Programmable Electronic Pressure Switch with Display

• US 20100228503A1
• Filed: 11/02/2006
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elettrotec S.r.l.
• Original Assignee: Elettrotec S.r.l.
• Inventors: Sartor, Adriana
• Application Number:
  US12/092,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228503A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/50
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/12 Alarms or signals

Abstract

An electronic pressure switch is described comprising an external body (1) provided with a cavity (60) upperly closed by a lid (62) which supports a connector (6), in said cavity (60) being accommodated a pressure sensor (8) exposed to the monitored environment pressure, at least one circuit board (2-3) provided with memory connected to said pressure sensor (8) and a display (100) for displaying information useful to the operator and programming the pressure switch itself by means of setting means comprising at least one button (12-14). Said at least one circuit board (2-3) comprises circuit components (22, 25, 35, 49, 50) managed by an integrated software for setting at least one analogue output value (39-40) according to any pressure value measurable by the pressure sensor (8).

Claims

1. An electronic pressure switch comprising an external body provided with a cavity wherein there are accommodated a pressure sensor arranged under pressure of the monitored environment and adapted to detect pressure values between a minimum pressure value and a maximum pressure value, at least one circuit board provided with memory connected to said pressure sensor and a display for viewing information for an operator and programming the pressure switch itself by means of setting means comprising at least one button, said at least one circuit board comprising circuit components controlled by an integrated software application, wherein said integrated software application is adapted to set at least a first and a second analog output values with the second analogue output value higher than the first analog output value and wherein the first analog output value is set according to the minimum pressure value, the second analog output value is set according to any pressure value measurable by the pressure sensor, comprised between the minimum and the maximum pressure values except the same minimum pressure value, and in that said cavity being closed by a lid which supports a connector.

2. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein the pressure switch further comprises a digital output adapted to provide a digital signal when a programmed pressure value is reached.

3. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein said circuit components comprise a regulation board, settable by means of said setting means, adapted to receive a signal from a microprocessor and emit a digital output signal and an analog output signal according to the received signal.

4. A pressure switch according to claim 3, wherein said microprocessor is controlled by said setting means and is provided with a memory which stores a signal from a Wheatstone bridge according to pressure detected by the sensor, said microprocessor determining the presence or not of an output signal as a function of said signal stored in the memory, the output signal being the digital and/or the analog output signal.

5. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein said at least one circuit board comprises a software for displaying menus for reading information and configuring the pressure switch on the display, said menus being navigable with said at least one button.

6. A pressure switch according to claim 5, wherein the pressure switch comprises a first and a second buttons for scrolling said menu and a third setting button.

7. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein the pressure switch allows the operator to set the pressure value for which a high analog output signal is provided.

8. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein said display is a LED display.

9. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein the pressure switch comprises an external membrane for protecting the display and at least one button.

10. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein the pressure switch comprises two circuit boards.

11. A pressure switch according to claim 1, wherein the pressure switch comprises a removable lower flange for attaching to the pressurized environment to be monitored.