Patents
US 10908000 B2: Antifouling accessory for field deployed sensors and instruments
- Granted
- 2021-02-02
- Filed
- 2018-07-09 application 16030008
- Type
- Utility · 21 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A sensor device for deploying in an environmental field having macroorganisms and for performing environmental monitoring, features a sensor body and an antifouling device or guard. The sensor body includes at least one instrument or sensor configured to sense to one or more environmental conditions in the environmental field and provide signaling containing information about the one or more environmental conditions sensed. The antifouling device or guard couples to the sensor body, covers part of the at least one instrument or sensor, and protects a covered part of the at least one instrument or sensor from the macroorganisms.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210202.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSI, INC. 24 patents | US company or organization | Yellow Springs, OH | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel A. Rojo | West Carrollton, OH | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tiffany Lavon Schirmer | Waynesville, OH | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01D | Measuring not specially adapted for a specific variable; arrangements for measuring two or more variables not covered in a single other subclass; tariff metering apparatus; measuring or testing not otherwise provided for | G01D11/245 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B08B | Cleaning in general; prevention of fouling in general | B08B17/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01C | Measuring distances, levels or bearings; surveying; navigation; gyroscopic instruments; photogrammetry or videogrammetry | G01C13/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H05K | Printed circuits; casings or constructional details of electric apparatus; manufacture of assemblages of electrical components | H05K5/03 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N33/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-16 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ROJO, MIGUEL ANGEL signed 2018-09-27 SCHIRMER, TIFFANY LAVON signed 2018-09-27 | YSI, INC. YELLOW SPRINGS, OH | 47526/696 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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