US Patent Issued to CARRIER on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for membrane blockage detection in gas detectors" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,137, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for membrane blockage detection in gas detectors" was invented by Jon K. Evju (Shakopee, Minn.) and Robert L. Fillmore (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas detector includes a membrane configured to define a sensing chamber of the gas detector; a strain sensor operatively connected to the membrane, the strain sensor configured for generating output signals related to strain in the membrane; and a controller operatively connected to the strain sensor, the controller configured to: determine a strain in the membrane ...