Patent · US Expired

Fluid containment monitoring system

US5400646A · kind A · utility

30Cited by
12References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 1993
Grant dateMar 28, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 4, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M3/3263
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic monitoring system to accurately measure a vacuum in an interstice between inner and outer walls of a dual-wall container or pipe which allows highly accurate analysis of vacuum differential to discover and confirm a leak in either the inner or outer walls of the container or pipe within minutes.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.