Nano timer control system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFrederic Bauchot, Jean-Yves Clement, Carole Truntschka
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Abstract
The invention provides a pressure controlled device and a system for managing the heating time of a pressure controlled device. The system includes a sensing device that allows the timing of a heating period for the pressure controlled device based on temperature and/or pressure values sensed inside the pressure controlled device. A RFID tag is coupled to the sensing device and is operable for generating timing information. The sensing device and the RFID tag are powered by a nano electromechanical (NEM) device that is operable by a source of pressurized air.
Claims18
A system for managing a heating time of a pressure controlled device, comprising:
- a sensing device for timing a heating period for the pressure controlled device according to at least one of temperature or pressure values sensed inside the pressure controlled device;
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, coupled to the sensing device, for generating timing information;
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- a nano electromechanical (NEM) device operable by a source of pressurized air for generating and supplying power to the sensing device and the RFID tag, the nano electromechanical device comprising a wheel coupled to a dynamo, wherein the source of pressurized air rotates the wheel.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a pressure controlled device;
- a sensing device for timing a heating period for the pressure controlled device according to at least one of temperature or pressure values sensed inside the pressure controlled device;
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, coupled to the sensing device, for generating timing information;
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- a nano electromechanical (NEM) device operable by a source of pressurized air for generating and supplying power to the sensing device and the RFID tag, wherein the nano electromechanical device comprises a wheel coupled to a dynamo, wherein the source of pressurized air rotates the wheel, and wherein the dynamo comprises a rotor having a magnetized pole and coils.
A method for managing a heating time of a pressure controlled device, comprising:
- timing, using a sensing device, a heating period for the pressure controlled device according to at least one of temperature or pressure values sensed inside the pressure controlled device;
- generating timing information using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to the sensing device;
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- generating and supplying power to the sensing device and the RFID tag using a nano electromechanical (NEM) device operable by a source of pressurized air, wherein the nano electromechanical device comprises a wheel coupled to a dynamo, and wherein the source of pressurized air rotates the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.