PROTECTING CASING FOR TRANSDUCER

• US 20090154073A1
• Filed: 12/14/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Finetek Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Finetek Company Limited
• Inventors: WU, Dick
• Granted Patent: US 7,586,749 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.10
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/245 Housings for sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/14 Housings G01L19/0007, G01L19/0084, G01L19/0092, G01L19/04, G01L19/06 take precedence

Abstract

A protecting casing for a transducer has an outer casing, an inner casing, a circuit board and a connector. The inner casing is detachably mounted in the outer casing and has a mounting hole and a cap detachably mounted on the inner casing to cover the mounting hole in a watertight manner. The circuit board is detachably mounted in the inner casing and has a surface, a circuit formed on the surface and a plug with terminals extends out of the inner casing. The connector is detachably mounted to the outer casing and is electrically connected between the circuit board and an external functional accessory component. Within such an arrangement to facilitate maintenance, assembly of the transducer, and effectively avoid intrusion of water, foreign object and the like.

Claims

1. A protecting casing for a transducer comprising

an outer casing having a base, the base having a top, a bottom, an inner surface being defined inside the base, and an aperture disposed at the bottom of the base, a cover detachably mounted to the base, and a receiving space defined inside the base and the cover;

an inner casing detachably mounted within and sealed at the receiving space of the outer casing, the inner casing having an inner surface, a mounting hole, a cap detachably mounted on the inner casing to cover the mounting hole, a neck protruding from the inner casing and located in the outer casing, and the neck having a through hole being formed therethrough and corredponding to the apeture of the base;

a circuit board being detachably mounted in the inner casing, the circuit board having a plug protruding through the through hole of the inner casing, the plug having multiple terminals formed thereon, and

a connector detachably mounted around the neck of the inner casing, the connector having a top, an outer surface, an inner surface, at least one seal mounted in the inner surface near the top of the connector and abutting the neck of the inner casing to seal the inner casing, and a socket assembly mounted securely in the top of the connector, the socket assembly having a socket electrically connecting with the plug of the circuit board.

2. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end of the plug is disposed in the neck of the inner casing with the end of the plug extending out of the neck.

3. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the socket assembly further includes

a top;

a bottom; and

multiple plug clamps being mounted in the socket, each plug clamp including two resilient metal strips corresponding to and abutting the terminals of the plug.

4. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the socket assembly further has an annular guide formed on the top of the socket assembly corresponding to and mounted in the neck of the inner casing, and

the socket is transversely defined in the annular guide.

5. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the connector further has two recesses being oppositely formed in the inner surface of the connector;

and

the socket assembly further has two resilient tabs being formed oppositely in the bottom of the socket assembly and respectively engaging the recesses of the connector, thereby securely holding the socket assembly in the connector.

6. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the base of the outer casing further has

an opening being formed in the top of the base;

and

an upper thread being formed on the top of the base around the opening; and

the cover further has a thread corresponding to and being mounted securely on the upper thread of the base.

7. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the base further has multiple mounting stages being formed on the inner surface of the base, and each mounting stage having a threaded hole and a fastener mounted in the threaded hole;

and

the inner casing further has

a front surface; and

multiple mounting brackets being formed on the front surface and being mounted respectively in the mounting stages, each mounting bracket having a securing hole mounted around the fastener in the threaded hole of a corresponding mounting stage, thereby removably mounting the inner casing securely in the receiving space of the outer casing.

8. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the base of the outer casing further has

an annular lip being formed on and protruding from the bottom of the base around the aperture and having an inner thread;

and

the connector further has an outer thread being formed in the outer surface around the top of the connector and being threaded with the inner thread of the annular lip, thereby connecting the connector to the base.

9. The protecting casing for a transducer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the inner casing further has at least two grooves being formed oppositely on the inner surface of the inner casing;

and

the circuit board being detachably mounted in the grooves of the inner casing.