US 11,732,898 B2
Content volume measurement
Arnau Castillo Gonzalez, Maarssen (NL); and Hans Huijsing, Ijsselstein (NL)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by Koninklijke Fabriek Inventum B.V., Nieuwegein (NL)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,794.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196246 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 7/08 (2006.01); A21B 3/04 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/081 (2013.01) [A21B 3/04 (2013.01); F24C 15/327 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
an enclosure defining an interior having an enclosure volume and configured to hold one or more items;
a heat system configured to heat the interior of the enclosure;
a fluid system configured to input a known amount of a fluid into the enclosure;
a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the enclosure;
an item volume deduction module operatively connected to the pressure sensor and the fluid system, the item volume deduction module configured to correlate a pressure increase caused by injection of a known amount of the fluid in the enclosure to a total item volume of the one or more items within the enclosure; and
an item number module configured to correlate the total item volume to a number of items in the enclosure.