US 11,733,106 B2
Sensor, controller and system
Malcolm Duncan McCulloch, Oxfordshire (GB); and Peter Michael Armstrong, Oxfordshire (GB)
Assigned to Oxford University Innovation Limited, Oxford (GB)
Filed by Oxford University Innovation Limited, Oxford (GB)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/946,781.
Application 16/946,781 is a continuation of application No. 14/649,898, granted, now 10,739,210, previously published as PCT/GB2013/053208, filed on Dec. 4, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 1221828 (GB), filed on Dec. 4, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0408611 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/22 (2006.01); G01N 25/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/143 (2021.01); F24H 9/20 (2022.01); G01K 13/02 (2021.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); F24D 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 7/22 (2013.01) [F24H 9/2007 (2013.01); G01K 1/143 (2013.01); G01K 13/02 (2013.01); G01N 25/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/0004 (2013.01); G01N 33/18 (2013.01); G05D 23/1931 (2013.01); F24D 19/10 (2013.01); F24D 2220/042 (2013.01); F24D 2240/26 (2013.01); G01K 13/026 (2021.01); G01K 2213/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for measuring a temperature profile of a fluid within a vessel, the sensor comprising:
an array of elements, each element having a temperature-dependent parameter, the array being capable of deployment within or adjacent the vessel such that the array extends along the vessel for measuring the temperature profile, the temperature profile being indicative of a quantity of useful fluid in the vessel,
the elements of the array being coupled together in parallel or in series, the array comprising a cuttable substrate that can be cut to length to determine a number of elements within the array.