN CONTACT WITH SAID MEDIUM; A RUPTURABLE VIAL DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID MEDIUM AND CONTAINING AN ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION, WHICH COMPOSITION UPON RUPTURE OF SAID VIAL IS CAPABLE OF IMPREGNATING SAID MEDIUM; AND MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID ELECTRIC OUTPUT MEANS AND SAID ELECTRODES FOR APPLYING SAID OUTPUT THERETO, PASSAGE OF SAID OUTPUT THROUGH SAID ELECTRODES GENERATING REACTION PRODUCTS IN SAID ELECTROLYTE AT SAID ELECTRODES AT A RATE PROPORTIONAL TO THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID ELECTRIC OUTPUT MEANS WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID REACTION PRODUCTS MIGRATING AT A TIME-TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT RATE ALONG SAID MEDIUM TO PRODUCE A VISIBLE CHANGE THEREIN.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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