Automatic activating system for thermometer
US7507021B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K13/20
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic thermometer includes an automatic activating system for automatically configuring the thermometer between an active state (broadly, the thermometer is turned on) and a non-active state (broadly, the thermometer is turned off). In general the activating system includes a solid-state activating sensor, such as a Hall-effect sensor, in a housing of the thermometer and a magnet in a probe of the thermometer for activating the sensor when the probe is received in a probe well.
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