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Measuring device, systems, and methods for obtaining data relating to condition and performance of concrete mixtures

  • US 10,184,928 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2016
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a building structure comprising a concrete mixture, the building structure comprising a plurality of floors, each of the plurality of floors being associated with a respective portion of the concrete mixture;

    a plurality of measuring devices embedded at respective locations in the concrete mixture, wherein each of the plurality of floors of the building structure includes at least one of the plurality of measuring devices, each measuring device comprising;

    a shell comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being detachably connected to the second portion, the first and second portions defining an enclosed volume;

    wherein the first portion comprises;

    a plate disposed in the first portion, the plate including;

    a sensor device, the sensor device including one of a temperature sensor adapted to generate a temperature measurement, a salinity sensor adapted to generate a salinity measurement, a conductivity sensor adapted to generate a conductivity measurement, an impedance sensor adapted to generate an impedance measurement, and a humidity sensor adapted to generate a humidity measurement; and

    an antenna disposed on the plate, the antenna adapted to transmit data representing at least one of the temperature measurement, the salinity measurement, the conductivity measurement, the impedance measurement, and the humidity measurement;

    a disc disposed in the first portion; and

    a first electrode attached to the disc, the electrode extending through a first hole in the first portion;

    wherein the second portion comprises;

    a predetermined quantity of a selected metallic substance embedded on the inside surface of an end of the second portion; and

    a second electrode connected to the metallic substance, the second electrode extending through a second hole in the second portion;

    the system further comprising;

    a wireless router adapted to;

    receive the data from the plurality of measuring devices; and

    transmit the data via a network.

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