Differential pressure transducer

• US 4,531,415 A
• Filed: 10/14/1983
• Issued: 07/30/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Envec Mess-Und Regeltechnik GmbH + Company
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Kobs, Rolf U. D., Liehr, Manfred R., Orlowski, Reiner U.
• Primary Examiner(s): WOODIEL, DONALD
• Application Number:
  US06/541,945
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• Field of Search: 73/318, 361/283
• US Class Current: 73/718
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 13/025 using diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/0075 using a ceramic diaphragm, e.g. alumina, fused quartz, glass

Abstract

A differential pressure transducer having a body of insulating material on which film electrodes are fixed, two diaphragms made of insulating material, and two film electrodes on the inner sides of the respective diaphragms facing the body. The diaphragms and the body together form cavities which are filled with an incompressible liquid, and the film electrodes of the body and of the diaphragms form capacitances which are dependent on the diaphragm deflection. The transducer is especially suitable for the measurement of the flow rate of explosive liquids or gasses.

Claims

1. A differential pressure transducer comprising a body of insulating material;

two film electrodes disposed on the body;

two electrically conductive diaphragm electrodes each comprising an insulating diaphragm and a film electrode on a side of the diaphragm facing the body, arranged so as to form a capacitance in conjunction with respective film electrodes, said capacitance being dependent on the diaphragm deflection; and

means for limiting relative movement of the diaphragm toward the body, said means comprising at least one support on a facing surface of at least one of said body and said diaphragms, extending toward the other of said body and said diaphragm;

said body, film electrodes and diaphragm electrodes forming closed, interconnected cavities whiich are filled with a liquid,

characterized in that the body includes a filling duct, and the supports have groove-like recesses communicating with the filling duct.

2. A differential pressure transducer comprising a body of insulating material;

two film electrodes disposed on the body;

two electrically conductive diaphragm electrodes each comprising an insulating diaphragm formed from a ceramic material having the same composition as said body of insulating material, and a film electrode on an inner side of the diaphragm facing the body, whereby said body and said diaphragms have the same thermal behavior, said diaphragm film electrodes being arranged so as to form a capacitance in conjunction with respective film electrodes, said capacitance being dependent on the diaphragm deflection; and

means for limiting relative movement of the diaphragm toward the body, said means comprising at least one support on a facing surface of at least one of said body and said diaphragms, extending toward the other of said body and said diaphragms;

said body, film electrodes and diaphragm electrodes forming closed, interconnnected cavities which are filled with a liquid,

characterized in that said means comprises a plurality of said supports, said plurality including a plurality of projections formed of an insulating material and extending from said body through the film electrodes on the body.